Last week I didn't write a blog update for the week because it was a bit different to all the other lecture weeks we have had. It was a really encouraging week though.
We had lectures on 'inductive Bible Study' and we had a speaker who runs the Bible Core Course here at the base.
It was really good because we had a look at the book of Philemon which is letter written by Paul in the New Testament. It was so cool because we got given tools for studying the bible and one thing we learnt is that it is really important to know the context of what was happening the time when the letter was written...because through knowing the context and culture of the time, you know the significance of what the church and the people involved did, because if we read it relating it to our culture, you can really misunderstand how much of a big deal the choices that were made were.
Also a cool not along the lines of that is that the bible wasn't written to us, but it was written for us. When we study the bible, we won't be in the same culture and context of the time the book was written, but there are principals that we can observe in each book that we can pull out and learn to apply to our lives.
It was such an encouraging week to start studying the bible more, because during that week of studying Philemon which is 1 page long, we god so much out of it! It was so incredible!
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This week our lectures are on evangilism and the speaker is Steve Ahern. So far the week has been really good because we have been getting small homework assignments to do in lectures the next day, so that we can practice what we have been learning during that morning in lectures.
On Tuesday night (so last night) we had another lecture, but it was so cool! It was a time of being a blessing to others by giving encouraging words to people who God may have highlighted to us, or giving a physical gift to someone! It felt so rewarding to give to people without expecting anything in return. It was not just a one night thing though, but this is something we should always be willing to do, and it can be a really simple way of expressing God's love to people.
BUT!!!!! The most amazing thing happened last night that I have never seen before in my life!
This is to testify that we can trust God, he is a provider, and he is real!
Some people still didn't have all their outreach fee's and altogether, the total amount needed for outreach cost was over $10,600. I can't remember exactly how much.
But when the night first started, everybody who still needed money stood up the front and we had music playing and had a time of giving to people financially. That lasted about maybe 10 minutes or something and then everyone added up how much they got given in that time.
In that short time, the amount needed went from over $10,600 to needing a bit over $2,000!! It was amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And then we did it again! And we went for another maybe 10 minutes or so and then after the second time was over, everyone added up what they recieved and this time when they finalised how much they got...........................................................................................................................................
Everybodies outreach costs were covered! It was s amazing! God is amazing! Why dod we keep not trusting him to provide?! Its so stupid!
And then we had a time of testimonies at the end of the night to really testify to what God had done for us personally through the time of giving.
And one last huge, exciting thing! This Saturday, my outreach team is going onn our very first 3 week outreach!
WOOHOOO!
It is going to be an amazing and challenging time!
Godbless
This has to be one of my shortest blogs at least lol :)
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