Walking in the power of the Holy Spirit is

I find this difficult too. The struggling that I have mentioned in fresh bread the last couple of weeks has really made it tough for me to even be filled with the spirit. I am so prideful and wanting to do everything on my own that I find myself ignoring the efforts of the Spirit to prompt my heart. I am desperately seeking the Lord on changing my attitude and my heart. I realize my need to walk in the power of the Spirit because I am worthless on my own power. - danny

My walk with God has been

I have been very distracted in my time with God. I have really enjoyed my time in the Word, and definitely am connecting with the Lord in this area. However, my silent and alone time with the Lord whether listening or talking is very difficult. My mind simply will not allow me to reflect and be quiet. I have a million things that end up running through my head and taking on tangents away from the Lord. - danny

I took the initiative to share the gospel, leaving the results to God, and

Well I shared the gospel with a transfer from China, and he was very interested, but did not want to make a decision about Christ until he understood more. So I gave him a bible and told him to start reading in John. So we will see how the Lord uses the Word in his life. - danny

Watching a student share their faith with another student is...

heart warming. I watched Kate share the Gospel with students at our first small group meeting and I just marveled at how God has worked in her life over the last few years. It was awesome to see her communicating not just Biblical truth, but how that truth has intersected her life. I loved it. - Alan

Getting students to participate in a small group is like...

trying to catch the wind. No really, for me, it is. Right now we have about six students coming to our freshmen small group in Mark Twain. I feel really sad about this. It seems that people aren't that interested in it. I assume that it's because I haven't done enough to invite people or that I'm not compelling enough. I want to believe that it's not about me, but about what the Lord is doing. But then I hear that voice in my head telling me that I need to be doing more. Right now it's hard to discern if that's the Spirit or not. I really, really desire to see God use this small group to bring many, many students to faith in Christ. Father, I want to commit to giving you this small group again. I don't want to worry or stress about how many people are in it or that I'm not doing enough. God, I want you to make this group into something that would bring you the most glory. I ask that you would equip me with the knowledge, skills, and wisdom to lead well. I yield to your Spirit once again and ask that you would remind me of this prayer often. Amen. Alan

NST

I took the initiative to share the gospel, leaving the results to God, and ...then again I haven't. I have realized that my follow up type of things this year have been more for getting people there for the bible study. I wouldn't say that I balanced my evangelism vs. getting people to the bible study very well. I should have been doing both but have realized I have been lop sided.

My walk with God has been...times of great richness and also some less consistent time. Overall I feel very energized by what God has been teaching and how He has been using me.

Walking in the power of the spirit...is very exciting. It has been amazing seeing what God is doing through the bible study and such. It is hard at times to keep the Spirit on the forefront of my mind but am humbled to see how he can use our staff team and the people leading bible studies with us.

RW

Walking in the power of the Holy Spirit is...

really exhilarating. I mean, I've been seeing God move in such cool ways over the last few weeks. Last week, I had the opportunity to take a student through the Satisfied booklet. Before we started talking, I prayed silently to myself asking God to give me the words to minister to this guy. Before I knew it, we were reading through the booklet and discussing it. He responded really well and it seemed that he needed to be reminded about yielding to the Spirit. I marveled at how God showed up in the conversation.

My walk with God has been...

really going well lately. I think I have been finding time to connect with the Lord through different methods each day. I think I've been experiencing lately a deeper appreciation for what Jesus has done for me because I'm understanding more and more of my own sinfulness. - Alan

I took the initiative to share the gospel, leaving the results to God, and...

it was kind of weird. I shared with a freshman at Starbucks a few weeks ago while another older student observed. I explained it to him and asked for his responses to each section of the 4 Laws. He felt like he knew that he was in the circle on the left but wasn't ready to be on the circle on the right. He explained that he felt like he just wasn't sincere right now about the decision. I left feeling like I totally made it awkward and weird.