Faith

Today in Bible we learned about what faith. Faith is believing in Jesus without seeing Him but we know He is there. It is also having faith that God will do what He says He is going to do and having faith that He will protect us. Our faith can be strengthened when we spend time with God. When we talk to Him, spend time worshiping, and reading is word we can feel really at peace and full of joy when we are in God's presence. I've had times when His Spirit was so evident that I felt so full of joy and peace and new again in Christ.

Another thing that stood out in class today was we watched this clip about this man who was thrown in jail and in the beginning he had faith that God was going to free him from jail and give him justice. He then ended up giving up on his faith. Right now I am going through something where I have to trust God and have faith that He knows what to do. I have a crooked jaw and my bite does not line up. I found out about two years ago that it cannot be fixed with braces or other Orthodontics work. So I found out that I would need surgery. At first I was really sad and a little angry because I didn't want surgery. And many times I've been worrying about it and it was taking up alot of my thoughts. But I've been trying to keep trusting in God that He will do what is in His will. I am still praying for a miracle though (for God to heal my jaw and bite completely). This whole expieriance has been and still is a test of my faith that He knows what to do. I need to keep having faith that He will heal my jaw becuase He is the healer, protector, savior, creator, etc... I just wanted to share that with you becuase it went along with the lesson about having faith and having it tested. If you want you could pray for my jaw situation for a healing and for whatever God's will is. I would really appreciate it.

-Hannah K.

Journal

Today in Bible we learned about the Ark of The Covenant. That was a place where God's spirit was in the Holy of Holies. The really great thing is that when God sent His Son Jesus To die for our sins, we can now have Jesus come into our hearts to dwell. Our bodies are now temples for God. We can now worship God anywhere! Also in Spirit and in truth throughout our lives. I am so happy to have Jesus in my heart and I can come to Him at any time and worship Him.
My prayer is that others will come to know Jesus as their personal savior and to be able to worship and live with God all the time. A song that I remember that goes along with entering The Holy of Holies is this (the Chorus) "Take me in to the Holy of Holies. Take me in by the blood of the lamb. Take me in to the Holy of Holies, Take the coal, touch my lips, here I am." That song says that we can now get in to the Holy of Holies and be deaper with God because of Jesus dieing on the cross for our sins. It is a great song and all the lyrics are like a prayer to want to hunger for righteousness and to get a closer relationship with God.

-Hannah

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Today in Bible we continued learning about the furniture in the Tabernacle. We talked about the Laver. Which symbolized how we need to be pure before God and have no filthy stuff in our lives. It is very important to always be pure before God. The cool and wonderful thing is that God sent His Son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins. Becuase "Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins." So we can come to God and He will cleanse us from all unrighteousness. That's why unsaved people have an easy way to get to God. God even cleanses His already saved children if we come humbly to him and realize who He is. -Hannah