Tag Archives: Surrender

Pray with Boldness

By | July 21, 2012

“Lord, break my heart for what breaks Yours.” Praying boldly is hard knowing that you might be led somewhere out of your control and to places you didn’t expect or feel like going. Saying, ”I will go wherever you send me” or “I surrender” takes a lot of courage. I still have a hard time boldly praying these prayers. If we really want to give it all, that is what we are called to do in the Christian life. So slowly, I have begun to pray, ”Humble me so that others might be exalted” and “I surrender”

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“I Know!”

By | April 18, 2012

Some teens think they know everything…. I used to be that way. Ask my mom. :) As I have gotten older, I realize how right my mom is. I should have never argued. My Mom and I When I became a missionary, I began to question God the same way I did with my mom in high school. It was a losing battle between my will and God’s, reality sunk in, and my eyes were opened… God is always right! I should just surrender. I am small: only a tiny dot on a satellite map. In the span of eternity, I am a speck

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Be Quiet!: God Speaks and Heals in the Silence

By | February 7, 2012

Turning off my cell phone was difficult. So was not listening to music, not having conversations (except 1 hour a day with a spiritual director), internet, and everything for eight days . . . but it was so worth it because I was able to pray in a way I never have before. I asked God more questions than I ever have in my life. And I heard him speak in the silence of my heart during my eight-day silent retreat. The first few days of the retreat, the silence hurt because I was forced to think about

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Hiking Into Humility

By | October 18, 2011

I wouldn’t say that I am always a humble person. There are times when I let my pride get in the way and it causes a distance in my relationship with others and sometimes with Christ. In Matthew 18: 3-4, Christ said: “Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” Recently, I was able to turn and become like that child and humble myself to let others serve

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Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

By | February 17, 2011

Before I began this Mission year in September, a common question I was asked was, “Stephen, what are you most excited about for this year?”  I answered in the same way to every single person, “To grow in Christian brotherhood.” I thought that it would be easy to do since I was going to be living with five other guys at Covecrest. This desire actually seemed like it would be granted to me rather easily and I wouldn’t even have to work hard at it. Well, the Lord had different plans. Now,

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