Journaling from the Beach

Hello guys, I thought that I would post some of my journal entries that I took during my time at the Beach this past summer. Here goes:

This particular entry, God really answered my prayer.

'God, I thank you that by your spirit, I am able to to do the things that I thought were never possible. You know that I have a problem speaking to people. I guess you could say that I'm like Moses but Lord I know that you did mighty things through his life. You brought down a whole kingdom and he had a speaking problem! .......

Here's the second part of that entry

Lord I want to be able to talk to people, help me to trust in you when I talk to others. Use Me! Give me the words that you would have me say to the people I enteract with. Father use me, I love you.....

Long story short... two days after I wrote this God sent me a person who I shared with, and he came close to coming to faith. See, He answers prayer.

Upon arriving home the other day I journaled again in response to what I studied that day.

'Far to ofen do I find myself becoming impatient b/c I ask for something and it is not given when I want it. This shows me how spoiled I am. I wonder if anything I do glorifys the Lord. I see the things I do are not in  vain and they will pay off..... I believe enduring and fighting for something, eventually pays off. I need to be more trusting on God and leaning on Him for changes.

Nice to Meet You.

Hello, I'm Matt.  I am a new person. I say that because I believe I'm a new person than who I was when I first left. I still look the same, talk the same, walk the same. Whats different you ask?  I have a changed heart and a view on how the world is. I have been at the beach for eight weeks, working a part time job, earning money. Even bettter than  that I have gotten a  chance to experience my Lord and continue to grow in Him

This summer the Lord has really showed me who I am. The 'little things' that I do on a daily basis that I might not think are bad but in reality they matter towards others. I learned that I need to watch myself because some of the things I do might not come off bad but to others they might see something else. The theme was 4 His Glory or 4HG. The main thing was that everything I do isn't for my glory but for His, the God who gave me life. Through Bible Study I have learned how to study the Bible in a way that I can understand it.Prayer has taught me to pray by the ACTS method( adoration, confession, thanksgiving, and supplication.) I feel that my prayer life has grown greatly, most of my prayer's were just based solely on me. Throughout the summer, I have worked on that. Evangelism has helped me so much. At first I wanted to run away from people that I reached out to. Throughout the summer I went from being scared to leading someone through the whole track. There was one guy that I almost lead to Christ as well but he had to think.

God has really showed me that Campus Outreach is where I need to be. I believe that He called me there, and I answered that call. He has really blessed me beyond belief this past year and I am thankful. I have built so many relationships through it and I am forever grateful. Im excited to get back to school so I can impact it for the gospel and I cant wait to see all my brothers and sisters again.

I'll post soon Matt