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| So, my life is unbelievably busy, and so much of it it is exciting. First of all, my mind has now been clear and free to focus on joyful things a week straight for the first time in 3 years! I'm most excited about that, and secondly, I'm playing with our church on Sundays starting a week from today. Thirdly, I get my braces off tomorrow, and I'm stoked about that lol. Fourthly, I'm almost done with my biology from last year finally :P (don't ever procrastinate, it's so foolish). Fifthly, I've been seeing alot of problems in myself that need to be changed, and I'm very excited to see those things go away. Sixthly, I'm about to start my college classes at Weatherford after I take the compass test(I'm even going to have a study buddy when I start math I think lol). And seventhly, I can see some amazing changes beginning to happen in the lives of many of my friends, and I'm so blessed to know them, and excited for what God is going to do in their lives. Well, I hope ya'll have an incredibly blessed week....keep the faith and charge to the goal.
God Bless,
Matt
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| God says He will never leave us alone, He says that He will always be there when we need Him most.......and God never lies. The last three or so years of my life have been plagued with seemingly an unending barrage of attacks on my mind, attacks that often left me feeling either frightened or hopelessly defenseless. I would cry out in prayer to God all the time, but it only seemed as if my prayers were bouncing off the ceiling, and the only voice I heard in response was the voice I didn't want to hear. But last Wednesday night, God spoke to me. And I have always been suspicious of people when they would say "I heard God speak to me", because I guess I just thought that God didn't work through an audible voice very often, but now I know that He does speak, and sometimes it's so loud and so clear that it is the only thing you can hear. During worship Wednesday, God spoke to me, and He spoke the one thing I have been wanting to hear for the last three years! I just kept hearing, "The test is over, you've passed. The test is over, you've passed". And immediately for the first time in about three years, the thoughts that had been in my mind, the thoughts that even when I wasn't thinking them I could feel them, were instantly gone! Peace was restored to my mind and finally I could focus once again. Joy was in me again! God had been with me the whole time I know, but He allowed me to go through this test to strengthen me and see how I would do in the dark times, when I wasn't relying solely on feeling or circumstances, but had to resort to stubborn faith. I feel the closest to God I have felt in a long time, and am so full of joy that I can't wipe the smile off my face! I hope this story helps some of you through your tough times, and remember to always praise Him, in the good times and bad. God is so amazing and He will never leave you, and in the times that you feel like He isn't walking next to you anymore, it's only because He is carrying you.
God Bless you,
Matt
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| Just thought I'd let everyone know that if they prayed...IT WORKED! lol Four people said the prayer of salvation on Friday, and I'm really excited about that. I hope God does some amazing work in them, and I know He will if they let Him. And please pray for the youth minister of our host church, he's having heart complications and had to go to the hospital Friday night; there's alot of people that love him down there and here. Hope ya'll had an amazing week,
Matt
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| Hey Ya'll! So, I'm in Florida right now with our youth group and it is AWESOME! The backyard Bible clubs are going good I think, it's always amazing to watch God work. I am definately burnt despite my spf 60+ sunblock lol(isn't that amazing?...it's like elmer's glue) We went on the beach and witnessed to people, one of the ones I talked to was definately being touched by the Holy Spirit, and seeds were planted. A really awesome dude named Keith Grey surprised me with a gigundo concordance after I told him I was looking to get one, and I'm fantabulously excited about that! And we played for the youth group Wednesday night which was fun since there were like 80 ppl there. Well anyway, that's my week, keep praying for us and I miss all you really special people...God Bless ya'll and keep the faith,
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| So, my life right now is moving so amazingly fast, like 10 things a day! But I've been having an amazing time. V.B.S. was last week and it went amazing, everyday I felt like it was a day at church camp lol, and now I'm getting ready for when we leave for our mission trip this Saturday to Georgia and Florida. I'm going for the training thing tommorrow at 1, but having band practice before that. Oh, and guess what? The band is going to be playing at Florida! The church that we are staying at requested we lead their Sunday night worship, so it'll be the first time we've ever led worship outside our own church, and we are EXCITED. So anyway, I've been trying to spend as much time lately getting close to God like I was at one time in my life and then some, just by pondering God's graciousness in bewilderment trying to understand it...it's soo amazing. But anyway, we could use any prayers ya'll give. Work has been kind slacking off now, so I think I'll go work with my old karate studio teachin, I was offered a joib there and since there's around 300 student there it should stay pretty busy lol. And I guess the most dramatic thing lately was getting rejected to going to either Azle or Springtown schools, so it looks like maybe God doesn't want me there, but I'm still praying. If not then I'll be heading to probably Weatherford for college. AND FINALLY lol, last night a really amazing friend of mine stuck her neck out for me and did something totally selfless and incredible, and it was a true blessing to have that happen to me...I love my friends lol. Well, theres my last week in a nutshell, believe me, a LOT more happened lol, but hope ya'll have an awesome week.
God Bless,
Matt
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