Just a Step of Faith

Yo guys!

Today was great! Awesomest main session of the weekend for sure.

I woke up early and got ready. I had to get ready for session. I had a testimony to give. I was not ready. Haha... But God really brought it all together. =D

The testimonies, the worship, the speaker, the challenges, all of it came together so smoothly.

Not to mention (despite the cold) the awesome weather! Autumn is beautiful when it isn't raining.

And so, my testimony (about 3 minutes long?):

"Hey! My name is Dylan, I've kinda already been introduced. Haha.

Well, two years ago I was in your seats. It was my first time doing anything with Power to Change and at the time the Life Challenge didn't exist. Instead at the end of the weekend we would be challenged to break a faith barrier in the next week or year. A faith barrier being something that had been keeping you from trusting God with more. For most first years that often means sharing your faith for the first time. That's what it meant for me too, but more specific.

You see in the first week of school I was trying to make some new friends. In my calculus tutorial I saw this one guy and I decided I was going to be his friend. But the thing was that when I met him, I had this feeling in my heart; God wanted me to share Jesus with him. Now, I had never shared my faith and I had no idea how to, so I kinda pushed that thought aside. I still had that feeling, but I would just focus on being his friend for now.

At Summit I got to learn about how to share my faith. I went to he seminar on using the Knowing God Personally Booklet and later that week I got to go sharing on campus with a staff member and experience it for myself.

Maybe a week or so later we were walking in the tunnels after class. Have I mentioned that I was pretty shy and awkward? Well, I had a KGP in my pocket, but I felt like butterflies in my stomach. I was really scared and nervous. So I prayed for God to calm my heart and give me boldness. 'All you have to do is pull it out. Just do it. Just do it', I thought.

And so I was like, "Umm, I have this booklet. Do you want to look through it together? ... and he said yes. I was still really scared, but we went through it. We didn't sit down, we just kept walking in the tunnels which made it scarier. I felt like everytime I said 'Jesus' it would echo all through the tunnels and someone would be walking by, but we finally got to the prayer at the end and I asked him if he wanted to pray it. He said yes.

Even when we are scared we know we can trust God to help us. All throughout the Bible God says He is with us. Once case is when Moses tells Joshua "Be strong and courageous, do not be terrified or afraid for God is with you; He will not fail or forsake you" and similarly in the Great Commission Jesus says He has all authority and that He is with us always, so no matter where we go we can trust Him and take that step of faith.

Whether it is taking the Life challenge or sharing for the first time, I encourage you to take a step in faith and see what God can do through you."

Something along those lines. Haha. I was sick to my stomach before going up and sharing, but then it just came out. Haha. People thought it was pretty funny at times and very encouraging. SB was like 'you need to become staff!' or something like that. Haha.

Ya. I need to do more homework. lol.

Ttyl.

D.Fa