Full Gospel Bible Institute - Burning Lamp Yearbook (Eston, Saskatchewan Canada)

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Jesus teaches this seeming paradox, “Whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.” I have found that only in Christ is a vibrant, joyous life obtainable. My desire is that my life may be lost in Christ, that I may do His perfect will, as he enables. Only then will my life be successful, as God measures success. The fullest, richest, most satisfying life is hidden in Christ. These words sumarize my goal, “Let me bum out for Thee, dear Lord, bum and wear out for. Thee.” I Timothy 4:12 states: “Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.” Paul’s exhortation to Timothy has challenged me to also be a true example of a believer. With the enabling power of the Holy Spirit I want to glorify Jesus in every aspect of my life. How can I do less when Jesus my Lord has done so much for me? In Him I have real lasting peace, joy, and strength to meat each day. “Take the whole world but give me Jesus.” “Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us” I John 4:10. I thank God for His love which sent His 1 . Son into the world to die for my sin. Since I accepted Christ as my Saviour I have been very conscious of His hand upon my life. His leading brought me to Bible school where His word has become real to me. I thank Him, too, for baptizing me with the Holy Spirit. My prayer is that I will be found faithful to my Lord who has done so much for me. This winter I have thoroughly enjoyed the studies of God’s Word. One book which has taken on new meaning to me is Ephesians. As we studied this book it blessed my soul to think that the exceeding greatness of God’s resur¬ rection power is to us and for us! I realize as I go forth this spring that I need this power to sustain and help me preach the Word with boldness and with the scriptural witness of signs following (Mark 16:15-20). May God give me “the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the know¬ ledge of Him” Ephesians 1:17. The Lord is good to me. He gave me a Christian home. He saved me, filled me with His Holy Spirit, and gave me a desire to serve Him. He’s done so much for me; I must give my all to Him. “For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” Philippians 1:21. I want to be fortified with a knowledge of God’s Word, saturated with the drive and throb of His Holy Spirit, then motivated into aggressive action for the Lord Jesus Christ. The Saviour that I’ve accepted for my Redeemer and Substitute is not only the God of the past but of the future. He has saved me from the past and is preserving me for future blessings. I must keep looking unto Jesus who is the Author and Finisher of our faith. Who for the joy that was sat before Him endured the cross, despising the shame and was set down at the right hand of the throne of God. I want to look to Him, for in Him dwells the fullness of joy. Psalm 16:11. 7 . FEED YOUR FAITH AND YOUR DOUBTS WILL STARVE TO DEATH.

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Psalm 16:11 “ . . .in thy p resence is fulness of joy .. I do thank the Lord for saving me when I was a child; for His protecting hand upon me, and His leading in my life. I thank Him for the privilege of attending F.G.B.I. It was here I learned of the Grace of God and of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit—Truths which have brought “fullness of joy” to my life. My utmost desire in life is to so live that others may know that I love Christ. Know tnai i rove nrisr. Psalm 89:1 “I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for¬ ever; with my mouth I will make known thy faithfulness to all generations.” Truly the Lord has been merciful to me; He has done so much throughout my life. Although we fail the Lord many times He will never fail us. When I think of all the Lord has done for me, how can I give less than all to Him? I feel God’s hand upon my life and pray that He will enable me to faithfully fill my place in the harvest field. Mark 11:24 “What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them and ye shall have them.” How many times has this been proven true in my life! Truly, “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise.” II Peter 3:9. He gives us more than we deserve or can ask for. What a wonderful Lord we serve! As an Overcomer, I want to serve the Lord the best way I can. In order to be an Overcomer, we must overcome. “Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?” I John 5:5. . T I truly thank the Lord for His Word I have always found that God’s Word is quick and powerful, and it does pierce to the very heart of man. I want to be in the place where the Lord can use me to bring glory to His name. The same Spirit that drove Jesus into the wilderness is the One I want to drive me into His service to do mighty exploits for Him. dvdjMtns I am thankful for the reality of Jesus Christ in my life. I have found David to be true when he said in Psalm 145:3 “his greatness is unsearchable.” I count it as a privilege to be able to study God’s Word for it is “quick, powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword” Hebrews 4:12. His Word is the only thing that will convince and convict sinful men. Because of this, it is my desire to commit my life completely unto Christ. In Psalm 37:5 we read, “Commit thy way unto the Lord, trust also in him, and he shall bring it to pass.” Considering the tragic conditions in the world today, I thank God for the thrilling answer He has provided in the Person of Jesus Christ. As I view the vast harvest field of human souls I realize the enormity of the job set before me. My desire and prayer is that I might unreserv¬ edly yield my body in reckless abandon to this great cause—the cause of Christ. Luke 9:24 “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.” ' THY WILL BE DONE ' IS THE KEYNOTE TO WHICH EVERY LIFE SHOULD BE TUNED.

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I can praise the Lord and say with Paul in Romans 1:16, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is in the power of God unto salvation to every one that believed; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” I am thankful th at salvation is for all. In Ephesians 2:8, 9 we read, “For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. Not of works . . I want to thank the Lord for the many blessings that He, by His grace and mercy, has given me. ' OP ' n I can truly say “Amen” with Paul in Ephesians 2:13 when he de¬ clared under divine inspiration, “But in Christ Jesus ye who some¬ times were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.” I was “made nigh” at a very early age and can now see God’s guiding hand on my life in public school,, high school and in Bible school. The desire for my life is expressed in Philippians 2:15, “That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among w ho ye shine as lights in the world.” A As I leave Bible school I have but one desire ana ' that is “to be what He wants me to be.” God has been so gracious to me, that I can do no less than give to Him my very best to use as He sees fit. A song writer has penned these words, “I do not know what lies ahead, the way I cannot see; yet One stands near to be my Guide, He’ll show the way to me.” How I thank God that though the future is unknown to me, I can put my trust in Him. i “I will guide thee with mine eye” Psalm 32:8. I know ofno better eye to be guided by than that of our loving Lord. I am thankful that I have a Guide in which I can trust. The words of this chorus help me express my feelings: “Christ is not a disappointme nt, Every longing in my breast Finds in Him complete fulfillment, He has brought me into rest. I have tested Him and proved Him, More than a friend or life to me Christ is not a disappointment He is everything to me.” Truly, Christ is everything to me. .V7 ) f Being raised in a Christian home I accepted Christ as my Saviour at the age of seven. I count it a privi¬ lege to have been able to attend F.G.B.I. and study God’s precious Word. II Corinthians 5:3 “Not that we are sufficient of ourselves—but our sufficiency is of God.” Christ has truly proved to be sufficient in all things to me. My desire is expressed in John 9:4 “I must work the works of Him that sent me while it is yet day: the night corned when no man can work.” It is with a thankful heart and with praise on my lips that I, too, can testify with .the Psalmist in Psalm 40:2-3, “He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock ... And He hath put a new song in my mouth.” Not knowing what the future holds, I must say with Paul in II Timothy 1:12, “For I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day.” In my first year of Bible school, I chose Phillipians 4:13 as my verse—“I can do all things through Christ which strengthened me.” Truly the Lord has been faithful. He has not only saved my soul and filled me with his Holy Spirit but filled my life with new hope, joy and peace; Christ not only is my Saviour, but has also become my Lord and Master. As we go forth to serve Him, I want to be found faith¬ ful in His service and walk worthy of the vocation where-r with I have been balled.