Numidia Mennonite Bible School - Reflector Yearbook (Numidia, PA)

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N r F l 1 and His P Wa or -dswavoi - e li -me area of Way IS best 1t - fo side: 1 fhore than 'AE discouraged re changer! have Some, 1 il it i I t - 4 'Gsm walk- ever so old lg i s in John? iyings theyl love Christi fe will also l Paul andl oandmenhl enhl id par lrther this i k r r r l l i I i If your conscience speaks to you on la certain issue, do not ignore it. If there are times when you can not see the reason for following it, do so anyway. You usually find the reason later on in life. Paul fol- lowed his conscience even when it was wrong, but because he wanted so much to do what was right, God showed him the right way. God usuallygives us instructions one at a time. If we obey it, he gives us some- thing else. If we do not, we stop growing, and if we remain in this condition too long, we die. Young people are lookng for adventure. How wonderful to open your eyes on a new day, looking forward to the things God has for you, knowing it is something good. Even if not everything looks good on the outside, we know it is good because God is good. -Anna W. Eshbach I i T SPIRITUAL GROWTH One of the worthiest of ambitions is the desire to increase our capacity for God, to grow, and in growing to become more Christlike. If a person has riches he desires more. If one has knowledge he desires still more. Why not more concern about spiritual increase? Paul besought the Thessalonian brethren that they in- crease more and more QI Thes. 4Z10,. The apostle Peter exhorted' his readers to grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ ill Pet. 32181. A great artist student made a statue of an angel. His master said, lt lacks only one thing - it lacks life. There is a great difference between a good moral man and Christian - the Christian has life, the other does not. So before growing, one must have life - eternal life, that life which is born of the Spirit. In order to grow physically there must be proper dietg so to grow spiritually there must be a spiritual appetite for that which will develop spiritual growth. We must feed on the Word. Peter admonishes, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the Word, that ye may grow there- by CI Pet. 2:21. Milk is good, but we should not stay on milk CI Cor. 3:1,2Jg we need to go on unto perfection and use stronger food which will develop all spir- itual qualities QI-Ieb. 6:1, 5:13,14J. Our Lord prayed, Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth fJohn 17 2171. We need to read and feed on the Word. Read it prayerfully, read it frequently, read it carefully, read it with a willing- ness to know God's will and with a readi- ness to do His will. There must be communion with God in earnest, sincere prayer. There must be exercise. Members of our physical bodies become useless, unless they are used. Someone has put it like thisg G-R-O-W - go right on working. All known sin in one's life must be con- fessed and forsaken. And there must be complete surrender and submission to God. H -M. J. Brunk