Steinbach Bible Institute - Star Yearbook (Steinbach, Manitoba Canada)

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22 STEINBACH BIBLE ACADEMY Y Prayer “Behold, I stand at the door and knock: How tcflHMPi if any man hear my voice, and open the child! At one of my childrens rneeungs door, I will come in to him, and will sup one of the little girls imparted to me, how with him, and he with me. Rev. 3:20. marvelously God had answered her earnest Prayer is the opening of our hearts’ door pleading prayer, in the recovery ' of her to Jesus. It is the breath of the soul, the sick mother, and how excited and happy organ by which we receive Christ into our she seemed about it! When we see what parched and withered s ' oul. Prayer is al- trusting faith a little child has, shouldn’t ways a result of Jesus knocking at our we, too, pray more in faith and persever- heart’s door. He knocks in order to move ance? us by prayer, to open the door and accept The prayer meetings on Thursdays have the gift which He has already appointed proved t o b e a great blessing to me. for us. Through these I have come to see more In Isaiah 65:24 we read, “Before they clearly the vital importance of an earnest call, I will answer; and while they are yet prayer life. Also the sisters’ prayer meet¬ speaking, I will hear.” This is certainly a ings on Tuesday after fours, have caused w ' onderful promise that God has for us, and me to realize keenly my obligation to be in order that He may answer our pleading more faithful and persevering in prayer, prayer, let us consider how we are to come I am very thankful that we can claim to Him. Helplessness is our best prayer. this wonderful promise of ours personally; It calls from our heart to the heart of God, that “if we ask anything according to His with greater effect than all uttered pleas. will, He will hear us.” I John 5:14. At the same time, we must come to Him in faith. Without faith our helplessness Alvina Plett. would only be a vain cry of distress in the ★ nigh -

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There is an old and well known proverb that reads like this, “Practice makes per¬ fect.” By this I do not mean that after a few practical hours, we will be perfect in our presentation of programs. It is by this means, the practical hour which we have every Wednesday noon, that we learn how to render programs such as young peoples’ meetings, prayer meetings, singspirations, etc., and do it more effectively. Since the program is held during the noon hour, each student is required to bring his lunch along. When twelve o’clock rolls around, the student body gathers in one room, and partakes of some of God’s mat¬ erial blessings, namely dinner. After the half hour allowed for eating is passed the program starts. These programs are made up by each of the three groups in turn, that the students have been divided into. When the program is finished, the students and the teachers criticize or commend the program as a whole and also the different parts that were rendered, whether more expression should be used or whether better posture was needed and so forth. This time spent here during the Wednes¬ day noon hour is not Only profitable and interesting, but also of great blessing to us. Peter Reimer. ★ Why Should We Go ? I think v e are all very thankful for all the privileges we have had from childhood: Christian homes, Sunday school, church ser¬ vices every Sunday, the open Bible, and a land of freedom thus far. Do we realize that all these privileges that we have, come only through the grace of God? If God’s love had not been so great for us poor sin¬ ful creatures, where would we be? God so loved us that He gave His only Son, Jesus, who was willing to leave hea¬ ven’s glory, to come and bear all our sin and shame. For all this that Christ has done for us, don’t we want to show Him our love in return? Will we be willing to follow Plis call, even though it leads over the cold dark mountains, seeking the lost— or to some field of service here at home? There are so many people living about us, in sin and shame, who do not know the wav of salvation. These people are n ' ot only temporally unfortunate and morally de- Continued on Page 37