This is Me
Sometimes it is really hard to fit in with the people around you. You feel like everyone around you has a different way to say or do things. You feel like you are on the outside looking in. You feel judged and looked down on. This can make it hard to go to a social...
Break My Heart for What Breaks Yours
Imagine with me you’re at home. You’re going through your day and nothing eventful has happened thus far. You are relaxing reading a book or an article online when all of a sudden, someone runs in and tells you that your best friend was just in a car...
Jeremiah Seventeen Nine
"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” Jeremiah 17:9 (ESV) This verse used to make my skin crawl. If you would have asked me if I agreed with this scripture before coming to GFA School of Discipleship, I would have...
How Near God Is
Leaving my home in Idaho to come to GFA School of Discipleship and everything that that step of faith entailed--being away from family, work, my church body, friends, the list goes on--has really showed me how near God is! Through the Lord’s mercies we are not...
Perspective and the Real Focus
Perspective. So lately I've been feeling pretty overwhelmed and stressed. I haven't had much alone time (I'm very much of an introvert) and the book we're going over in class is pretty heavy. This morning in chapel however, the Lord gave me a vision (I promise I'm not...
You’re an Overcomer – Jesus is the Victory
You're an overcomer Stay in the fight 'til the final round You're not going under 'Cause God is holding you right now You might be down for a moment Feeling like it's hopeless That's when He reminds you That you're an overcomer Five years ago, a friend shared this...
I Shall Not Want
“From the love of my own comfort From the fear of having nothing From a life of worldly passions Deliver me O God From the need to be understood And from a need to be accepted From the fear of being lonely Deliver me O God Deliver me O God And I shall not want, no, I...
Dying To Yourself
When the ad for School of Discipleship says, “die to yourself for a year," they sincerely mean that. Upon arriving here, the concept was presented to my intellect and I perceived that I understood the practice…goodness, was I wrong! Knowing a concept or ideology and...
Finishing Well
In a few weeks our students will graduate from School of Discipleship. They chose to die to themselves for a year to pursue the Lord more, and in many ways, they were stretched and challenged. Each student has brought joy to the community here. We are sad to say...
Pursuing God
The School of Discipleship (SD) students are currently going through their next course on The Pursuit of God. Throughout my first year in SD in 2015, I went through many different courses that brought me closer to Jesus. My favorite, by far, was the course on this...