birthdays

Today is my spiritual birthday. It is a tradition my mom started with our family. We celebrate the day we came to know Christ. It is really fun, we have a cake, sing "Happy Spiritual Birthday to you," and my mom buys us a little something. We share what God has done in our life that year or something we have learned.

This year my spiritual birthday happens to fall on the same day as the Hillsong United concert. I am not sure if you know of this band. But they are a worship group from Austrailia. They have written a number of famous songs such as "From the Inside Out" and "Mighty to Save." Their lyrics are real and raw and beautiful. One things I love about them is they often sing about the cross. I am excited because I get to worship God with them tonight. I dont think there is a better way to celebrate becoming a child of the King! I am so excited.

"How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Alighty!
My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh cry out for the Living God.

Better is one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the wicked."
Pslams 84:1-2,10

So, what has God been doing in my life? Oh wow. Hes been teaching me about faith, love, and the importance of prayer. God is bringing me back to the basics. I am learning I really cant do it, but it has to b Christ in me. I am learning how sinful I am. I am learning that Yahweh is my Shepherd. I am loving the idea of having a shepherd and being the sheep. I want to know the Lords voice and follow him. I am so thankful for being a child of the King.

Hallellia. Praise the Lord.

Springs joys

I am still trying to figure out how this blog world is, so please be patient with me.

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Lets see. Once a week I go to True Life Choice and volunteer as a peer to peer educator. It is a great way for me to get training and meet with woman who are in either an unexpected or crisis pregnancy.

I absolutely love going to TLC. It is such a delight. There is something about getting to share truth and love to woman that excites my heart. Last Thursday I was on my way to the center and I was praying for my time and I asked God if someone could come to know Christ that day at the center. The day started off a bit slow and two girls walked in asking for a pregnancy test. I met with the girls and we talked for a while. While we talked I shared with them about the Love that I get from the Lord, and the security. How he is the only one I know that will always be there for me, he is on my side. I asked the girls if I could share more about this and they were very open. They both ended up praying to receive Christ that day! There was a total of 3 girls that prayed to receive Christ that day! How awesome. It just reminds me of the power of prayer.

I was also featured in an article in the TLC newsletter. Check it out at TLC Goes to UCF. It is a pretty cool article. Check it out:)

We are working on getting a name for the new UCF Student group and working on getting the student leaders in place. Please pray for us in that process.

If you would like to be added to my prayer team, or would like to know more about to partner with me financially, email me at amanda.leppard10@gmail.com.

Thanks for checking in,

♥Amanda