High School Conference, October 30- November 1, 1998

I was very touched on the point on our opening. I saw that all we need to do is to eat the Lord and take Him in. There is so much for us to eat. So to eat him we have to open. How do we do this??? Tilt our head back and open our mouth and say come in??? no. We have to open our mind, heart, and our spirit to the Lord. It does not work if we just open one or two. We have to open all three. If we are going to enjoy the Lord, we have to open ourselves, not superficially but in a deep way. For example, we could read the bible for hours and be in our mind the whole time. This would be a great waste because nothing is getting in if all three are not open to Him then there is no flow in. On the other hand, we could be just taking a walk or riding our bike and we sing a hymn to the Lord and open all three. This would be real and true, and we would get more into us then the other. We have to open the depths or our entire being to the Lord. If we would learn to enjoy the Lord, we have to learn this one lesson, how to open ourselves. So Lord continue to open us moment by moment. -SHB

Calling on the Lord Jesus

The whole week I had been doing really bad. I was down about everything and nothing was working out right. Eventually Friday came and I was a little relieved to get away from everything. So I got on the bus as usual but I took the long one for some reason. So I got off the buss and had to walk a ways. While I was walking I was thinking about everything and how I was so down. So I remember that all you need to do is just call on the Lord. I really didn't want to but I just started slowly saying, O Lord Jesus in a soft voice. I still didn't want to but I was kind of relaxing more. So I did it again, and again and again. Before I knew it I was calling on the Lord very loudly and I felt so happy. I later realized that I took the Lord in as my life and by doing this all my burdens were lifted off of me and I could just enjoy Him as life to me. So when ever your feeling down or whatever just try this. O Lord Jesus. Even if its just in your head and softly just try it. It works. -SHB

Talking to the Lord about your situations

In the beginning of the year I had chosen to take a class that I knew would be challenging. So eventually I got the class and it was way more then I had expected and I just wanted to drop it. So I told my parents and they said that I shouldn't drop it. So I asked my brothers and they said go to the Lord about it. So this is what I did. When I was alone and my mind was clear I was just talking to the Lord in my head as if he was a friend, asking Him what to do about this anatomy class. While I was talking to Him I just got a little tiny sense that He didn't want me to drop the class but I just brushed it off saying it was nothing. So at the end I decided to drop the class. I went to the counselor and to my teacher and got cleared to go out of the class. On my way walking to the new class I had a funny feeling but brushed it off again. Finally I got to the class and told the teacher that I was going to get into this class. When the teacher said ok and went to go sign me in I had one of the worsts feelings in my heart that I had ever had. Not a physical pain feeling just a feeling of something telling me no or stop. So I quickly took that as a sign from the Lord and told the teacher to wait. I talked to the teacher and told her that I didn't want in the class. So they stuck me back in the original class. This was a very useful experience for my youth. I learned that I should take all my problems to the Lord and that what ever he says goes. When I look back and see what the Lord was trying to tell me I remembered that I brushed off when He said keep the class. So now for the rest of my life I will always take my decisions to the Lord and take what He says because the Lord knows what is best for you and He does the best for you. -SHB

In the link below I have 25 testimonies from the summer school of truth. The summer school of truth is a yearly time for the young people (junior high to high school) to come together and cover a specific aspect and enjoy the Lord. This summer I covered The Vision and the Building Up of the Church. After reading a lesson each person was assigned a point and had to share on that point. I have written out each testimony for you to read. Summer School of Truth Testimonys.

Many times people ask me what church do you go to or what is the name of your church. When they do I just like to send them a page I made. It has to do with the two aspects of the church, universal and local. Also it has to do with the ground of locality, one city one church. The Local Church.