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Brethren, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation. Romans 10:1

The whisper of God, telling us the calling on our lives to the secular college campus, came two years ago. We
desire to invade the freshman class at Penn State University with the love of Jesus Christ. What does this look
like? Sitting in a crowded dorm room opening up the bible and letting those who do not yet know Christ talk
about God's word and ask questions...intensely talking on a futon about forgiveness, love, pain, life, sin, godly
decisions, and so on...challenging a follower of Christ to share Jesus with their friends, teaching them to lead
bible studies, and listening to their hearts...organizing retreats that draw students' hearts closer to Christ...asking a student if they're ready to give their life to Jesus.

Along with all this we plan to vigorously train to run a campus ministry, that has no staff, to take the love of Christ to more students. The fundraising piece also continues as long as we're with the Navigators. Getting together with those whose hearts want to see students come to know Jesus delights us, to pray with and for them encourages us greatly.

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ENCOURAGEMENT

Heart Check

Most everyone knows the story of Jonah, but when you dig there's more to it. My bible study sat in the buiness building talking about Jonah 3. "1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time: 2 "Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you." 3 Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh." Here's the questions...Jonah obeyed, but what was his heart?

The first chapter Jonah resists, and then the third chapter he complies. Even though he does what God asks him to do he holds his heart back. Chapter 4 sheds light on all this because Jonah is mad when God saves the Ninivites. So even though Jonah obeyed his heart wasn't a submissive heart, but one of cooperation.

I find this so relevant in my life. How many times do we obey yet do it not for joy or love of God, but because we're "suppose" to. Does this honor God?

So what do we do when we don't really want to obey? How do we make ourselves want to? Well that's the amazing thing. We can't do it on our own. We must ask God to give us a heart for his things.

For example, if you don't really want to spend time reading his word or spending time with him. Is that sin? What do you do? We ask God to change our heart.

It's good to have a heart check often. Why are we doing what we're doing? Because you're suppose to or because you want to?

Eric and Jamie Staveness
712-229-0626 and 712-229-2776
3120 Shellers Bend Dr
State College, PA 16801
ej@staveness.com

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