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july 2008 Starting out - Matt StoneMy spiritual journey began when my parents took me to church as a child, and there has been no time in my life when I would not have called myself a Christian. However, it was at 18, some five years ago, that my faith was forced to go deeper. I was asked to lead a service with some other young people at church and, terrifyingly, to “preach” a short message.
At first, I took this in my stride. It’d be fine, I told myself. No problem! How difficult can it be to get up and share a few words with 40 people? However, as the service loomed more and more closely, I began to panic. What would I actually say? What could I say that they wouldn’t have heard before? How do I know what God wants to teach these people? It was this dawning realisation that led me to pray – and pray more than ever before!
This article is continued in the July 08 edition of Reform.
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