Summit
Hello World. My name is Thomas.
I am currently a student in Summit International school of Ministry. It is located In the middle of nowhere Pennsylvania. It may sound harsh when you read about the rules, like no social media or mobile phones, no dating, no leaving campus except on request or on get-away weekends, and there is a really strict schedule too. Getting up at 6am and classes starting at 8am, bedtime curfews at 10pm and so many other rules. It sounds like you wouldn’t go there even if you got paid too.
Getting here was a struggle in itself. I knew that I needed to go to bible school, however I didn’t know where. So as the Christian that I am and from reading the scriptures, Jesus does say, ”Ask anything in my name” and with the little young faith that I had I believed God. I didn’t have the money to pay for the whole tuition and I needed a Visa, I also needed the money to get over to the United States too. That was a lot to ask for. I was praying to God and asking for answers and assurance for where I needed to go and where I needed to go. I knew about Summit for a while and to be honest it was not my first option as it is not a credited school in most ways. I tried a few other options but they all were closed off. Summit was my last effort to go to bible school and I prayed for a sign. I prayed that I would have not to pay too much to come here, also for a job to save up money to pay for the ticket and also for my visa. The assurance I got from God was from Philippians 4:6–7 and also Philippians 4:19. If you want to read it for yourself it is not too hard to find. This is what God gave me to hold on to. My faith was being tested in if I believed in His faithfulness. Long story short, I got a job and I had enough money to pay for my ticket. I met people from the school and played music with them all week at an event in Ireland called Summer Fire Conference. That week I got an email where I didn’t just receive any scholarship but a full scholarship. I didn’t have to pay a penny. My Visa arrived 2 days before my flight to the United States. This is how God brought me here, by His promises and His faithfulness.
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Now, I am here, I am learning about God. Not just any God, but the creator and author of creation, the world that we know and the worlds out there that we don’t. The beginning and the end. The Great I AM. The God who, unlike any other God we hear about anywhere else in the world, in any other religion, came down to earth, the one he created so that He could have a personal, intimate, relationship with you and I. Whether you know Him or not, I don’t mind, but I have to write about what I am learning, I have to write about the experiences of Bible school, it is on my mind and on my heart that I share this.
At the beginning of 2020 I have already completed a whole semester here at the school. This first semester, changed me. My life has been impacted in the most radical ways. This rollercoaster of the Christian life is certainly a journey that takes you places in yourself and in the world, that you would never think you would ever go to. The people I have met with stories about how they came to Christ that will utterly leave you speechless and to see the transformation in their lives from the day I met them until now is not seen anywhere but a few places on earth.
I am writing this first little article just to say to you people, if you see this, to listen, and read, take this in. I will share with you what God is really like, not the God of social media, and not what God is on TV, or on social media, not the God you hear about from the atheists or the agnostics, or what the world thinks about it, but what the Bible teaches. This book of revelations and promises, about salvation and peace that surpasses all understanding, this book with joy that never ends and joy that cannot be matched by what any drug, person, place, or thing can give you. The God of the bible is a faithful God, who is just and merciful, and if you don’t think so you have not read into the bible enough if at all. The God of the bible is a God of love, and not a love that you feel, but a love that goes deeper than any love, a love that has no end, and a love that cannot be expressed in words, although I will try. All this I know because the time I have spent this last semester studying the Bible and trying to listen to God’s voice, I have found these thing to be true.
You have two ears and one mouth so listen up before you start ranting about God is this and God is that, and you have two eyes and one mind to formulate thoughts, so please read before you blurt out your opinions. God loves you, The bible is true, and I want to go on here regularly and show you.
Thank you world for listening, and I hope that you continue to listen some more.
