Faith!

Hello. Well on sunday it was my confirmation at my church. One of the things we have to do in order to become confirmed is to write your faith statement. Then on easter sunday we all get to be lucky enough to read them out loud in front on almost a billion people. Okay well not a billion but it felt like it! Not only was there a bunch of people that make me nervous but also my faith statement was the longest. It took up the front,back of a sheet and yet another paragraph on another sheet. Lucky me!! Well everything ended up fine except for a fee minor mistakes but it went pretty smoothly.i just wanted to share my faith statemnt with my whole 5 followers:) (sorry if it gets to be long but inhad alot to say) I believe in God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit and i believe that they are one. I believe that God sent his one and only son to die for us and we should be forever thankful for this. I believe God knows each and everyone of us personally and that He has an exact plan for us to lead us to our purposes in life. I know that He is always in my heart with me. I believe he would never give us more than we can handle without him. I beieve God knows everything and He helps guide my decisions. He helps me stay on the right path. I believe he loves me no matter what. I beieve God calls on us to be his disciples and share the good word to those who dont know about it. I believe he gave us all specific gifts and talents in order for us all to do that. I believe that Jesus Chirst wS concieved by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, and was crusified, dead, and buried. I believe on the third day he rose again and assended into heaven. I believe now he is seated at the the right hand of the Father. I believe he will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believ through Jesus's death that we are able to recieve grace. I believe our personal relationship with Jesus Christ allows us to recieve forgivness through communion. I believe the bread symbolizes his body and the wine his blood. The act of communion is done in rememberance of him. I believe the Holy Spirit lives within our hearts. I believe the Holy Spirit holds me up when i am falling down. I believe the Holy Spirit gives me strength to do the things that seem impossible. I believe that the Holy Spirit brings to my attention those decisions the make me christlike. I believe God created the church so that everyone can have a place to congergatte and grow in their faith. I believe church is the body of chirst, not just a building ehere people come together to socialize. I grew up going to church from a very young age. I believe that this has benefitted me in every way. Some of those ways are learning about the bible and its stories from sunday school, chatechism, and youth group and singing praise songs. When i got older i wanted to learn even more so i joined a bible study. All of these things have helped me grow in my faith tremendesly. Even the people in church have influenced me such as pastor don, todd, pam, my parents and family, my mentor carin, my past sunday school and chatechism teachers, as well as other members of the congergation. I feel so blessed to belong to such a loving church with people who are so willing to help, uphold, and guide eachother in all ways. I believe prYer is such a powerful thing. God really hears them and acts on them. I believe to repent is not only to feel sorry but it is to try and turn the situation around. I believe faith means believeing, trusting, and doing. When i think of this it reminds me of the bible verse Hebrews 11:1 " now faith is being sur of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see" to me this means that we need to believe and trust in him and show it by doing zgods will. I believe the ten command,ents ae not suggestions but expectations he gave us to live by. I believe go gave us toold such as the bible, church, and fellow christians to help us grow in our faith. I look forward to strengthening my relationship with god and have his guidance in the decisions i will have to make as a young adult and for the rest of my life.