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Life and Peace, Jeremy Wall

I was a backsliding Christian until my mid-twenties. I didn't know what was real in the sense of God or Jesus Christ. During college I stopped meeting altogether with any Christians. I traveled and did some things I wanted to do during a break from school, but eventually went back to complete my degree. After working for a year in Austin I realized that through everything I had done there was no peace within my being. This was when I began considering my life and praying to the Lord again. As soon as I opened up to Him, He came and shepherded me right where I was.

I had been meeting with the church in Austin for about a year when I began considering the Full-Time Training in Anaheim. I grew up meeting with the local church, and had heard about the Full-Time Training in Anaheim. I knew it would be worthwhile, but I wasn't so sure about going. I have always seemed to have a proverbial “to-do” list of places I wanted to go and exciting things I wanted to do. One of the biggest obstacles to overcome in order to go to the Training was letting go of those things.

Eventually I did let go. I came to the Training, and during my first year I read something that I had experienced when deciding to come. It was in a book by Witness Lee called, Basic Principles of the Experience of Life. In Romans 8:6 there is the mind set on the flesh and the mind set on the spirit. The result of the mind set on the flesh is death. The result of the mind set on the spirit is life and peace. The day I finally decided to come to the Training there was an undeniable sense of peace. For so long I had considered how much I wanted to travel or do all sorts of things. The result in my being was not peace, but death. I received no life from considering those things. However, when I simply turned my heart and opened to the Lord, and even set my mind on Him, the result was life and peace.

I have appreciated coming to know the Lord more in my spirit (2 Timothy 4:22). The Training has allowed me the opportunity to be away from so many distractions and preoccupations. I need to realize this more every day I am here, because it is always easy to be distracted from the Lord. I simply set my mind on the Spirit, remain open to the Lord, and the result is life and peace.

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