🎓 Student Fellowship Audio

RMIOU English🎓Student Fellowship

September 18th 2024

(0:03) Hi, good evening ladies. Welcome to our student fellowship. I am so happy to see you, (0:10) and I can't wait to hear your praises.

So I'm not gonna, (0:17) I'm sorry, I just want to admit Paula, I'm not gonna put you on a spot. If you do have a praise (0:27) to share, you can just put up your hand, and then I'm not gonna interrupt in between, (0:34) you are more than welcome to share on the previous person's praise, and then we'll see (0:41) how it goes from there, and we'll do the same with the lesson. Okay Yvonne, I see you raised (0:48) your hand first, so you can start first.

Hi ladies, I'm Yvonne from South Africa, (0:56) and I raised my hand, but I raised it, I should have just waited until I had the promise that I (1:02) wanted to share with you, so you'll just have to bear with me one second, let me just quickly find (1:07) it on my phone, and then I'm gonna start my praise, I'm sorry. I raised my hand, but I didn't know (1:13) Adina was gonna call on me so quickly. Please, thank you Isabella, let me just find it, you go.

(1:24) Hi, I'm Isabella from Costa Rica, and I just want to pray my heavenly husband, because yesterday, (1:32) we have been in a season of weird trials, I mean just weird stuff happening, and yesterday I (1:39) was supposed to send the money here in Costa Rica, I know maybe you guys can do the same thing, we (1:45) can send money through our cell phones to another people's bank account, so I was doing that, and we (1:51) do that through their phone numbers, but I wrote one digit wrong, and I sent 180 dollars to the (1:59) wrong person, and I was freaking out, because sometimes there's people that they just don't (2:04) want to give you the money back, you know, and because it's your mistake, there's nothing you (2:09) can do about it, so as soon as I noticed, it just took me a second to notice that I type an eight (2:17) instead of a zero, so I start praying, I said Lord, please help me, and I phoned the person, he was (2:24) the nicest man in the world, and I explained the situation, I said, please help me, that money is (2:31) not mine, and I'm freaking out, and he said, don't worry, I totally understand, I will give you your (2:36) money back, and in less than five minutes, prayed the Lord, he gave me my money back, and I was just (2:43) praising the Lord, because you know, there are not many honest people now, so I just praise him, (2:50) because he even, he knew I was going to make that mistake, for sure he knew, and he sent my (2:56) money to the right person, so he can give it back, so I bless that amazing man, I bless him, I pray (3:04) with him, and I say thank you like a thousand times, and I just want to praise the Lord, because (3:09) you know, even though we're gonna make mistakes, because we're gonna do it, he already got the (3:15) solution, when we pray before, so just pray as soon as you wake up, so every little thing that may go (3:23) wrong, he can direct your steps back to him, thank you. Thank you so much for sharing Isabella, as you (3:31) were sharing your praise, I was just thinking that here in South Africa, when you do it that way, (3:36) they make sure that you know, if you send it to the wrong person, you know, it's your mistake, (3:41) the bank won't help you, no one will help you, you know, so what a beautiful phrase, when you just (3:47) thought of it, I was like, there's no way you could have gotten your money back, there's just (3:52) absolutely no way, so my praise, I'm Yvonne from South Africa, and my praise today, it's just (3:59) today, when I was driving home, and it's dark, and you could see the moon, and it's full moon, (4:05) and it's just so beautiful, because it's like behind, you know, the soft clouds, so you can (4:11) see the moon, but it's like a weird color, you know, and it's so beautiful, and while I was looking (4:18) at the moon, and I called the children out, I said, just come and check the moon, just come and see (4:22) how beautiful the moon is tonight, I was thinking of this verse, that I want to share with you in (4:27) Psalms 8, and it says, when I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, (4:32) which you have set in place, what is mankind, that you are mindful of them, human beings, that (4:38) you care for them, and in that moment, while I was just standing there, and looking at the moon, (4:43) I just felt his love, and I just know that he puts these beautiful things in place for us, you know, (4:50) when he made this beautiful earth, he had you and me in mind, and he knew that we would be standing (4:56) there, looking at the moon, admiring the work of his hands, so I just want to praise him today for (5:03) everything, all the beautiful things that he made for us, that we sometimes just walk past, and you (5:08) know, we just forget about, I was sitting outside in the week, I was sitting outside, and it was (5:14) cloudy, so because it's rain season here, right, and it was like cloudy, and I was just sitting (5:18) outside for a moment, having a cup of coffee, and I could hear the birds anticipating the rain, right, (5:25) and I could hear the birds chirping in the trees, and it was all so quiet, there was nothing except (5:30) the chirping of the birds, and I was just thinking to myself, how many times do we really sit and (5:36) appreciate the things that he's made for us, he gave those birds those beautiful voices, so that (5:43) we could sit and listen to them, and have the peace that supports us all understanding, so that's my (5:49) praise for today. Thank you so much for listening, ladies.

Thank you, Yvonne, I will share, but please (5:56) if anyone else have a praise, just raise your hands, because I just want to share this promise, (6:04) and but Yvonne, before I share my promise, I just want to tell you that, you know, sometimes when I (6:08) I've got this little, what do you call it in English, veranda, what do you call it, (6:16) and although I stay in a townhouse, you know, with a complex, with a lot of houses on top of each other, (6:24) or not on top of each other, but you know, it's close, in close proximity, you can still see the (6:30) sunset, and then sometimes it's like, especially in summer, when you know, not when it's raining, (6:37) when it was a beautiful sunshine day, there's like a pink strip, you know, as the sun goes down, (6:44) it's that bright, like a bright pink strip, and it's so beautiful, and when you see that, you can (6:50) just praise him for, you know, you can just stand in awe of the beauty of his creation, and that, (6:58) you know, he gave us all this beauty around us to just, we can really see in all creation, you know, (7:07) that's so beautiful, and I just want to, the promise I want to share is from Psalms 27 verse (7:15) 13 to 14. I would have, and would have despaired, is in italics, in the Bible version I have open (7:23) here, I would have despaired unless I have believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the (7:30) land of the living. Wait for the Lord, be strong, and let your heart take courage.

Yes, wait for the (7:38) Lord, and when I read this, it reminded me, you know, sometimes when we are in a waiting season, (7:48) and it seems like nothing is happening, you know, you can just think back, you know, and you can see (7:56) the goodness, you know, if of everything he did for us in the past, all the times he came through (8:03) for us, you know, and that's what this promise just made me think of. We must just take courage (8:15) in our waiting seasons. So, no one else wanted to have a praise? (8:24) Yes, I want to.

Hi ladies. I was not expecting to be here with you today, (8:34) but you know, he's awesome. Sorry, I have, I was not ready for being, (8:43) but I want to share.

It's so amazing, like Yvonne shared, because this morning I went to walk. You (8:52) know, I have very close to the beach, but there was a long time that I didn't go to do a walk, (9:00) that it was something that I really loved to do, but I cannot explain why, but I was not, you know, (9:06) in the mood of feeling, yes, there is no chance for me to go there. I cannot explain why, and I (9:16) was talking to him and telling him, oh, I just, I want to go, not only because I need some exercise, (9:24) but because it's really beautiful.

I love to see this, to see the sea and the sand and everything, (9:33) you know, this is really special, and it's a blessing to have this kind of opportunity. So, (9:39) I was talking to him, and then this morning I could hear his voice telling me, let's go, (9:47) let's go to the beach, let's go to walk. So, he wake me up very early, and I could go there, (9:56) and it was like Yvonne was telling us about how special it is to look at everything that he (10:06) made with his hands and his words and everything.

So, and the promise that it came to my mind is, (10:15) arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. (10:23) See, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples, (10:29) but the Lord rises upon you, and his glory appears over you. So, it was really special, (10:37) and now I know that I, he's really raising me up, you know, and I'm so glad that I could share (10:47) this with you today, ladies.

Thank you. Thank you, Paula. That was a beautiful promise, and (10:55) I could just imagine, you know, the scenery of walking and seeing the beach.

I mean, I stay so (11:02) far away from the beach. I have to look at the YouTube video to see it, but I can just imagine, (11:10) you see so much of his love and care, and in his creation, you know, and that he gave it all to us. (11:23) Stephanie, Dorcas, I see you want to also share a praise.

(11:30) Yes, I just want to praise my heavenly husband, because he is faithful, and then he had made what (11:37) seems impossible, possible. So, as I said last, the last time for the ladies who weren't there, (11:44) I am currently living in USA, but my original country is Canada, and I went in America because (11:54) this is where my husband lived, and that's why I moved there, but during this journey, (12:00) I lost our home, and I had to come back Canada for a season, and I'm currently staying with my dad, (12:06) and that is really good, because I didn't have any relation with my dad or my parents, (12:11) and he has started restoring those relations, but what happened is that I came also to do (12:18) something specific here in Canada, and that took longer than expected, and my dad was wondering (12:24) what's going on, what's going on, because you told me it was only a month or two, but I didn't actually (12:29) really told him a time, because I know I can't control those things, but I didn't also, (12:36) I didn't want him to think that I was lying, and I was not true in what I was saying, so then (12:42) two weeks ago, he told me, when are you going back in USA, give me a day, give me a day, (12:49) so I was a little bit feeling pressure, and I wanted to take one minute to go talk to my heavenly (12:55) husband, and come back, give my dad an answer, but he was a little bit pressuring me, so I said I will be (13:01) leaving just one minute at the middle of the month, so he thought I was living in the middle of the (13:07) month, so then after I was like, oh God, what did I done, and I was seeking my heavenly husband, and I (13:13) was really, really sad, and then I just want to praise them, because I realized the principle (13:20) work with everyone, so what happened is one evening, I told my dad, have a blessed night, (13:27) you know, I love you, my dad is not yet a believer, but you know, and I said I love you, and have a (13:32) blessed night, so he said, oh I love you too, but not the same way you love me, so I was like, okay, (13:38) he was like, yes, just because I have a bit you to live away, and you know, I don't have a bit you to (13:44) around that much, because I left home when I was 16 years old, so I didn't, you know, (13:50) that's the first time since I'm 16, that I'm around my parents, so then I didn't say anything, (13:56) I smiled, and I said, okay, have a good night, not even one minute later, he said, I'm so sorry, (14:02) I didn't mean that, I want you to think that I don't love you, so I said, it's okay, and we started (14:09) to talk about my situation here, and I didn't have to say anything, he said, you know what, (14:14) you can stay, he said, don't worry about that, I said, I'm sorry dad, it took a little bit longer (14:19) than what I was expecting, but he said, you can stay, and we started talking, and then I was (14:25) emotional, I cried, and he hugged me, and God fixed it, you know, so I'm really happy, and I (14:32) want to praise my heavenly husband, because like maybe for you ladies, that seems simple, (14:38) but for my situation, it wasn't that simple, and he made a way where it seems to be no way, (14:44) I don't think my dad, sorry, it's my cat, I don't think my dad would have kicked me out, (14:50) but I didn't want him to feel that he, I was, you know, overstaying, and not respecting his (14:55) boundary, because you know, I mean, I do believe I have to honor my dad, and excuse me, sorry, (15:03) and this is what I wanted to do, so I'm really grateful for my heavenly husband, and for what (15:09) he has done, and also, I want to say that what I came to do here, it took so much time, you know, (15:16) it was like one person say something, one another person say another thing, and something, and (15:21) something, and I was just taking so much time since I arrived here, and I was just present him two (15:27) days ago, and I received a message on WhatsApp at, sorry, at midnight two days ago, and tonight, (15:37) I have my first appointment, so I'm very grateful, because it's just, you know, we just have to be (15:44) grateful, and for whatever he is doing, maybe things don't go the way we want, but we can see, (15:51) we can drink normally, we can sit, you know, we don't have a bag to go to the bathroom, (15:55) we are alive, we are healthy, and we have our promises, because so many women don't have those (16:01) promises, you know, some people are like, hey, I'm standing since like 20 years, and God hasn't (16:07) moved in my situation yet, but they might have done mistakes they were unaware of, you know, (16:11) and I'm grateful for what God's doing, because with RMI, I would have made, without RMI, so many (16:18) mistakes, you know, so many mistakes, and he is changing me first, and I know he will accomplish (16:25) what he promised, so sorry if I talk a lot, I mean, I'm just very excited, and yeah, God is good. (16:32) Thank you, Dorcas, for sharing, and I just want to praise you also with you for just, (16:41) you know, restoring your relationship with your dad, and always acting in your life, and you know, (16:50) there's so many things on this journey that he restores, you know, relationships, (16:55) you know, like relationships and things, just our lives, he restores our lives, you know, (17:01) and our words to him, so thank you for sharing.

Okay, so I don't know, I'm gonna go to the lesson (17:08) now, so if you haven't read the lesson, you do not have to share, but if you have, and you do (17:14) want to share something about the lesson, you can just raise your hand, and you know, yes, it seems (17:20) froze, oh, okay, she's back, all right, just wanted to take over now with your back, good, (17:30) okay, sorry, if anyone wants to share about the lesson, you can just raise your hand, (17:39) okay, okay, now I just want to share something, because I have read the lesson before, (17:46) but not in, you know, not in the Restore Your Relationships book, but in the Restore Your (17:51) Marriage book, but you know, I've read it now in the Restore Your Relationships, and the first (17:58) thing that struck me, the first time I read it, this was the second time, was how (18:06) he also wants to restore your childhood, and you know, especially for me, that didn't have (18:15) yeah, I had some turmoil in my childhood, and (18:21) when I started my journey, I also had to go on a journey of facing all the stuff that happened (18:31) in my childhood, and to forgive everything that happened in my childhood, because I mean, (18:39) even if I didn't, I, when I got married, and I started to live my life, I really thought I dealt (18:45) with all my childhood trauma, but I didn't, you know, you can, it affected so many aspects of (18:56) my life, and when he took me on this journey, I really had to forgive my parents, everything that (19:08) happened, you know, I had to give every memory to him, and in the process of forgiving and him (19:17) taking me through that healing process, where he just healed me, he changed it in such a way that (19:25) if I think of my childhood, you know, I do not, if I do think of something, one of the bad things (19:32) that happened, there's no emotions attached to it, but I do tend to think more about the good times, (19:42) you know, because there was also good times in growing up, it wasn't just bad, so (19:51) that's really amazing how he changed that, because previously I would, (19:55) you know, you would only focus on the bad stuff that happened, and not on the good stuff, so (20:02) he really took me on that journey to now look at my childhood and can really appreciate it, and (20:11) just look at the good times, that was also in my childhood, so he restored my childhood for me, (20:21) so I just wanted to share that, and then Isabella, I see you want to share something, Isabella? (20:33) Sorry, you guys, this is my cleaning time, so I'm running all around the house, yeah, I love this chapter, (20:40) because I remember when I came here, and I read that chapter on a Spanish app, and my tears just (20:48) came flowing, I said, oh, I'm loved, I'm cherished, everything that I'm going through has a reason, (20:55) you know, that's the first thing I thought, and yesterday, I don't know, I was catching up with (21:00) The Encourager, because sometimes there's a lot of stuff we need to catch up, and the Lord led me to read, (21:08) I don't know if you guys read it, if not, go to The Encourager page, Ruby's praise about the wickedness, (21:15) oh my God, that was so good, because as Adina was sharing, you know, we all have childhood traumas, (21:23) you know, we all have to go through different situations, and we need healing, and I was (21:28) reading that praise, and I said, oh Lord, I do have stuff that I'm wicked at, still, you know, (21:33) because I get angry so easily, I don't want to, but still, with my kids, I'm losing patience so fast, (21:41) that I've been praying about it, and then yesterday, when I was reading, she was saying, (21:47) very beautiful, in a very beautiful manner, that she has left, Isabella, is it me, or is it you that just got (22:02) Can you hear me? Now we can. Okay, so I just, I just want to say that we really need to heal, (22:12) and there's a lot of healing that we need to do, and this is a daily process, (22:16) because there's a lot of things that we may not know, that are hurting us from our past, in our present, (22:22) that we need to take into His hands, so we can be healed, and live away, as Ruby says, (22:28) the wicked woman that we are, all those feelings that come across, when we are angry at someone, (22:34) or when our child, children do something to us, that we easily get fuzzed, we need to go to Him, (22:41) and ask why, you know, and try to reflect His love towards everyone, and that is the journey I'm in (22:48) right now. It's not easy, because I live surrounded by family, which that by itself is a patient's (22:57) trial, but I'm just praising the Lord that I'm going through this, because this is making me (23:03) understand why I react sometimes the way I do, so I just love the way He wants to heal our whole life, (23:12) so we can teach others about healing.

It's not always easy. People love to go to counseling for (23:18) that, but I think that when you discover that we have the best counselor, and that He give us (23:24) in our salvation package, He's giving us the spirit of His counsel, why do we need to go to (23:30) anyone else, right? We can share between each other, because we are sisters in the same journey, but (23:37) there's no need to go to anyone else, but to Him, to understand why we react the way we do, and He will (23:44) reveal to us all the things that are, that we have wounded, or all the wounds that we have, (23:51) so we can change all those little details, and just pass it to our children, so they can understand (23:58) how can we heal, and as Adina said, it will come to a time that we will remind the stuff that (24:05) happened to us, and we will just laugh of that stuff, because we'll say, well, it was very painful, (24:12) but I learned this, and people will understand what does it mean to really have a relationship (24:18) with the Lord, okay, because we will still go through deaths, and trials, and horrific stuff, (24:24) because this world is broken, I mean, we are not living in a fairy tale, you know, we're going to (24:30) go through so many stuff, but in Him, we have the hope that He will heal us, you know, so for me, (24:37) that's the beauty of it, you know, just knowing that, you know, I may get hurt, I will get hurt, (24:42) but I will heal, and that will help others to understand that through Him, (24:47) we have healing, and this is a journey, and it's a beautiful and painful journey, because sometimes (24:54) we don't want to wrap up all the things that hurt us, but it's so needed to grow, right, it's so (25:00) needed to grow, especially when we are moms, because that's the way we teach our children to heal, (25:07) and to show them that with the Lord, we can heal, and we can be joyful, and we can (25:12) smile at the future as the woman of Proverbs 31, so this is such a good chapter, and I really, (25:20) really encourage you to go to the encourager, and find that room with prayer, that was so good, (25:24) it's an eye-opener, thank you. Thank you for sharing Isabel Ayaz, this chapter, (25:31) it, every time you read it, you know, it's like, just touching your heart, (25:39) and giving hope, you know, giving hope that nothing is impossible with Him.

(25:44) So ladies, if no one else wants to share about the lesson, I just quickly want to talk about (25:50) something, this is now related to RMIOU students, so because I'm going to share the audio, I just (25:57) want to share it here, and that is about the PR guidelines, I just want to share my screen quickly, (26:12) see if I can share it, so I just want to open the PR guidelines here, because the newest, (26:28) the latest guidelines that were added here was about the preachy Pharisees, (26:36) you know, where your PR shouldn't be like preaching to other ladies, you know, and then the last one (26:46) was about speaking to the Lord, you know, like when you submit a praise report, or you comment (26:52) on a praise, where you do not submit it as a prayer, basically. Yvonne, I don't know if you (27:01) want to also share something about that, collaborate a little bit, or just share a bit (27:08) more about that, because there's also another thing that is also, we must talk about, and that is (27:17) advertising on the Encouraging Woman, so that includes, I think it's books from, you know, other (27:26) books that's not from RMI, not on the recommended list, movies, I think? Yes, yes, yes, names of movies, (27:41) anything that has like, you know, that refers to something else outside of the ministry, (27:48) we, like you can say, I watched a movie, and it made me think about, you know, this, or this, (27:56) or this, if it's part of a praise, but don't mention what the movie, or the book, or the, you know, (28:03) or what it was that you read, or something like that, so if your praise comes out of something (28:09) that happened because you read it, or you saw the movie, don't mention the movie, or the, you know, (28:16) it there, and I think, coming back to the pharisee, the spirit of the pharisee, right? (28:24) It's not easy to recognize it in terms of, you know, am I doing it? Because sometimes, we just (28:32) want to help the woman, you know? We just want to, we just want to give them, like, advice, and help them, (28:39) and you know, like, sort of preach to them, to say, don't make the same mistakes. I think it's the way (28:45) that we say it, that makes a difference, instead of trying to, to tell them, don't make the same (28:52) mistakes.

I'll say, you know what, Adina, in my life, I did this, and this, and this, and I knew, you know, (28:58) at the time, and this is how he helped me out of it, and the praise goes to him, and then, you know, it, (29:05) you get what the difference is between, Adina, don't do this, don't do this, and don't do this, (29:11) against your, you know, I did all of these things wrong, in, in the beginning of my journey, (29:19) and this is how he helped me out of it, you know? So, it's like, you see the, the difference between (29:25) the way that you, that you say something. I don't know if I, if I'm saying it correctly, (29:31) if I'm, if I'm explaining it correctly, and then, speaking to the Lord, I think what it also says (29:37) here, you know, it's like, when, it's an intimate thing between the two of you, right? So, it, (29:46) that's why it, it belongs between the two of you, and maybe it belongs in your journals, (29:51) when you're journaling, because there's a place in the journal, where you pour your heart out to him, (29:56) but not when it comes to, you know, writing.