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words, "solemn" and "extremely spiritual" are the words that were used
to describe this school year’s Spring Week of Prayer held March 23-27,
2009. The theme for the week was “A Closer Walk With Jesus”. Students
and teachers were truly touched by the lively song services led by Mrs.
Rowena Smith, Ms. Marcia Smith, and Mr. Roosevelt Wilmore and the
musical specials that were presented by staff, students, and invited
guests. For the first time, students and staff came together and formed
a musical ensemble that included 2 trumpets, 2 violins, 2 flutes, a
saxophone, and a clarinet. The music they produced was a blessing to
all.
 One
of the many spiritual nuggets that the speaker, Elder Terry Tannis,
ministerial intern at the Bahamas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
told the students was, “God without us is still God, but without God, we
are nothing.” He also shared 5 steps that we should take in order to get
to Heaven. They were the 5 Ss.
On Monday, he told everyone to "Start Moving". We must start the
spiritual journey. He went over the different safety instruments used in
an airplane and compared them to the things we need to use in our
spiritual experience. The seatbelt, for instance, is our principles. If
we take off our seatbelt and there is turbulence, then we may get hurt
or even die.
 On
Tuesday, Elder Tanis said that we must "Stop Pretending" because God
knows exactly who we are. On Wednesday, he encouraged us to "Stay The
Course". We must follow the directions that are given to us by our
traffic controller who is Jesus Christ. He is the one who can guide us
safely to our destination. On Thursday, Elder Tannis told us to "Stay
Connected". We must always have a connection to Jesus. We are to stay
connected through prayer and reading God’s Word. He told the students
that they are slaves and may not even know it. “When you think you are
enjoying the sex and the drugs, you don’t realize that you are a slave
to those things. They end up controlling you,” said
 Elder
Tanis. “Only Jesus can set you free, and you must try Him and see how
awesome it is to live wrapped up in Christ.”
On Friday, he said that sometimes we are going too fast in life. We want
to speed up life, not realizing that it is already at the correct speed.
Therefore, for many, they will have to "Start Over". He spoke about a
man in the Bible who was blessed with riches and wisdom and became too
full of himself. He started to squander his riches and began to have
many wives and concubines until he
 realized
that none of what he had gave him the strength and security he needed.
Solomon realized that the only thing that matters is God and that
everything else is vanity.
Many students were touched by these inspiring words, and many
surrendered to Christ. We thank God for these victories and will
continue to pray for the students who requested further Bible study,
special prayer, and baptism.
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