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Hannah Stelzl

7608 Big Buck Trail

Waxhaw, NC 28173

hannah@stelzl.us

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She took her hands off of her life"God," I cried, "I don't have a plan, but I know You do. Show me what course of action to take." This was my prayer in regards to a young woman I'd met the previous year. And God met me with my request. He told me to "stand still and see the salvation of the Lord." For the next nine d a y s , H e s t r e n g t h e n e d m y physical body and renewed my emotional energy so that I could pour His truth into a hurting life. Miraculously, God did what professional , Harvard graduates

Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; and make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God…" Hebrews 12:12-15

had labeled as hopeless, this young woman stopped trusting in the power of her own positive thinking and started believing the truth about who she was in Christ. Today, as she and I continue to study God's Word together, I am so blessed by her insight and encouragement - and I wonder, what would her doctors say if they could see her now? By the grace of God, her faith has caught the joyful sound of saints on Higher Ground! She lives free!

THIRD-QUARTER UPDATE, AUGUST 2014

I am Complete in Christ!

"And ye are complete in Him, which is the head of all principality and power:" Colossians 2:10

couldn't have done on their best day. He took a stony heart and replaced it with a heart of flesh. As the days went by, I marveled at the changes I was seeing. My young friend was choosing to say "No" to herself, her destructive h a b i t s a n d h e r p r e s s i n g addictions. She was choosing to say "Yes" to Christ and His desire to control and govern her life. She was asking for help and prayer in her time of need. And above all, she made Jesus HER Lord and King. Facing mountains of diagnosis' and habitual coping patterns that the professionals

Victory Over the DarknessNeil Anderson takes his reader on an incredible journey to discover their blood-bought identity in Christ and therefore, the i r po ten t ia l to l i ve the victorious Christian life we're all looking for! Every Christian - no matter how "spiritual" needs the truths revealed in this book!(Available for purchase on Amazon along with the study guide for further application.)

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Higher GroundI want to live above the world,Though satan's darts at me are hurled,For faith has caught the joyful sound,The song of saints on higher ground!

Lord lift me up and let me stand,By faith on heaven's table land.A higher plane than I have found,Lord plant my feet on higher ground.

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Nothing could have prepared me for the afternoon when a young woman walked up to me in tears during a home school convention and asked if I could help her. She had doubted her salvation for the past ten years and was desperate to know God in the personal, intimate way she had been told about by others. But she didn't know how to reach Him. We found a quiet hallway somewhere in the back recesses of the building and I stumbled through some questions - totally taken off guard by this sudden opportunity that had presented itself. My mind was blank as I skimmed the pages of my Bible, looking for something that could help her. Every verse I'd ever memorized was gone from my mind. At the end of the hall, someone was coming. We waited for them to pass by, but just before that happened, an elderly man stopped to ask if we were memorizing Scripture together. I told him we weren't and as he disappeared around the corner, he called back, "Ephesians. It's a good book." The hallway was quiet again and I silently thanked the Lord for His help. I encouraged my new friend to read and meditate on Ephesians as God brought back to my mind all the powerful truths about our identity that were found within it's pages. We prayed together and before I left, she asked for my contact information. Digging through my purse, the only paper I could find was a stack of pre-sealed envelopes that had Scripture cards inside them. I couldn't remember which Scriptures were in which envelope, so I grabbed one out of the middle of the stack, prayed that it would be what she needed, and scribbled my email on the backside of the wrapping. I never caught so much as a glimpse of her for the rest of the conference.

A week later, I received an email from the mysterious girl. She wrote about how she had gone to the ladies room after our talk and cried out to God to make Himself known to her. At the same time, she tore open the envelope with my contact information to find Romans 8:35-39 about the invincible, inseparable love of God. He met her in the humblest of places and she began flipping through her Bible as verse after verse leapt off the pages with new meaning. From that point forward, she never doubted her relationship with the Lord. At the end of her email, she explained that she had since memorized almost a complete chapter of Ephesians and was working on the rest of the book! Today, this young woman is witnessing to her classmates while she puts in classroom hours at her local community college. God has blessed her with an incredible passion for the lost. I praise the Lord that she stopped me that day with a simple question: "Can you help me? I've been doubting my salvation for 10 years."

She was a complete stranger...I heard a quiet voice asking me if I had worked on staff with the girl's program. I answered "yes" but I felt my schedule reminding me that I needed to head to the next session. For some reason, I stayed. God was about His business. He had a job He wanted me to do.

Hannah StelzlBiblical Mentor

Prayer Requests:That I would be faithful to give God the glory due HIS name. He has made me glad through HIS works!

That the young ladies I'm currently serving would desire Christ above all other earthly joys and be willing to sell out for God!

For God's direction and guidance as I consider some possible expansions of the ministry, including live events.

That I would be sensitive to the lessons God wants to teach me through the young ladies I'm ministering to!

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