With the completion of the SF1 program in Asia (as shown in the attached), the SFM spiritual shaping course for this academic year has come to a temporary end. However, although the course has ended, God’s work in life has never stopped. The Lord continues to call His children to draw near to Him daily and respond to His love step by step in their lives.
1.Hearing God’s Invitation, Drawing Closer to Him in Silence
We thank God for leading nearly fifty teachers and students from SF1 and SF3 in the US and Canada through a recently concluded silent retreat. Through devotional exercises, nature, the Word of the Bible, and introspection, they learned to listen to “the Lord’s heart and my own,” responding to the call of Jesus and willing to follow Him closely.
We pray that the Holy Spirit will guide everyone back to their daily lives, continuing to open this opened door of listening to God; constantly listening in silence, resting in love, and truly experiencing the Lord’s presence.
2.Living in God’s Presence, Being Shaped in His Companionship
We pray that God will abundantly be with the teaching team, guiding the preparations for the new academic year’s “SF2 Living Out Our True selves Series” courses, spiritual guidance, festive gatherings, and workshops, helping participants build a real, intimate, continuous, and experiential relationship with God.
May God also move all SF1 graduates to enthusiastically enroll in the SF2 course, so that in the light and love of the Lord’s presence, they may continue to be shaped by Him, deepening and integrating their inner lives, so as to receive all the abundance in Christ, for He is our life!