1 Love for ChristQuarterly Ministry Update

October-December 2015

HANNAH STELZLP.O. Box 628

Waxhaw, NC 281731loveforchristalone@gmail.com

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Dear Friends,

It’s hard to believe that the holiday season is already upon us and 2015 is about to become history. Looking back over this year, I marvel at all that God has brought me through. In a way, I feel like a brand new Christian, starting over in my understanding of what it means to live for Jesus Christ; or rather, to submit to the life of Jesus Christ IN me. I’ve traveled as a mentor and as a student; I’ve connected with incarcerated women and identified with them in ways I never thought I could. Perhaps most importantly, I’ve gotten a glimpse of my need for more of Christ and the reality of what it means to be crucified with Him. It is not I who lives, but He who lives in me!

Galatians 2:20 says, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” Entering into the understanding of how this applies to my life has been a journey that I don’t think will be soon forgotten! This was a work that God began while I was ministering to female inmates in Florida for a week in October; many of you received my personal update about that trip. But watching God work through myself and the other volunteers to set those captives free woke me up to the reality of how He wants to live through all of us. We have nothing to offer outside of Him; not on our best day. (Next page)

“For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.” Philippians 3:3

FOURTH QUARTER UPDATE OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2015

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prayer requests:

Coming home from a maximum security prison has a way of shaking your world-view. You’re grateful for things you weren’t grateful for before. But above all, when you see how much those empty people value Jesus Christ (because He truly is ALL they have), it causes you to wonder how you could have cared about so many earthly pleasures before you cared to love Him with your entire being.

Another exciting development this year has been the finalizing of a book that has been long in the writing. Years ago, I was asked to write a 10 page article for the parents of young ladies struggling with food disorders (Anorexia, Bulimia, Compulsive Eating, etc.). The “article” turned into a 200 page book which was nearly done when our family suffered the crash of our computer harddrive. The program that we thought was backing our computers up had failed almost a year before the crash, and the publication-ready draft of the book was lost. My motivation to re-construct it was minimal until this past July when a friend encouraged me to complete what I had started. The book is now in the final proof-reading stage, and cover design is underway. I’m looking forward to publishing it early in the new year, if all goes as planned.

Finally, God has been good to minister encouragement to countless individuals through the blog, 1 Love for Christ. What began as a tiny web-journal, designed by a graphics novice and a single young woman who wanted to encourage teens, has turned into a dynamic outreach to youth and adults all over the world. The blog was read this year by people in at least 36 different countries, many of which are spiritually oppressed. I’m grateful for the young men and women who have contributed to the blog either regularly or sporadically, and allowed their personal life-lessons to minister grace and edification to our readers.

As we head into the year 2016, may we be completely and wholly lost in Jesus Christ, counting ALL things loss to gain intimacy with HIM!

Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year!

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Please pray for a quick finalization of details for the book I hope to publish at the end of the year!

Please pray for several ladies I’m acquainted with who need salvation!

Praise the Lord for the salvation of Haley, who I asked for prayer for last quarter! Pray for her growth in Christ and her difficult family situation!

Please pray for direction as I consider several new opportunities in 2016!