Silent Retreat

So we got done with staff training and all the normal things you go over in preparation for the summer. We had our staff development day and vacation day at the beach. Then we came home to go to the churches that we will be working with this next week with our team on outreach. When we got home we started a day of silence where we wait on God and see what He is saying for us for the summer and future.
I read through the book of Romans and this is some of what God had said to me in that time.
Remember where you came from and what I did to save you. Live by faith, God lets us choose our path weather or not to follow Him, He will give you what your heart truly desires weather it be fruitful or not. We are not saved by works, but by God's grace and kindness and on the same note we are saved by a relationship with Him. We were also crucified with Christ after we have given our lives to Him.
When Paul had talked about the faith of Abraham it really stuck out to me as I read in chapter 4: When God promised Abraham that he would become the father of many nations, Abraham believed him. And Abraham's faith didn't weaken, even through he knew he was too old to be a father at the age of 100 years old and that Sarah; his wife, had never been able to bear children. Abraham never wavered in believing God's promise. In fact, his faith grew even stronger, and brought honor and glory to the Lord. He was absolutely convinced that God was able to do anything he had promised. And because of Abraham's faith, God declared him to be righteous.
It is clear, then, that God's promises to give the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants was not based on obedience to God's law, but on the new relationship with God that comes by faith. So that's why faith is the key! God's promise is given to us as a free gift. And we are certain to receive it, if we have faith like Abraham's.
I wish I could share all the scripture that spoke to me as much as this passage but I chose to share this on because this is what God is really laying on my heart right now. I am really being challenged to live by faith. I am seeking for the plans and the promises He has for me. I know how quickly I waver in my faith when things seem to be going wrong or not as I had planned. I know all the scriptures we shoot at each other when they feel down, like god will never leave or forsake us, for everything works to the good of those who God chooses. But how much faith do we, I put into those verses we are so quick to shoot out.
Prayers
Praises
God showed up during the quiet time
God is bring us staff together
Requests
we have 80 some youth coming tomorrow for 10 days
- staff for strength and energy and patients guidance and wisdom
- God starts a work in all of their lives and continues to build their foundations
-we have 3 days of training 5 days of out reach and a day of vacation in their time here
for me as I wrestle with God and faith

I want to pray a prayer from Romans for all of you that are taking the time and energy to do the same for me.
15:13 So I pray that God, who gives you hope, will keep you happy and full of peace as you believe in Him. May you overflow with hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. 16:25 God is able to make you strong, just as the Good News says. It is the message about Jesus and his plans for you. 12:21 Do not let evil get the best of you, but conquer evil by doing good.