TTA Takeover: Khloe Spencer

STP Devotional for the Week of 5/12/25

Hi everyone! My name is Khloe Spencer. I have been at STP for 3 years, and I have been in 7 shows. This is my second year being a TTA and I am currently a TTA and stage manager for "The Empress’ New Clothes!"

Now I must admit, when Mrs. Pam asked me to do the TTA takeover, I was super excited to be given the opportunity, and I immediately said "Yes! Absolutely!" Then about two minutes after I had accepted, it actually dawned on me that I would have to visit and speak at every single STP class. So, then I got really scared and sort of started spiraling about it. That was my first mistake, I didn’t even pray to ask the Lord for guidance on what I should share with you all. I had a million ideas flooding to my mind and not once did I stop to prayerfully consider what I was going to talk about. Then there’s my next mistake, thinking

primarily about myself. I thought to myself: "What do I do? I don't want to embarrass myself in front of all the STP students!"

So, of course, I eventually reached my breaking point and prayed desperately to the Lord because I just didn’t know what to do. The very first thought I had after praying was "Khloe, this has never been about you." 1 Corinthians 10:24 says “No one is to seek his own good, but the good of the other person.”

I was so focused on how I would be presenting myself to you all that I had forgotten the whole point; that is, to do a service for you all by sharing something the Lord has been laying on my heart in hopes that at least one person would be encouraged. I started to think about our show this weekend, "Empress." Kendra, the kindhearted sister of our very vain Queen MeMe, persists in lovingly sharing the Truth with her sister. It reminded me of what I was tasked to do here: share a message or rather a word of encouragement to you all.

So, here’s what I have gained from the show that I’d like to share with you. Do not give up

the good work that is in Christ. Share His Word and lovingly encourage others to accept it. At times it may be hard, especially if we’re scared of what people will think of us. I know that’s easier said than done. I was terrified of what everyone would think of me while I’m

speaking today.

“For am I now trying to persuade people, or God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.” -Galatians 1:10

Sometimes people are not very open to hearing the Word, and sometimes it’s the people you love the most. It’s heartbreaking, but it doesn’t mean you give up. Keep striving to point them to Christ. Colossians 1:25 and 27 says, “I have become its servant, according to God’s commission that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”

I leave you and encourage you with this: Do not let your fears of being disliked stop you from being an ambassador for Christ. A lot of the time I get socially anxious, but I find that just simply acknowledging that you do it for God and not for man helps tremendously. In "Empress," Kendra seeks Christ in everything, and does her best in sharing with her sister Queen MeMe. Will Queen MeMe heed her sister’s message, or will she continue her egotistical ways? Find out this weekend at "Empress!"