When I was in 4th grade my best friend moved away.
There's some neat blessings that happen when you go out and share Christ with people and share your lives with them.
What does it look like to be strong? Well, it looks like following the rules of the athletic competition.
This is part one of a Three Part Devotional called Be Strong. The next parts will be posted in the coming weeks.
Do you remember the first time that you left home? Like, really left home?
All right, here's one more thing to add when we think about how am I going to find and follow God's will for my life?
Sometimes we think, Oh God is opening a door for me, and we think God's will must be the easiest option out there.
One question that we get a lot with our college students is, how do I know what I should do with my life?
Jesus is the bread of life from heaven that gives us eternal life, forgiveness, salvation. But there's something else we can learn from this too. Jesus gives us bread to distribute.
When Jesus fed the 5000 he not only was looking to their physical needs, but he was also concerned about their spiritual needs. He's concerned with your spiritual needs too.
You're not just a speck out in the universe that's unimportant to God. Jesus sees and cares about you, and He provides for you.
We can't always see what God is thinking or what He's planning. But here He speaks to us in His word and he tells us I have seen, I have heard, I will be with you.