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Pass It On
“Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled ...
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The Ultimate Clique
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Matthew 27:46 Though I am in my forties now, it takes no effort to remember clearly how challenging it w...
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Made for Relationships
“Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in the image of God he created them.” Genesis 1:26b One of the draws for us to come back to camp each...
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Serve and Be Served
“If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.” John 13:14 Last summer, I thought it would be ...
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Living Life Together
“And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon everyone soul,...
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You Become Like Those You Spend Time With
“He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.” Proverbs 13:12 For the first 3 weeks of Main Camp in 2013, it rained...
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Spiritual Gifts
“As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace.” 1 Peter 4:10 One of my best friends is a great l...
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Accountability
“By yourself you’re unprotected. With a friend you can face the worst. Can you round up a third? A three-stranded rope isn’t easily snapped.” Ecclesi...
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What Inspires You?
“Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down...
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Same Kind of Different
“…For you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:28 I’ve always had a deep love for discovering differences in others. Back in preschool, I took ...
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Being an Ambassador for Christ
“And also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in cha...
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Anger
“A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.” Proverbs 29:11 What angers you? Have you ever gotten so irritate...
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Judging Others
“Do not judge or you will be judged.” Matt. 7:1 Author Ken Sande defines judging as “looking for others’ faults and, without valid and sufficient re...
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Honor Your Parents - 5th Commandment
“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.” Exodus 20:12 This command is not typica...
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Putting Others First
“Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.” Romans 12:10 This verse in Romans 12 comes as one of the most simple, yet p...
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Bitterness
“Get rid of all bitterness… be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” Ephesians 4:31-32 Bi...
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Instructed
“The Sovereign LORD has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear t...
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Entangled
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles...
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Tongue
“Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who ...
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The Importance of Mentors
“Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will increase in learning.” Proverbs 9:9 I can’t imagine ...
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Image of God
“Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard ...
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Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness
“And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.” Philippians 2:8 Gentleness i...
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Kindness
“But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be ch...
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Friends
“He who walks with the wise grows wise: but a companion of fools, suffers harm.” Proverbs 13:20 Webster describes a friend as, “one that acts in the...
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The Fellowship of Believers
“So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by b...
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What's Life All About
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14 What do you value...