It might seem like a silly question, but it has come up a number of times — how do I know whether or not to add “if it be thy will” to the end of my prayers? I actually wondered this myself at various times. I think the key is learning to discern what God
Browsing category Lessons For College Students
People have a hard time letting go of the past. Perhaps you have regrets. Did you do something stupid last semester? Did something embarrassing happen to you? Maybe memories of those events are keeping you from trying again? If so, you are letting your past wreck your today. Or maybe you committed a certain sin
Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life (Philippians 2:14-16). Despite my fond memories of college and how much fun I
I majored in journalism at college. They taught me to answer these questions when writing a story: who, what, where, when and why? As sinful human beings, we tend to focus on the last one the most, don’t we? WHY did I get a bad roommate? WHY can’t I find Christian friends at college? WHY
As I look back on my college years, I am trying to remember a single instance where a fellow student gave me encouragement. I’m not complaining. Enough years have passed by to make me realize that if I did have any negative feelings toward someone at college, the feelings weren’t serious enough to be remembered
I watched Marathon Man recently — the movie where Dustin Hoffman is a college student and gets interrogated by a fugitive Nazi dentist who repeatedly asks him “Is it safe?” This got me thinking about colleges and safe spaces. Safe spaces are a somewhat new development. If a college student feels challenged by an idea
I’ve heard this one come up a couple of different ways: 1. My boyfriend/girlfriend and I are going to get married. It’s cheaper for us to live together until then. We’re not sleeping together, though! 2. Sometimes folks have roommates of the opposite sex in college. They are not in any sort of relationship with
As college gets further and further in the review mirror, I look back and think about what I regret the most. I find that I don’t regret any of the challenges and the stuff that made me unhappy or stressed. I don’t even particularly regret stupid choices, like running through snow in my bare feet.
Do you have too much homework? Too many tests? Roommate problems? Relationship problems? Loneliness? Illness? Maybe you are thinking that if you can just get past this present hurdle, everything will be smooth sailing. And it might be smooth sailing…until the next problem. No shortage of problems exist, for we must through much tribulation enter
There are bad days — one gets sick, has too much work to get done, too many bills to pay and relationship problems — and then there are really bad days — one ends up in the hospital, consequences from unfinished work lead to getting fired, the bank account goes into the negative and relationships
If you are a college student out and about in your new town looking for churches, you may have noticed that doctrine has become a dirty word in some circles. Deeds not creeds, is often a slogan bandied about. At its heart this philosophy boils down to, “We don’t want to get bogged down in
I realized a problem many people, including myself, have when it comes to faith. They tie their faith to life experiences. I have money in the bank, my faith is solid. I have am short of money, my faith is shaky. I have a good marriage, my faith is solid. I have a bad marriage,
You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts you (Isaiah 26:3). Last chapter concentrated on the physical side of health, but the body is more than a collection of organs. Your mental and emotional facilities are just as important, for God asks us to have a healthy
Do you not know that you are the temple of God (1 Corinthians 3:16)? As we’ve already established in the introduction, if you go to the top of a mountain, God is there. If you go to the bottom of the sea, God is there. Well, you’re there, too. Your body is the one possession
Let all things be done decently and in order (1 Corinthians 14:40). The wise prioritize, and God is pro-wisdom. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him (James 1:5). The purpose of going to college is to
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