This coming Sunday marks the beginning of a new era in Verb.  On that day at 10:45am 20-25 new students will come strutting (or awkwardly and anxiously baby stepping) into the youth room.   I could not be more excited!  I have been praying for that day and those students specifically for months and cannot wait to see what God does with them.

More importantly for them however is their move scholastically to high school.  I can remember my first day as a freshmen.  Going from top of the junior high food chain as an 8^th grader to being so low I could read the word “insignificant” written on the bottom of the senior’s shoes.  It was one of the few times in life when I could decide who I wanted to be.  Would I be the same complacent, lukewarm, Christian poser or would I finally embrace the faith of my father and make it my own? Fortunately it was the later.

The summer before my freshmen year at a summer camp I made the choice to actually live with my life what I professed with my mouth.   It is a decision like this that I feel is pivotal in the spiritual success of the incoming freshmen.  Taking what they say they believe in and living it out like soldiers of the faith.  Soldiers who are willing to fight, suffer, and ultimately die for their beliefs and to themselves.

So this week could potentially be one of the most important weeks of their lives.  Let’s pray that they stand firm in their faith as Satan and his army marches against them.