It will be different this time!

I just want to encourage our students as they head back to school. I want you to know that no matter how many times you have fallen or failed. It will be different this time! Sometimes we give up on our christian walk because we think it can't be done right, or because we seem to fall over and over. I just want you to know that it will be different this time. I know that you may have told yourself that over and over and then it ends up not. It ends up the same. Don't let that keep you down.

Jude 1:24
"To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy."

It is possible. It dosen't mean that there will not be tough choices and sacrifices. Make them. Do what has to be done for it to be different this time.

1. Have faith in Christ's ability. Sometimes we lean to much on our strength. He is able. Depend on Him. Love on Him. Obey Him. Follow Him. Seek Him. Find your strength in him.
2. Notice it says without fault. Endure. Endure. Endure. Live it out no matter how much it hurts. It is worth it. To be pesented before His glorious presence...WOW!
3. Also, notice it says with great joy. He not going say, "Father, here is Todd. You know he barely made it." No, it is not going to be that way at all.

Go for it this school year. If you fall, fail, or mess up. Make it different by dusting yourself off and getting up.