Remember when you were learning how to write an essay in school? There was a structure for how to write the essay. After your first paragraph, you’d start the next with a transition word, phrase, or sentence. I recently read somewhere that transitions are like bridges connecting one idea to another or transitions can help the reader understand how all that is written works together. Can we also view life transitions this way as well?
Read MoreIt’s that time of year again isn’t it? This can be your final time going through finals or your first, but I promise you its always the same. I still remember the first time I went through my first finals season in college…and my mother remembers as well (I’ll get to that in a moment).
Read MoreI’ve come to understand that God is the God of all things — beginning, middle, and end.
As assuring as this is, we’re nowhere near the beginning, and we just had midterms a while ago. So it’s important to remember and understand that God is the God of the end as well.
Read MoreBeing a graduate in a career that I studied seemed pretty impossible once. I look back and conclude that it truly was God who brought me through it. The past few days, God really spoke to me about where I’m putting my faith in and I really hope it helps encourage someone:
Read MoreWith these in mind, if you place your trust in Jesus, you can attack those finals with the most confidence, peace, and joy because of what our faith in Jesus provides us with!
Read MoreExam week. The most brutal but kind of exciting week in college. For some, it is their last exams, and for some, this will be their first in college.
Read MoreI don’t know where you are during this finals season..whether you are stable, unstable, sad, happy, discouraged, empowered, etc, no matter where you are, He cares and He is still present enough to help you and tend to your heart and your situation.
Read MoreThis time of the semester always produces immense stress. It’s so close to Christmas break and the only thing holding us back from being with our loved ones is final exams. No matter how much you’ve studied, there’s always a tinge of uncertainty looming overhead. I’ve simply stopped by to let you know today that you aren’t facing this situation alone.
Read MoreJames 1 tells us to consider it all joy when we go through times of difficulty. And typically when we read such a verse, we don’t think about situations like finals, but I do think this can be considered one of those times where our faith is tested. I used to experience test anxiety, during exams and used to be so emotional, to the point where I’d just act our of character over these few days, but over time I internalized that a change of heart/mind can change everything. Here are a few things I did differently:
Read MoreRemember, no matter what happens, He has a plan for you (Jer. 29:11). All things are working together for your good (Romans 8:28). Your prayers have much power (James 5:16). God is fighting for you (Josh 1:9, 23:10). You can do this (Phil 4:13)!
Read More“Help me to do it scared!”. If we condition ourselves to only move in the absence of fear, we have made fear the conductor that decides whether we move or stay still. If we make a conscious decision to allow grace to lead the way, fear has no choice but to take a back seat. In order to accomplish this, we have to push through fear and decide that scared or not, nothing will stand in the way of God’s will for our lives. It’s not easy, but we are capable because we’ve been graced to succeed.
Read MoreSo take a breath. Rest a bit. You deserve it. You need it! Remember, God is your strength. He is with you always. He sees the work you’re putting in, and believes in you!
Read MoreFaith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. Most importantly, without faith, it is impossible to please God. These are pretty important things to remember, because life is full of moments where you have to believe in invisible things that take forever to be visible.
Read MoreYou are going to kill it this exam season. Study smart. Eat well. Take breaks. Remember sleep is a necessity, not a reward. I love you and I believe in you! Believe in yourself, okay?
Read MoreToday, ask God for the thing you’re seeking. Maybe it’s wisdom, maybe it’s understanding, maybe it’s a certain grade, or grace for a certain assignment. Whatever it is believe that He will grant it to you and even expect that He will do it. Do not allow doubt to enter your mind. When those thoughts start creeping in, say “Why would I even think that? That’s not the kind of God i serve. He has done it before and he can do it again.”
Read MoreI hope you have a wonderful Sunday! Rest! You will do an amazing job on the rest of your exams. Praying for you!
Read MoreYou are not alone but your Heavenly Father is there with you taking care of you, so rest in that truth.
Read MoreRemember that when you have the Source of literally everything living on the inside of you, you too are more than able to accomplish what you set out to do. Believe that you will retain all the information you studied and that reward will be on the other side of your time and sacrifice. You’ve got this! If He’s more than able, then so are you.
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Ok so you’ve studied all you can. Long nights at the library, hours upon hours invested in mentally preparing for these sheets of paper with questions on them that somehow determine whether or not you’re a good student. And now here you are about to take this test. Answers to potential questions flooding your head. Strategies for what part of the paper you’ll start with...