I think this would make a great inspirational speech at a graduation ceremony.
"My advice is simple and straightforward.
Just go ahead with what you've been given.
You've received your instructions - now live them.
You know what to do.
It's ingrained in you.
Well constructed around you.
You know your way around now.
Schools out - quit studying it and start living it!
And let that living spill over into the lives of others you touch."
That might stir a few hearts and minds at a graduation ceremony.
But even better - way better- is when these same words are about Jesus Christ - and He is the school that you've graduated from.
Check out Colossians 2 (v 6-10)
My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you’ve been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. You’re deeply rooted in him. You’re well constructed upon him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what you’ve been taught. School’s out; quit studying the subject and start living it! And let your living spill over into thanksgiving.
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Just go ahead with what you've been given.
You've received your instructions - now live them.
You know what to do.
It's ingrained in you.
Well constructed around you.
You know your way around now.
Schools out - quit studying it and start living it!
And let that living spill over into the lives of others you touch."
That might stir a few hearts and minds at a graduation ceremony.
But even better - way better- is when these same words are about Jesus Christ - and He is the school that you've graduated from.
Check out Colossians 2 (v 6-10)
My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you’ve been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. You’re deeply rooted in him. You’re well constructed upon him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what you’ve been taught. School’s out; quit studying the subject and start living it! And let your living spill over into thanksgiving.
Watch out for people who try to dazzle you with big words and intellectual double-talk. They want to drag you off into endless arguments that never amount to anything. They spread their ideas through the empty traditions of human beings and the empty superstitions of spirit beings. But that’s not the way of Christ. Everything of God gets expressed in him, so you can see and hear him clearly. You don’t need a telescope, a microscope, or a horoscope to realize the fullness of Christ, and the emptiness of the universe without him. When you come to him, that fullness comes together for you, too. His power extends over everything.
And read more of Colossians 2 beyond verse 10 for bonus advice on graduating with honors - and what to do when pressured and bullied by life and those who populate it.=====================
Jesus,
Wow - just what I need and just when I need it.
Your Word is always there with the right stuff.
Lead me to read and listen and pay attention!
School's out.
Amen.
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Wow - just what I need and just when I need it.
Your Word is always there with the right stuff.
Lead me to read and listen and pay attention!
School's out.
Amen.
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