Epic Students

Our desires/appetites that we strive for often leave us empty. When we let God's desires become our desires we are satisfied.

The mind is the control center. If we are believing the lies our lives will reflect it. Jesus wants to enter the room of our thoughts and transform it so that we believe truth and live Jesus out.

Consistency is putting in time with your friends and knowing that you will be there no matter what. We also need to be consistent in friendships with conflict, knowing that it is safe and we won't quit each other.

We need people that are going to help us get back on track with Jesus when we start to go off course. Accountability is needed in friendship to call us back to who we were meant to be.

An intentional part of deep relationships is transparency. You will only be as close to someone as you are transparent and vulnerable. We want transparency to be a part of our lives and those we surround ourselves with.

We are living in a world where we are the most connected we have ever been yet with fewer connections. Friendships are are going to help carry us through life and we need to first take a look at how we can be a good friend so that we can build good friendships around us.

Faith is the confidence in things hope for and the assurance of things not seen. In order to battle this enemy we need to raise our shield of faith trusting God for who he says he is.

You can't accomplish the right mission with the wrong shoes on. As we engage in this spiritual battle we need to make sure that we have the shoes of the Gospel of Peace on in order to fight against the enemy.

When it comes to this battle, we need to know that there is a battle of our identity. God wants us to know who we are in him while the enemy would much rather make you feel shame and guilt and for you to be known by your sin.

When we think of righteousness we usually have the idea of living right. While this is true, we have to first understand the free gift of righteousness we have been given so we can have a desire to live righteously.

There is a battle we face on a daily basis. We have to be aware of an enemy trying to pull us away from Jesus. The Belt of Truth is the first tool we need to put on in order to fight the enemy.

Breaking up is something that unfortunately happens to many of us. When do we break up and how do we heal are two important questions we need to address when it comes to breaking up.

Have you ever taken the time to ask yourself what you should be thinking about when it comes to dating. If we understand our purpose in life and that God has a plan for our lives we will begin to date in a glorifying way.

When it comes to picking a partner have you ever thought about the things you need to look for? If we do not have things that the person we are looking for has to have we are going to end up hurt and heartbroken.

One of the biggest decisions we will make besides entering into a relationship with Jesus is who we spend the rest of our life with. Healthy relationships start with healthy individuals. We have to begin to look at our lives before we take on another.

Healing is a hard thing to do. God wants us to not only identify the hurt but trust the process and begin to heal.

We all at some point experience hurt in our lives. This could be from choices we have made or someone else could cause it. What the Father wants from his children is to identify the hurt so we can begin to deal with it.

The Bible often uses the term Father to relate to God. If we begin to understand God as our Father it will change the way we receive from him.

One of the hardest things to do in life is look at the ways we have missed the mark and deal with them. Yet Jesus willingly waits on us to come to him so that he can restore us.

Our world wants authentic and honest people. Jesus is no different. He wants us to be real, open, honest and vulnerable about our lives with him.

Jesus has a heart for the lost. God wants to use us to be lights in this world to help find the lost and bring them back to him.

Life hits us many times and people hurt us, which makes it hard to trust. We have a Father who is asking you to trust him with your life. The question is will you?

Have you ever taken time to look at what God wants from you in this relationship. The place we have to start is loving him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength.

Lukewarm means showing little enthusiasm. If we are not intentionally investing in our relationship God, it can be easy to just be in a relationship instead of actively pursuing the relationship.

Finishing this life faithfully for Jesus can be tough. Knowing you always have room to grow and improve is a mindset that will help you to finish well.