For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
In this passage, Peter speaks about not becoming ineffective and unproductive, by making sure that we have certain qualities in increasing measure. The interesting point to me was the starting point: faith. In other words, we are all to start from the basis of faith before building up the other qualities like knowledge and perseverance.
For some of us however, we seem to be starting from the basis of knowledge: how much we know about God. Make no mistake, knowledge is important. Yet as Peter mentioned in verse 8, we need more than just knowledge, we also need to build up other qualities, starting from faith.
So as we approach the Youth Camp, pray for your faith to be built up. Pray for specific situations in your life that you are facing right now, that you may have the faith to take the correct choice. Pull out your camp booklet or notes from last year's Camp iFaith and read through them again. Prepare your heart and pray that God will be made real in your own life.
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