Youth Detour

Welcoming the New Year with faith, joy, and gratitude. May this year be a season of blessings for us all. ✨

"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! … And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:4–7)

Isang pagbati sa iyo, kapatid.
🎄 Maligayang Pasko! 🎄

“Siya’y manganganak ng isang lalake, at ang pangalang itatawag mo sa Kaniya ay Jesus, sapagkat Ililigtas Niya ang Kaniyang bayan mula sa kanilang mga kasalanan.”
— Matthew 1:21

✨ Ipinagdiriwang natin ang kapanganakan ni Jesus—ang ating Tagapagligtas at pag-asa ng sanlibutan.
Nawa’y mapuno ng kagalakan, kapayapaan, at pag-ibig ng Panginoon ang inyong Pasko. 🙏💙

Happy birthday, Pastora Emelia 💛

“‘May the Lord bless you and protect you. May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord show you his favor and give you his peace.’”
‭‭Numbers‬ ‭6‬:‭24‬-‭26‬ ‭NLT‬‬

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮 🎉

We thank the Lord for your life and for the way you faithfully lead and guide us. Your dedication, humility, and love for God’s people continue to inspire us to grow in our walk with Him.

Our prayer is that the Lord will renew your strength, fill you with fresh wisdom, and surround you with His favor in every season. May He protect you, empower you, and grant the desires of your heart as you continue to serve Him with excellence and integrity. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥.

God bless you abundantly, Pastora! 🙏🏼💛

𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁! 𝗗𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗼𝗱, 𝗮𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼.
‭‭𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵𝘂𝗮‬ ‭𝟭‬:‭𝟵‬

We celebrate God's goodness and faithfulness in your life, Pastor Elijah! May the Lord bless you and keep you all the days of your life 😇🎉

“No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. For I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will not fail you or abandon you.”

‭‭Joshua‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬ ‭NLT‬‬

𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲'𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥
𝗚𝗼𝗱, 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗴𝗲
One of my daughter’s most vivid childhood memories is the day her dad taught her to ride a bike without training wheels. At one point in their outing, my husband balanced his feet on the hubs of her rear wheel (while she kept hers on the pedals and they shared the handlebars) so they could coast down a small, gently sloping section together. She remembers her dad laughing with joy—a sharp contrast to her own fearful experience of the moment. The ride was so short that the entire episode happened too quickly for him to stop and empathize with her. As they reminisce about the incident today, my husband’s gentle response to her recollection is to reassure her that he knew everything would be okay.

Their story is an apt metaphor for the moments when we too experience fear in life. The “hills” might look big and scary from our vantage point, and the risk of being hurt can seem very real. Yet Scripture assures us that because “the Lord is with [us],” 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 “𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥” (Psalm 118:6). Though human help may fail us, He’s a trustworthy refuge when we feel overwhelmed by our struggles (vv. 8-9).

God is our “helper” (v. 7), which means we can trust Him to care for us during life’s most trying and fearful moments. 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 “𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩” 𝘢𝘯𝘥 “𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦” (v. 14).

𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝘆: 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴
https://odb.org/2025/09/25/its-gonne-be-okay/

To God be the Glory!

𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐐𝐔𝐄?

"The Bible may look like any other book—just words on paper—but unlike ordinary books, it carries something powerful and alive within it. Why is the Bible unique?
𝟭. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝗱'𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱: 2 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘺 3:16 “𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘎𝘰𝘥-𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘥”
𝟮. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲: 𝘗𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘮 19:7 “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵”
𝟯. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲: 𝘏𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘴 4:12 “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦!”

With truths like these, we should take time to really listen and be curious about what God’s Word teaches about life and what truly matters.

No other book can transform the heart and soul the way the Bible does—it changes how we think, speak, and live.

If the Bible is truly God’s Word, then it’s the best place to find real answers, because in it God reveals His love and shows us how to enjoy a genuine relationship with Him.

He gave us His Word to guide our priorities and lead us toward true success and victorious living.

So if you want to be a teen after God’s own heart, spend time in the Bible—it’s God’s ultimate handbook for you!"

[A Young Man After God's Own Heart (An Extreme Adventure)., Jim George]

To God be the Glory!

𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲'𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥

𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀

Adolfo Kaminsky knew how to remove indelible ink from paper. As a member of the anti-Nazi resistance in France, he altered identification cards to save hundreds from concentration camps. Once he was given three days to forge nine hundred birth and baptismal certificates and ration cards for three hundred Jewish children. He labored two straight days without sleep, telling himself, “In one hour I can make thirty blank documents. If I sleep for an hour thirty people will die.”

The apostle Paul felt a similar urgency. He reminded the church in Ephesus how he’d “served the Lord with great humility and with tears and in the midst of severe testing” (Acts 20:19). Paul said, “I have not hesitated to preach anything that would be helpful to you” (v. 20). This urgency compelled him to share with everyone the necessity of repentance and faith in Jesus (v. 21). Now he was sailing back to Jerusalem, eager to “finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus [had] given [him]—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace” (v. 24).

Paul couldn’t save people. Only God does that. But he could tell them God’s good news about Jesus, the only “name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).

𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺? 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.

𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝘆: 𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗿
https://odb.org/2025/09/23/saving-lives/

To God be the Glory!