High School Blog

There are certain things in life that were simply made to go together—peanut butter and jelly, soap and water, and nuts and bolts just to name a few.  

Well, as it turns out, faithfulness and love go hand in hand in the Bible. For example, check out how God’s faithfulness is often tied to His love for us:  

Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. (Psalm 36:5, NIV)

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments. (Deuteronomy 7:9)

(See also Exodus 34:6-7, Lamentations 3:22-23, Psalm 40:10.)

Not only does Scripture tie love into God’s faithfulness to us, but Scripture also ties our love for God in our faithfulness to Him. Check out what both Jesus and John say about how these two go together:  

If you love me, you will keep my commandments. (John 14:15, ESV)

And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. (1 John 2:3)  

These passages show that we experience God’s love in His faithfulness to us. Additionally, we show our love for God in our faithful obedience to Him.  

Throughout the month of November, we will be continuing our journey of seeking God by gazing on God’s faithfulness. Our students will see that God’s love and faithfulness go hand in hand. They will hear of how God loved Abraham so much that He was faithful to His promise to make Abraham a father of many. They will hear how God’s love and faithfulness can be seen in how He can create something good out of the difficult things we go through in life (Romans 8:28). Finally, since many of our campuses will host veterans in celebration of Veterans Day, our students will see an example of what it means to serve with love and faithfulness.

Our hope and prayer for our community is that we would be people who respond faithfully to God in the same way He has shown His loving faithfulness to us.  

Family discussion questions:

1. What does the word faithfulness mean?  
2. What is one way you have shown faithfulness to someone recently?  
3. What is one way God has been faithful to you recently?

RightNow Media resources on the topic of God’s faithfulness:

Elementary:  

Worship: The Character of God: God Is Faithful (1 Corinthians 1:8-9)

God Rocks: Cartoon Stories – The Lord Is My Rock  

Junior High/High School:  

Fire and Faithfulness by Sadie Robertson Huff

Parent Studies:  

God’s Unbreakable Promises by Jennie Allen

Heart of God by Francis Chan