As schools across this nation reopen for the Fall, I thought about how important it is that our children be encouraged to approach the school year as an opportunity to shine. The confidence our children have comes from the conditioning they receive from us. I remember my sister-in-law telling me many years ago how the teacher at the school that my niece attended in the second grade asked her who was Aunt Sabrina. The teacher wanted to know because my niece, Jonae had walked to the front of the class and announced to her that Aunt Sabrina told her that she was ten times smarter than everyone else in the class. (Daniel 1:20)

For as long as they could talk, I have had my children to repeat Philippians 4:13. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. “Each of them has told me on a number of occasions that at critical moments in their lives that scripture would embolden them to perform under pressure.

Even if you will not be attending school this Fall, I want to encourage you to be confident in the fact that God is strengthening you to do anything required; regardless of the challenge you face.