It’s the last days of summer! Where are you this Wednesday? Take a pic and post it to our Facebook page!

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Jenna Lucado Bishop chats with teenage girls at a camp in Colorado.

We let you know what to look forward to this week with Post-It Notes! The song played in this video is I Just Wanna Say by the Women of Faith Worship Team. Click here to get your copy of the brand new worship CD it’s on, or visit www.womenoffaith.com/worship/ to preview the entire CD.

Jenna Lucado Bishop is serving God at an orphanage in Haiti. How are you serving God in your own community?

You have a destiny that God has designed for you. He wants you to live in a way that honors him, to be part of his plan to bring other people to know him, and eventually to have the same character traits that Jesus has. But part of God’s plan is that you wouldn’t be able to accomplish any of this by yourself. Of course, you need his Spirit, and he’s given you that. But you also need other people.

God wants his people to care about each other and to be able to depend on each other. Your strengths and weaknesses are different from another person’s. That person may be able to help you with an area of your life that gives you a lot of trouble. Or you may be able to help someone else see clearly in a situation that is really confusing to him.

Everyone has to trust Jesus as an individual. But once you become a Christian, your life and your relationship with God is connected to other people. You need other Christians! And they need you.

“Each one of us has a body with many parts, and these parts all have different uses. In the same way, we are many, but in Christ we are all one body. Each one is a part of that body, and each part belongs to all the other parts.” — Romans 12:4-5 NCV

Excerpted from Revolve: The Complete New Testament. © 2003 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. The Holy Bible, New Century Version. © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Word Publishing, a division of Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used with permission. All rights reserved.

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Either way you’re feeling, one thing is for sure . . .

School IS starting.

So let’s focus on the positive—you get to see all your friends you’ve been missing all summer!!! Or have you not really been missing them? Hmm . . .

Here at Revolve, next to questions about boys, we get tons of questions about friendship. So much so that I thought this fall I would devote my blogging to the subject.

Friendship can be tough, huh? You get annoyed with each other, they hurt your feelings and never return the clothes they borrow. And you always feel misunderstood.

I think the thing about misunderstanding is sometimes we fail to understand where our friends may be coming from. We are always seeking to be understood and never doing the understanding.

But friendship can be so great too! You laugh till you can’t breathe, you have the best heart to hearts and you borrow each others clothes.

We need friends, but more than that we need GOOD friends.

You’ve heard it said, “To have friends, first you have to be a friend.” I’m not sure there is better advice than this.

So how can you be sure YOU are a GOOD friend? I want to suggest 4 ways over the course of this fall that will help you become a better friend, as well as tackle one of your questions about friendship.

This month, lets work on one thing:

#1: ASK GOOD QUESTIONS.

And genuinely want to know the answer.

Most people love talking about themselves. Questions are a great way to get to know people and show them that you care.

When we show people we care about them, they tend to share their stories. And when you know people’s stories you almost always can find a connection. And when a connection is made a friendship is born! Ha! If only it were that easy, huh? Well, at least it’s a start.

A good question I received this week was:

Can I have friends who aren’t Christians?

My answer—you not only can, but WILL you, please! Probably one of the greatest ways we can be a friend to people is to show them the love of Jesus. I think too often we judge people and we think we have them figured out. We don’t take the time to ask them GOOD questions to find out why they might be mean to others, wear those clothes, why they keep to themselves, or party like crazy. I’m not saying you need to spend every second with them (spending every second with any one person is a bad idea) but eating lunch with them at school or a random trip to the mall is always a great way to get to know somebody.

All I’m saying is get to know people. Learn their story.

What are some good questions? I’m so glad you asked.

Here are some examples:

• What do you like to do after school?
• What is your favorite school subject?
• If you had to choose between having one best friend and a room full of acquaintances, what would you choose?
• If you could travel to ANY place in the world, where would it be and why?
• Tell me about your family—Do you have brothers and sisters? Have you always lived in this town or somewhere else? Have you grown up in the same house?

*Notice all of these require more than a yes or no answer; they all require you to listen.

Try asking some good questions this month and see what happens. Check back in September for my second suggestion on how to have great friendships.

I’m here for YOU always. And as far as your relationship with me goes—ALL questions are good questions.

That’s just how good of friends we are.

Nicole from the Revolve Tour gives the 411 on what will be happening this week on RevolveTour.com.

Today, we wanted to show you a vintage Revolve video from 2008. Check out the cutest Ohio girls cheering on Revolve!

Does this inspire you to create YOUR own Revolve cheer? We hope so! Share your cheer with us on our Facebook page or Twitter. We love you!

When you spend time in prayer, do you find yourself focusing on all your needs, your concerns, and desires of your heart? Jesus can meet all your needs, and the Bible says he will give you what you want if you enjoy serving him (Psalm 37:4), right? But what about praising God?

Other than the obligatory “thanks” for all he has done that day, how much of your time with God is spent praising and just worshiping him? If you’re like most people, that’s probably not a lot.

As the Book of Revelation unfolds and describes what will happen in heaven and on earth in the last days, the people in heaven repeat “Hallelujah!” They praise God over and over for all the things he has done.

The list of things you can praise him for is endless. Step outside and praise him for the leafy green trees, clean air, and the coat you’re wearing if it’s cold. Thank him for the twinkling stars and sparkling night sky. Praise him for the food you eat, the clothes you wear, and the things you have. Praise him for making you the unique person that you are. Praise him for the opportunity to be his kid.

It may feel a little uncomfortable at first, but God adores connecting with you this way. Take a few minutes and start telling God about all the stuff you love about him. He deserves a lifetime of hallelujahs!

Then I heard what sounded like a great many people, like the noise of flooding water, and like the noise of loud thunder. The people were saying: “Hallelujah! Our Lord God, the Almighty, rules. Revelation 19:6 NCV

Excerpted from Revolve™ 2009: The Complete New Testament. © 2008 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. The Holy Bible, New Century Version. © 2005 Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used with permission. All rights reserved.