UPC New Corella - Youth Ministry

20/08/2026

If the greatest treasure I ever possess
is His presence,
then I have everything.

Because the greatest place is not where everyone can see me.
It is where I can see Him.
Jesus is enough.

We spend so much of our lives trying to climb.

To become successful.
To be respected.
To be noticed.
To be admired.
To prove that our lives matter.

Why?

Because somewhere deep inside us is the fear that where we are is not enough.

So we reach for more—
another achievement,
another title,
another milestone,
another place where people might finally say,
“You made it.”

We keep climbing, hoping that somewhere above where we are now, we will finally find the worth, security, and significance our hearts are searching for.

But Jesus reveals a different kingdom.

A kingdom where the way up begins by going down.

The world says,
“Make yourself greater.”

Jesus says,
“Whoever would be great among you must be your servant.” (Matthew 20:26)

The world sees greatness in being served.
Jesus revealed greatness by serving.

The world reaches for the throne.
Jesus stepped down from glory.

He came down into our humanity.
Down into our suffering.
Down into our brokenness.
And down to the cross.

The One who deserved the highest place
chose the lowest road.

The One who deserved to be served
became a servant.

The One who had every right to remain exalted
humbled Himself for us.

And He went down into our darkness
so He could bring us up into His marvelous light.

And the closer we walk with Jesus,
the more our definition of greatness begins to change.

The more we see His greatness,
the less we need to prove our own.

The more we see His glory,
the less we crave our own.

The more we understand His holiness,
the more precious His grace becomes.

And the closer we come to His heart,
the more willing we become to kneel.

Because at His feet,
I don't need to prove myself.

I can bring Him the whole of me—
the tired me.
The broken me.
The ashamed me.
The afraid me.
The me that nobody else sees.

And I don't have to make myself worthy before I come.
I can simply come.

So after every mountain I've tried to climb,
every dream I've chased,
every achievement I've worked for—

if I find myself on my knees before Christ,
I have not fallen.
I have found where I belong.

Because if the highest place I ever reach
is at His feet,
then I have reached high enough.

If the greatest thing I ever see
is His glory,
then I have seen enough.

If the greatest treasure I ever possess
is His presence,
then I have everything.

And if one day everything else is stripped away,
the titles,
the achievements,
the possessions,
the recognition,
the applause,
and all that remains is Jesus,

may I finally realize that I was never truly lacking when I had Him.

Because the world may look at His feet
and see the lowest place.

But grace has taught me otherwise.

At His feet, there is mercy for my past.
At His feet, there is grace for my weakness.
At His feet, there is rest for my weary soul.
At His feet, there is forgiveness for my sin.
At His feet, there is peace for my troubled heart.
At His feet, I don't have to be enough.

Jesus is enough.

As for me,
I would rather be known at the feet of Jesus
than celebrated anywhere without Him.

I would rather kneel before Christ
than stand on a throne without Him.

I would rather have Jesus in the lowest valley
than have everything at the highest mountain without Him.

Because the greatest place is not where everyone can see me.
It is where I can see Him.

And the highest place I will ever be—
is at the feet of Jesus.

If that is where I spend my life,
then I have not lost anything.
I have found everything.

20/08/2026

But Scripture reminds us:
𝗚𝗼𝗱'𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺.
You are part of the body.
You have a place.
You have a purpose.

Because in God's kingdom,
𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲

Have you ever looked at someone else's ministry and wondered,
“𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗲?”

Maybe someone else gets the opportunity.
Someone else gets the platform.
Someone else gets noticed.
Someone else seems to have the gift you wish you had.

And quietly, we begin to believe that being used differently by God means being valued differently by God.

But Numbers 1 gives us a different picture.

God was organizing Israel in the wilderness.

He counted the tribes.
He arranged their camps.
He prepared them for the journey.

But then He made a distinction:
“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲.” (v47)

Why?

Because the Levites had been given a different responsibility.

They were to care for the tabernacle.
They were to carry it when Israel moved.
They were to set it up when Israel stopped.
They were to camp around it and guard it.

“𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆...” (v53)

Now notice something important.

𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲.

The other tribes still belonged to God.
They still had their place.
They still had their purpose.

They simply did not have the same assignment.

And perhaps this is something we desperately need to remember.

𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀.

Judah had a different role.
Reuben had a different role.
Ephraim had a different role.
Levi had a different role.

But they were still one people.

One covenant.
One God.
One journey.
One destination.

God did not assign every tribe the same responsibility.
He gave each its appointed place within His people and called them to be faithful in it.

And maybe we have made ourselves miserable by comparing callings that were never meant to be compared.

We look at someone else's ministry and think,
“I wish I had their influence.”

We see someone else's gift and think,
“Maybe what I do doesn't matter as much.”

We see someone else's opportunity and wonder,
“Why didn't God choose me for that?”

But Scripture reminds us:
𝗚𝗼𝗱'𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺.

The person preaching before thousands is not automatically more valuable than the person faithfully serving where no one sees.

The person holding a microphone is not more important than the person praying quietly in the background.

The person with a public ministry is not more precious to God than the person whose faithfulness is known only to Him.

Because 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.
It comes from belonging to God.

Paul gives us the same picture:
“𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.” (Romans 12:4)

Different members.
Different functions.
One body.

You don't need someone else's calling to be faithful.
You don't need someone else's platform to be useful.
You don't need someone else's gift to be valuable.

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀.

And this ultimately points us to Christ.

Jesus never measured His life by popularity, recognition, or human applause.
He came with a specific mission from the Father.

“𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲.” (John 6:38)

Jesus did not need someone else's assignment.
He simply fulfilled His Father's will.

And that is our calling too.

Maybe God has not called you to what He has called someone else to do.
That's okay.

You are not forgotten.
You are not less valuable.
You are not less loved.

You have simply been entrusted with a different assignment.

So stop measuring your faithfulness against someone else's calling.

You are part of the body.
You have a place.
You have a purpose.

Be faithful where God has placed you.

Because in God's kingdom,
𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲.

19/08/2026

19/08/2026

EVANGELISM | JESUS SAVES🙌🏻

Stepping out in faith to share the Word of God in public places, not simply to speak, but to proclaim the message that JESUS SAVES!

We are called to GO.
We are called to PREACH.
We are called to REACH.
And we are called to make JESUS known.

“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” -Mark 16:15 (KJV)

To God be all the Glory!

30/07/2026

COTTAGE PRAYER

let us continue to be a generation that loves and follows Jesus!🙌🏻

“But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”
— 2 Peter 3:18 (KJV)

🏡 Alo Family
6-2-26

25/07/2026

COTTAGE PRAYER🙏🏻

Young hearts. One purpose.
Serving Jesus together.
To God be all the Glory!🙌🏻

Family🏡💕

13/07/2026

while you're asking God to write your love story,
𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗶𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁.💕

Most young people spend years looking for the right person, but very few spend those same years becoming the right person.

That's what makes Isaac and Rebekah's love story so different.

God didn't just bring them together.
𝗛𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.

Their love didn't begin with finding each other.
It began with allowing God to shape them into the kind of people He could entrust to each other.

Before Rebekah ever met Isaac, she was already becoming the woman God wanted her to be.

When Abraham's servant arrived at the well, she had no idea she was standing before the man searching for Isaac's future wife. She wasn't trying to impress anyone. She simply saw someone in need and served with extraordinary generosity, even drawing water for his camels until they had finished drinking.

Rebekah didn't become compassionate because she was about to meet Isaac.
She simply chose compassion over convenience.

Her kindness wasn't a strategy.
It was her character.

Isaac was being prepared too.

After the death of his mother, Sarah, Scripture doesn't portray him desperately searching for love or trying to control his future. Instead, he is found quietly meditating in the field, trusting the God who had faithfully led his father Abraham.

One was learning to serve.
The other was learning to trust.

Neither knew they were being prepared for the other.

But God did.

Isn't that the opposite of how many of us approach relationships today?

We ask,

Who will I marry?
When will I meet the one?
How will I know if they're God's will?

Those aren't wrong questions.

But Genesis 24 quietly asks a better one:
𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗺 𝗜 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁?

Because before God brings two lives together, He often spends years shaping them apart.

Rebekah learned generosity before she learned marriage.

Isaac learned trust before he learned love.

Their relationship wasn't built on feelings alone.
It was built on hearts that had already learned to walk with God.

Perhaps that's why the chapter ends so simply:

"𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗮𝗰 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗸𝗮𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿... 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿." (Genesis 24:67)

No manipulation.
No chasing.
No pretending to be someone they weren't.

Just two people whose lives had first been surrendered to God.

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Young people, don't spend your youth chasing the right relationship.

Spend it allowing God to shape you into someone who can faithfully love, patiently wait, humbly serve, and wholeheartedly follow Christ.

Because the greatest preparation for the person you're praying for...
is allowing God to prepare you first.

One day, someone may first notice your appearance.
But they will spend a lifetime living with your character.

So while you're asking God to write your love story,
𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗶𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁.

11/07/2026

BASTA SIMBA TA UGMA😄🤝
See youuu!💕

11/07/2026

Cottage Prayer 🙏🏻

“Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” —2 Timothy 2:22

Family🏡
7/4/26
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