08/20/2026
You Are Not Your Own
This week across both Elementary and MSHS Chapel, our students were reminded of a powerful truth: **following Christ means our lives belong to Him.**
In MSHS Chapel, student-led worship from our Worship Arts class prepared our hearts before Youth Pastor Chase Southerland shared from **1 Corinthians 6:19–20**. He challenged students to rethink freedom. Biblical freedom is not permission to do whatever we want—it is freedom from the power of sin so that we can live for Christ.
We were reminded that we will always serve something. Popularity, sports, acceptance, desires—or Jesus. And because Christ bought us with a price, our bodies, plans, relationships, and reputations ultimately belong to Him.
In Elementary Chapel, Mrs. Amanda Anderson shared a similar truth from Galatians using the illustration of a gym. Simply looking at exercise equipment does not make us stronger—we have to use it! In the same way, spiritual strength grows as we actively pray, read God's Word, love our neighbors, obey the Holy Spirit, and learn to say a quick "no" to temptation.
From our youngest students to our oldest, the message was beautifully connected:
We become stronger in Christ when we surrender more of ourselves to Him.
Our challenge for today: If you are not your own, what part of your life are you still holding onto?
And one powerful question worth asking:
Did Jesus get what He paid for?
