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b'I was saved at the age of sixteen by Jesus\\u2019s death and resurrection, but\\nI remained un-discipled for a few years until I attended a Bible college.\\nMy faith grew immensely due to the solid Bible teaching and professors who\\nloved Jesus. However, I felt out of place on campus. Other students would\\ngushingly share stories of how they were saved at the young age of five or\\nseven. I couldn\\u2019t relate to their experiences at summer Bible camps or\\nyouth group excursions. Because of this, I thought that somehow, I didn\\u2019t\\nbelong.\\n.\\nEven when I found a local church, I continued to feel out of place because\\nI hadn\\u2019t grown up in church. From the hymns, to the structure of services,\\nto the overall \\u201cchurch culture,\\u201d it all seemed foreign to me. But even\\nworse than feeling like I didn\\u2019t belong was the idea that God couldn\\u2019t\\nimpact others through my life because I was unfamiliar with the established\\nculture of the church.\\n.\\nI wish I\\u2019d known sooner that God does not show favoritism. Throughout the\\nBible, the Lord worked through people of various backgrounds and ages to\\nspread the good news of His kingdom. From young Timothy, who was raised by\\nhis Christian mom and grandma but may have felt unqualified for\\nchurch leadership because of his youth\\u2026 to elderly Moses, who was raised\\nby people who worshipped idols but was called by the Lord to lead Israel\\nout of Egypt at the age of eighty, God does not have favorites.\\n.\\nThroughout the Bible, God called shepherds, tentmakers, a doctor, people\\nwho had been demon-possessed, prostitutes, and even someone who had\\nformerly persecuted Christians to tell the world of His grace through\\nJesus.* Today, He calls believers of all different backgrounds,\\nethnicities, experiences, and ages to be part of His good work. A person\\u2019s\\nability to bring glory to the Lord is not based on when they were saved,\\nbut on the One who saved them. \\u2022 Sophia Bricker\\n.\\n\\u2022 Have you ever felt like you didn\\u2019t belong in a group of Christians?\\nSadly, this happens to a lot of us. In times like these, how could it be\\nhelpful to remember how God sees us? \\n.\\n\\u2022 What are some ways we can be hospitable to people who have a variety of\\nlife experiences? \\n.\\n\\u2022 Have you ever felt unqualified to serve God because of your age or\\nexperiences? How could the stories of people in the Bible give you hope?\\n(*If you want to dig deeper, read Luke 2:8-20; 8:1-3; John 20:11-18; Acts\\n18:2-3; Colossians 4:14; 2 Timothy 1:5; 3:15; Hebrews 11.)\\n.\\nFor God does not show favoritism. Romans 2:11 (NLT)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nExod.7.1-Exod.7.7|Acts.10.27-Acts.10.36|1Tim.4.12-1Tim.4.16|Rom.2.11'