2. Proverbs
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. 8This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.
9 Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; 10then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.
Scripture Reading

3. 2010
Charge to
Graduates

4. Proverbs
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. 8This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.
9 Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; 10then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.
Proverbs 3, mc , vv

5. High School Graduation is the beginning of the rest of your life
Thoughts
High School Graduation is the beginning of the rest of your life

6. Thoughts
High School Graduation is the beginning of the rest of your life
What you do now affects who you are, who you will become and your future
What you think and your decisions influence your coming years
Allow your faith and belief structure to mature

7. Thoughts Be mindful of your physical actions
Protect your emotions and heart

8. Thoughts Be mindful of your physical actions
Protect your emotions and heart
Allow your mind to grow in godly wisdom
Permit God to shape and mold your spiritual being

9. Proverbs 3.5-6 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart Trust God
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3, mc , vv 3.5-6

10. Trust God
It is okay to search for more answers and seek wise godly counsel
It is okay to not know or to not understand
It is okay to ask why
Continue Learning
Continue Maturing
A.S.K. God
Matthew 7.7-8

11. Proverbs 3.7-8 7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; Stay Humble
fear the LORD and shun evil.
8 This will bring health to your body
and nourishment to your bones.
Proverbs 3, mc , vv 3.7-8

12. Stay Humble Stay Humble, Don’t Compare Luke 18.9-14, 2 Cor. 10.12
Romans 12.3-MSG
Stay Active, Don’t Stagnate
Philippians

13. Proverbs 3.9-10 9 Honor the LORD with your wealth, Honor God
with the firstfruits of all your crops;
10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing, Never be hungry
and your vats will brim over with new wine Never be thirsty
Proverbs 3, mc , vv

15. Honor God Honor God, In Your Emotions, Physical Actions
Spirit and Intellect
1 Corinthians
If you become a farmer, God will let your farming be bountiful
If you become an artist, God will let your artistry blossom
If you are a business person, God will let your business profit
If you are an intellectual, God will let your intellect enlighten

16. Endnotes Lesson: 2010 Charge to Graduates Presented: April 25, 2010
Author: Raymond Harris
All Scripture Quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version; used from
Some ideas were taken from:
Bible Verse Citation is provided in a specified format:
Book Name, Minimum Verse Context (mc), Specific Verse/Verses (vv)
Such as seen in: 1 Peter 1, mc , vv

17. Image Credits Lesson: 2010 Charge to Graduates
Presented: April 25, 2010
Author: Raymond Harris
Bible with Compass – Source Unknown
Graduate with Proverb –
The Proverbs –
Pathway in the Trees –
Question Mark and Three Directions –

18. Image Credits Lesson: 2010 Charge to Graduates
Presented: April 25, 2010
Author: Raymond Harris
Rex Chapman, A Glimpse of God “To be ‘the greatest’”–
Honor God with Your Body –
Honor –