March 8th, 2026
By: Tabitha White
Recently, our RK Go Team had the privilege of leading Kids456, the discipleship camp for the Alabama district of the Assemblies of God. It was a camp that we had looked forward to for such a long time. Our theme for the week was “All In,” and throughout the weekend, we challenged kids to examine their hearts to see if they were really “all in” to following Jesus.
Each night had a different “Big Question:”
“Are you all in?”
“Are you all in, even if you feel like you are all alone?”
“Are you all in, even when it’s hard?”
I think I can speak for each of our leaders when I say that we were as challenged as the kids, as we studied and prepared for the weekend.
On the last night, we planned to talk about the story of Daniel in the lion’s den and how Daniel was “all in” in the hardest of situations. As we prepared for the camp, I prayed and prayed about the object lesson for the last night. I googled different object lessons and watched countless YouTube videos, but nothing set right in my spirit. I was talking to Gabi about it in the office one day leading up to camp when she stopped me in my tracks.
Earlier in the week, we had talked about how kids needed to know how to fight for what was important to them…and Gabi said, “You know what you have to teach them! You have to teach them to fight for their faith, even when it’s hard!”
So, that’s what we did. On the last night of camp, I sat down on the stage and explained that I didn’t have a fancy object lesson that would impress them. Instead, we were going to talk like the big kids that they were! We were going to learn together how to fight for our faith…and even as an adult, I believe that sometimes we need this reminder too!
With the kids’ help, and some coaching from the adults, we came up with this list of ways that we can fight for our faith.
First, we fight for our faith by digging into God’s Word every day! Joshua 1:8 tells us, “Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.”
“Study this Book of instruction continually.” To fight for our faith, we have to stay in our Bibles! As we fill ourselves with God’s Word, it becomes so much easier to identify the attacks of the devil and to combat them with the truth of Scripture. Is it always easy to make time to read our Bibles? Of course not! We have a mile-long To-Do list everyday, but we have to make our time with God a priority. Whether we read and study one verse or dive into three chapters, we need to make sure that nothing comes before our time leaning into Scripture!
Another way that we fight for our faith is in prayer. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 states it really simply, “praying without ceasing.” We aren’t told to pray big, fancy prayers or to stop and kneel three times a day. Instead, we are told to pray “without ceasing.” To pray as we are driving, making dinner, and going through our day-to-day tasks. Just like we don’t only talk to our closest friends once a year, we shouldn’t only turn to Jesus when things get really hard!
C.S. Lewis once said, “I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God. It changes me.” Our time in prayer is our time to reconnect with God, to ask Him to refine us, and to present our needs to Him…but what if we never spent time listening to Him? Our prayer life should be an ongoing conversation between us and our God who “delights in every detail of our lives”! (Psalm 37:23)
We also fight for our faith in worship! Psalm 8:2 tells us, “Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.” Wow! The praise of babies and children can silence our enemy! And that’s only one reason that it’s important to worship! What about thanking God for all of the things that He has already done in our lives? Or exalting Him for who He is?
If we have breath in our lungs, we should take time to worship God! Can you imagine the worship that is constantly being lifted in Heaven? According to Revelation 4:8, “Day after day and night after night they keep on saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty— the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.” As we lift our voices in worship, we are joining with heaven to exalt our Creator!
Lastly, we fight for our faith by surrounding ourselves with Godly men and women who will help us fight for our faith! It’s going to sound like a shameless plug for our community connections, but I really do want to encourage you to find your community! Find people that you can be real with, who will challenge you and pray for you! People that will stop what they are doing to lift you up! In Luke 5:17-26, we read the story of a man that was healed because Jesus saw the faith of his friends! Your circle of friends matters…and not only if you are a teenager or young adult! No matter our age, we need a Godly community to support us as we walk through our lives.
Let me encourage you today to make a decision to daily fight for your faith, so that at the end of your life you can join with Paul and say, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith..” (2 Timothy 4:7)
Recently, our RK Go Team had the privilege of leading Kids456, the discipleship camp for the Alabama district of the Assemblies of God. It was a camp that we had looked forward to for such a long time. Our theme for the week was “All In,” and throughout the weekend, we challenged kids to examine their hearts to see if they were really “all in” to following Jesus.
Each night had a different “Big Question:”
“Are you all in?”
“Are you all in, even if you feel like you are all alone?”
“Are you all in, even when it’s hard?”
I think I can speak for each of our leaders when I say that we were as challenged as the kids, as we studied and prepared for the weekend.
On the last night, we planned to talk about the story of Daniel in the lion’s den and how Daniel was “all in” in the hardest of situations. As we prepared for the camp, I prayed and prayed about the object lesson for the last night. I googled different object lessons and watched countless YouTube videos, but nothing set right in my spirit. I was talking to Gabi about it in the office one day leading up to camp when she stopped me in my tracks.
Earlier in the week, we had talked about how kids needed to know how to fight for what was important to them…and Gabi said, “You know what you have to teach them! You have to teach them to fight for their faith, even when it’s hard!”
So, that’s what we did. On the last night of camp, I sat down on the stage and explained that I didn’t have a fancy object lesson that would impress them. Instead, we were going to talk like the big kids that they were! We were going to learn together how to fight for our faith…and even as an adult, I believe that sometimes we need this reminder too!
With the kids’ help, and some coaching from the adults, we came up with this list of ways that we can fight for our faith.
First, we fight for our faith by digging into God’s Word every day! Joshua 1:8 tells us, “Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.”
“Study this Book of instruction continually.” To fight for our faith, we have to stay in our Bibles! As we fill ourselves with God’s Word, it becomes so much easier to identify the attacks of the devil and to combat them with the truth of Scripture. Is it always easy to make time to read our Bibles? Of course not! We have a mile-long To-Do list everyday, but we have to make our time with God a priority. Whether we read and study one verse or dive into three chapters, we need to make sure that nothing comes before our time leaning into Scripture!
Another way that we fight for our faith is in prayer. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 states it really simply, “praying without ceasing.” We aren’t told to pray big, fancy prayers or to stop and kneel three times a day. Instead, we are told to pray “without ceasing.” To pray as we are driving, making dinner, and going through our day-to-day tasks. Just like we don’t only talk to our closest friends once a year, we shouldn’t only turn to Jesus when things get really hard!
C.S. Lewis once said, “I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God. It changes me.” Our time in prayer is our time to reconnect with God, to ask Him to refine us, and to present our needs to Him…but what if we never spent time listening to Him? Our prayer life should be an ongoing conversation between us and our God who “delights in every detail of our lives”! (Psalm 37:23)
We also fight for our faith in worship! Psalm 8:2 tells us, “Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.” Wow! The praise of babies and children can silence our enemy! And that’s only one reason that it’s important to worship! What about thanking God for all of the things that He has already done in our lives? Or exalting Him for who He is?
If we have breath in our lungs, we should take time to worship God! Can you imagine the worship that is constantly being lifted in Heaven? According to Revelation 4:8, “Day after day and night after night they keep on saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty— the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.” As we lift our voices in worship, we are joining with heaven to exalt our Creator!
Lastly, we fight for our faith by surrounding ourselves with Godly men and women who will help us fight for our faith! It’s going to sound like a shameless plug for our community connections, but I really do want to encourage you to find your community! Find people that you can be real with, who will challenge you and pray for you! People that will stop what they are doing to lift you up! In Luke 5:17-26, we read the story of a man that was healed because Jesus saw the faith of his friends! Your circle of friends matters…and not only if you are a teenager or young adult! No matter our age, we need a Godly community to support us as we walk through our lives.
Let me encourage you today to make a decision to daily fight for your faith, so that at the end of your life you can join with Paul and say, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith..” (2 Timothy 4:7)
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