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Hello! Welcome to the official UCLA Grace on Campus blog. Here, we hope to uplift and exhort you with Christ-centered content such as testimonies, reflections from large group, songs from Friday, and topical articles! The blog will be updated several times a week with posts written by a range of contributors, from current students and staffers. Feel free to subscribe by entering your email on the column to your left, and look forward to a year of encouragement and edification.

Songs From Friday: Fall Week 10 (GOC Christmas)

O Come O Come Emmanuel (Future of Forestry)
God Made Low (Shane & Shane)
What Child Is This (Shane & Shane)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Enfield)
He Who Is Mighty (Shane & Shane)
Come Behold The Wondrous Mystery (Shane & Shane)
Prepare Him Room (Sovereign Grace)

Fall Week 10 (GOC Christmas)
All Songs from Friday

Friday Night Reflection, Week 6: James 1:5-12

At Large Group, Matt Ng spoke on James 1:5-12. As we are going through James in GOC, Matt reminded us how James is a New Testament book filled with wisdom and application. As Jesus’ brother, James knew Jesus his whole life and saw how Jesus truly did what He preached. In the message, Matt shared some points on how Christ, through James, calls us to know the perspective of divine wisdom, divine economy, and divine reward. 

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Friday Night Reflection, Week 3: James 1:2-4

“Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say: it is well, it is well with my soul”

I watched as the time on my computer changed to 11pm, but the list of assignments and studying that I had to do that night had not dwindled a bit in the past few hours. As I reluctantly entered midterm season, one thought rang in my head: “It’s almost over. I just have to wait until this weekend and then I’ll be okay.” But is that how we are to look at trials?

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Friday Night Reflection, Week 2: The Purpose of Wisdom: The Book of James

Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; 

she will honor you if you embrace her. 

She will place on your head a graceful garland; 

she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”

Proverbs 4:8-9

In this chapter of Proverbs, King Solomon urges his children to consider the abundant treasures of godly wisdom. The lush language and personification in these two verses both burgeon powerfully with promise. The pursuit of wisdom is greatly rewarded, Solomon says. But, why is obtaining wisdom so important, both for the new believer and the mature, seasoned one? As Matt preached last Friday on an overview of the book of James, a book of practical wisdom likened to the Proverbs of the Old Testament, he considered this question. 

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