Fully Known, Deeply Loved: Inside October's Known & Loved Emphasis Month

Fully Known, Deeply Loved: Inside October's Known & Loved Emphasis Month
By: Pam Netter, MTS, MDIV, Dean of Spiritual Life, Eighth Grade Bible Teacher
 

At First Baptist Academy, one of our core values is To Fully Know and Deeply Love. Throughout October, that value takes center stage as our school community participates in Known & Loved Emphasis Month, an intentional focus on what it means to be fully known and deeply loved by God, to know and love Him in return and to extend that same love to others.

Throughout the month, students explore this theme through chapel and daily morning devotions. The devotional series follows a clear progression: Known and Loved by God, Know and Love God and Know and Love Others. Known & Loved Emphasis Month gives our students a concentrated opportunity to reflect on one of the values at the heart of First Baptist Academy, but the message extends far beyond October.

To be fully known and deeply loved begins with understanding who we are in Christ. From that foundation, students are encouraged to know and love God more deeply and allow His love to overflow into the way they see, encourage and serve others.

This emphasis offers a meaningful glimpse into how biblical Truth and spiritual formation are intentionally woven into the student experience at First Baptist Academy, both in the classroom and throughout school life.

Our prayer is that students do more than understand what it means to be known and loved. We want them to live from that Truth and, in turn, help others experience what it means to be fully known and deeply loved.