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Bible Verses for the College Transition

College can feel exciting and terrifying in the same week. These verses are for the disorienting in-between.

// the word for this moment

“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”

Proverbs 3:5-6 (KJV)

More Scripture for the college transition

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”

Psalm 119:105 (KJV)

“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”

2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV)

What this means for you

Proverbs 3:5-6 is often quoted as a success formula, but it's really a posture for uncertainty — acknowledging God in all your ways, including the ones where you don't know what you're doing yet. College is one of the first seasons where no one hands you a script, and the path ahead isn't obvious. That's exactly the kind of territory this verse was written for.

A prayer for this moment

Lord, this season is bigger than I expected and I'm figuring out more than I thought I'd have to at once. Help me lean on You and not just my own understanding, especially when I'm making decisions I feel unprepared for. Direct my path — in the big choices and the everyday ones. Give me a sound mind for this season. Amen.
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