This month we hear from Jake, aged 16

Likes?
Music, drums etc, guitar, playing in my band

Dislikes?
Dizzy Rascal and the Saturdays

Listening to?
My bands demo and all its influences

Jammin wiv the guys

What helps your faith?
Expressing the talents God has given me.

What difference does faith make in your life?
It makes me see that I can achieve great things.

Top tips for Yfaith boys:
Do something with your talents... If you’re a musician... start a band!

And our random fact about Jake
I’m in a band!!!

Thanks Jake!

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This month Paul's talking about...
A Day in the Life of a Brother

(Listen to Paul telling you this himself)

Just imagine… Imagine a man with a six pack, who can do a hundred press-ups in one go and is always having to turn girls down. He has ten A*s at GCSE and five As at A-level. Imagine that he has built his own computer and knows how to hack into any system. Imagine another man who can speak three languages. His drawings are so beautiful that they make his mother cry. He can do amazing things on a half-pipe. Now imagine that he can also play the guitar, piano, violin, and the drums as well.

Did you manage it? If you did, you just met my brothers. Growing up with two brothers capable of making even Hercules jealous can be pretty tough at times. When girls only ever want to ask you about your brothers and even your teachers seem more interested in them than you, something in your brain says, “Maybe I was just meant to play second fiddle.” But the first time that my eldest brother took the long walk down to the front of the bus to stick up for me, I knew that he rated me.

The love of a brother is one of the greatest gifts a man can ever have and it’s even better to be able to give that love to someone yourself. In Psalm 133:1, King David said: ‘How wonderful, how beautiful, when brothers and sisters get along!’ and in John first letter, chapter 2: verse 1, John says, ‘Anyone who loves his brother remains in the light.’

Are you a brother? Do you have brothers? Think about it… As boys, the challenges that we face, though they seem big at the time, are nothing compared to the difficulties of manhood. But that is not something to be afraid of. If, with our brothers, we can defeat Bowser, build a tree house and dive off rocks, imagine the great things we can do later in life when we really need each other. The bond of brothers goes far deeper than sharing the PS3 controller. The bond of brothers is a ticket to strength, solidarity and good times for life. And that is a promise from God!

By Paul Goodman
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Bullying
Get Involved!
Fear
The Striker's Glory
Being a Man of God
Moving On
Love for the Game