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Breakway is a Bible study recorded on the campus of Texas A&M University.

Today's message is from Breakway's Executive Director, Timothy Etique.

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So I graduated in 2003, which means that I graduated about 18 years ago from Texas A&M University,

and even though I've been gone for or graduated so long ago, the interesting thing is that I can still

tap into certain feelings that I had during my time here at A&M. Now, I'm in an

in your gram four, which means I feel more than the majority of you guys feel. But the crazy

thing is that even though I graduated a long time ago, the feelings are the same. Like feelings

that I can still tap into from 18 years ago are feelings that I would imagine that you experience

as well. Like I can still tap into the feeling of the first day of school. Like I love the first

day of school, not as a freshman because it's terrifying and there's tons of fear. But after that,

it's actually kind of exciting because you still have a 4.0 in all of your classes on the first

day of school. And you're not wearing pajamas to class yet, like you're still trying in life. And

that's just like a good feeling. And I can still tap into the feeling of walking around campus

on the first day of school and just seeing people that I haven't seen in three and a half months,

and it feels good to just see fresh faces. And if you're single on the first day of school,

then there's that added feeling of like seeing people you haven't seen in three and a half months.

And it's in some people like pleasantly surprise you. It's like, have you always looked like that?

Because there's something different kind of firing off inside of me at the side of you. So

that's kind of neat. I can tap into that feeling. I can also tap into the feeling of

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