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Tough Times

I am sure we have all faced them. They are the things that cause sleepless nights, that cause you not to want to leave your room. These are the moments we all try and stay away from, the moments nobody wants to experience. These moments in life however are the moments that make you who you are. They are put into your life to shape your attitude, your beliefs, your appearance. They are also to test your faith. If you were to face the hardest time in your life tomorrow, how much would you rely on God. These challenges and tough times test how much you rely on God. We find it hard to do so however. We rely on our human instinct to get us to the other side. We should however turn it all over to God for he is the only one who can get us though it. We might not see the point of what God is doing or why he is doing it but we can asume that it is either 1 of 2 options. He is either trying to teach us a lesson or he is making us stronger. So pray about ...

Your Story

You were born and raised by a family and the first 10 years were out of your control, but now you are a teen. You have struggled and fought with your family. Met people who will change your life and people who you wished you never knew. Done things you are happy you did and done things that you wished you hadn't.  That was the first 10 Years of your life. But now the job of author has been passed onto you. Its your book now. Not your Mum or Dads. The rest of the book is up to you. Sure you will still make mistakes but you will also learn from them and other mistakes. Sam Levenson "You must  learn  from the  mistakes  of  others . You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself ." You will get in relationship you wished you hadn't and you could quite possibly forget all about God because of it.  But just remember. Even through the tough times and the parts of your life I like to call writers blocks God is...

Influences/Peer Pressure

What influence you. What makes you change who you are for the good and bad. Who makes decisions for you. Is it yourself, your friends, that guy from TV or the model on the runway. We all influenced by someone and its usually someone we aspire to be. This can be a good thing because it sets goals for us.  But influences are not always a good thing. We could be influenced by someone who is Non-Christian and make us drop our faith. We might aspire to be the wrong type of person. We could be pressured into doing something we know is morally wrong. You have the power to influence others. Like a light on a lamp stand. You push away the darkness and make an influence on someones life. When you go to camp as a leader and you guide someone to Jesus. How does it make you feel. Happy and excited i'm guessing. This is because we have made a positive influence on someones life. From there on out we rely on God to keep the influence a...

Where will you find Christ

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I often find myself escaping into music when times get tough. The music seems to get me out of everything and let me relax. I find that it allows me to see the big picture. It allows me to find Christ in the situation.  We all find christ in different ways. Some may be more traditional like reading your Bible or praying. Some may be way out there like skydiving. Some may be simple like in silence. All of these are ways of us finding God in any situation.  We need God in every situation.  " And if we win, we praise Him. And if we lose, we praise Him. Either way we honor Him with our actions and our attitudes."Grant Taylor (Facing the Giants)  And we praise him in every situation. We will come up against situations all through life where we wonder WHERE IS GOD IN ALL OF THIS. God is with us in all of these moments, we might not know it but he is there "Next to me:" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nwdjQmc_N8&list=ALYL4kY05133qg7vquAybnLmqfxRG-d...

Judgement

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We all judge people because we are all human beings. The world we live in and the power of the devil has made us a judgmental race. How we judge someone is more of a issue than if we judge. Do we do it on the basis of whats on the outside or whats on the in. We are all subject to judgement and 9 times out of 10 it has been negative. How many times have you judged someone and the results were in their favor. Our whole world is based around judgement, we even make TV programs out of it. God however judges us on the right stuff, the stuff that counts, the stuff on the inside. He dosent cair how we look on the out its the look of the stuff on the in that counts to him.  God will also judge us in heaven. We will have to make a recount of all the sin we have done. Just remember keep the inside clean and it will reflect on whats on the out.

Acceptance (PT.2)

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I'm sure that we have all struggled with self acceptance. Don't worry. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. There are many people just like you, people who struggle with being them self.  Media these days shows us what is expected of us. It might be the skinny girl on the front of the fashion mag or that muscular guy on the workout mag. They call us non normal if we dont look like this person, if we dont act like these people. But dont try and be someone you are not.  We all ways think that there is someone who looks beter than us, acts cooler than us, has nicer things than us. We wish we could be that person. Psalm 139:14 say's " I praise you  because I am fearfully and wonderfully made." How often is it that we do however praise God because of how we look. We complain more about what we wished we looked like not how we look. We should however praise him because we are a gem in Gods eyes. We were planed out since creation and are made unique. There is nobody else in the wh...