“The single greatest cause of atheism in the world today is Christians, who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, then walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.”

-Manning, Brennan

Every time I hear this quote in a song or read it somewhere, I get the shivers. I mean, we truthfully are the epitome of hypocrisy, myself included. And it isn’t necessarily that we are trying to be… It is just that we aren’t trying hard enough not to be. Christian is the definition of internal warfare. We were born in this world, but upon having accepted Christ, we are commanded to not be of this world. To live in a familiar place but have to leave all familiar aspects of our life behind? How could we be asked to do such a thing? Well, the simple answer is that we ourselves are the ones choosing to leave these things behind because we believed at one point in time that it was worth it. Is it really worth it? Well, I for one think it is!

But what is more, not only does the world hate us being so lukewarm, God does also. He says in revelations that if we are lukewarm, He will just spit us out. He says lukewarm not to be an adjective or an adverb… He says it as a noun. It is a title. It doesn’t merely describe a person. It is the entirety of who that person is and what they believe and what they do.

So then, how can we make a complete u-turn from being to being different?

The old youth pastor from my church told us a few times about this girl he grew up with in school who was just so filled with the Holy Spirit that you could tell just by looking at her… Not that she necessarily had something different about her physical appearance, other than dressing more modestly I presume… But her life was just one that echoed God’s love. Everything she touched, everything she did, everything she said was out of her love for Christ. Now, I am guessing she had a few stumbling blocks along the way because none of us are perfect, but I find myself coming back to the thought of her and the thought of God’s love. What would God’s love look like? What would His love feel like? What would it say?

Going back to 1 Chorinthians 13, God’s love is described as being patient, humble, kind, non-judgement, envy-less, selfless, polite, meek, merciful, gentle, always delighting in the truth (no matter what it may be), always protects, always hopes, always perseveres… And that love NEVER fails.

That last point is particularly interesting to me because if love NEVER fails, then we could not ever possibly be lukewarm if we grasp and cling to this love. If we are full of this love, of God’s love, then it should be overflowing in our lives and God tells us in the bible that it will be so desirable and a person won’t be able to resist such a love.

How then do we attain such a love?

Well for starters we can pray and dig deeper into God’s word. We can ask him to show us how to love. I would think that it is so hard to love someone, but just by smiling at them I realize that it isn’t… I mean, where do all of these feelings of hate or despise come from? Certainly not God! Which means that I don’t want any part of it!

I remember when I was younger how adults would tell you that it takes more muscles to frown then to smile and the same goes for all of your actions. I find it a whole lot easier offering my seat on the bus to someone who needs it or would like one rather than awkwardly sitting there, having that feeling in my stomach and feel terrible about it for the whole day. I also find that it’s easier not being apart of the gossip then helping spread it. If you don’t let anything bad be said, then there is a whole lot less drama and you will have a clean conscience over those matters. Not to mention that you then won’t allow someone else’s fight conflict your opinion concerning a person. I believe that it is wrong for your opinion of something someone has done to you affect someone else’s view on that person, despite me falling short of this several times.

Again, we are going to screw up and fall. But an easy way to change all of that is by spending time in prayer and digging deep into the bible. Smile at everyone…. People are passing you by from every which direction in each of their own situations and circumstances and you may have just opened this window for them to feel just a bit of God’s irresistible love in their life! Finally, get an accountability partner… It may be extremely hard to find…. But the best things are the hardest… Have someone actually keep you accountable for things you stumble upon, for example swearing or lying or stealing…. etc.

If you try to just make this instant u-turn, you won’t know how to start. However, if we turn our mind-set from thinking of a habit to being a lifestyle or attitude of this joy, we can improve and grow closer to others and God. It is not something worth trying to quantify all of the data for. It is simply this change in our life that causes us to be set apart from the rest of the world and how they’re living. I mean, why would we not want to be always happy and full of joy and love? It is easier than dieting or exercising or going to the dentist… It is such an attractive thing and always we must do is yearn for God to have His way in us? If we really love God and are drawing closer to Him, then these sacrifices that we are making now will no longer be sacrifices… We will no longer desire for what the world has to offer and we will become familiar with a new self.

I have been on several youth group retreats and of course, I have experienced, what I like to call, the spiritual high…. It seemed to catch on after my repetitive use of it in grade eight… Anyways, this past summer I spent working up at Muskoka Bible Center in Huntsville and, well…. WHAT A RUSH!

You see, I have had summer jobs working for Christian camps before and am heavily involved in my church and youth group and bible quizzing… But this was nothing like those times…. The camps I worked at in previous years were day camps and so, councilors come in each morning for eight and worship God and then leave the building at 4:30 to return to their indifferent lives. Now, it wasn’t at fault of our bosses or anything, it just was that way… I mean, we would have staff devos. for a half hour to forty-five minutes before we began to work and we would start AND end the day leading the campers in worship… But then afterwards, the staff would return to doing whatever they wanted just minding not to get caught. So after a while, as I catch on to these things, it just kinda destroyed the whole thing for me… Which I should not have allowed. I was just tired of going on all of these youth retreats and working for an eight hour day with these “Christians” just for people to be faking every second of it…

I became the youth group outcast, so-to-speak, and I didn’t find a place where I fit in… Not even in bible quizzing… I kept growing stronger in my faith with God but farther apart from any Christian-based community.

Then I had the privilege to spend this past summer up at MBC. My duties were working Monday to Friday mornings from 9-12 teaching youth, from grades four to twelve how to build model rockets, that flew up to two-three thousand feet in the air, and I also worked Tuesday through Thursday afternoons Saturdays at the Marina. What sweet jobs! I would also then volunteer in different departments during my spare time.

This was my first summer away from home, so obviously I was nervous about making friends and being accepted, which was really quite weird because I am usually the one person excited to meet the new person and make friends with people and reach out… I guess it shows you how judged and unaccepted I felt then….  But, I was going to make it work! I would tell some new friends I made about all of my accomplishments, as if I hadn’t learned my lesson the first time about giving God the glory, and did my best to impress people.

I made friends.

However, the cooler part about it was that I didn’t make them by the stories I told. They enjoyed my personality and spunkiness and, yes, I’ll admit it, clumsiness and blondness… I finally found a group of people who accepted me.

What was even better was that they were all desperately seeking God’s face this summer and to grow closer with God, as was I. It was so different being in a 24hour accountability setting. You and your co-workers were always in constant prayer with each other. And something more, people were actually getting down into the dirt to walk alongside the other.

As a bit of background information, all of the workers in this program ranged in age from 15-25 and so the older employees (being university students) would be mentors to us younger ones…. Now, that was a truly new concept to me. Someone who I could tell anything to, who is not like a dumb therapist or social worker who just recommend me solutions without actually understanding, who would be my friend and would PRAY over me and just chill with me… Off/bad day or not… Despite feeling a bit awkward at first about it, I chose this 22 year old, Stephanie, who had already helped me out with a situation that I went through in the first week.

With Stephanie and my other new friends, I grew even closer to God and really began to understand the importance of having a Christian community for support. I mean, this summer, even with all the amazing things God had been doing, had a lot of trials and pushed me. I experienced overwhelming fear almost everyday whereas, if you had asked me before the summer, I would have told you that though I might be a little scared of stuff at times, I don’t really have a fear… Yet each new day had brought about something new that struck terror to my very soul and I would feel so insecure about myself.

But up at MBC I could feel God’s love and pressence so greatly. So much so that I even dared to share my testimony. Just telling them everything I have been through and how God has used it to help me and bring him glory. Afterwards, I spoke with a great friend and encouragement, Kurtis, who basically asked me, “After all of the things that you’ve gone through, how could you have such a strong faith in God?” My response was simply, “How could I not?”

This really got me thinking… I mean, the whole summer, he had been a major inspiration to me of how real and sincere and strong his faith was and yet, people were coming up to me for encouragement or to pray over them or to give them advice and wisdom as to what Jesus would have them do…. I didn’t realize how visible and strong my faith was up until that moment. I felt earlier on in the summer that I was being tested to show me how weak my faith was….

This just lit me up, not that I was proud for keeping to my faith, but finally understanding that God is still present in my life, which just encouraged me that he is still working with me and through me in the hard times. And I was determined to keep this spirit alive when I returned home to the big city in September.

The one thing I wanted more than anything about returning home was to be closer with my family and the one thing I was terrified about leaving camp was that I would be one of those crashers…

In a way, I do feel like I have crashed because it is just so much harder now not being in this sheltered environment… But at the same time, I know that I just have to persevere more and that God is here with me and that is giving me the strength to push past this feeling of a spiritual hangover…

The one thing that I am trying to really remember during these tough times is what I learned in this summer about Christian community and God’s omnipresence-ness because spiritual growth is not something that can ever die down… If it does, than it isn’t really spiritual growth… As well as that spiritual growth doesn’t mean that you won’t have those times where you feel like you are breaking down… They actually mandate your constantly being rebroken so that God might build you up in a new way and that you may grow closer to Him more so.

Is sexual sin really the issue, or does it go deeper?  “How should Christian men and women go about breaking free from the bondage of sexual sin?” is the fifth question posed to Pastor Mark Driscoll, as he continues preaching in Religion Saves: And Nine Other Misconceptions.

Best friend. Is this an easy title to give out? There are times where I feel like I’m suppose to have a lot of best friends, but honestly, can you just give someone the name best friend? I personally have a lot of friends, but could I really consider them all to be my best friends? That’s hard to say. First of all, a best friend is someone who has been there. Not necessarily in the physical sense, but someone you know you can talk to. A best friend should have your best interests in mind. Actually we should all do that with everyone. That is what love is. There has been someone in my life that I feel that I can tell almost anything to. There is someone that I care about and want to know more about. I can’t think of anyone right now that I would like to hang out with more than him. Yeah, this person is a guy. Believe it or not, this isn’t a type of friendship that has some kind of hidden romantic feelings. It’s just the type of friendship that hasn’t ended and I don’t want it to. Everyone in your life is there for a reason. Also, everyone in your life has some kind of influence on you, whether good or bad. I’m glad that I have a true best friend in my life. We all deserve that. It is very encouraging and best friends make a huge difference in our attitudes and our lives.

This is advice I would give to Christians in my generation looking at going into ministry. Begin by serving somewhere in the Church where you are comfortable. If you like working with kids then help with the children’s ministry. If you don’t like to be in the spotlight then be an usher. There is a job for everyone and most churches are more than happy to have youth volunteer. It shows them that they are actually connecting. If you can’t think of anything ask one your mentors, like a youth group leader or an adult you’re close with. They will be able to direct you to someplace that you’ll be able to serve easily. Also, If you feel uncomfortable at a place you volunteered then stick it out for your commitment and then move on and find something else. You will be able to find you niche. Remember, that in order for you to be able to pour out yourself you need to be getting poured into. Don’t stop attending some kind of small group or home fellowship just because you start helping with a ministry.

Will you be His hands and feet?

-Alex William Bridgeforth @ http://www.brainwashedconservative.com/

I can’t believe that I found the best friend everyone should have!  With me being a female you would assume that it is another female.  But it is not. With in the past year I have been getting closer with one of my male friends.  At first it was just me trying to become better friends with him, but slowly and without me really noticing I started to fall for this guy.  At first I denied it with everything that was in me.  So much so that I was chatting with him on facebook and I just kind of said it straight out that I didn’t want to hurt him or lead him on if I was that I didn’t like him in any special way.  But I just couldn’t help the way I was feeling for this guy.  So, another night, not long after our first discussion, I laid everything out on the table.  I was so terrified that it would ruin our friendship and that he wouldn’t like me back.  Well after I told him how I truly felt about him everything was still the same.  We still chatted when we were both on facebook.  Things weren’t awkward and he had told me that he really didn’t know how he felt, to be honest that was probably what I needed to hear.  Just within the last week we have been chatting almost every night.  It is has been great.  We have come to the conclusion that with the circumstances that we are under, being he lives basically 3 hours away and is going to school in Grand Rapids, and I am going to school in Rochester Hills, we will probably never be in a ‘relationship’.  But we know so much about each other, or at least I feel as if I have learned so much about and from him just in the past week.  He is truly my BEST FRIEND!  I am so thankful that after being completely honest with him that he is still my friend, and I am glad that he was honest with me about the possibility of an ‘us’.  He is just the greatest guy in the world, and I am going to let my head get straight so that way I can realize that he will always be my friend, and that one day he will find his Beautiful Maiden and I will find my Knight in Shining Armour!  We have this knowing of each other that if we have ‘ANYTHING’ that we want to talk about then we can.  There is no awkwardness within it, unless you are chatting at 2:30 in the morning and so tired that your thoughts aren’t making any sense. Or at least you think they aren’t making sense! = )

Just remember that every person is worthy of being a friend… but, you need to find your one true friend that you can talk to.  Guy or girl, it doesn’t matter.  I found mine, he is wonderful!

you are the best JCB2

“She’s pulling at me,
Saying ‘Dad, I need you, There’s a ball at the castle and I’ve been invited and I need to practice my dancing. Oh, please, Daddy, please?’
So I will dance with Cinderella
While she is here in my arms.”
Cinderella by Steven Curtis Chapman
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I was that princess once. I was 3, and my dad had taught me how to ride a tricycle.
I don’t remember another time of being my dad’s little princess.

My dad left when I was 5.
I was okay with it at the time, as he was never home to begin with.

Now that I’m older, there is that hole left by my dad that I have so much trouble trying to fill.

“I count on the make-up to cover it all
Crying myself to sleep cause I cannot keep their attention
I thought I could be strong
But it’s killing me
Does someone hear my cry?
I’m dying for new life”
Beautiful by Bethany Dillon

Desperate. That’s what it was. That’s what I became.
Desperate for the attention I didn’t have, didn’t know I had.

Any guy that looked my way. Any “hey” or conversation and I was “head over heels” for him. This attracted me to the wrong type of guys. The dangerous type. Soon, I was in a relationship, that was a mistake from the start. I fell “in love” in 2 weeks. 7 months later, I was being accused of cheating because I wanted to hang out with my friends. 2 months and 2 black eyes later, I finally was out of the abusive distress I was in for so long.
Why didn’t I end it sooner? Fear. I was so scared of him, it ate me from the inside out.

I hadn’t been to church in about 5 months because of him, and I finally started going back, and got back involved in 531, and my life group. I was being healed by my accountability partners, and prayer partners. God was really moving in my life. I was finally to this place of, “I don’t need a guy to complete me.”

Around May of 2008, I got into another relationship. A deeper, more serious relationship. He was 2 years older and in college. So, there was a huge time gap between us, and a lot of maturity problems. Parts of that relationship I absolutely will never want to forget, and I still thank him for. But the relationship wasn’t perfect. We fought a lot. We made many mistakes in the relationship. We both said many things we didn’t mean, and we were no where spiritually where we should have been. The ending was a disaster. I was happy and upset that it ended, in that, I really do believe, I loved him. Or what I believed to be love at the time.

More guys I tried to depend on, tried to have accept me, tried to make like me.

Then…something finally…clicked! Seriously almost like a switch in my head went to the ON position.

I didn’t need a guy to make me happy!
I didn’t need a relationship, or someone to text constantly to fill me up!

I needed God. The love of my FATHER! The love of my KING!
God made me the princess I had so longed to be my entire life!
God made me beautiful. God filled that void that I used almost ANYTHING to fill.
God brought me out of a desperate for guys attention phase into a desperate for HIM place!

Every now and then, Satan tries to control my mind and tell me that I do need someone, that I can’t be alone, that I’m not beautiful, that I’m not worth anything.
But, I remember the role God plays in my life, and remember that God is more than enough, and God is ALL I EVER NEED and all those thoughts vanish just as fast as they were brought about.

So, I am that princess after all. I am daddy’s little girl.

“You make me beautiful. You make me stand in awe, You look inside my heart and I am amazed. I love to hear you say, who I am is quite enough, You make me worthy of love and beautiful.”
Beautiful by Bethany Dillon

God is all you need.

Sex, Alcohol, Lust, Drugs, Porn, Gossip, Jealousy, Money, etc. WILL NOT FILL YOU UP!
God is everything and more!

God IS everything and more.

And He will ALWAYS love you. No matter what.
He will Always, always, always love you.

No. Matter. What.

It’s a growing problem, youth ministers have difficulties connecting to younger kids, they have the reputation of not staying around. It’s hard to keep their attention, or conflicting. Who’s going to take their youth group to a The Chariot concert? The point being youth groups who go to Creation is seen as quite contemporary.

There’s an entire group missing from this however, the Christian hardcore genre continues to increase while a few kids may know. I’m not talking about well known Christian hardcore bands, the amount would surprise most people.

This is a reason why I couldn’t fit into my church, after-all it is a community. It was not that I was repelled by the message, I just couldn’s situate myself with how everything was taught. ActionChurch (http://actionchurch.com/) was just the right fit. Live bands, a no pressure preacher, a chance to meet people like me. The messages are moving, the music is loud, the attitude is action.

While I consider myself very conservative in my faith, it was an opportunity to be myself.

At Purple Door when we set up a stand, I was asked and heard interesting questions. There’s something that makes most people start questioning, thinking its just for fun. Well, there is a lot of fun, which makes it so much more personal. It’s one thing being told to “relax God will provide,” and a preacher sitting in a lawn chair throwing people ice-cream sandwiches.

It means a lot to me, it means a lot to people who wouldn’t normally go to church, but gave action church a try and just kept coming. It brings people in instead of being intimidating. For every age.

The point of this being that yes I scream, I mosh, I wear black. That doesn’t mean I’m different, it’s a new lifestyle that has its ways of worship just as others.

-IN DEPTH-

MORE THAN CONQUERERS

An introduction and overview of the first series of this blog.

I have been feeling in my heart lately that there are a lot of teens who oftentimes feel overwhelmed. Whether it may be school, work, friends, family, or whatever, life can take its toll on a Christian if you don’t have the right tools to fight back. And so I felt God place it on my heart to start this series, to give encouragement and let you know what the bible says about what/where Jesus has called us to, and what God can do for you.

My inspiration for this series comes from Romans 8:28-39, which is as follows:

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“(28) And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. (29) For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. (30) And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

(31) What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? (32) He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? (33) Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. (34) Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. (35) Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? (36) As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;  we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”(37) No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. (38) For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, (39) neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

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And this really is such a powerful passage of scripture… or in “teen language:” DUDE, THIS IS AWESOME!!! It says so much in such a short amount of words, and so I will attempt to explain here what this is talking about.

The first section is basically saying three things.

First, it says that He has a plan and a purpose for your life. He knew before you were born what he wants you to do. Granted, not all of us are called to be pastors. Not all of us are called to be doctors. Not all of us are called to be soldiers. God has a specific plan and purpose for each person according to what He knows they are capable of, the desires of their heart, their talents and abilities, etc.

Secondly, in verses 29, God is saying to us that He knew you before you were born, and that he predestined (or predetermined) you to be “conformed to the likeness of his Son.” This means that before you were born, God decided and established what He wants for you to do with your life, where He wants you to go, and what things that He has waiting in store for you. How awesome is that? God already has it all laid out—preplanned, if you will—for you! All you have to do is listen to God, find out what He wants you to do, and follow it!

Thirdly, verse 30 says that “those he predestined, he also called…” Did you know that God has called you to do great and awesome things with your life? “Those he called, he also justified…” If you are following God’s calling on your life and doing what He wants you to do, God will justify your cause. “Those he justified, he also glorified.” If you follow God’s plan for your life, God will glorify you. Whether it be in terms of money, or recognition, or whatever, He will bring you up.

Paul says in verse 31 that if God is on our side, nobody can come against us.

Now, how cool is that? Think about it. If you have God on your side, who can be against you? Because if you have him on your side, he’s basically saying that anyone who wants to mess with you is going to have to mess with him. And who can mess with God? (nobody) The bible even says that no man can look at God and live. So if God is backing you up, then how can anybody come against you and pull you down? If you have your sights locked in on God, if you stand firm on His promises, the bible says that God will deliver you from your trials. Given, it may not always be instant, and often times God will test you, to prove your faith, or your obedience, or your dedication. But in the end, the reward for trusting God and staying close to Him is always going to be greater than anything else. And remember this: God is always on your side, and will never let anything happen to you that you can’t handle through Him. The question you have to ask yourself is this: Am I on God’s side? (I’ll get into that in a future post)

How do we know that God is on our side? Well, the following verse (32) says here that God didn’t even spare his own son, but gave him up for us.

How amazing is that? When you think about it, what have we done to warrant God’s love and forgiveness? When you look at what the world was then compared to what it is now, we’re still the same group of liars, murderers, prostitutes, villains, gluttons, backstabbers, and cowards that we were two thousand years ago. What does that say about God’s love for us? The very fact that He didn’t wipe us off the earth once and for all yet shows how much He loves us. Each day we are alive is a gift from God, a token of His love.

The next three verses I will group together in one, for sake of a more simplified approach to it.

“Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Jesus Christ, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger, or sword?”

Take a look at that first sentence there. Who will bring any accusation against someone that God has chosen? Who can say that you’re doing wrong if you’re doing what God wants you to do? Who can judge you if you’re walking in the will of God? Then, moving on, it says that “It is God who justifies.” God will always be standing under you if you are walking the path that He wants you to walk. God will always justify your cause when the world pushes you away and accuses you of doing wrong, so long as you are doing what God has told you to do. And who will justly condemn you if you are doing God’s will? Granted, people will condemn you for following Christ in certain circumstances, and I have come to experience this a few times. It’s not fun, but I just remember that I’m only doing what God has told me to do. I press through, keeping my sights locked in on Him, always reminding myself of His promises, and in the end God always pulls me though, bringing me that much closer to Him and that much further from the world’s lies.

The next verse here says that Jesus is praying for you, pleading for you. He cares about you so much that He is praying for YOU. Pretty cool, huh? Jesus loves you and cares about you so much that he is praying for you. Going on it says, “Who will separate us from the love of Christ?” Think about that. God’s love is greater than any human mind could ever wrap itself around. So how could any human mind even begin to come up with a way of separating you from that love? After all, everything the world can throw at you is a result of human intellect. And so if the things of the world came as a result of the human mind, how could it be greater than God’s love as to separate you from that connection? Simple yet complicated, I know.

Verse 36 says, “For your sake we face death all day long. We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” This verse is referring to Psalm 44, where David is pleading with God to come to the aid of his army. Go ahead and read that chapter. It may help you understand this verse a bit better. But this verse also applies to us today. In many countries around the world, Christians are actually hunted down and killed, just for being Christians. And here in America, many Christians (especially teenagers) are oftentimes rejected by the world, by their peers, because we live to a higher standard and the world does not understand it. What the world does not understand they pass off as being wrong, and since the world does not understand why Christians choose to live to a higher standard, why we don’t conform to their ways, they spit us out.

Then, in the next verse (yes this is where I got the name for this series) it says “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.” And this is referring to verse 35, where it says “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?” and then lists the possibilities…… Did you know that God wants you to be a mighty conqueror? Through our faith, we are called to win battles and be victorious in everything that we do. And this is so important that you understand this, because this will be the topic of this entire series, is how we are called to be victorious conquerors through Christ.

Then verses 38 and 39 wrap it up with, “I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, no anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is ours in Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Remember that. NOTHING can separate us from God’s love. Nothing at all. Nothing can stop us from being victorious through Christ, because He is greater than all things this world can throw at us.

WELCOME

TO

IN DEPTH

A BIBLE STUDY TO BE STUDIED

The PURPOSE of this blog is to provide teens with ENCOURAGEMENT to get through the day, GUIDANCE to stay on the right path, and INSIGHT into what God’s word has to offer. I firmly believe that the teenage generation undoubtedly the most influencing generation on Earth. If teenagers say that something is cool, everybody generally agrees that it’s cool. Where teens go, others go. What teens to, others do. What teens say, others say. No matter what, the world is almost constantly modeling itself after the teenage generation. Take speech for example. A lot of teenage jokes and slang are always being used by adults. Mainstream music, which is marketed to TEENS, according to what TEENS want and like, is the largest area of the music industry on the planet.

My MISSION is to SHOW teens that they have the POWER to do GREAT things that will turn this world UPSIDE-DOWN. My mission is to show teens that they don’t have to conform to this world, because the world will eventually conform to them, whether they know it or not. And, building off that statement, I want to show teens that there is a love that fills even the deepest, darkest holes of your heart. To show teens that God loves them, and that there is nothing better than to allow that love to come and live in your heart. My mission is simply this: To raise up the teenage generation to turn the world upside-down for Jesus Christ.

More posts to come…