Friday, October 29, 2010
Hard Days
Has today been a hard day to you? Was it like when you woke up this morning the rain clouds were above you head and followed you every where you went? Well everyone has those day, trust me I have those them too! But you know what, not everything has gone wrong today. Your still breathing, that's a good sign! God blessed you another day in this world! Psalm 118:24 "This is the day the Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad in it." Here is another really good thing about this day... THE TOMB IS STILL EMPTY!!! You know what that means right? It means that Jesus died on the cross and rose on the third day! He still forgives us for our sins, and helps us in time of need. I would rather give everything away than not have eternal salvation. So the next time you are having a grumpy day remind yourself the tomb is still empty! Then I believe your day would be a better.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Fear Not!
Psalms 27:1 "The Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life of whom shall I be afraid of?" That's a powerful verse, huh? But what does it mean? It means with God on my side why should I fear? Also since God is the stronghold of my life why should I be afraid of death? Here is one of my favorite sayings, "With Him I can move mountains, without Him I can do nothing." I just love that! I can do ANYTHING with the Lord's help and without Him I am nothing. It amazes me all the love God gave us, so why do we fear?
Like I said we can do anything with the Lord, if He allows us. So remember...
FEAR NOT GOD IS WITH YOU!!!
Like I said we can do anything with the Lord, if He allows us. So remember...
FEAR NOT GOD IS WITH YOU!!!
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Action!
Have you ever burned yourself? I mean a real burn that hurts even to tap it gently? If you have you can remember how bad it felt and how annoyingly painful it was. If you haven't had that kind of burn then think of a cut or scrape that hurt so much you had fight back the tears. To me I think burns are the worst kinds of injuries. They stay there longer than a scrape and hurt a lot more to. They feel like it will never go away!
Now imagine that kind of pain but multiplied as far as pain itself can be, that would be excruciating! I could never imagine that kind of pain. But there is that kind of pain. That kind of pain is in hell. If you do not except Jesus in your heart you will go there. Why am I telling you this? I am telling you this because it is true, hell is not a story it's the real deal.
Now you might be saying "Oh I already believe in Christ, you don't have to worry about me!" If you think that here is a thought for you, are you worried about the other people around you who are not saved? The reason why me and Seviann picked "The Next Teen Generation in Action" is not just because it's catchy, it's because it means something. The Next Teen Generation is you! You are the next generation.
Are you going to be the teen that says "I am saved I won't go to hell I am fine." and that's it? Will you ever give a second thought on the people who are not saved? Here are some facts that I learned.
There is an estimate of 6.7 billion people in this world.
75% do NOT know the Lord.
2 people die each second.
There is and estimate of 155,000 people who die each day. That is a lot right? Can you believe that 75% of the people of the world don't know God? This is where the action comes in on our title. Get out there and spread the good news! Jesus paid much to high of a price for us to pick and chose who should come.(To Heaven) By Casting Crowns. I am not saying you should walk up to a complete strangers house, if you want to do that make sure you are working in groups, it's better to be safe than sorry. But if you are public schooled you can be kind to the other kids, remind yourself 75% of people in the world are not saved. Then when you get a chance spread God's wonderful news, do it! Now be expected to be picked on. But all you have to do is ignore them and eventually they'll stop. But remind yourself God loved you so much he sent his only son, then I believe it would be easier to love another.
Now imagine that kind of pain but multiplied as far as pain itself can be, that would be excruciating! I could never imagine that kind of pain. But there is that kind of pain. That kind of pain is in hell. If you do not except Jesus in your heart you will go there. Why am I telling you this? I am telling you this because it is true, hell is not a story it's the real deal.
Now you might be saying "Oh I already believe in Christ, you don't have to worry about me!" If you think that here is a thought for you, are you worried about the other people around you who are not saved? The reason why me and Seviann picked "The Next Teen Generation in Action" is not just because it's catchy, it's because it means something. The Next Teen Generation is you! You are the next generation.
Are you going to be the teen that says "I am saved I won't go to hell I am fine." and that's it? Will you ever give a second thought on the people who are not saved? Here are some facts that I learned.
There is an estimate of 6.7 billion people in this world.
75% do NOT know the Lord.
2 people die each second.
There is and estimate of 155,000 people who die each day. That is a lot right? Can you believe that 75% of the people of the world don't know God? This is where the action comes in on our title. Get out there and spread the good news! Jesus paid much to high of a price for us to pick and chose who should come.(To Heaven) By Casting Crowns. I am not saying you should walk up to a complete strangers house, if you want to do that make sure you are working in groups, it's better to be safe than sorry. But if you are public schooled you can be kind to the other kids, remind yourself 75% of people in the world are not saved. Then when you get a chance spread God's wonderful news, do it! Now be expected to be picked on. But all you have to do is ignore them and eventually they'll stop. But remind yourself God loved you so much he sent his only son, then I believe it would be easier to love another.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Why am I here?
Have you ever looked in the mirror and said to yourself, "Why am I here?"
Well I caught myself thinking that today and it wouldn't leave me alone all day. So I decided to Yahoo the word teenager to what the world thinks of us, and do you know what i got! Well first I got the definition of teenager, then if I kept scrolling down I got, how to raise a rebellious teenager, a parents guide to the teen years, teens and drunk driving, and so one. The world expects nothing out of us, they expect you to have "wild teen years". To get drunk, become pregnant, be lazy, stupid, and rebellious! I don't believe we don't do anything to stop it, because, we are the next generation, to run this country, sit in the White House. So, this is what the world expects..... Have super regrettable teen years, and then have a miraculous came back from being irresponsible and not run this country in the ground!?! Sounds just brilliant! OK, so that's why we're here, hope the country lasts! Bye!
Just kidding, (about the good bye) we need to stop this! Right now! In the teen years, prove to the world that we are responsible and can stay clean. A little over a hundred years ago you hit 15 and you were an adult, your "teen years" didn't exist! It's SO easy to not be irresponsible, all you've got to do is, not get drunk or even drink, not have sex, and do a few chores to help your mom out, because one day you'll most likely be in her shoes. Know really how hard do you think that is? Not that hard right, and if you do think it is well, we all love a little challenge!!
Also email me at leeparkgals@hotmail.com I would love to hear your story and the prosses in this challenge, eveyone needs encourgement and thats why I'm here!
Well I caught myself thinking that today and it wouldn't leave me alone all day. So I decided to Yahoo the word teenager to what the world thinks of us, and do you know what i got! Well first I got the definition of teenager, then if I kept scrolling down I got, how to raise a rebellious teenager, a parents guide to the teen years, teens and drunk driving, and so one. The world expects nothing out of us, they expect you to have "wild teen years". To get drunk, become pregnant, be lazy, stupid, and rebellious! I don't believe we don't do anything to stop it, because, we are the next generation, to run this country, sit in the White House. So, this is what the world expects..... Have super regrettable teen years, and then have a miraculous came back from being irresponsible and not run this country in the ground!?! Sounds just brilliant! OK, so that's why we're here, hope the country lasts! Bye!
Just kidding, (about the good bye) we need to stop this! Right now! In the teen years, prove to the world that we are responsible and can stay clean. A little over a hundred years ago you hit 15 and you were an adult, your "teen years" didn't exist! It's SO easy to not be irresponsible, all you've got to do is, not get drunk or even drink, not have sex, and do a few chores to help your mom out, because one day you'll most likely be in her shoes. Know really how hard do you think that is? Not that hard right, and if you do think it is well, we all love a little challenge!!
Also email me at leeparkgals@hotmail.com I would love to hear your story and the prosses in this challenge, eveyone needs encourgement and thats why I'm here!
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Inward and Outward Beauty
You glance at the T.V. screen and see a beautiful model showing off her skinny body. You think to yourself why didn’t God make me look pretty like that? Does He think that person is better than me? The answer to both of those questions is God cares about you He made you beautiful and precious just the way you are. Don’t ever think that God treasures someone more because of how they look. If you think something like that then it‘s probably just your bothersome emotions lying to you again. God says in His Word everybody is the same. We all sin.
Inward beauty is much more different than outward beauty because, you want your heart to be clean and pure. The reason is, if you are a Christian, than your heart becomes the Holy Spirits resting place and you want to keep the Holy spirit’s home clean. By keeping your body clean. I mean you should not dirty your body up with: drugs, alcohol, smoking etc…
Outward beauty is another part of most teenagers life now a days. Sadly, out of hundreds of teenagers between the ages of thirteen the seventeen there are one to two teenager that develop eating disorders. That’s a lot since there are 25 to 28 million teenagers in the world. The reason is because they don’t feel good about their outward appearance and they see all those skinny and pretty to the eye, stars on T.V. or magazines and think they look ugly when they really are pretty. As days go by lots of teenagers around the world die because of not eating enough or of drugs and other thing that they think will fill the whole in their life that they think bad stuff will fill and make them feel good about themselves. They end up making an awful choice because the thing that they need to fill that whole of longing with is Jesus Christ. He will change their life. Today I found the verses 1Peter 3:3-4 “Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God” when I read those verses, it touched my heart. I love knowing that my God doesn’t care how you look on the outside as long as it’s modest but, that He cares about your heart.
Inward beauty is much more different than outward beauty because, you want your heart to be clean and pure. The reason is, if you are a Christian, than your heart becomes the Holy Spirits resting place and you want to keep the Holy spirit’s home clean. By keeping your body clean. I mean you should not dirty your body up with: drugs, alcohol, smoking etc…
Outward beauty is another part of most teenagers life now a days. Sadly, out of hundreds of teenagers between the ages of thirteen the seventeen there are one to two teenager that develop eating disorders. That’s a lot since there are 25 to 28 million teenagers in the world. The reason is because they don’t feel good about their outward appearance and they see all those skinny and pretty to the eye, stars on T.V. or magazines and think they look ugly when they really are pretty. As days go by lots of teenagers around the world die because of not eating enough or of drugs and other thing that they think will fill the whole in their life that they think bad stuff will fill and make them feel good about themselves. They end up making an awful choice because the thing that they need to fill that whole of longing with is Jesus Christ. He will change their life. Today I found the verses 1Peter 3:3-4 “Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God” when I read those verses, it touched my heart. I love knowing that my God doesn’t care how you look on the outside as long as it’s modest but, that He cares about your heart.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Siblings
Quick! Right now go hug you sibling!!!!
So, who actually did that? Not me! And that's why I'm writing this post, because lots of times when it comes to older and younger sisters and brothers....... well lets not go in to detail;) I must say that i am guilty of having, um.... bad feelings toward them.
Part of being "The Next Teen In Action" is, well, loving EVERYBODY! Including our siblings, that guy next door, and the gangster. We'll get to deeper discussion about the gangster. But what I want to focus on is, loving our (biological) brother and sisters. For example, your younger sister/brother comes barging in your room and decides, I really want to "borrow" that brush my sister/brother uses. Or your older sister/brother decides, I'm going to embarrass my sister/brother in front of their friends. What is your first reaction? "I'm going to kill you!!!" That is probably it, right? But, our reaction should be a blessing. Blessing, what??? Well the bible says in 1 Peter 3:9 "Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing." So next time your lovely sibling tries to make you go crazy, be nice to them. No, it will not be easy, but God will reward you in the long run.
Also think about this, if your sister/brother were to die right now, how do you think you would feel? I know my sister an I would joke that we're going to wear yellow to each others funerals, but really I would regret every little mean thing I did or said to them, and be super upset. I would miss my sister and brother if they were to die . We don't really think about that type of stuff, when we do something to them, do we?
So, who actually did that? Not me! And that's why I'm writing this post, because lots of times when it comes to older and younger sisters and brothers....... well lets not go in to detail;) I must say that i am guilty of having, um.... bad feelings toward them.
Part of being "The Next Teen In Action" is, well, loving EVERYBODY! Including our siblings, that guy next door, and the gangster. We'll get to deeper discussion about the gangster. But what I want to focus on is, loving our (biological) brother and sisters. For example, your younger sister/brother comes barging in your room and decides, I really want to "borrow" that brush my sister/brother uses. Or your older sister/brother decides, I'm going to embarrass my sister/brother in front of their friends. What is your first reaction? "I'm going to kill you!!!" That is probably it, right? But, our reaction should be a blessing. Blessing, what??? Well the bible says in 1 Peter 3:9 "Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing." So next time your lovely sibling tries to make you go crazy, be nice to them. No, it will not be easy, but God will reward you in the long run.
Also think about this, if your sister/brother were to die right now, how do you think you would feel? I know my sister an I would joke that we're going to wear yellow to each others funerals, but really I would regret every little mean thing I did or said to them, and be super upset. I would miss my sister and brother if they were to die . We don't really think about that type of stuff, when we do something to them, do we?
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Loving God Part One
There are many people today who believe that if they are good and do more good things than bad things they can go to heaven. Well I am sorry to bursts any one's bubble, but that's not true. The only way you can get to heaven is by believing and loving God. Here is a verses to understand what I mean. 1 Corinthians 13: 1-3, "If I speak in the tongues of men and angles, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all my posses to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
What does he mean by that? Well it means that no matter what you do,what you say you will never get in heavens gates if you don't love God.
What does he mean by that? Well it means that no matter what you do,what you say you will never get in heavens gates if you don't love God.
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