Friendships

As you go through life you will make tons of friends. As a Chrisitan you want to make the right kind of friends. How do we know what kind of friends to make? To be able to find out how to chose your friends you need to turn to the Bible. God tells us in the Bible how to be a good friend.

Giving Advice

Well as a teenager I have tons of best friends. All of my friends come to me for advice. They come to me for advice about everything and as a friend it is my responsibility to be there for them and give them advice. As a Chrisitian when people come to us for advice we should be very careful with what we tell them. We might want to tell them what they want to hear but we need to tell them what they need to hear and what God would want us to tell them. So the next time someone comes to you for advice we should be really careful with what we tell them.

Decisions

Have you ever thought about the decisions you make? When you make a decision it influences you and the people around you. As a Christian people are constantly watching you so every decision you make is seen. Before you make a decision you should stop and think about if God would be happy with what you are doing or about to do.

Priorities

Why is that we can go to parties on Saturday nights but we can't make it to church Sunday morning? Why can we go to a ball game on Wednesday night instead of church? To be a Christian you need to have your priorities in order. You can't call yourself a Christian but put other things before God. God doesn't like coming second! God should come first in your life and should be your top priority!

Resolutions

Have you ever thought about what resolutions are? A resolution is the determination to do or not do something. Tomorrow is New Years Eve, the time when we will all be thinking of resolutions for the new year. Most of the time these resolutions won't even last a week. Why are we so worried about making resolutions to make sure we change our lives in the world but yet we don't try to fix our lives with God. When you become a Christian you have to change your life. These changes can't be taken loosely and have to be permanent!

Light the Fire

Well Friday I will be heading to Indian Creek Youth Camp to attend Light the Fire. This will be my second year attending Light the Fire. I love going to camp so I am really excited. This year my bestfriend is going to be going with me. At Light the Fire you make lots of new friends, learn more about God, and grow as a Christian. It is not too late to sign up. If you don't get to make it this year try to come next year. You won't regret it!

Influence

Have you ever heard of the word influence? We all have an influence on someone no matter how old we are. At the congregation that I attend I am the oldest in the youth group. Sometimes I feel like I'm not being a good influence. There are ten little kids at church and they are constantly watching me. This made me think about if I use this opportunity that I have to influence people. You might think nobody cares what you do but people actually do. There is someone in your life that you influence every time you are around them. It can be a little kid or an adult. The other night I taught the cradle roll class at church. This was my first time teaching a class and I was pretty nervous. When I got in there we started off with a prayer and then sung some songs. The whole time they were watching me wanting everything I had. One song we sang that made me think of this topic it went like this: Oh be careful little feet where you go, Oh be careful little eyes what you see, Oh be careful little mouth what you say, Oh be careful little ears what you hear, Oh be careful little hands what you do. All of these things in this precious song warn us to be careful what we allow ourselves to participate in. So why is it that we get mad at people when they do something that we are doing too? We need to step back and examine ourselves so that the next time we are around someone we will hopefully be in the Godly way instead of the worldly way.