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H A P P Y N E W Y E A R !  Happy New Year from Teens With Faith, may you have a blessed year and may you guys grow spiritually and learn more in this new coming year. God Bless you!  "The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: the Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: the Lord raise up his countenance upon thee and give thee peace" Numbers 6:24-26

Recently in the country where I live there was a terrible power outage. The central electrical system that supplied light to basically everyone caught on fire and more than half of the population didn't have light in their homes. Shortly afterward, the water started to become filthy and well, when things of this sort happen we realize just how much we overlook things.  Thankfully, my family's house had a generator and we were able to have light and use the our stove (which had runs on gas, not electricity) but that's not really the point. See, it was very hot and I mean really, really hot. Since we're using a generator and almost no one has electricity we couldn't expect the WiFi service to be working either. Long story short, the power came back late the following day. I know other people have undergone worser things than this for longer periods of time but I personally felt the need to bring this into the post I have for all of you guys today. Most of the ti...

Being a Christian is somewhat like walking in a single-file line. You've got a person in front of you and a person behind you. Now, it isn't a race, if you try to look like you're the finest-walking person in the line you just might trip over a rock called pride. But the thing is, you have to keep walking here's why:  1: If you stop the person behind you might also stop as well causing a whole lot of ruckus amongst the rest of the people in the line.  2: The only way you can keep going is just walking. If you stop walking you have to get out of the line or you're going to hinder the rest of the people (Not to mention yourself)  Don't stop walking! Sometimes the way might seem rough but here's what awaits you in the finish line:  7  Whoever has ears, let them hear  what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,  I will give the right to eat from the tree of life,  which is in the paradise  of God. Revelation 2:7...

Forgiveness.  This 10-letter word can have a lot of power when you think about it. Forgiving comes easily to some, meanwhile to others...not so much. Here I listed the Top 5 benefits and joys of forgiving, go ahead and check it out!  1 : You'll feel Better I know, I know, this one's a 'classic' but it just so happens to be quite true. Forgiving someone can help take that awful wight you've been feeling lately off your shoulders. It really helps to spend some time in the Bible and speaking to God through prayer, it will shed a LOT of light to help you through whatever situation you're facing. Plus,  "...let not the sun go down upon your wrath:"  Ephesians 4:26 You also might want to solve problems before they get worse. After all, there's nothing better than going to bed with a clear conscious and a guilt-free mind!  2: It'll help you move on Most of the time when bad situations happen and we don't forgive the people wh...

📖 Read 1 John 4: 7-21 We've constantly heard of fairytale love but today, we're going to learn about another kind of love, God's love. 1 John 4:8 states, "He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is love." So much for the idea of an old dude in the sky that's totally heartless and enjoys blasting people with lighting. 1 John 4:8 destroyed that mindset entirely in just a mere eleven words. But what about us? How about that lady that's always up in my business, I can just ignore her right? Wrong. You can't ignore her, you have to love her. 1 John 4:20 says, "If a man say, I love God and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen how can he love God whom he hath not seen?" Ouch. That's a lot of tough words to swallow. In this verse John is not just talking about our siblings from our parents but also about our brothers (and sisters!) in Christ. That includes your awesome friend fr...

People often say that you can go though life as an optimistic person or a pessimistic person. Today I want to talk about the benefits of being an optimistic person. What is optimism anyway? Good question. A book I once read described it as "Learning to meditate upon the most hopeful aspects of any situation" I'm not telling you that if your dog dies you're going to smile and go, "I'm so happy this situation doesn't affect me at all!" but you could see the bright side in the situation instead of look at every single thing wrong with it.  For example, instead of being all grumpy think about this, "Well... my dog was really sick. And if she hadn't passed on she might've been feeling worse! I wouldn't want her to suffer." No matter the situation your facing, there's always a way to overcome it. It all depends on your view on life. The very best way to be optimistic through you life is by remembering this very key verse...

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If you're like me, you've been patiently (or  impatiently ) waiting for the release of God's Not Dead 2 from the minute you heard about it. When the wait was finally over, my family and I jumped straight in to watch it. I personally give this movie 5 stars. What I found most interesting was that in the credits it showed you how many Christians have been in situations such as the one our main character in the movie, Grace Wesley, went going through. People are being persecuted for teaching or simply speaking about God's Word. I often thought that this type of persecution only happened in foreign countries where Christianity is prohibited, but even in a country that was established on the Word of God and freedom of speech, these things are becoming more and more common every day. In the movie, Grace Wesley is accused of preaching to her students by answering a question with some Biblical references, seeing as she quoted the Scriptures some students felt insulted. One ...

Today I want to talk about the principle of ownership. Do you know those times when we get all stingy? Maybe because we have new 'cool' items such as Beats headphones, an iPhone 6s, a brand new laptop, a skateboard, an awesome new shirt, etc. Sometimes we even go to extremes just to 'Fit in with everybody else'. But let's hear what the Bible says about all this. Luke 12:21 states "... he that layeth up treasure for himself, ... is not rich toward God." KJV.  It's impressive how we spend so much time planning and saving up so we can buy the coolest brand of anything really and God is not even interested in that! God looks at the heart, not the car. Now, I said I would talk about the principle of ownership, right? Here it is: " All  that I have belongs to God." We were placed in this Earth as stewards of the things God has given us for a specific amount of time that He has determined. What we do with those talents, gifts, and other things...

2016 Has just begun!  Today I would like to talk about how to start our New Year and some things to focus on this 2016. 1) Leave the past behind. It's a brand NEW year! Things that happened in 2015 stay there. 2) Get closer to God in this New Year.  Each year is filled with plenty of opportunities to get closer to Him (Some Ideas and tips at the bottom.)  3) Begin a New cycle. Remember, things don't always turn out the way they did before. Do something different this year, try something new. Find something that inspires you and  pursue it!   *** You can make your own list of expectations, hopes, dreams, and things that you want to accomplish this New Year. But don't forget to add God to your plans!  *** Now, I said that I would write some helpful tips and ideas about how to get closer to God but I just want to put something out there before I begin, no blog, or book, or speaker,  person, ...