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First they listen!

Adults often are not good listeners and don't give teens a freedom to be themselves with out being critical or assuming.

They also are to quick to have an awnser that ends the conversation. I am sure they don't usually mean to but that's what they do.

Talking about these issues is very important to us.

But I do see we need to know what God says about them or we just come up with the opinions of what we or others think, and then we make decisions that are wrong.

We love family life and would never want to be without it, but our friends are also very important to us, and what we need is to find a good and right balance.

Teens need parents to work with them on this one, unless the friends aren't living right and then the teens need to hear their parents concerns.

Then both of them together should see if there isn't a way to help those kid's, to draw them in and not push them away without trying. And really pray for other teens, we all need it!

But some of us are not as talkative as others, but that doesn't mean we don't like to talk or that were not as friendly as others.

So don't cut us off or leave us behind as though there is something wrong with us. Can't we be ourselves like you get to be yourselves ?

Practical jokes seem funny only to the one's doing them, have you ever noticed?

Even if the one they're pulled on seems to laugh and go along, inside it's not the same. It hurts, it causes them to be shamed in front of others - after all isn't that why it's done?

And it's always humiliating and that hurts. People who liked you or respected you would never do that to you. And since they wouldn't appreciate it done to them, tell me why would we ever get involved in such a thing.

Here is where one of Jesus statements really hits home clearly. " Do unto others what you would have them do unto you." In other words don't do to others what you would not want done to you.

Differences are good, we like the fact that were not all the same, that life isn't all the same, that things are going to be new and bring changes.

That's a big part of life and were not afraid of that, in fact most of the time we look forward to it without even thinking about it.

But we must remind ourselves and each other that what ever we do, what ever changes come, that they must be in line with God and his word. Changes and something new just for different sake is not always good and can be seriously bad.

Saftey in life and the adventure that it brings must be in line with a holy God and what he says is right, true and acceptable. If we stay in line with that we can truly experience and enjoy the life we have to live.

Remember ! Don't burn out on the web and these fun things in life, there's so much else to do.

People to see, places to go, and the rest of life to live.

And always remember, stop and take time every day to talk to the Lord, pray for your needs, and rest in his presence. That will give you what you need to enjoy and handle everything out there and everyone in it.

Remember that to much of a good thing isn't good, so though we all want you to stop by often, remember to spend time with your family because they do really love you and use your time well cause it's something you can never get back.

Sometimes the steps we have to take in life seem like they are just too hard, too much.

And they may be steep or many, but if we let the harder things in life build us up, we become all the stronger for it and the next flight of stairs we have to climb will be alot easier.

Remember that you are tougher than you think, and where you are weak, Jesus has all the strength you will need just trust him for it. He specializes in the miraculous and the unusual you know. " Chow "

Taking a trip ?

Tell us about it and let us know where and what it was like. Maybe you can do some witnessing along the way and give us a witness report on the people you meet.

We'll post it if we can, we like to get good testimonies to share.

Hey I hear the sound ! I hear it out there ! The sound of the army of the Lord.

A Lot of his teen warriors are out and about and stiring things up. Praise God ! This world needs some waking up.

Well go for it gang, let the world know your there. There are alot of positive ways to shake the world up and you've got them. And once you let them know, they'll be glad you came.

How many of you have ever felt this stupid, well I'd bet many of you. But I know one thing that even when someone needs to learn a hard lesson they don't need to learn it this way.

The truth hurts yes it does, when were wrong we need good discipline, correction and sometimes punishment, consequences. But shame and belittlement is not what is needed.

Some people believe that this is how you should be treated in order to learn but the shame often is what breaks someone's spirit and causes them to be beat down and to even give up.

Many of the people in life aren't doing well for these kinds of reasons. What they need is someone to let them know they are ok, to encourage them and show them they are worth something.

Let's tell them and show them no matter who they are and where they are at in life, that's what Jesus would do.