This has been a very interesting week. My small twin sisters were saperated for the first time in fourteen years thanks to high school. This is a week when teenagers are joining high school entering into a new environment, meeting new people, making new friends, studying new subjects and many other new things.
When teenagers get into a new environment they tend to become very much aware of things around them. The urge to change so that you can adapt and fit in becomes their number one priority. Teenagers: change is not bad, but is it Christ centered change? Lets look at some of the issues that teenagers grapple with as they seek to change. Some of the things I have noticed include; puberty, weight, popularity in school, boy girl relationships e.t.c.
Puberty tends to make most teengers hyperactive causing them a huge lifestyle change, either for the worst or for better. Weight issues have drawn teens to conditions like anorexia and many others. In search of popularity, teens end up involving themselves in sinful practices assuming that when you fit in, then you gain popularity. They begin to struggle with fornication, drugs and drug abuse, lack of interest in anything academic. This leads to deteriorating grades which inturn burns up a prosperous future.
Teens, sometimes when facing such challenges, decide to go to church to try and avoid these habits. As much as going to church is good, it is not a solution to avoiding bad habits. Have you ever thought about completely and totally giving your life to the one person who will guarantee you a drama free life and complete victory from the clatches of the devil?
Being
“saved” and “born again” are terms
Christians use. Both come from the Bible.
The Bible says you cannot see the kingdom of God unless you are
born again (John, 3:3). Being born again means you enter a new
spiritual life through God's Holy Spirit.
Christians say that when someone gets “saved”, it
means they have personally and deliberately put their trust in
Jesus Christ. The Bible identifies Jesus Christ as the Son of God,
and He will “save” you from everlasting punishment in
Hell (the place of eternal torment) after you die.
If you want to live a Christ centered teen age, you can deterine in your heart that your path is that of eternal life. The prayer below will do the magic. (You can change the words to make it more personal.)
Dear God,
I am a sinner and need forgiveness. I believe that Jesus Christ shed His precious blood and died for my sins, and then rose from the dead. I am willing to turn from sin. In the best way I know how, I now invite Christ to come into my heart and life as my personal Savior. Amen.
You too can become saved today if you can genuinely pray the sentiments in that prayer and believe it!
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