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Wow every time something new is put up its always the exact thing I’m struggling with the most at that moment. I want to live like him!! It’s so hard…I hope that in a couple years I will be able to live like that…

it is really hard…to be like Christ…To live for Christ every day of your life…but i think the only thing that is holding me back is that “what if i tell my friends about christ? What will they think of me? Will they be friends still? Will i be shunned away because of who i believe in?” For example, my boyfriend, Drake. He is the most nicest and gentlest guys around. He’s polite and understands my religon. But the only thing is…he is Agnostic/Aitheist. I’m trying my hardest to tell him about Christ but I’m always afraid of what he’ll say or think… i’m not bugging him about it though…cuz if i do that then he’ll just get farther and farther away of even the idea of Christ or Church… But a part of me wants to keep telling him about my Savior. I just don’t know what to do…

I’m not sure if this is right, but I’m thinking that maybe by “my companians are few” he might have meant that not all people would want to follow him because they don’t all believe that the path he is going down is right and they might also be scared of what others would think of them. I hope this maybe helped you a little bit

I also know that my banner doesn’t say what I want it to say about me. I have some friends who aren’t Christian and it is really hard to let them know where I stand in Christ. I want them to know how strong I am in my faith, but it always seems that when I start talking about God, we get into a huge debate about which religion is the right religion. I also want to be able to say that I am very devoted to God, but how can I say this when I don’t even read the bible or pray every day? Can anybody realte to me?

I used to be worried about what other people were thinking, especially if they say they don’t believe God exists. Then one day I read Romans 1:18-20 in the NLT. It basically says that all men instinctively know that God exists. I know my own ability to lie to myself, and now I know when I talk to someone who says they don’t believe God is real, I know they are lying to themselves. I also have found it very helpful to practice what I call “God talk” with my christian friends. The more I have natural conversations about the Lord with my christian friends, the more it naturally comes out in conversation with my non-christian friends. Don’t know if this will be helpful to any of you, but I thought I’d share a little of my spiritual journey.

On my knees,

rick

Liveing like Our Savior is probably the hardest thing on this planet to do. This being because there is so many people that just ridicule for it. This morning some of the people i was hanging out with were making fun of the christian religion and the christians themselves, and i got fed up with it, so i told them i dont like those jokes, if you want to say them dont say them in front of me, then at lunch, one person made me blow up because they said i wasnt the only chrisitan on the bench, that didnt make me blow up, but i then said that i know im not the only christian on that bench, but apperently i am the only christian who is going to stand up for wha i believe in. This person countinued to go at me saying that im pissed off all the time for no reason, and that im not a good chrisitan, in fact this person said they dont think i am even in a religion. that made me so mad. i got soo wrapped up in that i lost sight of making the right choice and i just cussed her out and flew into a rage. Everyone who ridicules you for being a christian or a religious person, is jealous i think, because the cant be so the think no one should, and if you get caught in this situation, here is what i would say, dont waste your breathe yelling at them telling them you are, because as you yell and raise your voice and cuss them out that proves there point. Jesus never said that living for him would be peechy-keen-happy-go-lucky land, he said that people hated me for what i did, and now that you are my children they will hate you too. But since jesus died on the cross for us, We are saved, if we choose to follow him, and once we do nothing can stop us from being saved. I pray, not enough as i should, but i pray that i will make the right decisions, the decisions that would put me closer in being like christ. Its hard as all get out, but through God all things are possible. Amen.

Rachel, There will alwas be what ifs, but the thing is, what ifs dont matter, what if you were to not be a christian, doesnt matter because you are. Dont let What ifs control what you say or do. If you want to talk about your relationship do it… If the want to debate, tell them you dont want to you just want them to know your position in christ. It might help, it did me

Just to say something to anyone who reads this, God loves you. No matter what you do. If you went to camp you probably remember the Mountain Goat story. Where God ask the man when does the Mountain Goat give birth, right, right. If you do you will remember that Kerry then said… more like yelled, If god cares about a freakin mountain goat then he cares about you. God no matter what you do will always love you.. Always. dont forget that. read psalms 139 if you have to, to remeber. HIs loving thoughts outnumber the grains of sand on the earth, next time you see sand, pick up a handful. then youll see

Oh my gosh Davis. That must have been so incredibly hard. I’m just in awe that you would stand up for your faith and that just makes me want to stand up for mine, you just inspire me so much. I kind of know what that feels like, because I hang out with a this huge group of great kids that I love, but almost every single one of them is Mormon and I’m constantly having to say no to things they invite me to and I disagree with so many things they believe. It just gets so hard sometimes but I never stand up and come back with something I believe. I just wait in the shadows and come back in when they start talking about something else. you really helped me with that question I asked, and Elisa you did too. I love all the people in our church so much and I think it’s so cool that we’re sharing our lives on this blog and helping each other even though I don’t even know some of you! This is amazing! I really want to meet all of you! Thank you so much. I LOVE YOU GOD!!!!

I just happened to remember Kerry say to jump on the HS blog and read what students are saying. WOW. Praise God! It is so cool to see teenagers who get it. This is such a God thing and just shows how He works in so many of His people. I couldn’t agree with you all more when you say that living “Christ like” in our world today is hard. I can tell you as you grow and mature it doesn’t get easier BUT God continues to reveal His wisdom and put’s people in your lives, that come along side and lift you up. Keeps encouraging you to keep fighting the good fight. To win the race and gain the prize. The prize is the best prize you could ever hope for or ever dream of. Spending eternity in the presence of our Lord and Savior, our King, our Friend, our First Love. This, if you have confessed that relationship with Jesus Christ, is a truth worth more than all the money, fame and stuff you could ever imagine having. All of the things the world throws at you as important. Don’t beleive it. All of those things are temporary. Our salvation is eternal. So regardless of how tough things are, and I know they can be, I’ve been there and made so many bad choices and still do all too often, they won’t last forever. They too will fade away. BUT our hope is in Jesus…only Jesus!

Heres a quick little side note, discrete type thing. No one realizes for real until they feel this. No matter what you hide from anyone, or anything. It does not matter if no one knows your secret. There is one who does. God. God knows all, sees all, hears all, and listens to all. E.G. if you smoke pot, if you do not tell anyone, he knows. Just somethin to remember

Here’s my advice to you Davis. I know this is so much easier said than done, but to make yourself happy, you need to find new friends. Those ‘friends’ you’re talking about aren’t really friends at all, and the amazing thing is that you’ve tried your hardest to share your faith, but they won’t listen. The Bible says you shouldn’t waste your time teaching people about Jesus who don’t care. In your situation, I think the best thing to do would be to start hanging out with the people who look lonely…sit with the kids at lunch who don’t have anyone to talk to, just reach out to them…I know that’s really hard, but you’ll feel better because you know you’re doing the right thing. As for your family, there’s apparently nothing you can do about that, but you’re so lucky to have an eternal Father who does care, and who won’t judge you, and who is proud of you for who you are. Just be thankful that you’re not alone and you never will be with Jesus…
Does anyone have anything to add or contradict?

Okay, so…I really need help in coming up with the right words to say to my non-christian friends to reach out to them and help them know Christ and I also want to be able to back up what I say with words from the bible, but I feel that if I try to let my friends know more about God, but push it too far, then they won’t want to hang around me. I know this is stupid of me because how do I know if they will act like that if I don’t even try to tell them? Can anyone relate or give advice on what to say to my friends(or anybody, in general)?

i have a question…i am a Christian, i know this because i have made that commiment, but i always, in every wich way possible almost everyday, the christian faith. i ahve questions like, whats the point? it only gets me into a flying rage when someone ridicules me for it, or Why bother, no one cares. its almost unbearable. this week has been pretty hard on me with that. why am i doing this? what can i do to stop it? Why am i doubted my faith, religion, and savior? if anyone could help i would appreciate it GREATLY!!!! i am going INSANE over these question. I am confusing my self to no end, imgetting deppressed all the time becuase i feel i have failed somehow some one some way, its bothering the crap out of me. I jsut want it to stop, i want it to end. i really need some advice.

A few of my friends asked me awhile back why i was always so happy and positive. Well at the time i didn’t really think anything of it, but now looking back i realized its because thats my “banner”, being a happy person. I wished i had thought of telling them then that it was because i have God in my heart and i know that my best friend Jesus Christ will always be with me where ever i go.

Lately, my friends at dance have been not treating me very well. I don’t know if they even realize it but they have stopped talking to me as much as they used to, stopped including me with things they do, and basically formed a little circle of friends with me on the outside. Whether it was on purpose or not it hurts alot. And with out noticing it people will ask me “what’s wrong” cause they say i look saddened or discouraged. This is because i have let those people destroy my “banner”. Its so hard to remake my banner too, because i will have almost forgotten about what they have done to me or almost gotten over the fact that they really aren’t my friends anymore and that i have better friends now. but then one little thing will happen with them and my “banner will get torn down again”

I have been praying alot about this lately because i want my banner back i want everyone to see me and ask whats different about me and be able to tell them the Good News about Jesus. but it is just so hard to do that.

Thanks! “But a long time ago, one of my friends told me that God only gives you tests that He knows you can handle and overcome.” i am definately going to remember that quote next time i find myself with a torn banner.

When Adam and Eve sinned, the first thing they felt was shame. All of us suffer a certain amount of self esteem issues because of this. One of the names for Satan is “The accuser of the bretheren”. People ridicule our faith and our Lord, then when we screw up, tell us we are unworthy of the very faith they made fun of. This can cause us to have painful internal struggles. Take heart my friends! (Especially you Davis!) If you don’t have spiritual struggle, it means you’ve lost the battle. I like the way Galatians 5:17 is translated in the NLT. “The old sinful nature loves to do evil, which is just opposite from what the Holy Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are opposite from what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, AND YOUR CHOICES ARE NEVER FREE FROM THIS CONFLICT.” (I added the emphesis on the last part) So rejoice that you have conflict! I trust that each of you will make better choices each day the rest of your lives as you become more and more like Jesus.

rick