How does a teenage girl deal with controversy and tribulation? At times I feel so alone with challenges. I.E. gay students saying nothing wrong with being gay! I feel my Christian belief, my love of Jesus my Saviour is used by so called friends against me. I recently lost two close friends for stupid jealousy. Praise the Lord Jesus!! Thank You. Whomever you are keep looking up, Jesus is coming back.
Hi Diana. Daniel has shared some very good thoughts with you & special Scriptures for you to read & rest upon. But I just share a little to further encourage you, assuring you that you are not alone in your struggles.
Clearly, you love the Lord Who ransomed you & you want to live for Him to please Him; you are His witness right there at school, right there among the believing & unbelieving friends that you have. In every situation in life, and you will see many more of them as to grow older, we must always understand that the Lord has placed His children in a particular place, at a particular time, for a particular purpose. We are not remote islands in the middle of the ocean, but vital members of His Body (the Church) engaging with the people of the world that He has made & loves. If you get despondent at times because of the volume of animosity against you, remember the One Who is greater (living) in you than the miserable one having his wicked grip on those ignorantly following his leading.
We should never feel sad or sorry for our lot in life, rather pity those who have nothing of eternal value in them, glibly pursuing fleshly lusts & wisdom. You will always stand out as God's Light, His beacon, exposing the thoughts & actions of those living in darkness. Remember John 1:5, "And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not": Jesus has given you His Light - to be His Light in the midst of darkness - and that darkness (in the unbelieving) could not "seize or overtake" that Light. That Light will always shine in its full strength - no darkness can ever extinguish it no matter how hard it tries. The Light will always be a testimony against their dark thoughts & deeds & we can only pray that some Light will filter through to some of them, revealing the state of their darkness.
Be strong dear one, encourage yourself in the Lord (as David did when things weren't going too good for him), & pursue the friendship of those in the faith.
It's difficult and I know many here like myself have passed beyond teenage many years (decades) ago; some forget how challenging it was to be saved as a teenager, especially in the public schools where even some schools forbid prayer, Bibles and prayer meetings. However, to be a light to those unsaved in your youth -- keep your testimony blameless before them. It's easy to get angry and to make the unsaved feel excluded. However, you have a great opportunity to be a witness to those around you. Even if you had a Bible study with a group of 20 students and only one listens to you; that's a big number for God.
What about if they try to tempt you or distract you from walking in your Faith? The Word of God has advice on that and it's very firm:
2 Corinthians 6: 14 & 15
"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?"
Persecution will come but it came to Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior too...
John 15:17-21
"These things I command you, that ye love one another. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me."
Some will tell you "God loves everyone." God does love all His Creation but He also wants them to be saved. Many say that to cover up a hidden message that God loves sin. No...God hates sin but loves the sinner.
Be strong in your Faith and a witness toward the lost youth. Amen.
Clearly, you love the Lord Who ransomed you & you want to live for Him to please Him; you are His witness right there at school, right there among the believing & unbelieving friends that you have. In every situation in life, and you will see many more of them as to grow older, we must always understand that the Lord has placed His children in a particular place, at a particular time, for a particular purpose. We are not remote islands in the middle of the ocean, but vital members of His Body (the Church) engaging with the people of the world that He has made & loves. If you get despondent at times because of the volume of animosity against you, remember the One Who is greater (living) in you than the miserable one having his wicked grip on those ignorantly following his leading.
We should never feel sad or sorry for our lot in life, rather pity those who have nothing of eternal value in them, glibly pursuing fleshly lusts & wisdom. You will always stand out as God's Light, His beacon, exposing the thoughts & actions of those living in darkness. Remember John 1:5, "And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not": Jesus has given you His Light - to be His Light in the midst of darkness - and that darkness (in the unbelieving) could not "seize or overtake" that Light. That Light will always shine in its full strength - no darkness can ever extinguish it no matter how hard it tries. The Light will always be a testimony against their dark thoughts & deeds & we can only pray that some Light will filter through to some of them, revealing the state of their darkness.
Be strong dear one, encourage yourself in the Lord (as David did when things weren't going too good for him), & pursue the friendship of those in the faith.
What about if they try to tempt you or distract you from walking in your Faith? The Word of God has advice on that and it's very firm:
2 Corinthians 6: 14 & 15
"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?"
Persecution will come but it came to Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior too...
John 15:17-21
"These things I command you, that ye love one another. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me."
Some will tell you "God loves everyone." God does love all His Creation but He also wants them to be saved. Many say that to cover up a hidden message that God loves sin. No...God hates sin but loves the sinner.
Be strong in your Faith and a witness toward the lost youth. Amen.
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