RAISING TEENS FOR CHRIST

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HOW TO TALK TO YOUR TEEN

August 26, 2020

Bringing up any difficult subjects with your teen can feel uncomfortable. And your teen isn't likely to respond well to a lengthy lecture or too many direct questions. But having a conversation with your teen about difficult issues is not something you should shy away from. Even when it seems like they are not listening, you are the most influential person in your teen's life. It is important to lay a strong foundation before the window of opportunity closes. A good way to strike up a conversation about drugs, sex, or other uncomfortable situations is to ask a question like, "Do you think this is a big issue at your school?" Listen to what your teen has to say. Try not to be judgmental, but make your expectations and opinions clear. It is important that your teen understands that you don't condone certain behaviors and that they know the consequences of breaking your rules.

LIFE OF A TEENAGE GIRL

August 24, 2020

Look how she's changed, Look how she's grown, The personality changes I should have known The make up she wears, Each day it gets thicker Why is she doing this? To grow up quicker? The days she comes in She runs to her room Is it really possible, Too feel so much gloom? The tears in her eyes, Her heart as it breaks She will learn to realize Her minor mistakes I cuddle her in I miss times like this The young girl that smiled My gorgeous 'Little miss' Now her dancing, and prancing The games we did play Her sorrow, it drifts memories So many miles away I call her down As I do each time To ask her to share with me The troubles of her prime The response was different To the one I used to know She stared up at me She was beginning to let go The stories she told The rumours she'd heard No wonder my princess Had not said a word The thing she said next Opened my eyes To a world I'd never known A world of hurt and hated and lies 'Mum' she said As the tales unfur

SEX EDUCATION

August 21, 2020

(For parents and teenagers) S exuality education is defined as teaching about human sexuality, including intimate relationships, human sexual anatomy, sexual reproduction, sexually transmitted infections, sexual activity, sexual orientation, gender identity, abstinence, contraception, and reproductive rights and responsibilities. Sex education is designed to help young people gain the information, skills and motivation to make healthy decisions about sex and sexuality throughout their lives. Sexuality education has been shown to help prevent and reduce the risks of adolescent pregnancy, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections for children and adolescents. Developing a healthy sexuality is a key developmental milestone for all children and adolescents that depends on acquiring information and forming attitudes, beliefs, and values about consent, sexual orientation, gender identity, relationships, and intimacy. All children and adolesc

SINFULNESS OF SIN

July 18, 2020

Sin leads to sin. •Sin turned the best of creatures into demons, and makes reprobate men to be called devils. •It was because of sin that God conceived the thought of hell and of sending men there. •Sin made God to forsake God. The God-head in Christ was abandoned by the Father when He on the cross took the sins of the world. •Nothing else can kill God in man's life, but sin did. •Sin made God to drown the generation of Noah (the whole world) into deluge or flood, sparing only eight persons (Noah and his household). •Sin is not just sin, it exceeds sinfulness. •One man's sin can destroy a whole community, nation, people and even the visible church of Christ. •This accursed thing, turns guarding angels into slaying angels. •Sin drove our first parents ( Adam and Eve) from the garden of Eden into wilderness of waste, misery and pain. •Sin leads to more sins. It does not lead to repentance, rather it hardens the heart of men. •The wages of sin is not repentance, it

DO YOURSELF NO HARM

July 17, 2020

T he devil is a master strategist, and he hates to lose any battle. When he fails to use external means to catch his targeted prey (man), he resorts to using the person as a self-destruction agent against himself. There is an abundance of this method of operation both in the bible and in contemporary human history. Sadly, many great and precious destinies have been victimized and perpetually silenced. It should rather alert you to note that he (devil) hasn't resigned or retired from using this age-long tactics. Unfortunately, civilization and modernization have further armed the kingdom of darkness with this " do it yourself" suicide mission, through the Hollywood , Bollywood, Zee world, Nollywood, Big brother Naija, pornographic exposures, and other baseless Internet compliances. But " do yourself no harm ", for we are all here for you. Acts 16 vs 38,"But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we

TEMPTATIONS

July 08, 2020

Godlife.com 2 Peter 2:9 The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations. A tenacious and destructive force is at work in the life of every believer. Temptation is the continuing effect and downward pull of our former life, with all its bad habits. Its goal is to hinder our close walk with the Lord. Temptation in itself is not fatal. But yielding to it can have deep and lasting consequences. Our best counter-strategy is early detection and bold corrective action. Christians teens are not immune to evil thoughts and behaviors. In fact, because believers are of such value to the Lord, we can become even greater targets than non-believers. Our adversary is cunning and finds all kinds of ways to tempt us. The Apostle John urged that we carefully guard ourselves in three areas: “...the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life” (see 1 John 2:16). Lust of the flesh might involve self indulgence, obsessive focus o