A Teenager yet a Christian

By Jadeshala Harris

If being a teenager wasn't enough, try being a teenager and a Christian too! Fortunately God has given us an example that we should follow in order balance the two out. After exploring the topics discussed in this book and applying them toyour lifeyou will in turn be the example that God has called you to be. The demand is high and the time is now for teenagers to not use their age for an excuse, but for a reason to serve God. And to let the world know that it is possible to be a teenager, yet a Christian.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Apr 5, 2011
• ISBN: 9781452044705

Jadeshala Harris

Jadeshala Chauntina Harriswas unexpectedly born on August 28, 1992. After being told that there was a slight chance of her living a normal life there was little hope for her future, but God turned it around. Now Jadeshala Harris is a 2010 Honor graduate from Americus- Sumter County High South. She is well known in her community and in her church where she servesin the choir, the praise team, and as the President of theinterpretive praise team (IPT). In Fall 2010 Jadeshala will attend Georgia Southern where she plans to major in Nursing and minor in Management. On top of it all she has committed her life to God and has a purpose driven life and that purpose is to love God and share His love with others.

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Contents

In Word.

Topics:

>  The Power of the Tongue

>  Gossip

>  Your Words Mirror Your Heart

>  Good Talk, Bad Talk

>  What was Jesus talking about?

>  How to Guard Your Tongue

In Conduct.

Topics:

>  Why is how I act important?

>  How did Jesus behave?

>  What if I am not good enough?

>  Will I have to Change?

>  What does right conduct look like?

In Purity.

Topics:

>  Being Pure- Inside and Out

>  Where does purity start?

>  Staying Pure in your mind

>  Being pure in your body

In Faith.

Topics:

>  What is faith?

>  How do I get faith?

>  How do I increase my faith?

>  Did Jesus have faith?

In Spirit.

Topics:

>  Spirit vs. Flesh

>  What is the Spirit?

>  Walking in the Spirit

>  Spiritual Warfare

>  How do I build my Spirit up?

In Love.

Topics:

>  God is Love

>  Loving God

>  Loving One Another

>  Giving to one another

Revelations:

>  Rebuilding the Temple:

>  Bedside Revelation:

>  Red Light Revelation:

>  Unwanted Gift

>  Not the right size Revelation

>  Seat Revelation

>  Cheating Revelation

In Word.

Deut. 8:3- He humbled you causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna which neither you nor your fathers have known to teach you that man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.

Matt. 12:34- O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks

Luke 6:45- A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil; for of the abundance of his heart his mouth speaks

Prov. 4:23- Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life

Prov. 12:19-Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment

Proverbs 13: 3- He who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks rashly will come to ruins

Prov. 25:15- Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tone can break a bone

Prov. 18:21- The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit

Prov. 4:20- 22- My son pay attention to what I say, listen closely to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and health to a man’s whole body.

Prov. 6:17 - (things God hates) haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood

Prov. 15:7- The lips of the wise spread knowledge, not so the hearts of fools.

Prov. 4:24- Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips

Prov. 16:24- Pleasant word are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Col. 4:6-Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

Eph. 4:29- Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouth, but only what is helpful for building up others according to their needs, that it will benefit those who listen.

Topics:

 Power of the Tongue

 Gossip

 Your words mirror your Heart

 Good talk, Bad talk

 What was Jesus talking about??

 How to guard our Tongue

The Power of the Tongue

You and I talk everyday. Talking is a part of everyday life because it is a form of communication that we as people use to express our thoughts or to get a message, point, or idea across. As you know, when you speak you do not see the words rolling out of your mouth. This means that words are spirit and that they go farther than the natural. Words go into your heart and soul. An example of this is when someone tells you they love you. When you hear those words something on the inside of you begins to light up. It makes your heart beat faster and your soul begins to smile (Proverbs 12:25b). Lets look at this same situation from a different perspective. Say someone tells you that they hate you. Someone who is very special to you. When you hear those words your soul gets sad and your heart becomes heavy. Words have the power to affect the inner soul of people.

Whether the words be positive or negative, the effect they have on the inner soul in turn affects the outer appearance or the natural realm. Using the examples from above if someone tells you that they love you there will be a smile on your face and you will be excited and pumped up, but when someone that you love tells you that they don‘t love you your smile will turn into a frown and you won‘t be pumped or up to do anything. Do you see the power that words have?

Proverbs 21:25 says that whoever guards his mouth keeps his soul from trouble. Yes, this means that your words can effect your own life. What you say, you also hear, so those words go into your heart, mind, and soul also. So not only do you sow seeds in others with words, but you’re sowing into your own life. When you encourage someone you are also encouraging yourself. When you down talk someone, you are down talking yourself. How is that when I’m talking about someone else? Listen when you take out of your time to talk about someone else that means you have nothing better to do and that you are insecure about yourself. So insecure that you have to put the spotlight on someone else’s flaws in order to cover up your own. When you talk about someone your sowing guilt because you know its wrong, but your doing it to make yourself look better. There is a reason behind everything we say or do. We are not just saying.

Knowing the power backing our words, we have to learn how to guard our tongue (Prov. 13:3). As stated earlier the things that we sow not only go into others, but we are sowing in our lives too. Mostly its those times where we want to say something so bad that we need to keep our mouth closed (Prov.15:1-2). For example sometimes when people get mad they say anything and then regret that they said it. As children of God we have to realize that we can not afford to blow up or act out on anger because people are watching(Prov.15:28). Am I saying act perfect to please people? No I’m saying remember who you are and whose you are. Remember that you don’t have to let the situation get the best of you. (Prov. 14: 29) (Prov. 15:1) Remember that you serve a God that is able to give you a way of escape out of every temptation. Even the temptation to be angry.(1 Corinthians 10:13). By guarding our tongue we will be able to give words of life