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This weekend. 3,000 teens. Tight. Afraid of what they look like. Self-conscious. One of the best things about giving life to Christ: Freedom. Freedom to be what you want to be.
I was afraid that ….meant giving so much up. I still drink all I want to. Cheat all I want to. Tell all the dirty stories… I just don’t want to!
Without Christ, you constantly think about yourself. With Christ, you think about others. JHS girl. CFS
My story: Perry… bale hale and cut hogs, college.. undertaker… IC prayer…. I started finding Jesus everywhere. Mallory and the Angel
Ideas for loosening up: ...eat nothing but ice cream for a whole day. ...wear underwear backwards...will break into uncontrollable giggles for no reason every time you think about it. ....walk up to biggest grouch in your school and say “I just want you to know that I feel great!” It’ll throw them off all day. ...A guaranteed good day tomorrow: Find somebody to help. ...do some serious coloring ....get the priest to serve pizza at the next communion. ...go to school tomorrow looking forward to succeeding instead of afraid of failing. ...break your own dress code occasionally. ..Hardees.. “have a nice day!”
Billie: dyed her hair, plucked her brows, false nails, an uplift bra… “Gosh, I could never be an actress!” HINEY THE MULE. Don’t take yourself too seriously.. chances are, no one else does. Chillochothe...”probably dead” Church lady...music at her funeral. Jeff W...Free Spirit..Robbed and tied.
To have a youth group you look forward to, you need Jesus in the middle. People you can trust. Let’s have some fun.. How many….. One giant step into bed? Covered everything? Magic ball: (singers, too) What scared you most when you were little? Most embarrassing thing your mom or dad ever did to you or in front of you? If you could get rid of one worry? What do you appreciate most about someone in this room? What do you wish more people knew about you? If you could have one prayer answered? Hardest thing about being a Christian at school?
I won’t tell you that giving your life to Christ will suddenly make you nicer. It won’t .. .Christ will take your little life and shake you every way but loose.
But if I were to get struck with a heart attack right know… grab you… “What a ride!”