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Life, decision, and teaching

When people try to tempt me I need God's help to keep me on track. So many youth of todays culture drink, do drugs, and are in relationships doing things they wouldn't want their parents knowing of.

I have always had two things helping me to avoid these thing.

1. God - He is my provider and I don't even need to ask for Him to steer me away from these situations. He is always one step ahead.

2. I think of a phrase "Would I want my children to do it" 

Whenever someone asks me to do wrong I think to myself what if my precious girl or boy chose to do it. Would I be happy? I also feel like if you didn't choose to behave the way you should have then why should they not get to copy. I mean all children follow from their parents examples right? Well mostly.

So if I go out drinking at the age of 16 one weekend then I can't stop my children from doing it because I got to, which is why I have made a commitment with myself and with God not to. 

I don't know why people want me to fail so bad? I want to save everyone from their bad habits. Why do they want to make me 'bad'? Numerous occasions have occurred when people have said;

"Angelica, I can't wait to get you drunk"

"Angelica, you won't be able to last until you are 18"

My reply is watch me. Watch me please. Watch me stick to my word. I could go my whole life without having a drink if it was my promise! I don't think Alcohol makes people 'fun' I know plenty of people who are amazing without drinking! I have had so much fun in my life without alcohol! It is not required in life!

People have even said to me, 

"I imagine Jesus to be a party animal. Showing up to party's and turning the tap water into wine, free flowing and all."

They don't understand that when Jesus turned the water into wine at the marriage feast in Cana of Galilee, that the wine was a traditional drink, especially at weddings and big occasions. 

I imagine Jesus to be so much fun, but not a party animal! 

This is my heart. Please watch me and keep me accountable to my promise. I will not fail in Jesus name! 

teenage struggles...

Sometimes when I am having a bad day I make it worse by thinking of people who I think are really pretty, or who have flat tummy's or people who I always find look good.  I use to cry every day when I had somewhere to go because it meant I had to pick out an outfit which I never felt good in.

Satan used that to get to me and really put me down. He fed me lie after lie after lie. Letting Satan get to you is one of the worst things ever, so just let Jesus deal with it in HIS perfect timing.

Growing up with an older sister who was close in age was also very challenging, she would always be the one to get invited to parties to have the boyfriend and the thing that really got me was person after person would tell me how pretty she was, even people I never knew.

I then read the book Moral Revolution by Kris Vallotton in summer and for those who have read it will remember the story of the two sisters, one got the dates, got asked to prom, was very sociable and was always with friends whilst the other would sit upstairs weeping because she felt unloved.

The significant point in that story was that Jesus was keeping the perfect man for her, who she would eventually marry, sometimes we just need to remember that Jesus does have a plan and the best things will come in His timing. All paths lead to the same road so whether there is a dip or massive curve in the path which you are afraid to concur then go for it as He will lead the way.

"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path." - Psalms 109:105

What a good day!

Psalm 15

A psalm of David.

 1 LORD, who may dwell in your sacred tent? 

   Who may live on your holy mountain?

 2 The one whose walk is blameless, 

   who does what is righteous, 

   who speaks the truth from their heart; 

3 whose tongue utters no slander, 

   who does no wrong to a neighbor, 

   and casts no slur on others; 

4 who despises a vile person 

   but honors those who fear the LORD; 

who keeps an oath even when it hurts, 

   and does not change their mind; 

5 who lends money to the poor without interest; 

   who does not accept a bribe against the innocent.

   Whoever does these things 

   will never be shaken.

Someone told me to read this on my birthday. 

Truly God blessed me on my birthday this year and I am so excited to further my relationship with Him. I am 16 and its time I took things more seriously, I want the desires to be able to fire into the word constantly as I haven't always been the best at this in the past. This is my prayer. I want to be able to look back on my teenage years and not regret a thing.

 Everyone says "live life to the fullest and party on". Okay well what if i took that literally, maybe not the way they mean it, but party on for Jesus! "Aint no party like a Holy Ghost party" Right? 

So I am so excited for this year and all that God has in mind! 

What are you most looking forward to this year?? :)

Proverbs 31 woman

Its almost 6am, and I haven't been to bed, but this has been on my heart and I need to get it out NOW.

Okay, so when we get married at some stage, if thats what God has called you to, then we want our future Husband/Wife to have stayed pure and to have waited just for us right? Well I know I do!

So I came across this video today that my friend had posted about an hour ago. Watch it then read on... 

So you've got to admit, that is an eye opener right? 

The main message I got out of this is not to tempt our brothers! This past summer I learnt a little of how a guys mind works. Do you know what brain storming is? When you think of one thing which leads to another. 

Okay, now imagine that as the guys brain. A cute girl walks past and you can see that red bra strap with a white tank top, his mind is going to spiral, he is going to start thinking about that bra, maybe with lace on it, then he imagines the girl with just the bra on, no top, then it gets worse and there is no bra. 

You might not even know the boy or what you are putting through his brain, but he is then in the situation where he is looking lustfully upon you. We wonder why Guys have such a distorted image of what their girlfriend should look like. 

So girls, here's what we can do...

Stop wearing those tank tops that you can see through or see your bra straps from.

Perhaps if you want to wear that tank top just take a small paper clip or metal pin and clip your bra straps together so those guys can't see the colour or anything.

Dress modestly, if you do boys will like you for your heart not your body! 

So please help our brothers, lets raise a generation of Proverbs 31 women, not victoria secret models. Lets restore that true image of beauty, and then the divorce rate in society may be lower because relationships won't be entirely based on sexual relationships, but instead, true love!

Please, if you care about the next generation, pass at least this video onto a teenage girl who you care about so that they know not to tempt their brothers :) and thanks for reading!