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True Life Stories
Desperate for Friends
Despite the way classmates treated her, Sarah Kelly wanted their acceptance
by:Todd Hertz
When Sarah Kelly was in seventh grade, she transferred to a new school where a tight group of popular girls ruthlessly picked on the new girl. Almost every day I'd find pictures on my locker making fun of my big red hair," Sarah says. "They said my hair looked like a rat's nest and drew
pictures of it with rats coming out. They called me so many names. I was not ugly but I began to think I was. I couldn't look in the mirror without hating not only what was on the outside but also what was on the inside." Despite the way these girls treated her, Sarah wanted nothing more than for them to like her. One afternoon after school, she called one of them. Continue >>>
Why is my dad suddenly so overbearing?
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It is encouraging to see a dedicated Christian young lady, like yourself, dating a dedicated Christian young man. In today's world, many dedicated teenagers are getting mixed up with an unbelieving boyfriend or girlfriend. They then end up turning their back on their faith and eventually wrecking their lives.
The world of parents is a confusing world, until you enter into that world for yourself and then it all starts to make sense. God says that children are a heritage and a gift from God, but with this great gift comes a grea responsibility. Parents are to teach and train up their children, until they become adults and leave their father and mother and join unto their husband or wife. Each year that passes by, is a year closer to that day when a father gives his little girl away and a mother is replaced by another woman.
As proud parents of a nine month old baby boy, my wife and I hate to see our little boy grow up. We hate to turn him lose on this world, with all its temptations and sins. There is a tremendous amount of pressure on parents to raise good, Godly, Christian children in this dark, sinful world.
Your dad is probably having a tough time watching you grow up and begin to date in this dark world of temptation and sin. This could be the reason why he seems a bit overbearing to you lately.
I suggest that you and your dad set aside sometime each month to do things that you and him used to do. I also suggest sitting down with your dad and discussing your intentions and set up some boundaries for your dating life. This will help ease his mind and show him that you are dedicated to keeping yourself pure until marriage. Be respectful, be patient and hang in there.
Bible Study
What is peer-pressure and how do we over come it?
Peer-pressure is pressures from friends, family and peers to conform to their way of living. Peer-pressure can be both positive and negative. First I want to talk about negative peer-pressure. This is pressure to do something you know is against God’s word and the
way your parents raised you. Below are some negative peer-pressures that you might face on a daily basis.
1. Lying to your parents.
2. Using bad language.
3. Wearing revealing or worldly Clothes.
4. Cheating on a test.
5. Being mean to another young person or siblings.
6. Smoking cigarettes
7. Drinking alcohol
8. Taking drugs
9. Sex before marriage
10. Sneaking out
Peer-pressure is not a new tool that Satan uses to get God’s children to do things they know is not right. It is a method that he has been using since the time of Adam and Eve. Continue >>>>
