The Future is Now

The Lord has done some amazing things in the lives of teenagers this past year. I know it’s because of the work of God and the result of prayer. I believe in this generation of students; I believe they will have an amazing impact on our world and will pursue God with great zeal and pa
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31 Things Youth Can Pray for Themselves

The following are suggested verses that you can pray over yourself. There is one verse for each day of the month. 1. Pray for a spirit of Humility. “The willingness to submit” (James 4:10). 2. Pray for a spirit of Reverence. “The fear of the Lord” (Proverbs 9:1
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When Prayer Doesn’t Work

So, you are just plain done trying. You’ve tried to pray but things just aren’t working out. There’s been no answer, and frankly, you are frustrated and annoyed with God.  You question yourself as to why He doesn’t care enough to take care of your need. Or perh
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Praying When Angry

We’ve all had those moments… when you get so irritated and angry that you’d rather claw the eyes out of someone rather than speak one nice word to them. You feel heat shooting up through your chest and out of your ears like an overheating locomotive engine. Your eyes bug out, the vein
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Praying Through Failure

You did it! You messed up, big time. You let yourself and probably others down. You failed! But you aren’t a failure. Your emotions might tell you that you are. Your friends might tell you that you are. Some of your family might even say that you are. And the worse one… yo
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Prayer at Exam Time

STRESS! Most teenagers know this familiar feeling that comes with subject tests, pop-quizzes, mid-terms, finals or other tests such as the SAT and ACT. The stress is even greater when you finally admit… that YOU did NOT study! A prayer in itself generally won’t get you tha
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Creating a Vocabulary of Praise

A Focus on God’s Attributes I’ve always been able to hold up my end of a conversation without difficulty. Except, that is, when it came to prayer, and particularly when I tried to express my praise to God. Attempting to begin and end my prayer times with praise and adoration, I
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Levels of Praise

Level One: Creation’s Praise Created things like trees, rocks and nature praise by keeping their order. This is the most basic level of praise. It is done unwittingly or without understanding. Remember: Someone or something is going to praise God – Period.  Level Two: Angelic Praise A
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Five Conditions of Answered Prayer

John 15:7 & Selected (adapted from a sermon by Rick Warren & from “Invited into His Presence” by Gene Barron) You’ve probably had people say to you, “I tried prayer and it didn’t work. I had a need and prayed about it. After I’d prayed for a
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Simple Ways to Think About Prayer

PRAY ABOUT SOMETHING, NOT FOR SOMETHING! Don’t tell God how big your problems are…Tell your problems how BIG GOD is! ACTS-adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication BEGIN WITH SILENCE-prayer begins with silence to allow the Holy Spirit to shape and form our words. BODY PR
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