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1)
(verb-action) to go as far as or beyond
the usual limit;
2)
(verb-action) to spread over a large area
or distance;
3)
(noun-something) a continuous period of time.
All
these meanings add up to one thing: pushing yourself beyond what you normally say, think or do into saying, thinking or doing it
differently, but in a better way with more souls over a period of your lifetime.
As
humans, we are creatures of habit. Once
a habit—a routine pattern of actions—is established in one’s life, especially a
bad one, it’s very hard to break it unless a hammer comes crashing down on it
and shatters all your sensibilities waking them up to what’s really going on
around you.
Take
Stanley for instance, a guy of 22 years who, by nature, is happy-go-lucky. Nothing really bothers him. He’s easily forgiving; overlooks offenses,
even apologizes first when he’s not wrong—a peaceful, well-mannered brother
everyone loves to hang around. But one
day, he lost it, and killed his best friend.
Now, locked away in prison, another dear friend visited and asked: “So
what happened, dude; didn’t take you for the violent type?” Stanley stared absently with no remorse into
his buddy’s empathetic eyes and simply said: “He touched my girlfriend.” “What do you mean by ‘touched’? Did he rape
her?” “She was not his, but mine. He had
no right to take what’s mine.” “What did she have to say about it?” Silence.
Stanley
was a creature of a bad habit. As long as
things were going well for him in terms of relationships, he could thrive as a
person who seemed pleasant and fun-loving.
But the instant the slightest rejection presented itself—the girl he
loved actually not loving him but loving someone else—it broke something in
him. So he snapped. We all
have our breaking points, that end where all you know is tested and you must
make a clear decision—either accept the change that is coming and find a way to
adjust to it; or to simply break into pieces, fall apart.
This is the
State of Adolescence today. Today’s
youth between the ages of 10 and 30 years are so stretched in the wrong
direction, that their choices are causing them to break into pieces as they try
to establish their identity and where they “fit” in their microcosm (small)
social groups while facing the blaring ideologies of their parents and
grandparents, both liberal and conservative.
And the bridge over which youth and elders communicate has turned into a cracked chasm where neither the youth
nor their elders—parents and grandparents and other older generational
mentors--can talk to each other.
The Results are Devastating. It
appears that statistics out there concern American or European youth, but
African youth are equally troubled with their own statistics of suicides, teen
pregnancies and abortions, alcohol and drug abuse, poverty, prostitution,
armed-robbery and identity issues creating a whole “secret” gay and transgender
community whose members end up committing suicide due to lack of counseling and
care by concerned elders they themselves reject and refuse to listen to. For
lack of knowledge and for lack of hope, our youth are perishing.
DOES ANYBODY CARE?
Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very
good (Genesis 1:31).
Creation
is an action propelled (fueled) by vision using the tools of mind
(thought), word (Let there be), and hands (picking, sewing, nailing, molding, and shaping). Our Creator God used all these tools—His
mind, His word, even His hands—to bring forth you and me and everything natural
we see.
Good and goodness have so many
different definitions. Both can be
described as a condition of the quality of something (very satisfactory, of
high quality, pleasant, interesting). It
can also be used to express how morally right a person is by religious
principles (i.e., setting a good example for children). It also conveys the
status of our health (to be in good health).
It can also emphasis a large number, amount or level of something (a
good-sized crowd, a good chance of something happening, or having a good day).
Lastly,
goodness can be an exclamation of graciousness (thankfulness) or surprise at
how well something has turned out.
It’s time elders stretch beyond their comfort zone and become a
mentor to our youth, even if it’s just one.
It’s also time for the youth to stop running away from elders who
genuinely love them and sit down and tell at least one elder how they feel and
work together to find godly solutions to their problems.
JESUS
CHRIST IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVER (Hebrews 13:8). THE WORD OF GOD IS
JESUS CHRIST (John 1:1). DON’T BE AFRAID TO PICK
UP THE BIBLE AND DO WHAT IT SAYS. LIVES
ARE AT STAKE; AND WE HAVE THE ANSWER.
Let’s
get into the GOOD HABIT OF SHARING GOD’S LOVING WORD which shouts to the youth
how good they are.
TAKE
MY HAND INSPIRATIONS “TEEN TALK” Series
are
conversations involving Youth and “Parents”. We must take time to examine and heal our own
souls to be able to bring other souls with us to our heavenly home. This
requires talking to each other in a teachable environment: the church,
school, community at home; or wherever you find yourselves together.
In
each series, there are 10 lessons, or conversations, for parents, teachers,
mentors and leaders prepared by the Holy Spirit to talk with the children and
teens they care about. Each series is
designed for a group of 10 participants.
At the end of the Steps to
Salvation and Armor of God series, a
certificate is available for our young people to graduate onto the next
series. The Fruit
of the Spirit series includes colouring pages for a group of 10
participants.
At the end of the Fruit of the Spirit series, the participants perform in a choreography or drama to demonstrate how to bear and use these fruits in our daily lives. Training is available upon request for each series. We can come to your church, school, club or community to train Adults who want to train up Children and Teens in the way they should go .... (Proverbs 22:6).
To purchase your series and to schedule training, call or whatsapp us at +233-(0)54-763-0369; email: jesuspatience@gmail.com; or visit Take My Hand Inspirations on Facebook @preciouslordleadme.
At the end of the Fruit of the Spirit series, the participants perform in a choreography or drama to demonstrate how to bear and use these fruits in our daily lives. Training is available upon request for each series. We can come to your church, school, club or community to train Adults who want to train up Children and Teens in the way they should go .... (Proverbs 22:6).
To purchase your series and to schedule training, call or whatsapp us at +233-(0)54-763-0369; email: jesuspatience@gmail.com; or visit Take My Hand Inspirations on Facebook @preciouslordleadme.
What
does every person that comes in contact with you take away with them after they
have left your presence? Did you make
that person—small or big, young or old, Black or White, rich or poor, etc.—feel
or become better? If yes, your Fruit of
Goodness is singing a song of sunshine.
But
if a person feels worse after leaving your presence, take a time out! Forgive
yourself for troubling their soul with your personal trauma or insulting or
ignoring them or violating their integrity or rights in some way. Forgive yourself and try harder—STRETCH--again
the next time or with the next person.
Oh, learn this lesson quickly, Dear Christian. Christ is coming soon!
The
Fruit of
Goodness is brought forth by your words. What you think about yourself are your
silent words privately talking to you. And Satan goes to war in the silent
zone. Be careful! What you say about yourself are your spoken words
talking about you, describing who you are.
And the principalities (Satanic elements) in the air will snatch those
words and make them a reality in your life.
Be careful!
So
right now take one child or teen and with him or her together proclaim: I am gorgeous. I
am a very good creation of Almighty God.
As the Trinity God is alive in me, I hold the Father, the Son and the
Holy Spirit in my soul—and we are bold and beautiful! Watch out world, I am coming to shine! Satan, move out of my way! My Fruit of Goodness is busting loose
and bursting out! It shall follow me all
the days of my life. And it tastes so good!
Oh taste and see that the Lord is good. Blessed is the man who
trusts in Him! (Psalm 34:8).
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