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Name: Unified Youth
Location: Missouri
Birthday: 6/29/1983
Interests: This site has been created for the kids of the Unified Youth in Mtn. Grove Missouri. Created for help and encouragment with personal growth and spiritual quiet time, anyone is welcome to use this xanga site to further their walk with God. I will try to update every week (probably Mondays) with a scripture and thought from my readings or that i borrowed from someone else. Thanks for stopping by, encourage each other and tell your friends
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MSN: allentyger7@hotmail.com
Member Since:
4/6/2004
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| welcome!
today i want you all to look at a very familar passage.
Hebrews 12:1-12 (im gonna split this up into 3 weeks)
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=hebrews%2012:1-12;&version=31;
read the whole section first then walk throught it will me (im going to work backwards)
after you have read - consider the following about this weeks section,
starting with verses 7-12 (you may want to re-read these verses as they
are explained)
notice that we are sons (and daughters) of God! with this sonship we
are at times disiplined. if it were not for that dicipline we would not
be his children, the bible says we would be illegitimate (literally -no
one knows who are father is!) now we all know we have human
fathers and as
the bible says - they diciplined us according to what they thought was
best. those are our daddies (and mine for one did a wonderful job of
teaching me right from wrong) but daddies can only do so much.
only God, not our daddy, but our father can teach us the truth. my dad
brought me up in the church, we went to sunday school, wed. nights,
sunday nights and anyother time the church doors were open! my dad
diciplined me for things that i had done wrong, but as much as i was
whipped and rebuked, spanked and rebuked some more, it was untimatley
up to me to make a decision for right or wrong. and that decision was
not going to be beaten into me but convicted by my heavenly Father!
now that i am older, i know that when i was resisting my dad's rules i
wasnt doing it becasue i didnt know better but i was in direct
opposition of what god wanted me to be doing, i just had to submit to
him as my Father.
verse 11 says that no punishment seems plesent.... NO KIDDING! have you
ever been punished and thougth "man this is the best thing that could
have ever happened to me!" if you have, you are one
crazy kid!
God does not punish people for sins, but sometimes allows them to be
confronted with hardships (remember the bible also tells us that we
will not be faced with a hardship we cannot bare)... to strengthen and
form them into a willing servant and true son or daughter of Him. and
it all starts by submitting to him and daily taking up your
cross....even when the splinters are diggin into your back and it would
be easy to complain and give up...
to MISS-quote the words of a linkinpark song...
"i tried so hard, and got so far,
and in the end, it ALL MATTERS!!!"
that is exactly what we are talking about here! face the hardships, you
are sons and daughters of God... if you were not he wouldnt care enough
about you to dicipline you. so i, like paul say to you, "STRENGTHEN
YOUR FEEBLE ARMS AND WEEK KNEES!"
in other words, quit belly aching about being molded into the shape of
Christ, after all crusifixion is a slow and painfull process.
pray today for:
God to strenghten you by whatever means.
Acceptance of the
dicipline you might be recieving.
An enjoyment of life as a
son or a daughter of GOD!
Any other concern on you
heart....
i encourage you all in love, in christ
allen
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| hey guys!
glad you all could make it! i hope your week is going well. here's what's up.
as you can see i created this site some time ago in hopes to start it
up over the summer. but as things got busy and i went crazy i forgot
about this all together! so here's my attempt to retry
really how it works is this:
1) you must sign off of any othere thing you are doing (including instant messenger jenny!)
2) you must have your Bible
3) you dont have to be alone- you might want to be with another friend when you do it... maybe become accountability partners!
4) dont make fun of my spelling ! ! !
each week will have some kind of devotional thought for you to ponder
(probably thoughts that come from my daily quite times) i would
encourage you to not only do this devo once a week but to find you
something (devotional bible, purpose driven life, psalms,
proverbs..etc) and have a daily devotional live of your own.
if you get brave enough to get your own xanga site you are welcome to
leave prayer request and thoughts/question of your own on this site.
(you have to have your own account to leave comments) if you have any
questions just let me know.... i probably wont answer them but i will
sound really smart trying! 
in Christ
allen
p.s. i will try to update this on tuesdays! no promises, but yell at me if i don't!
and... i will also try to put up announcments and upcoming events on here too.. peace out!
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| Welcome to the Unified Xanga!
This site was created to help you guys with quiet times (because i
know the computer is a big part of distracton) so heres the deal...when
you visit the site you MUST have your Bible, and not be doing anything
else on the internet...thats right...you have to sign off of
messanger!!!  not just away, but SIGN OFF! Your personal time with God is worth avoiding interuptions...
new postings should start soon
God bless you all
allen (your youth minister) | | |
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