Tips
1. Never forget each school has the tool to brand you with a certain name. And I mean Brand, not label. Branding is where you take a hot iron and seer the animal's name into its skin. So what name will you be branded with? Two-faced, Nerd, Lazy, over-achiever, backstabber, liar
There are many names we can have and many titles we can hold. Some aren't so terrible while other's can ruin your life. As a Christian however, if people do not label you according to your faith- you're doing something wrong.
2. Everything you do has a Huge impact on people. I tell this story a lot but it seems to get the message across. Once during my Freshman year of High School I had a friend who, during Geometry class, asked me if her geometry project was Ugly. Just joking as I often do with my other friends and not thinking very much of it I said "No, you're Ugly," I'm sure it wasn't said in a maniacal way or anything. I probably laughed it off and then completely forgot it. Three Years later me and this same friend were talking when she suddenly asked if I had been serious when I called her Ugly.
You see, people remember everything whether you mean for things to slip out or not. This year try and make it a practice to think before you speak James 3
3. Your actions speak louder than your words. People should know us as Christians because of the love and concern we have towards people. If your friends are being mean to someone- don't participate and then later talk to them about it. If you are in a situation where your friends want you to drink or do something you know is wrong- well you know the old saying "just say no" but not only because its bad for you but because you represent Jesus Christ. Once you accepted Christ in your heart you put a stamp on your forehead that said "property of Jesus Christ" so everything that you say or do as the power to discredit God and has the power to keep someone else from accepting Christ.
If you're going to declare yourself a Christian please please act like it or you're going to have a whole lot of lost Souls on your hands.
4. Read the Bible & pray. I know we hear that a lot but you know you (and I) never do it as much as we need to or want to. I mean if Daniel could pray 3 times a day why is it so hard for us to pray even once? It really is hard. It takes a lot of determination and discipline but that's what God wants from us. And believe me- the more you read and the more you pray the easier its going to be when you begin to trudge through life. The good days aren't for sitting back and relaxing but preparing for what's coming next.
5. Be a Christian Friend. Not just a friend. People have enough friends and go to people but we are different. We have a solution to everyones problem. We know the secret that can unlock the key to paradise and hope and joy unimaginable. We can give advice from the most powerful substance known to man. We can pray for people, prayer that brings healing, peace, comfort, joy, answers, and fulfillment of promises. We're not normal friends, we're not normal people. Don't be ashamed of God when you're in front of the people you care about- they're the ones you need to tell the most.
God puts you in these people's lives for a reason. Its never coincidence. You were set apart to Change lives.
Good Luck at school, I hope its an Amazing year & God Be With you guys :)
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