In 2018, the word “goals” was a part of popular hashtags, including:
But are goals something you actually want to accomplish? Or just something nice to retweet or add a hashtag too?
If you’re serious about accomplishing your goals in 2018, this post is for you!
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Amber listened intensely for her parents to click off their bedroom light. “Finally,” she exhaled, “they’re asleep.” She waited another 10 minutes, then snuck downstairs to where her parents kept the alcohol. She quietly opened the cabinet, opened a bottle, and took a swigs. Amber had been doing this for months; however, lately she noticed that she wanted more. She knew if she did more her parents would start to notice and she couldn’t risk that. “Why can’t I just quit?”
Courtney watched her sister’s car pull out of the driveway. She knew she had to be quick, so she ran upstairs to the bathroom, closed the door, took out her cell phone, pulled off her top, and began taking provocative pictures to send her boyfriend. She knew she looked hot, but deep down felt like this wasn’t the right way to make their relationship grow.
These girls are struggling with “secret” sins; sins hidden from others that they struggle with silently. There are other sins besides alcohol and sexting. You could be struggling with porn, drugs, smoking, lying, disobeying your parents, lust, or any number of things you feel that you and the person you engage in the activity with know.
Sometimes you know you need to stop, you’re just not sure how. In today’s blog, we’ll discuss three ways to overcome these sins, find forgiveness, and get your life back on track. At the end there is an action plan worksheet you can print off that will help you do this! Let’s get started!
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I admit it may be odd to have a post like this on a website geared toward teenage girls. So why post it? Well, with the political upheaval and turmoil presently running rampant in our country, that praying for our leaders proves an important topic to discuss. Trust me, as a teenager, politics wasn’t really on my radar; I couldn’t even vote; however, decisions being made now will affect our country for years to come.
Despite your take on our new president and his decisions, he, the VP, the Cabinet, all the way down to local law enforcement need our prayers.
A few days ago, I received a prayer guide in the mail yesterday from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association that walks through how to biblically pray for our leaders, and I would like to share it with you in this post. Our leaders, and our country, need our prayers.
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One of the biggest questions I had when my abusive relationship ended was, “How do I avoid this ever happening to me again?”
UPDATE: I have created a quiz entitled “Quiz: Could my crush be a potential abuser?” that you can access in our free resource library that will help with this as well; it has a bit more than what is included in this post!*
After reading many, many articles and doing some massive soul searching and deconstructing how my abuser and I first began to date, I found some common threads.
Below are three action items to do that will help you avoid getting into an abusive relationship.
*There is a video at the end if you prefer that*
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