Valley Center Teen Christian

10/03/2025

Day 5:

And the best news is, we don't have to hate ourselves, deny our heart's desires, or live without joy. Quite the opposite, with Jesus, we receive grace, mercy, and forgiveness. When we receive them, it frees us up to give more freely and generously.

As we allow ourselves to receive perfect love from Him, we get to know our hearts differently as God pursues them. We learn that true joy surpasses happiness and comes from the pursuit of holiness.

Embracing the Gospels essentially allows us to elevate our earthly experience. What an extraordinary gift!

09/24/2025

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09/22/2025

30,000-foot view with God.
As youngsters in middle school, high school, or even college, we tend to have a 10-foot view of life.
The 10-foot view focuses on what is happening in our lives now, within the past few hours or the past day or two, rather than on what God has provided and His plan for your future.
When we look at life from that 10-foot view, if things are not going great in life, it can be nothing but negativity in our souls. If things ARE going great, that will eventually change, and you will face significant challenges. We may be involved in sports, which can create substantial disappointment in life if we aren’t as good as we thought we were, or if we are not being treated fairly by those who coach us. In 10 or 20 years, the sports or other interests you have now will likely seem insignificant, as more important things will be happening in your life, probably without you realizing it.
From the 30,000-foot view, we can see some of the things that God has in store for you, what He can do in your life, and how He can put you in a place of peace in your life despite the turmoil that is going on around you.
While you may worry about what people think of you today or tomorrow, it's essential to realize that those issues don’t really matter. What does matter is what God has in store for you and what God thinks of you. Why does He challenge you not to focus on yourself too much? He is trying to prepare you for your future as a Christian. For many, the most self-centered times of our lives happen when we are young. If you don’t count on God and defeat arrogance, you will go through life with increasing darkness and find yourself totally miserable. What happens in your life in the short term will someday pale in comparison to your future challenges. The past will be a distant memory.
The answer: Study the Word of God and grow in grace every day.

“For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future’” (Jeremiah 29:11). God did not create you to leave you to live a mediocre life. His plans for you were formed from the beginning of time. You can step right into that promise with confidence, knowing that He knows what He’s doing.
Isaiah 43:18-19 says, "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing something new! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? [Do you not see it?] I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland."

09/22/2025

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At the Judgment Seat of Christ, this difference between human good and divine good will be revealed. 1 Corinthians 3:11–15 says:

“For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each man’s work will become evident for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s work. If any man’s work which he has built on it remains [divine good], he will receive a reward. If any man’s work is burned up [human good], he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved [yes, he is saved], yet so as through fire.”

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06/10/2025

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Jesus Christ provides freedom—He will set you free. Freedom from eternal condemnation and the control of the sin nature. Freedom from organized religion and a life of worry and stress.

By learning Scripture, you can take advantage of these freedoms provided by God’s grace.

God gives you the freedom to choose. You can follow His plan or go down the “my way highway.”

“It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore, keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.” (Gal 5:1)

“Now, therefore, fear the Lord and serve Him in sincerity and truth; and do away with the gods which your fathers served beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 But if it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served, which were beyond the Euphrates River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” (Joshua 24:15)

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05/09/2025

05/09/2025

Saving grace is perfect and absolute. If you had faith alone in Christ alone—you told God you believed in His Son, received His Son as your Savior, and didn’t try to add or subtract anything from God’s grace gift—you are going to heaven. You cannot earn or lose salvation.

When saving grace is received, eternal security is locked in.

“So that everyone who believes will have eternal life in Him.” (John 3:15)

“I give unto them eternal life and they will never perish. No one shall ever take them out of My Father's hand.” (John 10:28-29)

Jesus Himself said in Hebrews 13:5, “I will never leave you, nor will I ever forsake you.”

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05/09/2025

The key to your life.
Life is hard, very hard. As a Christian, you have THE one thing that can get you through life with confidence and problem-solving: a relationship with Jesus Christ and the Word of God. Living life without a relationship with Christ and Bible Doctrine you will eventually feel like you are in a perpetual tailspin and life is just flittering away.
With Christ and Bible Doctrine, you will feel the purpose of life God has given to you, you will see the answers to pressures and tribulations and you will be so thankful for Gods Grace.

If you haven't believed in Jesus Christ, that is the vital first step. Believing in Christ is a one-time decision in your soul. Go to God where you sit right now and tell Him, "I believe in Jesus Christ and that He died on the cross for me."
Your salvation is secured forever, once and for all.
Now the task of taking in God's Word begins; this will be your path to life until your final breath. Even Christians can live a miserable life if they do not take in the Word of God consistently under a qualified Bible teacher. Don't fall for the falsity of so many denominations, for they are empty of the teaching of the Word of God. Don't get involved in emotional churches or entertainment churches. Get involved in Bible teaching groups. it is the only way to a stable life.

If you need assistance finding Biblical teaching, you can contact me, and I have multiple choices of dedicated, accurate Bible teaching organizations.

10/30/2024

By the time you are 75 years old, you have lived 27,375 days or 657,000 hours. I would say that God has given you time to focus on Him, His Word, His Grace, and prayer as He has for me. I have let many years and hours go by that could have been used to glorify God, but despite my wasting time, He still imparts His grace to me.