Yes, she is my niece. She is a great young lady and is making us all proud.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
So apparently, I completely missed the point of the thread. Please forgive my little rant.
I found it interesting. I know a good number of kids, UPC and not UPC, who are raised in incredibly controlling environments or feel as if they are overwhelmed with legalism and completely rebel.
I think that it's sad that often, churches do the opposite of what they are supposed to and alienate young believers instead of attracting them.
__________________ "We ask why there so many signs and miracles overseas but not in America. I’ll tell you why. Overseas, they preach to the lost. In America, we preach to the found." -Joel Stockstill
Has having such incredibly handsome and brilliant uncles been, in your estimation, a hindrance or a help to this point?
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Originally Posted by soldoutochrist
If I'd had incredibly handsome and brilliant uncles, it may have been a help. I guess I'll never know.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
If I'd had incredibly handsome and brilliant uncles, it may have been a help. I guess I'll never know.
Loved this post!! LOL!!
My question is - Why haven't you been kicked out of your UPC church for wearing a necklace????
(on a very serious note so good to have a Pentecostal teen posting on here and good luck at University!)
__________________ "I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
My question is - Why haven't you been kicked out of your UPC church for wearing a necklace????
(on a very serious note so good to have a Pentecostal teen posting on here and good luck at University!)
I'm sure that there are a few who would have me leave if they could. I'm not sure that I'll attend a UPC church in the fall, but I am determined to find a good church and stay faithful.
__________________ "We ask why there so many signs and miracles overseas but not in America. I’ll tell you why. Overseas, they preach to the lost. In America, we preach to the found." -Joel Stockstill
I found it interesting. I know a good number of kids, UPC and not UPC, who are raised in incredibly controlling environments or feel as if they are overwhelmed with legalism and completely rebel.
I think that it's sad that often, churches do the opposite of what they are supposed to and alienate young believers instead of attracting them.
You should do fine in college based on your posts/answers. It sounds like you're a bright, "sold out to Christ" young lady.
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"Le sens commun n'est pas si commun."
(Common sense is not so common.)
Voltaire
Common sense is genius dressed in working clothes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
William James
I'm sure that there are a few who would have me leave if they could. I'm not sure that I'll attend a UPC church in the fall, but I am determined to find a good church and stay faithful.
Wow...now that is wisdom! I did not come to Christ until I was 16yrs old, and we had a great Youth Minister, and truthfully that was the single biggest influence in keeping me in Church as a young newbie.
I can't help but think that we are all a end result of our own environments. that which we are saturated in becomes part and reflection of who we are or are becoming...in the case of this young lady it is very positive!
As a Father and Husband I constantely rack my brain and spirit over how I am leading my home. Both of my children are in public school, and we usually have Bible reading and discussion one night a week together. I have never raised them with all the organizational stances, but we have preached Christ, the Word, Morals, Ethics, Modesty etc. They are now 11yrs and 10yrs, and are great kids...I believe because of Christ.
Anyway, it is refreshing to hear from a young adults perspective!
You should do fine in college based on your posts/answers. It sounds like you're a bright, "sold out to Christ" young lady.
Thank you!
__________________ "We ask why there so many signs and miracles overseas but not in America. I’ll tell you why. Overseas, they preach to the lost. In America, we preach to the found." -Joel Stockstill
I'm not sure that I'll attend a UPC church in the fall, but I am determined to find a good church and stay faithful. 
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