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| Youth-2-Youth | Testimonial | Christian Teen-Tip |
 God has been really good to me. There was a time in my life when I had begun experiencing an overwhelming stronghold. This had gone on for a long period of time. I began to think that there was no hope. Each day I would find myself unhappy, because this stronghold was keeping me so low. I would talk to the
YGC, who would council and pray for me and tell me that I must let go of the situation and give it to God. I tried doing this, after which, I did feel some solace, but then the situation would continue to bother me. I would find myself being angry and depressed because of this burden. Then, during one Thursday night service, my mom spoke a message on “Doubt & Fear.” After the message she asked everyone to come up for prayer, especially those that were experiencing a hindrance in their ministry because of “doubt & fear.” When I went up, she spoke a special word from God just for me. God wanted me to know that the reason I was having such a tough time overcoming this stronghold is because I am not using the gifts that he put in me. He also wanted me to know that, if I would praise Him, I would begin to overcome my “doubt & fear.” She asked all the ministers to gather around and pray for me. As they did that, I began to cry my heart out. I began to praise God softly with my mouth, thanking Him for what He was doing for me right then. To the Youth at MCBC, We have to praise God!! That’s what He wants us to do. It doesn’t matter how you feel or what people may think of you. When temptation, doubt, fear or anything negative comes to break your spirit, remember, God wants us to praise His name because He is calling us to a work. -Letitia
Bullock
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 I have to tell of God’s most recent goodness as far as my schooling. College is not easy, and this last semester was particularly hard for me. I was taking an extra class in school so I could go on co-op (major-related work) during the next semester, but I was not getting any phone calls from any of the jobs I had applied for. I was handling everything alright, until I had jury duty. This extended case lasted a week and a half before we were dismissed, and I had distanced myself totally from school, and was enjoying the break.The hard part was that, not only was I enjoying waking up in the morning for an immediate purpose that I looked forward to achieving, but I had let my work load build up terribly while I was gone, so I was thrown for a loop when I finally logged onto my school email and realized how much I had missed, and how much things had been thrown off by me acting like I was no longer in school for only a week! Jury duty caused me to lose my motivation for school, and it was hard to get it back. I found myself tethering the notion of postponing school for a bit back and forth in my mind. I would do it maybe just for one semester, while I worked and earned money. This fire was fueled strongly by the fact that I had missed class registration, and had no co-op job to fall back on when the new semester started in January! I desperately wanted to get away from the stresses of Northeastern University, and just make some money, so I could move out of my parents’ house, since I will be turning 21 soon. One morning, as I was leaving Ruggles Station, late to class and dreading even going there at all, I allowed my heart to bear all these things that I had been churning in my heart to God, and he responded. I was feeling immature, and somehow, I felt that me leaving school and getting a job to get an apartment would make me more of an adult and more mature as a person. God spoke clearly and said that being mature does not mean moving from situation to situation because one looks better, but making the situation you are in, now, work the best it can until He moves me into the next. I smiled instantly, and within the course of a few minutes, my whole outlook towards school was different, and I had hope. God was bulleting in my mind everything that I needed to do in order to survive the semester. I passed with decent (next time I will aim for excellent) grades, and the last day possible, after pleading with God not to have to go on any more interviews after being turned down three times, I was hired on the spot at Morgan Memorial Goodwill, where I currently work as a Job coach, and will be there until June. God never ceases to amaze me, and I find that every word he speaks to me comes to pass every single time, and He always knows the right things to say. Nathan
Sangster |
Tips from the Youth Guidance
Council to teens that will help guide the youth away from the snares of
the enemy (satan). |
