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What the Sigma? · Fostering Faith

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  Welcome back to Fostering Faith. We have special guests here today as we are recording as the
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  new year comes in. And so we thought it would be fun as we are focusing on our new way of
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  2025. And so what better way to bring in the holiday and into the new year with friends
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  and how to understand teenagers. Because as teens come and go, I have no idea what they're
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  talking about. And so we have a house full of kids today. And so I grabbed some of them.
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  And we are here with Bella, Gwen, Tilly, and we are going to talk about slang terms. And
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  so as moms and dads and teens out there, how we can communicate effectively as we look
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  into the new year and how we can communicate better because we have no idea what these
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  kids are talking about like tea and Riz and skibbity dee toilet and all the things that
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  don't make no sense. And so as we are growing in our faith, it's important to stay open
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  and have great communication with our teens. And so guys, what have you guys learned for
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  communication skills with your parents? Bella? What have I learned for communication skills?
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  So do you talk slang to your parents? Yes. Do they understand it? Yes. Okay. Most of
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  the time. Is it allowed in your house? Yeah. Okay. What about you, Gwen? Yeah, I talk slang
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  to my parents because my mom honestly just understands it because she's just been around
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  us so much. She just says it too, honestly. But yeah, some things are allowed in our house
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  and some things aren't. Like it depends on how far you take it. Okay. Yeah. Tilly? Yes.
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  My dad talks like it to me too. Talks slang? Yes. Okay. And what does your mom do? She
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  just like, well, my mom and my dad just do it like, just like to be funny and like. What
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  do they do for a living? Are they out? Oh, my mom is a nurse. And then your mom is a?
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  My mom and dad are both high school teachers. So they just, you know. So they're in the
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  loop of it. Yeah. And your dad is a? A police officer. And your mom is a? A cosmetologist.
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  And so they're in, you know, in the midst of like teenagers and they can, they get to
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  see all of those things on a daily basis. And so give me some examples of some appropriate
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  slang that could be used in day to day life. Sigma. And what does that mean? Sigma means
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  like good, like cool. Like you're so sigma. You know? Okay. Slay because it means like
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  slay. Like that's good. Like, like if you do, if you get some cute nails, slay. Slay
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  queens. Riz. When you have Riz, like you can, you can get people, you can Riz people up.
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  People up. Charisma. Charisma. For those of you know what charisma means. It's just short
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  for charisma. Okay. And then so what are some other terms that we can use on a daily basis
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  to being, to seem cool to those people that don't know Christ? What are some ways to bring
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  in terminology to engage other people in conversations about Jesus? Like with our sleigh? Yeah. Like
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  Jesus is so sigma. And so what would that mean? So like Jesus is cool. He's like the
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  coolest person. Like he's like, he's him. Okay. Jesus is the alpha and the omega. And
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  like alpha is actually like slang now. So like whenever you, it's like, cause you could
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  say like alpha, like I don't know, people usually, I'm alpha, like I'm superior. Yeah. So then
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  whenever you say God or Jesus or whatever is alpha, then people will know what you're
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  talking about. And Jesus is drip. Like Jesus has drip and Jesus is drip. Like if you, he's
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  just so cool. Yeah. Yeah. You have drip in. And like Jesus in your heart gives you so
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  many aura points. Yeah. Yes. And aura points is like, kind of like, if you do something
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  embarrassing, that's minus aura points. If you do something good, that's plus aura points.
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  Okay. And then so the, someone that didn't know Christ, if you walked up and just had
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  a conversation with them and you guys could say that Jesus was sigma, that Jesus had Riz,
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  that Jesus had, he is the alpha. He is the omega that he has drip that wouldn't, you
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  guys would be meeting them where they're at. You're, you're talking their language. Yes.
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  What would be some examples of where Jesus met people in scripture? Who did he meet?
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  His disciples. He picked up his disciples. Yeah. And where did he meet his disciples
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  at? Some of them were on a boat. Yeah. They were at work. Just wherever they were just
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  hanging out. And so do you have to meet people at church? No. Where could you meet youth
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  at? Anywhere. Um, a coffee shop, sports event. Yeah. Definitely sports events. And you all,
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  you guys all play sports. Yes. Um, and so how could you guys bring Jesus and slaying
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  into sports? Um, well during volleyball, you could say, um, like talk to the people across
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  the net. I mean, that's really fun. You could talk to them about Jesus and how sigma. Yeah.
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  Okay. Yeah, I agree. And like, whenever you're cheering, um, you can actually, I don't know.
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  I mean, so you guys have talked about in class, um, that you guys are starting to pray, um,
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  or wanting to pray before you were meeting, uh, before your games or after your games.
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  Yeah. Before the games with the other team. And so that's, that's bringing Christ into
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  sports. What, um, what are some other ways that could draw youth into Christ? Um, that
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  seems cool. And so it's not like you guys are being pushy to, to bring people to Christ,
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  but what would be a way to bring people that are far from God that think that they're too
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  cool. Um, maybe like by your actions of like, I kind of want to like act like them. And
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  then like, if they come to ask you like, how are you always like this thing, you get God,
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  you know what I'm talking about? How are you so stupid? Because I have Jesus on my side.
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  Make sure you're always like, be kind and not being a beta. And so beta is bad. Beta
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  is the opposite of alpha. You're like a bad person. Like the devil is a beta. Yeah. Okay.
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  Yes. And you said skivvy. Skivity, skivity toilet. Riz. You know, like skivvy, skivvy,
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  it's hard to explain. It is skivvy. It's like, it's also like sigma. It's like, you're so
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  skivvy. Like it can be good or bad or bad. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Or like that's so skivvy,
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  you know, okay. You're so skivvy. Yeah. So like that. And so what could you guys do as
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  far as is there anything that you guys can clarify for us adults of how to meet youth?
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  How could we, because I'm not going to remember that language. I'm not going to. Basically,
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  you just kind of have to like be around them. And then the more you're around them and the
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  more like you talk to them, then the more you understand their language. Yeah. The more
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  you hear it. Like the more you'll understand it, like the more you're engaging in like
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  that type of like the teenage talk, you know, do some research. And then, so what would
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  be some other things that you guys would want to use to grow youth into Christ? What would
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  be another way that you guys can bring up Christ to those that don't know? Well, I think
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  like social media has a lot to do with people's life. Like that's, yeah. But most people do
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  all day every day. So posting more about Jesus and like showing how cool like church every
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  Sunday. It's like so fun and like just, yeah, it's fun to worship God. Like it's cool that
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  he's like with us and stuff. And like showing that to people can bring them and be like,
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  wow, I want to actually experience that. Yeah. How, how is worshiping God fun? Someone like
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  doesn't know what worship means. How would you describe it? I would just say like, it's
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  something like as I'm worshiping, like I'm just so happy and I'm just like in my place.
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  Like I just feel so like, but what does worship mean? You're, you're, can you and Jesus, I
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  think it's one of my ways is with me and Jesus are connecting. Like that's one of the ways
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  I connect with God. I think of it as like, it's just a way of praising him for everything
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  he's done for us. And for like, I was just about to say for everything he's done for
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  everything he's like done to get us where we are in life and like give us everything
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  we have. So what has he given you? Friends, family, a great life, great school to go to.
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  I mean, we're sitting in a sauna doing a podcast. I'm just kidding. So I do that. So yeah, this
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  is awesome. Yeah. And so what's the biggest gift that God, that Jesus has given us? Life.
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  Yeah. Yeah. Just life and like, and like forgiveness for our sins and stuff. Also school. I think
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  it's really cool that we can go to a Christian school and get to experience Jesus every day
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  because I feel like I've learned so much more about Jesus. Like if I went to a public school,
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  I would not know as much as I knew about Jesus at all. And then so as we have a great opportunity
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  here and so there are kids that get to go to private schools and have classes about
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  Bible. And we also have friends that don't have the opportunity to go to a Christian
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  school and they have the privilege of going to a public school, which is a great educational
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  system and they learn a ton of things. What is something that you have seen in the public
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  school system about Jesus? Are you guys allowed to talk about God in school? Are you guys
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  able to read scripture in school? Yeah, we are. It's just like teachers obviously aren't
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  allowed to talk about like religious stuff, but us kids were allowed to do whatever we
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  want. And I know that I keep a Bible in my locker and then like I'll read it on the days
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  that I have nothing to do in like study hall and stuff like at school. And then I think
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  it like shows people like just like, wow, like maybe I could get that. And you had a
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  great thing. You said that your parents are both teachers. Do your parents believe in
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  Christ? Yeah. And then are they able to talk about faith at school where they go? Is there
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  any opportunities for kids to express their faith? There's FCA, which is the Fellowship
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  of Christian Athletes. And that's on Wednesday mornings. And I know that like teachers and
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  students are allowed to talk about it there. And I think that that's a big thing like to
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  like express in public schools, in public schools. Yeah, that's that's great. And so
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  is that something that you guys are since you guys are eighth graders going into high
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  school? Is that something that you guys are going to join? Yes. Do you guys know much
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  about it already? Yeah, I know. I mean, I know that like they meet on Wednesday mornings
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  before school. And I don't really know what they do in it. But I know they like pray and
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  they talk about stuff. And then like they host some things. And they have that field
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  of faith field of faith, where our whole town goes to the football field and we have a night
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  of worship and we have testimonies of athletes from past and present that has been saved
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  by Christ. What do you feel would be something that a child that doesn't have the opportunity
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  to go to school that doesn't have FCA in their school, what would be some easy steps as they
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  walk into the new year to become closer with Christ? What are some just simple steps that
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  an eighth grader a high school student could do just to start their walk with God? Make
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  sure you're walking around with the right people. Yeah, you're not like finding yourself
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  in the wrong crowd and getting lost in a group of people that won't help you get closer to
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  God and the people will steer you the right way. I think it's I think for some people
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  can be really hard to find the right people on into realize that you're with the right
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  people because some people don't even realize that they're like with the wrong people because
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  that's just where they've grown up their whole life. So I think it's like important for us
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  to show that like there like there can be different groups and like they can be your
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  people and people who you hang out with sometimes but just aren't like the best influences who
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  you maybe shouldn't hang out with all the time. Yeah. And I also think just like I know
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  sometimes it's like hard to pray because you don't understand like how to but I think that
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  they need to realize that there's no right or wrong way to pray as long as you're like
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  in the presence of God and talking to him honestly, then that's like a good way to start
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  praying and honestly, if you just buy not buy download the Bible app that that helps
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  you a lot. Yes. And we talked about that several times here on the podcast and how it's free.
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  It's the you version Bible app. There's different ways. There's different plans on there. There
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  is guided prayer on there. There's guided meditation on there. There's so many different
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  free services that are out there but you are who you surround yourself with. And so if
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  you have people that are running to drugs and alcohol and not they're skipping school
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  and you're going to you're going to leave that you're just potentially just going to
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  go down that right that same path. And so you know just getting to a guidance counselor,
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  getting to a parent that is you know that could help you also too would be a great thing
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  getting into a community. How could someone just go to church? Do you guys go to youth
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  group? Yes, whenever we have it. Okay. And then is youth group fun? Is it cool? Is it
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  a pain in your rear end? Is it something that you guys enjoy doing? It's definitely something
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  that I look forward to going to all week. Like I'm just ready for Sunday. Is there some
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  is there a reason that a kid should not go to youth? Should they be scared to go? No.
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  Why would you not be scared to go to youth? I can see why somebody might be like, I don't
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  know if I want to go because I won't know anyone there. That's a that's many of the
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  reasons I heard like, I don't know if I want to come because I don't know anyone. Yeah.
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  But really, like once you go, you realize how nice the people are and how friendly like
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  everyone can be. And whenever you're in the environment with that kind of like the people
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  that like know God and are honestly like just you know, like in the Christians and like
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  just like that environment, you feel better about yourself because as I go to like a public
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  school, I hang out with those people. Then I come here and hang out with my other friends
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  from the faith Christian school and like from the faith. And I just feel so much better
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  around them than I do. So then you know, and also too, I mean, the those that are so you
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  surround yourself with they can build you up and I mean, because our words are life
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  and death in our tongue. And so those that people that are surrounding you make sure
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  that you have people that are, you know, lifting you up that are building you up that are,
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  you know, wanting the best for you. And so we are meant to have an amazing life. And
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  as we walk into 2025, what is one thing that God taught you in 24?
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  Probably does not take advantage of like things that are going on around you, like live in
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  a moment, you don't always need to be like around a device. Just be there, be present,
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  you know.
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  Okay.
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  I've like realized, like, just different things in my life have pointed me to just like look
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  around and I feel like that is from God showing me because like, the more you're on your phone,
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  the less you are like, like on any device, the less you are to like look around and see
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  what he actually gave you. And he's like taught me to be more grateful for what I actually
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  have and what where he's put me in life because like everything that I have is so great.
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  Okay.
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  Yeah, I think my mom always says like, like get off your device, like, look around you
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  to look at all this stuff you could be doing instead of sitting there scrolling looking
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  at other people's lives like look at your own like look how blessed you are and stuff.
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  I think that like it is very mind opening to think about just to sit there and think
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  about like, wow, God gave me so much like stuff that I didn't even like that I don't
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  even think about like I should be way more grateful.
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  And we talk about that all the time is that and to me, you have a life right in front
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  of you. But the device in front of you, you are sitting and watching someone else live
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  their life and you're missing out on living your own. And so yes, while we're recording
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  this on the device, yes, they're going to be listening to on a device. I mean, and so
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  we're going to talk about having those limits, having those set times that you put God first.
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  And so you're getting up in the morning, you're putting a hard stop on your phone. And so
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  you're spending time in scripture, you're spending time with God to make sure that you
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  are stepping off into the right foot. Do you guys start your day off with Christ?
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  Most of the times when I get up, I just like lay in bed for a few minutes and like thank
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  God that I woke up today and I get to experience the day I did yesterday. Now I get to experience
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  more today.
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  Okay. Is there a certain time that you have to pray?
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  No, you can pray anytime.
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  Is there a certain amount of time that you have to pray? Is he going to look down on
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  you because you only spent five minutes with him? Is he going to look at you more greater
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  because you spent three hours in your prayer room with him?
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  No.
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  No.
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  What is a very important lesson for youth to know? Do you have to be perfect to come
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  to Christ? Do you have to know everything about scripture?
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  Can you come and be a liar, a cheater, a manipulator? Can you come and just be a sinner?
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  Is there anybody that shouldn't come to Jesus? Is there any off limits? Who does he want
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  to save? Because he loves everybody. And so it's so important and so for the you listeners
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  that are tuning in, that you are loved, that you have a heavenly father in heaven that
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  loves you, that wants a relationship with you, that you've done nothing, that he does
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  not know that you've committed. He wants a relationship with you, that there is salvation.
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  There is a person who died for you that loves you. And the girls are really just hoping
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  and they're going to be in prayer for you guys this week over your vision, your change,
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  your change of heart that God is going to come into your hearts and just un-callous
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  what you feel religion is because it's not about being religious. It's about a relationship
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  with your Lord and Savior.
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  As we go into this next coming up episode, we hope that you guys like our guests as they
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  are fresh perspectives from youth coming in for 2025. We know that tens of thousands
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  guys subscribe, leave some comments in there. Who wants to pray us out?
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  I will.
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  Okay.
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  Dear Lord, I just pray for everyone listening and everyone who's not listening. I just pray
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  that they can start a great year and surround themselves with everyone they love and everyone
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  who loves them. And I just pray that this year everyone will get closer to you and that
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  they can start off fresh if we need to. She's going to pray. Amen.
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  Amen. And so we hope that you guys have a great week this week and we want to thank
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  Bella, Gwyn, and Tilly for joining us on Fostering Faith this week. We hope that you guys come
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  back for another episode and have a great week guys. Bye.
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  Bye.
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  Bye.
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  Thank you very much.