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16th January 2012 by MORE

These few years have been a huge roller-coaster with God and my life. As a 13-year-old teenager, I wasn’t acting as though I had a relationship with Christ because of the people I hung out with and the way I’ve acted around them. I wanted to be a part of them and have everything they had but little did I know that wasn’t what God wanted.

As I finished my primary school days, my life with Christ was fading away each day, particularly when I started thinking swearing was a cool thing to do. It wasn’t until the beginning of year 7 that I went to a Christian camp and began to realise that the plan I wanted to go with wasn’t God’s plan. I continued going to church and youth group and living a life with Christ. Then halfway through year 7 my life started falling apart again, but this time it was even worse – even thoughts of suicide and I dropped out of the worship team at my church. So I started swearing again and continued to live a life that God had never planned for me.

Year 7 finished and my life was not as bad as it was but it still wasn’t a Christ-like life. From time to time I swore and had a few thoughts of, “Yeah whatever. God’s not there”. As year 8 began I wanted to refresh my mind and go back to the life God had intended for me, which I did for a while, and I even felt God saying to me, “See. This is the life I want for you”. So I continued to live the life that I knew God wanted for me!

Life was going well for a while. I started going to church, I joined the worship team and had best friends! Until halfway through year 8 there was drama going on with school and I fell apart again, lost a lot of friends and probably one of the best people in my life. I felt that it was over for me and there was no way I could get through this until I went to another Christian camp called GAC (Gospel Arts Camp). I worshipped and I heard God say to me, “What are you doing? I’ve unlocked the chains for you but you’re still sitting there with a burden over you. Get up and live the life I have for you”. This made me wake up and I realised a lot about myself and what God wants for me!

Jeremiah 29:11 says, “For I know the plans for you, plans to prosper you not to harm you.” This Bible verse made me realise a lot about myself and what God wants for me!

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Sara-Ann

January 18, 2012 at 3:38pm

Jess, im so proud of you!!! I hope you will stay on the right track now
and just remember, i will be there for you, but even though im there for you, rely on God the most, he loves you so much, and he has so much planned for you, your a great girl jess, Dont forget that.

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Kerry Lockyer

January 27, 2012 at 3:47pm

Ah Jess
My girl
Who is beginning to see what God what's for her
Continue on the journey.
Mountains will still need to be moved(dramas will always happen )
It's how we handle those dramas how much you allow God to handle those dramas

If our God is for us
Then who can stand against!!!!
Love you forever
Mum xxxx

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Jessica

February 01, 2012 at 2:43pm

naaaws sara-ann, thanx :)
mum: naaaaws thankyou and Love u forever aswell xxx

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Shell <3

February 01, 2012 at 2:52pm

heey Jessi
you rock and love your speech.
God love all but people can see that your trying to make a differets in your life and good on you.
You are a follower of Christ and he loves you
xoxox shell

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Jessica

February 08, 2012 at 9:28am

naaaws thanx shell Luv u foreva xxxx he loves u too xxxx

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