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Tonyia
Re:
on Friday, November 7, 2008 at 4:46 pm
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As the mother to a ten year old girl, I find this intriguing. And disheartening. I wonder if I am raising mine to know He is...
Sara
Re:
on Friday, November 7, 2008 at 6:08 pm
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Thank you for posting this blog!!! As a teen I have definitely felt this same thing but never put words to it. I have grown up in church and I KNOW that God is all I need, but with so much pressure from everything around me it gets so hard to really BELIEVE that 100% of the time. I have felt so worthless sometimes because even though i have God, I didn't look pretty enough, or maybe if i had more friend time i would be completely satisfied. The worst for me though is accomplishments. I feel like if i don't succeed at everything then I'm not satisfied and if i did succeed then it would be enough. which of course is impossible. But I've come to a point of turnaround recently where I'm beginning to truly understand just how wonderful God is and the more time I spend with him the more I believe that he can fulfill all my needs and desires. truly, God is enough. His love is enough. Get to know Him, talk to him, read about Him and all that He has done yesterday, today and forever. Watch what he does in your life! it is wonderful!
Myrddin
Honestly ...
on Friday, November 7, 2008 at 6:19 pm
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Look at the Genesis story. God created man and all was good but it was not good for man to be alone!

God is not enough. Not even he thinks so, apparent.
Maria Lee
ok
on Friday, November 7, 2008 at 11:03 pm
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H,. I could say that God is enough, and it would be true..but that still does not stop me from letting my heart go out to my friends..which I have few of. And also having a crush on the Boy of my dreams. but I have lost alot in my life. And I know that all that I have now is blessing from God. I know for a fact, that GOD IS ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God Bless Ya'all!!
~Maria Lee
Bridgette
Well,
on Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 2:28 pm
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Sometimes, (at least to me) GOD is enough, but then there are those times where you don't have any friends around or the friends that are there aren't paying attention to you, you wish you had a friend. GOD should always be enough, but indeed, we are humans and quite far from perfect, so we think we need someone there with us.

Myrddin- there is also another side to what you said. GOD's design for us didn't enable us to reproduce a-sexually, if you know what I mean! HE had to make woman for man or we wouldn't be here! So, as far as that goes, i am not sure that you're reasoning is completely accurate. I'm not trying to insult you at all, just saying that i'm not sure you're comletely right.
Christine
Re: Honestly...
on Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 11:34 pm
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I like your point about the Garden of Eden thing. Logically, your comment makes total sense, but as i thought about it more I came to this conclusion. God did not create woman in order to fill a gap that he could not. Essentially, God made man and saw that it was good. It was only out of love that God made woman, someone he could work and reporduce with. There didn't need to be this person unless God had designed things this way. Also, if sin had not entered, we would not even be able to consider that God is not enough b/c we would fully depend on Him and not on anything else. What I'm trying to get at is that God is all-powerful. He can be enough because He made it. He made our desires and our passions and only he can completely fill them. God gives us friends and everything that we have so, in essence, if everything we have is from God, isn't he saying that he has the power to be enough? Isn't he saying that we can be full if we trust in Him? He'll provide for all our needs. I'm not trying to prove you wrong or anything, but God is enough because He will take care of us and provide. Unless we are looking to God first to fulfill our needs, nothing will ever complete us. I encourage you to read the Old Testament and in particular, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekial. They are great examples of what happens when we look away from God saying that he is not enough.
On an ending note i have a story that i heard from my youth pastor. There was a guy in some foreign country who was thrown in prison. He was in solitary confinement in a 5 by 5 cell for 10 years. One day, he was given the job of cleaning out the sewer troughs of the prison guards. There, laying among all the human waste as he was cleaning, was a piece of paper. The man took it and began to read it and realized that it was a page ripped from the Bible. He continued to volunteer for the job becasue day by day, he found more and more pages of the Bible being used as toilet paper. These pages helped this man get though, and showed him who God really was. Now if one can say that God was not enough there, when the man was alone and helpless, when this man should have died but didn't, when God was the only one he had to hold onto, then I really have to wonder just how big that person thinks God really is.
Elizabeth
The truth is
on Sunday, November 9, 2008 at 9:03 pm
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The truth is that God is indeed all we need......though we can't expect him to do for us what we're supposed to do on our own.......in other words, as Christians we're supposed to seek him.......we NEED to seek him.......and he will be there for us no matter what.........
4him
Reply to Myrddin
on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 11:15 am
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Hey, Myrddin, my name is Melissa, and I'm a new blogger. I saw your comment above. Thank you for you honesty. I agree with you that God said it was not good for man to be alone. He knows that we need other people for companionship and help. Yet, He was not indicating that these people in our lives are supposed to replace him as the most important part of our life. He alone is to be our life, our love, and our everything. He said He would provide all our needs according to his riches in glory!!
Kay
hey!
on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 6:01 pm
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i think another big one that girls need ( me included !!! ) are a guys appproval, from being asked to a dance , saying your pretty, going on a date , or going out ( having a boy friend ). So to every one who feels this hanging over you like a cloud , say that " God is enough. He is perfect And holy.He's better than any guy. " Think about it God can't let you down , or Cheat on you or never call or stand you up. You never think he was kidding because God is genuine.
hope this helps
kay
Emily
God is enough
on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 9:46 am
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You know, as hard as it is to believe, God IS enough. He has given us everything we need for life and godliness. And when God says something, He means it. I struggle with this a lot, but I would encourage others who struggle in this area to believe God and not their emotions. From personal experience, God is faithful, and He'll pull through on His promises. See 2 Peter 1:3. God's grace is sufficient to help us when we struggle in anything.(2 Cor. 12:9-10) Walk in Him, sisters of the truth!
Em
sarah
Re: kay
on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 8:17 pm
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hey, I totally agree w/ you. I feel like I'm worthless or something if no guy likes me. I know that thats not true but its so hard when guys like all my friends and stuff but then it feels like no one likes me...do you know what I'm saying? We just really need to remember that God IS all we need. He loves us no matter what (even if no guy likes me. lol!). I hope this will help other girls who feel the same way!
Victoria
In the end it is God and me
on Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 9:16 pm
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So,I first have to say that God is defiantly enough. In the end it is God and myself. When being pressured into doing something that does not glorify God, just remind yourself that it doesn’t matter if I look like a fool for not doing some thing, because God is simply all that matters.
The entire idea of needing a guy to make you feel loved and satisfied, I feel that God will send the man into your life, when you realize that you only need God, and a guy isn't necessary to feel complete.
Only after you find complete dependence and love for Christ will you find a satisfying relationship in which you can glorify God through.
Chloe
My top three
on Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 1:25 am
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The top three things that I find myself saying, 'if I just had this, I'd be happy" about are:

1) Friends - All my closest friends just left for college and I find myself feeling alone and rejected.
2) My health - After having brain surgery in July, I've been encountering complication after complication. It's frustrating. Sometimes, I'm curled into a ball on the floor in pain and I find myself feeling frustrated and angry with God.
3) My plans to work out the way I want to. - Even though God always seems to have a better one...

I hate that I tend to feel this way. I want to feel that God is enough but these past few months have been hard.
Amy
God is sometimes enough
on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 12:16 am
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I know I said sometimes, but some days I feel God is not enough, but some days I feel he is everything I need, I hate feeling liker God is not enough, because he is everything we need, but on Sunday my Pastor said something in his Sermon that hit me, God owes us nothing, but we owe God everything, I know now that I have too start over and keep believing God is enough, and I'm reading the book Lies Young Women Believe for my all girls Bible study, and the whole book, is changing my life, if I did not start reading the book when I did, I don't even know what lies I would be believing.
Emily
Yeah..
on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 9:40 pm
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Thats exactly right!!Sometimes I don't think that Gods enough.Even though he is.I feel bad for feeling and thinking that.But I know all I have to do is trust in GOD and ask him to help me know that he is enough.I love god SO much and he is taking me on a journey through some the lies that I,myself,believe.
I believe in GOD!!
Watch out Satan I got the MVP on myside!!
Stephanie
Guys
on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 11:08 am
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So the book says that you should only date Christian Guys, But I think that it's a good thing to date nonchristian guys. It Gives you Experience, and it helps you know what the "other side" is like.
daclover29
Thanks
on Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 10:45 am
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Thanks for posting this blog. As a tween, I am reading your book and finding out interesting things about God our Father and learning sinning is NOT ok, even if its a little one. Sometimes, I know I'm sinning but I don't stop because I think only one little tiny sin don't matter. But then I thought, what if everyone in the whole world did 'one little tiny sin'? I would be over a trillion sins! Sadly, that's probably the same amount the approx. average person sins in a year! Now I try not to sin when I know it's happening and try to stop it.
Anonymous
Stephanie
on Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 9:16 pm
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I thing that I should not marry nonchistian guys but I rly don't know about dating them.... but I think It made sence the way you put it, but the bible says not to be tied with nonbelievers so I think we shouldn't date them either, I'm NOT trying 2 tell you what 2 do I'm just telling you what I think....and believe.
Jessica
Three things
on Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 1:24 pm
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Three things that i have in my life are:
1) friends
2) family
3) and GOD

These three things are what i love the most in my life < counting the bible! > and i am very thankful for not just these things but everything!
Talitha (aka SuperGirl)
My Top 3 things I love in life
on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at 2:54 pm
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1. God(my father)
2. My Family
3. Friends

I am glad God gave me these things.
Rebecca
Hey Stephanie
on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at 11:21 pm
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Hey Stephanie, the bible says that we (as christians) are supposed to be different in the world....Seeing what the "other side" is like is not being different from the world. Also, non-christians also need to see that you are acting different from the world. Just think about that please.
Thanks so much Stephanie,
Rebecca
Rebecca
Reply to Anonymous
on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at 11:31 pm
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Hey! ok, first of all, why would you date someone if you aren't even thinking about marrying them?!? I am 13 and I have never dated, nor do I want to date, because I am not even thinking about getting married yet. Just think, if you are dating but not at the age to marry why are your putting youself through all of that grief-breaking up. Just ask yourself, why do I really need a boyfriend anyways? But back to the non-christians, many girls have got themselves into so much trouble, and it has a less chance of happening going out with a non-christian......Thanks!
Rebecca
minnie
Re:
on Friday, November 28, 2008 at 10:58 pm
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God is totally all I need he is the image of u
daughteroftheKing
God (My Jesus Christ) is...
on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 11:36 pm
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Hey girls, I know I don't know alot, but I know there is one thing I do know for sure, and that is God is all I need!!! He is the only thing that keeps me living. He is the only reason I can get up in the mornings. I can toataly agree that in society there is a potrayal of "I always need more." But just keep your eyes on the Christ and let everything fade away. I have not yet fully arrived, but I have come to a place in recognising, that the world brings pain, death, fun for a time, but a n emptieness. I am an eighth grader, and i know how every one thinks that we need this and that to be happy, but life isn't about happieness. it is about living for somone else. I ti sabout bringing glory to the God of all creation. It is about resting in HIs arms in times of trouble. I think we should seek to know HIM and every time I see more of HIM, I think to myself, "What more could I live for, nothing elese is so meaningful. I am captivated by how GREAT and how AWSOME and how GOOD our GOD is." love you guys, keep your eyes on JESUS!!!
KaLeigh Long
ps-oh, Sarah if you see this... i'm sorry i couldn't talk this weekend, I was at a debate tournament.. love you SIC...RUMBOLIA
Sarah
Re: daughteroftheking
on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 3:08 pm
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Thankyou for what you said Kaleigh! I think the only way for us as human beings to be happy is if we choose to be happy! The cool thing is we can choose to be happy no matter what happens. we can be happy ALL the time if we just choose to be! I think that is so cool. our stuff or our worldly things will never make us happy. happiness is a choice!! you are right Kaleigh that all we need is God because He is the only one that will ever be enough. hope this can encourage others! Sarah P.
ps-Kaleigh, i wasn't home last weekend either so don't feel bad about not calling! I really want to talk to you though!!! God has been talking to me soo much these last two weeks! Talk to you Saterday!!!
Anne
boys
on Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 9:59 pm
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I love my Jesus with all my heart but one thing i struggle with is not having a boy in my life.i see it all around me...and even my Christian friends are engaged or courting.Its hard,but I just try to give it to God and let Him time it all out for me and when it does happen I will praise Him for it(will I ever! LOL )
God's Princess
To Anne
on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 12:51 pm
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-- Song of Songs 2:7 "Do not... awaken love until it so desires."

-- 1 Samuel 16:7 "The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at her heart."
Jesus freaks!!!
I dont get it !!!
on Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 5:26 pm
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We understand that God is enough, but ...how do we base our lives on knowing that, when there is SO much in the world to destract us, which makes us want more in life so our mind tells us God isnt enough. What do we do????
*~blonde.chick~*
Re:
on Friday, February 6, 2009 at 8:16 pm
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this is sad but the top three things in my life are

1) MY MAKEUP(if i didnt have it i would lock myself in my room and never leave)
2)my friends/church
3)material things

i wish i could honestly say God was in that three....but obviously this whole website is about truth haha
katy
yeah
on Monday, March 2, 2009 at 3:00 pm
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I'm a christian. But sometimes the topic of religion gets on my last nerve.
Erin Davis
Katy
on Monday, March 2, 2009 at 4:29 pm
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Why do you suppose that is?

Erin
krlosier
my top 3
on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 8:50 pm
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I am trying so hard to make God my first. Right now it's a tie between Him and my friends, but soon I AM going to break that tie, God coming out victorious!
Right now:
1. Friends/God
2.family
3.my awesome Christian school
Soontobe:
1.God
2.Family and friends
3.My awesome Christian school/church

After I meet that goal, I will work so hard as to not need friends so much!
Nancy
My top three
on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 10:18 am
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My top three i think I need more of are
1. Safety.
2. Family.
3. Education.

Those are the things I think I don't have enough of!