1 Peter 2:9

"But you are a chosen race,a royal priesthood, a holy nation,a people for His own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness and into His marvelous light."
- 1 Peter 2:9

Peter starts out with "You are a chosen race,". This doesn't mean that you were picked randomly or that you were picked for no reason. This means that God has chosen you from millions of people. God has a purpose for your life. He picked you before you were born. ("For I know the plans I have for you, declares The Lord, plans to prosper and not to harm you." Jeremiah 29:11) God has a plan for your life. You could never be the labels that the world give teenagers. You will never be worthless to God. Peter goes on to say "a royal priesthood". When Peter mentions this I believe he is repeating that we need to minister and spread the word of God as a priesthood would do. I think a priesthood is meant to unite us so that we might work together to share The Gospel. Now when a Peter says "a holy nation", he isn't talking about just Israel. Together, all of the Christians, form a holy nation. A nation solely for God. Created for God. When he mentions, "a people for His own possession," I think Peter is trying to convey that we are for God. We are for His possession. We need to make our faith public to make people realize that they can and should be His too. "That you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness and into His marvelous light." This too seems to say tell people not only of The Gospel but of God's great glory and all that He's done. To summarize I think God wants us to know we are chosen specifically by Him and that since we are His, we need to tell others about it.

- Jesus Freak Teen

1 Samuel 16:7

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 the heart.

I know that outward appearances can often give you your first impression. But how many of us actually take the time to look deeper? To care about them? To remember that they are Gods creation also? That He loves them too? Because he does. Maybe that person that drives you crazy is actually the one that needs you the most. 

To care or not to care? If we decide not to care it could affect that person life. Not only their day. What if we all chose to care. To just smile at people we see on the street? To say hi to someone at school that normally doesn't get talked to? What if we tried to do something different? To change something? With God we can change the world.

Romans 8:31 What, then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us who can be against us?

We have to get past the voice in our head that says "What can you do? You're just a stupid kid." We have to turn our ears toward Heaven. We have to try and portray God. We are His disciples. People are looking at us to see how we react and we need to try to react like Christ would. We must give God our attention. Ask Him what He would have you do and together we can change the world.

~JesusFreakTeen