Stop Suffering ISSUE017 | Page 17

Gothic lifestyle M y life before coming to the Youth Power Group was a mess. I was a heavy goth and would constantly have fights with my mother. I never got along with her and I was completely empty inside. It seemed like I was a lost case, I was too far deep in the gothic life that I was living, sometimes I would draw lines all over my face to make myself look like a demon. It wasn’t until I came to the Youth Power Group and was surrounded by such a positive atmosphere and by people who truly cared about me that all of this was able to change. Today I am happy, successful and full of the presence of God. Javier Jimenez Every Sunday at 1:30pm Because You are Strong! “…I have written to you, young men, BECAUSE YOU ARE STRONG, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.” (1 John 2:14) Many young people say, “I can’t do this;” “I can’t overcome that addiction;” “there’s nothing I can do;” “I want to do this, but I got no strength” but, THEIR WEAKNESS IS IN THEIR MINDS! is okay! You will discover it when all the odds are against you! When you’re feeling really weak, frustrated or down, that is when you gotta show your STRENGTH!!! “…Let the weak say, I AM STRONG.” (Joel 3.10) The world wants us to believe that we are weak, so it will be difficult to overcome by determination! The world wants us to be so frustrated that we give up! There is greatness in you but you won’t discover this inner power when everything STOP SUFFERING|17