How to be a LEADER

Hey girls! Can you believe it's already getting to be fall weather? It seems like just yesterday we were all burning up at kamp.. haha time flies by!

Today I wanted to share with you just a little bit about what is means to be a leader in your faith. Once you ask Jesus into your heart, you are sealed with the Holy Spirit! That means that He lives in you, and helps you make decisions and helps you to grow. As time goes by, the Holy Spirit makes you more like Christ. How cool!

So what does that have to do with being a leader? Well, as followers of Christ, we can be leaders in our faith for other believers. Remember that verse we learned at kamp? 1 Timothy 4:12 says, "Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself and example for those who believe." Girls, no matter how young you are, if you have Jesus in your heart, He can help you to become a leader in your faith!

Now what does a leader do? A good leader must be willing to SERVE. Jesus set this example for us! He was humble, bold, gentle, and he loved everyone. He was a leader in the way that he LOVED others, not by being bossy or by looking down on others. In the same way, we are to love others and serve others by putting their needs before our own. In this way, we will lead others toward Christ.

Most importantly, as leaders, we must remember that it's not about us. We are not trying to get others to follow us so that we will feel important. To do so would make us prideful, which is a sin. Instead, we are leaders so that we can show others to JESUS. This means that we must first follow Him!! We cannot be leaders in our faith unless we are first following Jesus Christ. So be in the Word and in prayer so that you can grow into a closer relationship with God. Then, God will use you to be a leader for Him!

So girls, go out today and be LEADERS!
- SERVE your family and friends
- LOVE others like Jesus loves
- READ your Bible and PRAY to God
- Remember that it's all about JESUS!!

Love you! Have a great week!

I is for INCREDIBLE 'cause that is what YOU are!

Good morning komos!!
          Here's a little wake up song from Abbi and I: "Rise and shine and give God the glory glory, rise and shine and give God the glory glory RISE AND SHINE AND give God the glory glory children of the Lord!"
         We hope that school has gotten off to a great start. I don't know if you all have a day off from school tomorrow but I bet a lot of you do. I do too and I am so excited about a long weekend! If you don't, that just means you will get out one day earlier than the rest of the bunch, probably:).
         How are y'all doing? Please don't hesitate to email us and tell us what is going on with you:)! We LOVE to hear from you girls! And I mean we just absolutely love it!
        Abbi and I hope and pray that you girls are spending time with Jesus everyday, reading your Bible, telling Him everything that is on your heart, and just sitting with Him and letting Him tell you how much he cares about you. "Cast all your cares on Him because He cares for you." 1 Peter 5:7  
       I thought that this week I would give you girls a few ideas for ways to show the love of Jesus at your schools, you should all comment with any other ideas you have that way all of our sweet junior deal girls can just help each other out like sisters in Christ do:). Here ya go! I'll put some verses by these so you can look them up in your quiet times or just when you want to, but you don't have to put verses by the ideas you comment with.

•       Sit by someone who is by themselves at lunch or alone at recess. (John 15:12-13)
•       Ask your friend if they have ever given their life to Jesus, if they have ask them to hear their story and be excited because you just met a sister or brother in Christ! If they have not, then ask them if you can tell them your story and if they want to do it too, you can tell them how! (Matthew 28:18-20) (If you are not sure how to tell someone to ask Jesus in their heart, email us and we will tell you how!)
•       Listen to your teacher and do what they say, as long as it does not go against the Bible. (1 Peter 5:5, Romans 13:1)
•       If someone falls or drops their books or tray, help 'em out. (Ephesians 4:32)

Okay, YOUR TURN!:) Give ideas for us and other komos to read, let's help each other to be more like Christ!

We love you girls! Take some time today to spend with Jesus, you will not regret it for a second.

Amy

Here's a picture that is so silly it just makes me smile!

Have a great day:)