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How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your Word. Psalm 119:9

Not long ago, young people were glued to their computer screens, checking e-mails and online games. Now e-mail is the new snail-mail, and few teenagers bother with it. Even MySpace and Facebook are becoming obsolete. It's all about cell phones, texting, tweeting, and instant messaging. Studies show that the average teenager sends and receives over 2270 text messages a month.

What if we had a relationship like that with our Bibles? If we stayed in touch with God's Word as frequently and tenaciously as we text and touch base with our friends, we'd have a much healthier spiritual life and a stronger grasp of the Bible.

The best texting is studying the texts of the Bible. "More to be desired are they than gold," said the Psalmist. "By them Your servant is warned, and in keeping them there is great reward" (Psalm 19:10-11).
(God) has sent us sixty-six love letters etched in heavenly handwriting. And the more we meditate upon those words the clearer His voice will resonate. Hank Hanegraaff

Christianity -- from Billy Graham Article

Question: Recently, our pastor was preaching about heaven, and he said we would spend our time there worshipping God. I hate to admit this, but that doesn't sound very interesting to me. Maybe you can enlighten me.

Billy Graham's answer: What your pastor said is true: Worship will be an important part of our experience of heaven. The Bible tells us that in heaven "All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed" (Rev. 15:4). Perhaps you're right, however; much of what we call "worship" today does fall short of what it should be. We become distracted, and our minds wander and we become bored. But true worship isn't boring. One reason is because in heaven we'll see God in all of His power and glory and majesty. God is far greater than we realize -- and when we enter heaven and see Him as He really is, our response will be to worship and praise Him. In heaven, we will be singing "Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength...to our God for ever and ever. Amen!" (Rev 7:12)

The Bible also tells us that God will have work for us to do in heaven. It says that in heaven, "his servants will serve him" (Rev 22:3). Unlike here, however, we won't become tired or bored.

Keep Your Focus On Jesus

So my dear Christian friends, companions in following this call to the heights, take a good hard look at Jesus. He's the centerpiece of everything we believe. Hebrews 3:1 (The Message)

"Take a good hard look." In other words, focus. In optics, focus is the point toward which light rays converge. In geometry, it's a special point used in describing conic sections. When we concentrate our attention, we are focusing. When we do it with others in an organized way, we're in a focus group. The Navy has a missile named Focus, and Ford has a car by the same name. In sports, lack of focus is often the reason given for defeat; and players in a slump try to regain their focus. When we take a blurred picture, it's because we didn't focus the camera on the right object.

In life, we find that Christ becomes blurred in our vision when we focus on our problems. But when we put Him in the center of the picture, our trials are less of a focal point and more of a background blur. The apostle Paul said, "We do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen, for what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal" (2 Corinthians 4:15, HCSB).

Therefore, holy brothers, keep your focus on Jesus.

Focus on His perfections, not your own imperfections.
Warren W. Wiersbe