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Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Did you know that God loves you so much and there’s nothing that you can do about it! It’s so true! When the world says things like, “I will love you if…” or “If you do this one thing, I will love you,” God says, “I love you…period!” There’s nothing that you can do to get Him to love you any more and there’s nothing you can do to get Him to love you any less. So many times we hear people saying, “God loves you” or “Jesus loves you,” but I don’t think that we understand really just how much He does love us. I think, if we’re not careful, that we can become desensitized to the truth that God really does love us. Or maybe you have had an experience in your life that shook you and you found yourself doubting if God really does love you…let me tell you, though…He truly does love you. Why do bad things happen? If you are asking yourself those questions, I highly encourage you to go back and listen to the series on questions in episodes 16, 17 and 18. I am sure it will answer many questions that you have concerning God. See, one thing about God’s love is that it’s not based on conditions. The reason that God loves you isn’t based off of anything that you have or have not done. If you were the worst person on the face of the planet and never once did anything right, God would still love you even then…and a step further, if you were that same person and decided to make Jesus the Lord of your life on your deathbed, He’d still choose to forgive you and receive you into heaven. Now…I don’t suggest waiting to give your life to the Lord, because tomorrow is not guaranteed for any of us. Plus, not only that, but life is so much better living with Jesus than living without. Believe me, I know! I didn’t become a Christian until I was 18. I lived the majority of my childhood/teen years without Jesus and it was lonely and miserable. I am so thankful that I met Jesus when I did and that He accepted me into His loving arms without question. To learn more about God's Unconditional Love for you, listen in to today's podcast! Connect with us: By Downloading the UncommonTEEN App (available on apple and android) IG: uncommon.teen www.UncommonTEEN.com Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Okay, so we talked all about the first season of dating , the season of growth, but what do when we get to the season where we feel like God is moving us into the direction of dating? This next season is going to be the season of discovery. In the season of discovery, you have developed a strong personal relationship with Jesus. This is a season of continuing the growth of your friendships. The reason for this is that we can’t always trust our feelings. They will lead us into some pretty crazy…and not-so-good places…kind of like my story of all those guys that I dated. Yikes! I wished I would have waited and just held off, but I didn’t know all that I’m sharing with you today. The reason why it’s so important to develop friendships during this season, is for several reasons. One of those being this, it’s very difficult to see things clearly. This is why, when you’re ready to date, I encourage you to spend your time together at first in groups of friends. This will help you see his intentions and it will helps you see his true character. If he’s wanting to date you just to use you, then you’ll find that out really quickly. If he’s someone who doesn’t really have a strong relationship with God, you’ll find that out pretty quickly, too, in your group of friends. I know it sounds so completely backward from what everyone else is doing…but, if you look at this world and the number of divorces or the number of boyfriends girls go through…and just look at all the heartache and pain that’s left behind…it’s not working for them. To learn more about the discovery phase of dating, check out this week's podcast! Connect with us! IG: @uncommon.teen www.UncommonTEEN.com Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! With dating being so prevalent today, it seems like it’s just normal to have a boyfriend and if you don’t then there has to be something wrong with you. If that’s something you have believed, I encourage you not to believe that lie. I had a friend in high school whose sole purpose in high school was to get a boyfriend. She felt like she was a nobody unless she had one. She would try so hard that she would change who she was just to get a guy to notice her. Do you know that she never did get a boyfriend while in high school…or in college for that matter, but when God did bring her the right guy, he was the one that she married? I wish I could say the same thing about me. I cannot. I didn’t become a Christian until I was a senior in high school and I lived by the world’s standards when it came to wanting to have a boyfriend. I think my first boyfriend was in 8th grade. I took some time off after that and my next one was in 10th grade. The guy I dated in 10th grade manipulated me and abused me and it was hard to break free from that relationship. When I was a senior in high school, I started dating a guy who was a Christian, but it was a very toxic relationship. Then, when I went to college, I declared that I was not going to date or get married until I was 80. I was done with all the drama and abuse. However, my sophomore year of college, a guy attached himself to me…and began to manipulate me and tell me that he was going to hurt himself if I walked away from the “relationship.” I wish that I knew then what I know now. It would have saved me a lot of years of pain and anger and abuse. That’s one of the biggest reasons that I want to talk to you about this subject. I’m not here to tell you if you should or should not date or even at what age you should date, but I want to help you see principles from the Bible so that you can know if and when you’re ready to date, give you some ideas of what dating should look like and also talk to you about how to avoid similar situations to what I found myself in. As I found out personally and see so often among the teens that I get to work with in youth ministry, the way that this world sees dating is setting us up for failure for our future. It teaches us that it’s okay for people to use us, to manipulate us, that it’s okay to push the limits. But the truth is, there is a lot of pain and a lot of scars that are left behind because of it. Maybe you have found yourself in similar situations to what I shared, know that our God is a healer, that you can start fresh today, and there is hope for an incredible future for you as well. To learn more, check out today's podcast. Connect with us: IG: @uncommon.teen www.uncommonteen.com Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! All right, so this week we are continuing our two part series on Crushes, Flirting and Dating…are they okay? Last week, we talked all about crushes…we talked about what crushes are, if it is a sin to have a crush, and what we should do when we do have a crush. If you missed last week’s episode, I highly encourage you to check it out. So, I have to apologize to you. Since last week we talked all about crushes, this week we were supposed to talk about , about flirting and dating, however, when I went to write my podcast, I realized that if I spent a whole episode on crushes, there was no way that I was going to be able to split a single episode between flirting and dating. So this week, we are talking about flirting and then next week, we will get into dating. Now, in this episode, I’m not going to tell you that you should or shouldn’t flirt, but I do want to share with you principles from the Word of God that you can apply to your life to help set you up for success for your future. Can I be honest with you? I truly believe that the way this culture (and a lot of times we as Christians) treats crushes, flirting and dating is setting you up for failure in your future. Romans 12:2 says, “Do not be conformed (do not comply or act according to) the patterns of this world (or this culture) but be transformed by the renewing of your mind (to the Word of God), that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” As we go through this series, that’s what I encourage you to do. Like I said, I’m going to share some principles with you that are based on the Word of God. I encourage you to talk to God about the principles that we talk about and ask Him what He wants them to look like in your life. Then look up the verses we talk about. Then, if you’re really brave…which I know you are, sit down and talk with your parents about it and see what their thoughts are. If you need someone else to talk to, you can always reach out to me. On the UncommonTEEN app, you can just click on the “Connect with Jamie” tab or email me at [email protected]. Okay, so what is flirting? I know that most of you can tell me what flirting is, but I wanted to share this dictionary definition with you, because it might just make you think: flirting is behaving as though you are attracted to or trying to attract someone, but for amusement rather than with serious intentions. Think about that for a moment. Flirting is basically trying to attract someone…not necessarily for a God-honoring relationship. Really, the problem with flirting is the motive that is behind it. Proverbs 16:2 says, “All the ways of a man or woman are pure in their own eyes, but the Lord weighs the (the thoughts and intents…or motives of the heart). I think the real question isn’t, “Should we flirt? Or is flirting a sin?” but, “Why am I flirting?” Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Crushes, Flirting and Dating…Is It Okay? Part 1 When it comes to having crushes, flirting and even dating, I think I have heard it all! These can be such confusing topics. Think about it, our parents tell us one set of rules, our friend’s parents have a different set of rules, our youth pastors may tell us yet a different thing…and I can tell you that this culture definitely has its own set of rules. For example, I have heard some adults saying that it’s a sin for teens to have crushes. On the other hand, I’ve heard parents who bragging on their teens and their crushes to others. I’ve heard parents tell their teens that they can’t date until they are 16…or even 30…haha! I’ve also seen kids who have had boyfriends or girlfriends in elementary school. And then we’ve got flirting. I honestly think that parents talk a lot about crushes and dating, but don’t talk to much to their kids about flirting. However, I did see a dad one time teaching his 5 year old son to batt his eyes and say, “I know” every time a lady called him cute. Can I be honest with you? I truly believe that the way our culture (and a lot of times even us Christians) treat crushes, flirting and dating is setting you up for failure. Now, I’m not saying that you should never have a crush and I’m also not saying that having a crush is a sin. I’m not saying that there isn’t a time and a place for flirting…we’ll get into all that in a moment. I’m not even saying that you can’t date or that you shouldn’t date. I’m not even going to tell you at what age you should start dating. In all honesty, that’s between you, your parents and God. What I do want to share with you today are some principles that the Bible talks about when it comes to these topics…principles that my kids live by today. For those of you who don’t know, I have a 12 year old son, Javon, and a 14 year old daughter, Chara. This will be a two part series. This week we’ll talk specifically about crushes then next week, we will talk all about flirting and dating. To learn more about what to do with crushes, check out today's episode of the UncommonTEEN Podcast. Reach out to me on the UncommonTEEN App by clicking on the "Connect with Jamie" tab or by emailing me at [email protected]. Don't forget, our God-Confident Girls Course is OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!! It's hard to contain the excitement! CLICK HERE to learn more and Get Signed up! Follow us on IG: uncommon.teen https://www.UncommonTEEN.com Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! According to Statista, did you know that digital advertisers plan to spend over $455 billion dollars a year on marketing to teens and kids? The reason for this is because teens will spend over $143 billion dollars on their products every year if the companies can get them to buy in. They have been sending out messages your whole life making you think that you need these specific products in order to solve all of life’s problems. Now, I’m sure I don’t need to tell you this, but the teen years are challenging enough as it is. These are the years that you are trying to discover who you are, why you’re here and what direction you want to take in life. See, these advertisers have been studying your biggest fears and insecurities for decades. They understand your desire to fit in and want to be accepted and they are feeding off of those insecurities. Advertisers use these insecurities to make you think that who you are is determined by the products, clothes, the games you play, the apps you’re on, whatever it may be. They want you to think that those are the things that define who you are. For girls, struggling body images and the pressure for perfection increases when it comes to seeing these ads. They are pushing thoughts of, “You can’t be beautiful unless you have this…you wear this…you use this product…you try this diet or workout routine.” They push the need for being popular or for being self-confident, but do they really know anything about you? Or are they just feeding off of your fears? Did you know that statistics show that teen girls spend over $44 billion dollars on makeup and skincare products alone? How many of you have ever tried a skincare product or makeup because you saw it on an ad? The ads are basically telling you, the only way that you will be beautiful or get accepted is by using their products. Think about it, we want to fit in. We want to look beautiful and wear clothes that are trendy or popular. We don’t want to be thought of as an outcast. We want to be accepted by those who are around us. We want beautiful skin and beautiful hair. When we see these ads, they always show these girls with flawless skin and incredible hair, right? We see them and think…I want that! These companies try to reach deep into your identity and get to your insecurities. Once they have reached the part of you that they know they can touch, then they know that they’ve got you. To learn more about what we can do to combat the media's influence on our identity, check out this week's episode. Need someone to talk to, I'm here for you. Feel free to reach out to me via the UncommonTEEN app, then click on the tab that says, "Connect with Jamie." Or Email me at [email protected] Are you following us on instagram? @Uncommon.Teen www.un Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Have you ever heard of the quote, “You are your own worst critic?” There so much truth to that statement! So many times, we tend to pick out all of the things we don’t like about ourselves: our hair, our skin, our nose, our weight, our personality…even our laugh. I want you to take a little test. If you have a pen and paper, go ahead and grab that. If not, you can do this in your head. The first thing I want you to do is, in the next 15 seconds, make a list of as many things as you can that you don’t like about yourself...and go! How many things did you come up with? Go ahead and count them and put the number on your paper. Maybe you think your nose is too big…or too small. Maybe you wish you could be taller…or short. Maybe you wish that you weren’t so shy and quiet…or maybe too loud. It seems like there’s always something we want to change, right? I think one of the biggest reasons that it’s so easy for us to list all of the things about our bodies we don’t like is because our appearance means a lot to us. In episode 22, we talked about cliques and how a lot of times we will either be accepted or rejected based on our we look and how we dress. We struggle with wanting to be ourselves, who God created us to be, while at the same time wanting to be accepted by others. This is something that I see so often among teen girls. We all want to be noticed and feel accepted and many times we will begin to act differently and dress differently…maybe more immodestly…to get those around us to notice us. Honestly, what it all comes down to, though, sometimes we struggle with knowing how valuable we are to God. All right, so now, I want you to make another list. In the next 15 seconds, list as many things as you can that you love about yourself that you would never want to change….and...go! Was it as easy to come up with that second list as it was the first one? Not for most of us. Count how many things were on your second list and compare it to your first list. Why is it that it’s so easy to come up with that first list, but maybe not so easy to come up with that second one? I honestly think it has a lot to do with our body image and the pressure to be perfect…so that’s exactly what we’re going to talk about today. Let’s start off by answering the question, “What is body image?” Body image is how you see, think, feel and act toward any part of your body. And social media doesn’t help us with gaining a positive body image! Actually, social media is the #1 influencer on body image in teen girls. I shared in one of our previous podcasts that the average time a teen spends on social media since the shutdown is 9 hours a day! Think about all the time that is being spent on comparing ourselves to others. Now, if this is you…don’t feel condemned. I want to help you walk this journey and really begin to love who it is that God created you to b Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Cliques…oh yes, that oh-so-lovely word that we all just have warm, fuzzy feelings about, right? Haha…you are probably thinking, “Yeah, right!” And I am totally with you! I don’t think that the majority of you see cliques in a positive way. Honestly, I don’t really either. I mean, it’s great to have people who you really connect with and true friends that you hang out with a lot…absolutely! That’s an amazing thing and a definite gift from God. However, cliques are a little bit different. According to the Oxford dictionary definition of cliques, they are a small group of people, with shared interests or other features in common, who spend time together and do not readily allow others to join them. As we know, these are super common in middle school and high school. Most of us can’t stand cliques, because we have been on the outside of those cliques and it didn’t feel great being the outsider. However, if we’re honest with ourselves, we have sometimes been a part of the very cliques that we can’t stand…me included. It’s not that we’re doing it on purpose, but sometimes we don’t even take the time to realize what we’re doing. I encourage you to always reach out to new people and taking your friends with you to do so. The problem with cliques is that the people in them tend to turn inward. They are all about themselves and what others can do to serve them. They become selfish and they are all about me, me, me. As Christians, it’s super important to keep reaching outward so that you can show the love of Jesus to those around you. The problem with turning inward and becoming selfish is that when we start to think only about ourselves, we no longer care about others around us. This is why it’s so common in middle school and high school for the “mean girls” to come out. If you are in public school or maybe in sports or whatever, you know exactly what I’m talking about. These girls are controlling and often the leader of their cliques. They think that they need to act this way because others around them are and they want to be accepted, or because it makes them more popular…or a lot of times it’s because someone has been mean to them and they are taking it out on people they feel that they can control. The reason why I’m talking about this today, is I want to encourage you in a couple areas….one to check yourself to make sure that you haven’t turned inward yourself. A lot of times, it’s not our intentions to be that way and we don’t even realize it until we step back and see what’s really going on. Another reason we’re talking about this today is because you may be a target of some mean girls and I want to help you know what to do in order to stop it from happening. To learn more about what you can do, check out today's podcast episode. Always feel free to reach out to me at [email protected] or there is now a new tab on our App that you can use Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Don’t let rejection define who you believe that you are. As a Christian, there will times in our lives when people or things try to come at us and we have the opportunity to feel rejected or unwanted, but it’s up to us whether or not we are going to let what others say about us define or do to us define who we we think we are! When we give in to those thoughts of rejection, we are giving those people who rejected us control over our lives. You are worth so much more than letting those people control you and determine your worth. God saw you as priceless. He saw you as so valuable that that He sent His Son do die for everything you have ever done in your past and will ever do. Rejection does not measure your true worth. I think of Leah and Rachel in Genesis 29. Rachel was the beautiful sister and Leah was the less than desirable sister. Even though Leah felt rejected and unwanted, she decided to choose to turn to God. In return, God showed Leah how much He loved her and how valuable she was to Him and He will do the same for you when you reach out to Him! Hebrews 13:15 says, “God will never leave you nor forsake you.” That word forsake means abandon…God will never leave you nor will He abandon you! See, God faces rejection every day when people choose not to believe in Him and His love for them. Jesus understands, too, what it was like to be rejected and abandoned…He was rejected over and over again throughout His life and ministry. When you feel rejected, abandoned, unwanted…know that Jesus understands what you’re going through. He has been there Himself. Also know that when you feel rejected, God still chooses you! In Him He says, “You belong! There is a reason you are on this earth. You were created for a purpose. In God, you are noticed. When you reach out to Him, He’s reaching back to you right where you are. In God, you are accepted. Ephesians 1:3-6 says, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.” In God you are blessed, chosen, loved, predestined, adopted, delivered, forgiven, accepted, and you are valuable! To learn more, check out today's podcast! Hang out with us on Instagram: @uncommon.teen The doors to our God Confident Girls Course Open June 21st! Be sure to mark your calendars and sign up to Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Have you ever felt rejected or unwanted? I think most of us can probably say that we have. I know I have. I remember being in 6th grade and there was a girl, Rachel, who made it her life goal to make my life miserable. I remember one time one of the most popular boys in my grade came up to me and confronted me in front of the whole class, accusing me of spreading a rumor that I was his girlfriend. Come to find out later, Rachel had made up that rumor just to see what he would do to me. Talk about humiliating! It made me feel invisible and worthless…and honestly, I began to believe that I was worthless and that nobody liked me. That was clearly a lie from the enemy, but I believed it. Another time when I was in 10th grade, it was my 16th birthday and I was excited to get to school to see my friends. However, when I got to school, all of my friends acted like they were mad at me and wouldn’t even talk to me…like the whole day. They wouldn’t even tell me why they were so mad at me. It was honestly a very hard day for me. I felt so rejected and so unwanted. These were my closest friends. We finally got to the end of our last class for the day and one of my friends said she was sorry for the way she was acting and asked if I wanted to come to her house. I agreed. When I showed up at her house, do you want to know what happened? All of my friends were there and were throwing a surprise party for me. The told me that they decided not to talk to me at all that day because they didn’t want to accidentally give it away. Even though they apologized, it hurt a lot. Maybe you have felt rejected or unwanted by someone in your family. I’ve been there, too. Maybe you aren’t amazing at sports or popular, so anytime you are split up in teams in gym class you are the last one chosen. Maybe you’ve felt rejected because you don’t have the top name brand clothes that everyone else wears and people have made fun of you or pointed that out. Rejection is painful no matter the cause. It can put us in a dark place that seems like there’s no way out, but there is hope. I don’t want you to feel worthless just because of what someone else thinks about you. Rejection by others does not define your true worth. But what do we do when we are fighting those feelings of rejection or like we’re not wanted? Especially when sometimes we can’t change the situation and have to face that same rejection day after day? Check out today's podcast episode to learn more. Connect with Jamie on IG: https://instagram.com/uncommon.teen or www.uncommonteen.com Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! On our episode 17, we talked about how the Bible is historically accurate and how it is scientifically accurate. If you haven’t listened to it yet, I highly recommend it! It answers so many questions that the world is trying to throw at us today. In Episode 18 ,we are going to talk about the prophesies that are in the Bible. A prophesy is basically a prediction of the future that is claimed to be divinely inspired. Did you know that there are close to 2,000 prophesies in the Bible? See, the thing about prophesies is this…if you’re going to write it down in a book, you better make sure it’s a true prophesy, because if not, that book would be considered false and no one would trust anything in it. With the Bible having close to 2,000 prophesies, with just even one of those prophesies not coming to pass, it would lose its entire integrity. And the thing about the prophesies in the Bible is that these aren’t prophesies that were going to happen right away, but they were prophesied some thousands of years before they took place. Did you know that there are over 300 prophesies about Jesus alone that span over 1,100 years. The last one that was prophesied about him was 400 years before Jesus was born. Peter Stoner was a probability expert who decided to take just 8 of the prophesies found in the Bible about Jesus and calculated what the percentage would be if even just 8 of those prophesies were true. Here's what he found: 8 Prophesies Peter Stoner Looked At and Their Probabilities: 1. Jesus would be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2) Probability of that happening: 7,150 in 2,000,000,000 chance 2. There would be a messenger that would prepare the way for Jesus (Malachi 3:1) Probability: 1 in 1,000 chance Jesus would enter Jerusalem as a king riding a donkey (Zechariah 9:9) Probability: 1 in 100 chance Jesus would be betrayed by a friend and suffer wounds in His hands (Zechariah 13:6) Probability: 1 in 1,000 chance Jesus would be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver. (Zechariah 11:12-13) Probability: 1 in 1,000 chance The money that was paid for Jesus' capture would be used to purchase a potter's field. (Zechariah 11-12) Probability: 1 in 100,000 chance Jesus would remain silent while He was afflicted. (Isaiah 53:7) Probability: 1 in 1,000 chance Jesus would die having his hands and feet pierced. Probability: 1 in 10,000 chance Now, putting all of these probabilities together…what is the chance that all 8 of these could have happened to just one person? Probability: 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000 chance. To help you wrap your mind around this, I want to give you a picture of what that looks like. So if 1 person was to fulfill just 8 of the almost 300 prophesies, it would be like filling up the state of Texas (we all know how tiny T Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! More and more today, the Bible is coming under attack more than I have ever seen or heard before. How do we know that we can trust the Bible? Besides knowing that the Bible is the best-selling book of all time and has changed more lives than any other book, and that so many people bank their lives on the Bible and will even die for it, let’s talk about how we know that we can trust the Bible. First of all, the Bible isn’t just a book of principles…things that we should do and not do, but it is actually true…including the story of Noah and the ark and Samson and his strength. Today’s episode is going to be more apologetic in nature. 1 Peter 3:15 says, “always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you.” That word defense is the Greek word for apologetics and that basically just means a thoughtful defense of the Word of God. If we understand why we believe what we believe, it’s easier for us to share the Gospel with those who are around us. So, over the next couple of episodes we’re going to talk about how we can know that we can really trust the Bible. The first way we can know that we can trust the Bible is because it is historically accurate. 3 ways that historians test to see if a manuscript is historically accurate: 1. Were there any eyewitnesses to what happened? 2. Was it was recorded and copied with extreme care. 3. Is the manuscript confirmed by archeology? Not only is the Bible historically accurate, but it is also scientifically accurate. To find out more about how, listen in to today's podcast. If you have any questions about any of the information you have heard, please feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] or DM us on Instagram @Uncommon_Teen_Ministries Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! All right, we are jumping back into our series we’re calling Questions. In episode 16 we talked about why bad things happen to good people. So, you may be thinking…okay, I’m starting to see this, but what about this question, “Okay, so maybe God didn’t cause it to happen, but didn’t He allow it? That’s exactly what we are going to talk about today. Know that, just because something happened, it doesn’t automatically mean it was the will of God and just because something didn’t happen, it doesn’t mean it wasn’t the will of God. But how do we know this? Let’s think about it this way, it is the will of God that everyone get saved, right? However, there are people who die daily who have chosen to reject Jesus. God wants everyone to get saved, but because we have free wills, it’s a choice we get to make. 2 Peter 3:9 talks about the return of Jesus and why He’s taking so long and this is what it says, “This means that, contrary to man’s perspective, the Lord is not late with His promise to return, as some measure lateness. But rather, His “delay” simply reveals His loving patience toward you, because He does not want any to perish, but all come to repentance. 1 Timothy 2:3-4 goes on to say, “For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” Did you know that hell was not even created for people. Matthew 25:41 tells us It was prepared for the devil and his angels, however the devil is going to do all he can to bring as many people with him that he can, because he wants to destroy as many people’s lives as possible. See, God’s will is that everyone gets saved, but sometimes just because something is God’s will, doesn’t mean it will automatically happen and just because it’s not God’s will, doesn’t mean it won’t happen. Like we talked about in episode 16, there is a bad devil out there, we do live in a cursed world and sometimes we the people make some pretty bad choices that can lead us and others to face horrible consequences. Now, that we have that squared away, what about this question? I have heard this one a lot…especially during really bad tragedies like 9-11. Where was God when 9-11 happened? God could have done something to stop it, Why didn’t He? Listen in to today's podcast to learn more. Follow us on IG: @Uncommon_Teen_Ministries https://www.UncommonTEEN.com Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! There are so many questions that are in the hearts and minds of many teens (maybe even you), so through this series, I want to help answer some of those questions for you or for those who are around you, so you can help them, too. Through this series, we’re going to be answering several questions like why do bad things happen to good people? If God is a loving God, why is there so much evil in the world? And how do we know that the Bible is the True Word of God? And so many more. In this podcast, I want to help you answer the question, “Why did God allow ____ to happen to me or someone I know?” This question, I feel like is one of the biggest reasons Christians struggle with the character of God. They don’t understand how a good God could allow tragedies, pain, sickness, you name it, either to happen to us or someone we know and love. Before I was a Christian, I struggled with this thought process. I couldn’t understand how if God was good, why bad things happened. Many people said things like, “Well, God allowed that to happen to you because you messed up and He wanted to teach you a lesson.” Or “You don’t see the bigger picture. He had to allow this thing to happen in order to put you in the right place.” Or “God allowed this to happen to bring you to your knees and come to Him by faith.” Can I just tell you something right now? This thought process may go against everything that you have ever heard, but all of those things about God are a lie. He did not allow bad things to happen to teach you a lesson. He did not allow bad things to happen to put you in the right place and He did not allow bad things to happen to make your faith stronger. But instead of taking my word for it. I want us to really get into the Word of God and see what God says about why bad things happen to good people. Oh! And be sure to stay all the way to the end of the podcast, where we announce what's coming up with the UncommonTEEN App! Follow us on: IG: @Uncommon_Teen_Ministry Website: www.UncommonTEEN.com Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Join us this week for an incredible interview with J.Camille, the host of the Shift Podcast. The Shift Podcast was created to help us transition effectively through challenges. We all experience "shifts" at some time in our lives, whether it be going from middle school to high school or high school to college. Sometimes those shifts are easy to go through, sometimes they are terrifying! J.Camille shares with us how to remove any fears or obstacles that try to stand in our way to prevent us from moving into our God-given purpose. You don't want to miss this incredible interview! Also, stay to the very end, because we have two really awesome announcements that you aren't going to want to miss! You can check out J.Camille and the shift podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-shift/id1521771302 To learn more about UncommonTEEN, go to: https://www.UncommonTEEN.com Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! In part 1 of “What’s Your God-given Gift,” we talked about how God has given every single one of us a gift that will help us fulfill our God-given destiny…and let me tell you, you really were created on purpose, with a purpose, for a purpose! I also shared 3 questions for you to answer that will help you discover what your God-given gifts are. So, in this episode, we’re going to talk about what to do when you do discover your gift and how you can take your gift to the next level. We’re also going to talk about what your gift has to do with those around you and one thing that is actually way more important for you to have than your gift. Even if you haven’t quite discovered your God-given gift, yet, this is something that you can start now! So, What if you did ask yourself those three questions and you still have no clue what your gift is or you think you might know, but aren’t really sure, or maybe you know what your gifts and talents are, but you’re not quite sure how to use them in the way God wants you to? With me, when God revealed to me the general thought of my purpose…that I was going to be serving teens for the rest of my life. I was a little terrified. Can you even be a little terrified? Haha…I was terrified…I wasn’t just a little bit scared. I believe that the reason God hadn’t revealed my gift yet, was because He was doing something pretty incredible on the inside of me to prepare me for it. At that time, I was painfully shy. I had no confidence in myself or who God made me. If you would have told me back then that I was going to be starting UncommonTEEN, writing a devotional, creating a course for teen girls on God-confidence, hosting the UncommonTEEN podcast and be in the planning stages for our first conference for teen girls, I would have laughed and said, “Yeah right!” **Side note** One thing I love about God is that when He calls us to do something, the endgame is never small. If we are listening to God’s dreams more than our own dreams, we see that God’s dreams are way bigger than what we could ever accomplish on our own, because if we could do it on our own, we wouldn’t need Him. God loves getting to be a part of walking with you in your God-given destiny. See, if I would have known all that God was calling me to, I would have talked myself right out of my God-given gift, because I didn’t believe I could do it. One thing I love about God is that He isn’t even looking at what you can or cannot do right now, that will come later as he works within us along our journey. What He’s looking for is if you are available for Him to use…and that’s where faithfulness comes in, like we talked about in episode 13. Faithfulness IS key to discovering our God-given gift, but something that is even more important than discovering your God-given gift is developing your character. To learn more about this, check out the UncommonTEEN Podcast Episode 14. Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! God made you unique for a reason. You matter! You have a God-given gift hidden on the inside of you that will lead you to your life’s purpose. It is a God-given gift, a kingdom purpose that only you can fulfill. Sometimes I think we struggle with discovering our gifts, because our gift and our purpose is so engrained in who we are, we don’t even realize it is a gift. However, every single one of us has a God-given gift. Your gift is unique. Know that it won’t look like anyone else’s. To learn more, head on over to the UncommonTEEN episode #13 and listen in! Then, when you're done, be sure to email me what you discovered about your God-given gift at: [email protected] ***Also, I want to share with you super quick some really fun information about our podcast. Because of you all sharing this out to your friends, we now have over 3,500 downloads and are reaching teen girls in over 40 different countries, spanning across 5 of the 7 continents. You all are life-changers and difference-makers! I'm so proud of you and what you are doing for the Lord! Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Have you ever lost something that was valuable to you? Maybe it was a homework assignment or money or your purse, a housekey or maybe it was a piece of jewelry that meant a lot to you. For me, when I was in high school, I lost a necklace that meant a lot to me. See, growing up I didn’t have a lot of money so when someone got me a gift, I cherished that gift with everything I had. Well, this necklace that was given to me meant a lot to me, because not only was it a gift from a friend of mine, but it was a nice necklace…made of gold…and a lot of thought had gone into that gift. And guess what? One day, I was out practicing some soccer drills in my yard for about an hour. As I was packing up to head back inside, I realize that my necklace was no longer around my neck! So now the panic starts to set in. See, I don’t think I mentioned it, but our yard wasn’t a small yard, we lived on 3 acres. And where did I lose it? In our huge yard of all places! When I realized that I lost it, I didn’t just throw my hands in the air and say, “Oh well, no big deal” and then pack up my soccer equipment and head inside. No! I frantically searched my whole yard walking up and down in lines…scouring every bit of it…and guess what? I actually found that necklace! You can only imagine how excited I was! I felt like I could throw a party, I was so excited! Did you know that this is the same thing (well, minus the panic) that God does when He sees someone who has not yet accepted Him as their Lord and Savior? He sees the people He created as the most valuable things ever created. When they are lost and wandering on their own without Him, it makes His heart sad. He wants more than anything to be in a relationship with them, because He knows that when they come home to Him, that they will begin to really experience life and love and joy and peace. Listen to this week's podcast to learn more about how you, yes you, can lead someone to the Lord. CONNECT WITH US! Instagram: @Uncommon_Teen_Ministry Download the UncommonTEEN App on both Apple and Android devices. Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Our words are so powerful. Sometimes I don’t think we realize just how powerful the words coming out of our mouths are. Did you know that on average we speak anywhere between 10,000 and 25,000 words per day? That’s a lot of words! That’s also why God talked so much about the words coming out of our mouths as much as He did. Because he knew that we would need help controlling that little moving object under our noses. James 3:5 tells us, “And so the tongue is a small part of the body yet it carries great power. Just think how a small flame can set a forest ablaze.” And the beginning of verse 6 says, “and the tongue is a fire!” Then verses 9 and 10 go on to say, “We use our tongue to praise God our Father and then turn around and curse a person who was made in his very image! Out of the same mouth we pour out words of praise one minute and curses the next.” Ouch! Anyone else with me? I mean, think about it, have you ever said something that as soon as it left your mouth, you knew you shouldn’t have said it? Or have you ever said something to someone when you were mad that you didn’t really mean, but you were just taking it out on them because they were convenient? Yeah, I’ve done that, too. The crazy thing about our words is that, as James 3:5 says, they carry with them so much power. We can use our words to build someone up or we can use our words to tear someone down. To learn more about the power of your words and how to use your words to change your life, tune in to today's episode of the UncommonTEEN Podcast. Not following us on Instagram, yet? We'd love to have you join us @uncommon_teen_ministry Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Peer pressure is no joke. I am going to share a story with you of a 14-year old named Emily. It was her last year in middle school and as you may have noticed, also the time where friends decide to go all in for Jesus or they decide they want to follow the crowd and go for popularity. Emily had a great group of friends she would hang out with at school, but something changed when she was in 8th grade. Her friends wanted to start hanging out at the mall more on the weekends, which is not a bad thing in and of itself. However, one day while Emily was hanging out with her friends, she noticed as her and her best friend Jenna were looking at Jewelry that Jenna slipped a bracelet into her purse as if nothing happened. Then, Jenna looked at Emily and said, “All right, let’s go!” and walked out of the store. Emily was shocked. She wasn’t sure if what she thought she saw actually happened or if she was just seeing things. Emily knew she should have said something but was in such shock that she didn’t. A couple weeks later, Jenna asked Emily if she wanted to hang out with her again, but this time they were going to go hang out at the bowling alley. Not giving the last experience a thought, Emily agreed. This time, Jenna had asked a couple of her other friends to come join them. When they got to the bowling alley, Emily learned really quickly that their plans were not really to go hang out at the bowling alley. Their plans were to go to a party that some of the popular kids in high school were throwing. At this party, there would be no supervision and there would be alcohol. Emily was struggling big time, because she didn’t know how to tell them, “no." Without going into the story much more, I want to talk about peer pressure. So, what it peer pressure? Peer pressure is feeling like you have to do what your peers are doing in order to be liked or accepted by them. Like with Emily, she felt the pressure to do things her best friend wanted her to do, because she didn’t want to lose her best friend. To learn more about peer pressure, check out today's episode. You can also find us on IG @uncommon_teen_ministry and on our website at https://www.uncommonteen.newzenler.com Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! In Episode 8, we talked about how it is possible for us to be confident in prayer, so in this episode, we want to teach you how to pray with confidence. Getting started, I want to ask you a question? When you pray, how do you start your prayers? Do you pray to Jesus? Do you pray to God? Do you address God or Jesus in your prayer? The reason I ask this, is because it actually is important to know Who we are praying to. I have heard so many people, and if this is you, there is no condemnation…honestly, I don’t think this is talked about much, which is why I’m talking to you about this now! I want you to have powerful, effective prayer lives! What I’m talking about is praying directly to Jesus. Most of us have heard the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6:9-13, that Jesus Himself prayed. In this prayer, we see that Jesus prayed to our Father in Heaven. John 16:23 shows us the same, Jesus said, “Most assuredly I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.” Steps to Praying with Confidence: Make sure there is no unforgiveness. Talk to God about what's going on Decide specifically what result you want to see with what you came to God for and then find verses to back up what you want. Pray the verses that you found and choose to believe them and receive them. And then lastly, like we talked about before, we are going to end our prayer with saying, “In Jesus’ Name.” Now, this isn’t something you do because you have to do it, we pray in Jesus’ Name, because that’s where our power and our authority comes from…in what Jesus has done for us on the cross. It’s that simple! To learn more, listen in to Episode 9! You'll be glad you did! **Don't forget to download the UncommonTEEN app if you haven't already! You can find it in both on apple and android. In the next couple weeks, we are going to be unleashing some pretty awesome things and you don't want to miss it! Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Prayer was probably the one of the most challenging areas in my life when I was a young Christian. I felt like sometimes I was just talking to myself and didn’t know if I was praying correctly or if God was even hearing me. I also couldn’t understand how I was supposed to hear from God. Was I supposed to hear Him speak to me with words or even whisper to me in my head? It was an honest struggle. If you’re feeling that way as well, let me just help you with a little tidbit of information. God hears you all the time. He is all-knowing and knows what you’re walking through. He knows what your struggles are. He sees your wins in life. Prayer honestly is just communicating with God…and He hears you every time! However, even though I had these doubts about my prayer life, I didn’t give up, which was key to how my relationship with God has blossomed and become so much deeper. Know that the more time we spend with God, the more our relationship with Him will grow. I also want to share with you that your prayers are so powerful! Did you know that you don’t have to pray just because you’re supposed to or just because it makes you feel better? You can pray to actually get results! Tune into Pray with Confidence Part 1 to learn how! Hang out with us on: IG: @uncommon_teen_ministry Site: UncommonTEEN.com Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! We see them everywhere; we hear them all the time…what am I talking about? Quotes along the lines of: “Just believe in yourself.” And “if you believe in yourself, anything is possible!” And “You can do anything if you just put your mind to it!” Self-Confidence is such a buzz word today, that I'm sure if we were to look up "self-esteem" or "self-confidence" online, we would find website after website saying something along the lines of, “25 ways to build your self-esteem” or “10 ways to boost your self-confidence quickly.” I'm sure the people who originally spoke these quotes have good intentions and good hearts and in our culture, we buy into the self-confidence lines. I mean, who wouldn't want want to be happier, make better decisions, build confidence, fulfill their dreams and live out who they were created to be? However, there is a huge problem. We are putting all of our hope, all of our trust, all of our confidence in ourselves and not in the one who created us. I don't know about you, but I'm probably not the best place to be putting my confidence. Sometimes, thought I try not to live by my emotions, I'm up one minute and down the next. It's not very stable ground. To learn more, check out today's podcast, "Self-Confidence vs God-Confidence." Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Did you know that God loves you as much as He loves Jesus? Like the same amount. Let that sink in…He doesn’t love Jesus more than He loves you, He loves you as much as He loves Jesus! Did you know that there is nothing that you can do that will get God to love you any less than He does right now. Absolutely Nothing! He won’t love you any less if you mess up, like even royally mess up. Love Letter from God Adapted from The Father's Heart Communications My Child, You may not know Me, but I know everything about you. (Psalm 139:1) I know when you sit down and when you rise up. (Psalm 139:2) I am familiar with all your ways. (Psalm 139:3) Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. (Matthew 10:29-31) For you were made in My image. (Genesis 1:27) I knew you even before you were conceived. (Jeremiah 1:4-5) I chose you when I planned creation. (Ephesians 1:11-12) You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book. (Psalm 139:15-16) You are fearfully and wonderfully made. (Psalm 139:14) I knit you together in your mother’s womb. (Psalm 139:13) And brought you forth on the day you were born. (Psalm 71:6) I have been misrepresented by those who don’t know Me. (John 8:41-44) I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love. (1 John 4:16) And it is My desire to lavish My love on you. (1 John 3:1) Every good gift that you receive comes from My hand. (James 1:17) For I am your provider and I meet all your needs. (Matthew 6:31-33) My plan for your future has always been filled with hope. (Jeremiah 29:11) Because I love you with an everlasting love. (Jeremiah 31:3) My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore. (Psalm 139:17-18) And I rejoice over you with singing. (Zephaniah 3:17) I will never stop doing good to you. (Jeremiah 32:40) For you are My treasured possession. (Exodus 19:5) If you seek Me with all your heart, you will find Me. (Deuteronomy 4:29) Delight in Me and I will give you the desires of your heart. (Psalm 37:4) For it is I who gave you those desires. (Philippians 2:13) I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine. (Ephesians 3:20) For I am your greatest encourager. (2 Thessalonians 2:16-17) I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles. (2 Corinthians 1:3-4) When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you. (Psalm 34:18) I am your Father, and I love you even as I love My son, Jesus. (John 17:23) For in Jesus, My love for you is revealed. (John 17:26) He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you. (Romans 8:31) And to tell you that I am not counting your sins. (2 Corinthians 5:18-19) His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you. (1 John 4:10) And nothing will ever separat Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Honestly, I feel like it’s becoming more and more normal for people to become toxic. So, before we get started, let’s talk about what toxic friends are. The word, “toxic” in the dictionary means, “extremely harsh, malicious or harmful.” And honestly that is exactly what a toxic friend is. They are harsh, malicious and they hurt us. A lot of times, toxic friends don’t necessarily want to be mean, but because they are hurting so badly on the inside, the only way they see to make themselves feel better is to make others feel worse. There’s a quote that says, “Blowing out someone else’s candle will never make yours shine brighter.” And this is exactly what toxic people do…they are trying to blow out our candles to make theirs shine brighter. Listen in and learn more about what toxic friends are, how to avoid toxic friends and what to do if a friend of yours starts to become toxic. If you haven't downloaded the UncommonTEEN app, go ahead and do that today! We have some fun things coming up in the next couple months that you won't want to miss! Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Sometimes in life we have to make decisions that are really hard. There’s a quote by Abraham Lincoln that says, “Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.” Abraham Lincoln I think that quote really does sum up the decisions that we have to make in life, because the decisions we make today are directly connected to our future. I think one of the hardest decisions that we will ever make in life is choosing who our friends are going to be. Check out this podcast to learn more about what makes a great friend and practical tips that you can apply today to start making great friends. Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Okay, so I am a natural born thinker. God has definitely given me a gift to think about….EVERYTHING! My brain is usually going 100 miles per hour. However, if I’m not careful, I can tend to overthink things…especially when I mess up with doing something or saying something. Even if what I did or said wasn’t necessarily a bad thing…but came off sounding ridiculous. Sometimes I would be myself up for days and mentally think, “Why did I do that?” or even if it was just running through the scenario over and over and over again…for like days. Have you ever done that? Have you ever beat yourself up mentally over something that you did or said and it was like super hard to let it go? A lot of times, I think it’s easier for us to forgive someone else for saying or doing something wrong than it is for us to forgive ourselves for saying or doing something wrong. When we continually beat ourselves up over something we did or said, we are stepping into condemnation. The problem with that is condemnation is not from God; it’s from the devil. Romans 8:1 says, “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.” As Christians, God doesn’t want us to walk in condemnation, because He wants us free! Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Okay, so I know that I’m not the only one who has ever done this. So I want to know, have you ever walked into a room, saw another girl in that room and then began to compare yourself to her. I don’t mean from an, “I’m better than you attitude,” but from an, “I wish I was more (BLANK) like her” attitude. For example, “I wish I was thin like her. She doesn’t even have to try.” Or “It’s not fair. That girl is so beautiful. I wish I could look like her.” Or maybe you have thought to yourself not so much about the way someone else looks, but maybe about their personality, “I wish I was more like her. She can just walk into a room, not know anybody and yet it seems like everyone is instantly friends with her.” The problem is that, if we aren’t cautious, we can get stuck in what I call The Dreaded Comparison Trap. And let me tell you, the Comparison Trap is not a place you want to be. Actually, I would even say that the comparison trap can be a very dangerous place to be. You may be thinking, “Dangerous? Really? Come on. You’re being dramatic. Yeah, maybe…haha…but in all seriousness, it actually can be a dangerous place because instead of you seeing yourself as the incredibly beautiful and unique creation that God created you to be, you can start to wish you were someone else…someone that God never intended you to be. Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! UncommonTEEN is a ministry especially for Christian teen girls. My heart is to help you really see who it is that God created you to be. God created you so beautifully and He sees you as valuable. In a world that tells us that we are worthless and that we don’t have a voice, it’s so important for us to truly understand that that’s a lie from the enemy and that God says something completely different about you. In UncommonTEEN, we want to see you overcome insecurities that are holding you back. We want to help you discover how to make true friends while avoiding toxic relationships. We want to walk you through the challenges that you are facing in a very practical way. Also in UncommonTEEN, we want to help you begin to walk in your God-give purpose. God created you for a specific purpose and we want to help you discover what that purpose is. So that is what UncommonTEEN is. You may be wondering, why the name UncommonTEEN. The name UncommonTEEN comes from Acts 4:13. This is actually one of my favorite verses in the entire Bible. It says in the Amplified Classic version (or AMPC), “Now when they saw the boldness and unfettered eloquence of Peter and John and perceived that they were unlearned and untrained in the schools [common men with no educational advantages], they marveled; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus." With Peter and John, they were just common men who spent time with Jesus. And because they did, Jesus was able to transform them from common to uncommon. The same thing is true with us. When we spend time with God on a daily basis, growing in our relationship with Him, we too, become uncommon. I saw this happen firsthand in my life. I was one of those girls who was okay at lot of things, but never really great at anything. I walked through life feeling like there wasn’t anything really special about me. I was shy as I talked about earlier. I didn’t have a lot of friends. I never really felt like there was a purpose for my life. Haha…but I was wrong! To share with you a little about me, I didn’t become a Christian until I was a senior in high school. Since I didn’t have anything planned the summer before I went off to college, I chose to work at a summer camp…as a cook! Not as a worship leader or a camp counselor, but a cook! However, it was during that summer that God spoke to my heart so strongly and told me what I was going to be doing for the rest of my life. So earlier I shared that I didn’t become a Christian until my senior year of high school. I didn’t grow up in a Christian family. There was a lot of abuse and drugs in my home. It was not a functional home by any means. Fast forward back to the summer camp. One night, I was walking around campus and saw a group of girls gathered under a tree and I felt God tugging at my heart to go talk to them. As I was talking to them, I realized that they Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Hey friends, welcome to UncommonTEEN: The Podcast for Christian Teen Girls. Each week we talk about real life issues that you are facing every day and how to overcome them in a way that stays true to who you are. We’ll talk about issues like making friends, how to avoid toxic friends, feeling lonely, understanding that you have a purpose and so much more. I’m your host, Jamie Kirschner. I’m so excited you’re here. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast and we will see you back here next week. Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT