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This past week I saw a movie called The Hunger Games, Catching Fire . I enjoyed the first one and it has increasingly become more and more popular. As I watched the second one I realized I was watching a teenager that is being portrayed as a leader, hero, and someone who everyone looks up to. How was she able to do that and can God use teenagers in the same way? In the movie Katniss Everdeen is a simple girl who never wanted to be in the lime light. What was so incredible about her was her courage and her willingness to always stand up for what was right. I love  what symbolized this the most was the scene where she had the flaming clothes coming back into the capital. Everyone starting calling her the "girl on Fire" and wanted to be just like her! What would it look like if students and young adults were looked as the girl on fire or the man on fire? Students and young adults that were brave, had courage, and always stood up for what is right. Romans 12:11 says, ...

There is a song that I heard recently that caught my attention. The song is by Imagine Dragons and it is called Demons. In the song the artist explains that no one is perfect and how we are all dealing with something that may haunt us or keeps giving us trouble. When you feel my heat Look into my eyes It’s where my demons hide It’s where my demons hide Don’t get too close It’s dark inside It’s where my demons hide It’s where my demons hide We all have our so called demons inside. It may be a temptation that we can't get past. Maybe it was a past event that we cannot forgive. Whatever it is on the outside we look like we are doing ok but in the inside it is screaming out.  So what do we do with these so called demons? It is simple, lay them at the feet of Jesus. You see the Bible says that he is our high priest and everything we have experienced he knows and understands us. Hebrews 4:15-16 says "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with ou...