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REFLECTION (Monthly News Bulletin)
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Centenary Baptist Church, Hanamkonda
Volume 18 September 2023
“But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires” Rom 13:14
The New Age Goddess
The entire human race is being entrapped by Digital bait
of the devil. All the people all over the world, irrespective
of age, gender, race, nation, religion, culture, have been
hypnotized and tricked into bowing down before the god
of this world. It's like falling in love with devil’s youngest
daughter, the new age goddess. It soothes the mood,
softens the minds, seduces the hearts, smothers the joy and
happiness out of the lives of people.
Entertainment without end:
There was a time when it would take a lot time, energy,
money to buy a movie ticket and watch it. But the
technology has facilitated it. Entertainment has become
the biggest addiction to all, people are being eaten up by
it. There are dozens of OTT platforms, hundreds of movies
and programs are available on each one of them. When
people have just kind of addiction causes several health
issues like sleeplessness, decline in physical activity,
fatigue, poor diet, social isolation, Cognitive impairment,
et cetera. You have to sacrifice all the good things to rope
in every unwanted outcome.
Excitement for emptiness:
When people are looking for acceptance appreciation and
approval the devil promises a lot more than that but in
return rewards rejection and humiliation. Every human
being is unique, God gave different abilities to different
people, people excel in different areas of life, everyone
deserves some amount of respect for his or her talent, hard
work and achievements. In most of the cases people are
either approved or disapproved by others who are total
strangers. Sometimes the more people try for the approval
of others they are more victimized by their disapproval.
Trolling is something that has gone beyond the norms of
morality, killing the instincts of conscience. The more the
negative returns come from the social media, the more
people continue to sacrifice their joy and happiness on its
altar.
Engagement for deprivation:
Gaming is another promise by this new age goddess, the
more an individual spends time, energy and strength the
more it excites him. Creativity and productivity are two
great tools for a man to become successful in life, but the
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sad reality is his creativity and productivity are
diminishing significantly due to this, once these two
abilities are crippled, man is bound by the wretchedness of
mere need to labor to feed on crumbs. Some young people
have died playing games for hours due to anxiety that led
to heart attacks.
Expectations but entrapments:
Many young people set their foot in the arena of this new
goddess with lots of expectations of finding comfort and
companionship of Lifetime. Why any young man or
woman should trust any stranger on social media or dating
apps, is not so surprising, as everything seems so
promising on its platform. Many young girls have traded
their lifetime joy for false promises, many are tricked,
trapped and forced into non-consensual sex, blackmailed
either for money or for more sexual activities, many are
finally driven to commit suicide. Upon all this, there’s an
illogical restraint felt by young people of not sharing their
guilt and facts with their loved ones. Many young people
fail to understand the love of their parents, what they can
do for them and how they can fight for them. Can we
calculate the damage here? Almost impossible.
Endorsement for reprobation:
God created the entire universe by His word alone but God
made man in His own image which is the most sacred part
in a human being. No other creature upon the face of this
earth has both outer beauty and invaluable inner image.
whether it's man or woman, our bodies must be treated as
the temple of God. One’s body is not meant for exposing
or exhibiting for obscenity. Any kind of such activity is to
trespass the most holy territory, which must be entered
only by the consent of its maker in holy matrimony.
Pornography only adds fuel to wrong fire, once a young
man falls into it, it only needs God’s miracle for him to be
delivered. Nothing must be exciting for the devil more
than defilement of the human body that is so precious and
meant to be held sacred for the glory of God. Young
people fail to understand the severity of mental damage it
causes to their future marriage.
“Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as
wise, making the best use of time, because the days are
evil” Eph 5:15,16. In all your ways acknowledge the
presence of God and fear Him, you will walk uprightly and
witness His blessings. Praise & Prayer
God bless you ▪ Praise God for the Youth Get Together on the 76th
Rev R Moses Independence Day.
Asst. Pastor, CBC, Hanamkonda. ▪ Praise God for His mercy all through the last months.
▪ Praise God for His protection upon all our families.
▪ Pray for our peace in our Nation & Leadership
From The Director ▪ Pray for Manipur
Dear beloved, ▪ Pray for the sick

Greetings to you all in the matchless and highly exalted

name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I appreciate Happy Birthday To You
every individual for taking time to participate actively in T. Bharath Daniel 6th
the Youth Get Together, conducted on the 15th of Aug, Ch. Alekhya Ratan 21st
2023. Hope and pray that you will hold onto your M. Noah Israel 28th
commitments taken on that day. V. Paul Abhilash 28th
M. Deepika 30th
Wish you all a joyous and Happy Birthday. May God
Bless You and open every door in your life in this year that
He has planned for you. May the Lord Bless you according
to His promise:
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord,
plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future
and a hope”. Jeremiah 29:11

Dear Brother/Sister,

We invite you to the Baptist Youth Fellowship family. This is a

Group photo taken on the 15th of Aug, ‘23
wonderful opportunity for us (youth) to glorify Jesus through
praise and worship, let us meet on every Saturday at youth
If you choose to believe in Jesus, God will be your Father
service by 6:30pm. Don’t miss the word of God.
and you will become His beloved child and be part of His
heavenly and everlasting kingdom. The sacrifice of Jesus In His service,
was the only way for God to bring us back to Himself James D
because our sin separates us from God. Jesus willingly Youth president.
took our sin, to serve our sentence, to take our place on the
cross, so we can be reconciled with the Father. "..As many Youth Fellowship Schedule
as received Him, to them He gave the right to become
children of God, to those who believe in His name." - John
(6:30pm - 8:00pm)
1st Saturday -- Chain Prayers
1:12. On the other hand, it is also important for us to know nd
2 Saturday -- Message by Pastor
that when we deny this gift of love, and continue on the
3rd Saturday -- Message by Pastor
path to disobedience, turning away from God, we
4th Saturday -- Message by Pastor
authorize the power of Satan over our lives, who will
5th Saturday -- Bible Games
ultimately lead us to hell, his prison!
T.S Martin (Director) James D (President) A Sonia (Treasurer)
Jesus said, "Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot 9700459772 9949974899 9701685421
kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy
both soul and body in hell." - Matthew 10:28.
Do not turn your back on God. Repent, before it is too late.
Now is the time, make right choices and live for the glory
of God. May God bless you!
With love and prayers
T.S. Martin
Youth Director