I decided to take a look at Abundant Life Academy's web page. This one thing that Craig puts forth - he didn't bother to say what Bible version he used, and I personally find that the Authorized KJV cuts down on confusion, but I'll show you what Craig has set forth and then the KJV wording - and the REST of the matter that Craig so conveniently failed to put forth.
Abundant Life Academy's web page says:
"Your teen does have a destiny in Christ, "...For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for calamity, to give you a future, and a hope..." -Jeremiah 29:11
Authorized KJV says:
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Jeremiah 29:11
Quite a LOT of difference isn't there? The Lord does NOT think evil of children or anybody - The Lord has thoughts of PEACE toward us ALL so that a child and everyone can have an expected end.
Does describing teens as TROUBLED in ANY WAY cause ANYBODY to have thoughts of PEACE toward a CHILD? (Abundant Life Academy and Craig Rogers on their definition page use the word TROUBLED no less than 16 times. It is clear that they are trying to get anybody who reads there "comfortable" with that AWFUL word! Not what God wants, I don't believe, but apparently what CRAIG ROGERS wants.)
It is through THOUGHTS of PEACE that The Lord DRAWS PEOPLE TO HIM and we are to emulate The Lord if we are to speak His TRUTH. Read on...
Further found in Jeremiah, Chapter 29, are these verses which Abundant Life Academy does not put forth in their advertisements - and you will see why they don't once you read - there is one that I believe speaks directly to AMANDA AND PAIGE -verse 14, below:
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:11-13
FOR PAIGE AND AMANDA, THUS SAITH THE LORD:
And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive. Jeremiah 29:14
THERE'S MORE THAT CRAIG DIDN'T REPORT - MAYBE BECAUSE GOD SENT A WARNING AGAINST THE LIKES OF CRAIG ROGERS AND ABUNDANT LIFE ACADEMY?
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 29:8-9
The Lord has spoken! 'Nuf said CRAIG!
God IS with you AMANDA & PAIGE - NEVER doubt it! GO IN PEACE: Amanda, you are a WONDERFUL child. Paige: You are an AWESOME person with a TRUE heart for The Lord!!! (You go girls!!!)