We often talk about Heaven and Hell as "places" people go when they die based on the life they lived. Ypj challenges our thinking about heaven and hell to view them as present realities that we play a part in bringing into our world. Every day we can choose to bring heaven into our homes, school and lives of our friends...or we can choose to bring them hell. The choice, and the responsibility to choose right, is ours.

Today's Christian youth look and act almost the same as the rest of the world...why is that? Because their spiritual foundation is weak - consisting of mostly fun, friends, and feelings. ypj begins talking about what a solid foundation that will last a lifetime is built on. The first thing - Truth.

ypj continues talking about trust using the story of Peter walking on water as an example. Peter trusted Jesus, but he also doubted. Jesus, however, didn't give up on Peter even when he fell short.

ypj talks about a problem many of us have...we like to give God little sacrifices instead of giving him what he truly wants - us - our total commitment to him.

ypj discusses Proverbs 3 and explains that there are many things that God wants us to seek after...because the result of seeking those things leads to a blessed life. Under God's umbrella are all the good things we are seeking.

Trusting doesn't come easy for most of us because we have all been hurt at some point or another. ypj discusses the life of Peter and tells us something that was really special about him...he trusted Jesus. And as a result of his trust he did something that no other disciple did...he walked on water.

God has already written your whole life story, and He wants you to come to Him so He can lead you into it. But you can't come to God on your own terms...you need to "lose yourself" in pursuit of Him. Find out what pleases God, then do it, and let Him bring into your life the things that please you.

In this final discussion on depression ypj talks about being like velcro or teflon. You can either hold onto all the negative in life (like velcro) or you can hold onto what God says about you and let the negative things slip off you (like teflon). The choice is yours. (But I'm goin' teflon.)

ypj continues his discussion on depression and talks about habits to develop in your life that will keep you from being depressed. Depression is a battle for your mind and there are ways to fight against the lies and overcome them. (I never actually ended up finishing the list I started in this episode. I will eventually do another series on depression in the future and plan to revisit this list and finish it. - ypj)

ypj exposes depression for what it is...a lie. There is a battle going on in your mind, and it is Satan's goal to bring you down so that, ultimately, he can keep you from accomplishing your purpose. The answer to depression is found in Psalm 73...getting a new perspective on your life...God's perspective.