Because i dont know if it should be like this.....



Well, ever since I became christian , I've never had such few friends in my entire life...
I've always had multiple groups of friends and now it seems like the second I mention I go to church and stuff, people just kind of back off. Even my old Best friends sometimes dont even acknowledge me .As far as being a testimony , God is working in me greatly, but I feel like the only thing making me un-testimony-like is the fact that Im alone a lot and people probably think Im antisocial and depressing.

I think another problem is that i just find it hard now to make friends because i dont really have much in common at all with many youth. For one, a large percentage of my school is spanish and I dont really speak spanish good. Another, a large percentage are always trying to impress boys and is engages into all that "she said this" drama. And thats not my thing at all atm. I just don't really know how to approach this situation, is it normal...? Am I doing something wrong?right?


dont get me wrong , I still have friends.... but even those friends have declined coming to church so much that I feel like im just annoying if I keep inviting them and they will get the wrong impressiom of me in behalf of "christianity".
So thus, I feel discouraged ultimately because I havn't been able to bring a friend to church for a long time because it seems like youth nowadays rather do any other worldly thing rather than come with me to "church"

I had a very similar post. This is common in many Christian's lives.

http://www.christianteenforums.com/depressed-t62361.html

Swampfox was the first one to reply and I had a chat with him afterwards and he advised me to pray about more friends, more people I can relate to etc. After I prayed God began giving and giving abundantly. I was amazed and rejoiced in what God did for me after I prayed. Now I have many more Christian friends.

So the best advice I can pass on to you from him is pray on it. Pray for more friends that you can relate to and be close with etc. Pray in total faith and God will show you the way.

Alot of people go through this. I was homeschooled from elementary school all the way through highschool. I never had anyone to invite to church because any friends I had were either at church or were homeschoolers that already went to their own church. Now I am in college so I have many friends who don't know Christ, and many of them are willing to come with me to church!
Hopefully you won't have to wait as long as I did to be a witness, but eventually your friends will get used to you being a Christian, and maybe even loosen up to the idea of going to church... And trust me if your current friends never accept this new you then God will bring people into your life who will.
I agree that it is good advice to pray hard and persistantly, that God would give you friends that are receptive to Christ's message.
One of my mentors went through what you are going through when she was in highschool. Before she became a christian she often hung out with the wrong crowd, they would party get drunk, and often skip school because of this. When she met Christ she stopped all this, and in consequence lost most of her friends. Those that still talked to her were often absent from school, which is were she found herself spending more of her time. During lunch she would sit with this other kid who often sat alone himself. He professed to be an athiest, and from her description was intimidating. She would often end up debating with him over her faith, and how she could believe in God. She never thought she was making an impact, but a few years after she graduated she ran into him at a church service. She said he had completely changed his appearance. She went over to say hello, and he emmediately thanked her for being the witness she had been, and said that it was because of her that he decided to become a Christian.
So it might not seem like you are making an impact, but really you never know what Christ is doing in your friends lives.
I hope this helps!


Joshua 1:9- I command you- be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.