Youth Ministries All Around the World Have a Tough Job to Do, But It's Far From Impossible

I wrote this article to help all youth leaders to run effective youth ministries to the honor and glory of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Are you ready to get into it?

Grab a pen and paper quick and let's get into it shall we?

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Once you are reborn, or become saved, you come under the leadership of God, the Father. You become part of His family... and an heir. You now qualify for all that is His. According to Jesus, no one can legitimately enter, except through Him (Jesus).

He is the only way in... but, there are many who will try to call you out. They will try to get you to leave the family of God and you get you back into the world.

Trying to be independent and self-sufficient seems to be the standard mode of operation for a large portion of humanity. As a group, we tend to admire those who can fend for themselves. Their strength to provide for their own needs and rise in the ranks of society, science, or commerce gives them a place of prominence in our collective consciousness.

It is a principle of the Scriptures that the individual can affect the community in either a positive or negative way. For the later, Achan serves as a prime example. His rebellion against the decree of Yahweh affected the whole nation, putting an end to the surge of excitement surrounding the fall of Jericho and foreshadowing the eventual fall and corruption of the entire nation into apostasy.

Fourty-five percent of the American population believe that God created humans and placed them on the Earth less than 10,000 years ago. It is an incredible statistic. That's 135,512,978 people in the USA who believe the Earth is 10,000 years old, twice the population of the UK.

The question of faith has always been a contentious, and interesting one.

The future has been abolished! Does that statement seem outlandish? Let me explain.

Secularism, whether it's called Secular Humanism or atheism, is the belief that there is no God and no accountability to God in the afterlife. To the secularist death results in the ending of consciousness.

Secularists believe that humans evolved from pond scum and end up rotting in the grave.

My grandson fully dressed in cap and gown proudly walked across the stage to receive his diploma. He was now officially graduated from pre-school. As he received his diploma he was asked one question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Without hesitation he clearly stated, "A prophet." The audience applauded his choice and he joined the rest of his fellow graduates, who had aspirations of being firemen, horseback riders, rock stars, mommies, and policemen.

Sanctification is an important topic in the Christian faith. It is the basis of much confusion among its adherents, often resulting in much internal angst. Misunderstanding in this area can even be an indication that an individual is not walking in the Christian faith.

Let us first examine how the sanctification process can be misunderstood, causing a level of anguish amongst Christians.

Have you noticed that the world wants to believe that people are good? Even Jesus said, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God" (Mark 10:18).

The bottom line is we are NOT good, and we can never become good. Romans 3:12 tells us, "All have turned aside, together they have become useless; there is none who does good, there is not even one.

A young Christian woman lay on an examination table, she was just diagnosed with a terminal illness, and she was determined to not be afraid of dying. She closed her eyes and imagined what it would be like to meet God face to face. An older couple lay awake; they just found out there retirement money was stolen by a greedy bank executive. The husband held his wife in his arms, and snickered at Satan's attempt to ruin their lives, "At least we won't have to work for money in heaven!"

To be born in a corrupt and evil world is to realize that none of us can ever pull ourselves up unless we believe in more than what the world has to offer.