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Confronting Issues That Threaten Your Family

Confronting Issues That Threaten Your Family. HOW TO AVOID TEENAGE SUICIDE. TEENAGE SUICIDE. Second leading cause of death among college students; Third leading cause of death among youths age 15-24; Sixth leading cause of death among children age 5-14

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Confronting Issues That Threaten Your Family

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  1. Confronting Issues That Threaten Your Family HOW TO AVOID TEENAGE SUICIDE

  2. TEENAGE SUICIDE • Second leading cause of death among college students; Third leading cause of death among youths age 15-24; Sixth leading cause of death among children age 5-14 • 500,000 teenagers try to kill themselves every year – 5,000 carry it out • Suicide rate has tripled among teen/youth since 1970. • Every hour and forty-five minutes another person commits suicide.

  3. WHAT CAN I DO? • Look for danger signs: Persistent sad or “empty” mood; Feeling hopeless, helpless, worthless, pessimistic and or guilty; substance abuse, disturbances in eating and sleeping patterns; withdrawal from family and friends, “You will be sorry when I’m dead”. • Do not Avoid talking about it.

  4. QUESTIONS GOD ANSWERS • WHO AM I ?

  5. WHO AM I? • Both PHYSICAL and SPIRITUAL (I Thess. 5:23, Matt. 4:4) • The Father of our Spirits Cares For Our PHYSICAL WELFARE (Heb. 12:9, Matt. 6:15) • We MUST put SPRITUAL before the PHYSICAL (Matt. 6:33, Rom. 12:1, I Tim. 4:8

  6. QUESTIONS GOD ANSWERS • Who am I? • Whom can I Trust?

  7. MAN CAN LIE NOT ALWAYS FAITHFUL GOD CANNOT LIE! (Titus 1:2) ALWAYS FAITHFUL! (I Tim. 4:9, 2 Tim. 2:11-13) WHOM CAN I TRUST?

  8. QUESTIONS GOD ANSWERS • What Can I DO WELL? • Can I Stand On MY OWN?

  9. ANSWERED IN THE HOME "Most important of all is the need an adolescent has for a stable, supportive home environment, one that somehow creates a delicate balance between fortifying a budding sense of autonomyand recognizing true and sensitive areas of dependence" (Peter Giovacchini , THE URGE TO DIE)

  10. ANSWERED IN THE HOME "Most important of all is the need an adolescent has for a stable, supportive home environment, one that somehow creates a delicate balance between fortifying a budding sense of autonomyand recognizing true and sensitive areas of dependence" (Peter Giovacchini , THE URGE TO DIE) Matt. 7:12 A D

  11. QUESTIONS GOD ANSWERS • What Is Life All About? • Where Am I Going?

  12. WISDOM the measurement of your life? (Eccl. 2:12-17) RICHES the measurement of your life? (Eccl. 2:18-21) WHERE AM I GOING? DEATH

  13. ALL will be Judged – RIGHTEOUS and the WICKED (Eccl. 3:16-17) WHERE AM I GOING? JUDGMENT

  14. “God will bring thee to judgment” (Eccl. 11:9) “Remember thy creator…before the evil days…” (Eccl. 12:1-7) WHERE AM I GOING? “O Young Man”

  15. ECCLESIASTES 12 13) This is the end of the matter; all hath been heard: Fear God and keep His commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. 14) For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

  16. QUESTIONS GOD ANSWERS • Who Am I? • Whom Can I Trust? • What Can I Do Well? • Can I Stand On My Own? • What Is Life About? • Where Am I Going?

  17. IN CHRIST • A SELF to live WITH – “no condemnation” (Rom. 8:1) • A FAITH to live BY (Gal. 2:20) • A HOPE to live FOR (I Pet. 1:3-5) CHRIST IS THE ANSWER

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