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A prayer for heart changes in youth
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Youth Ministry Lesson - A Healthy Spiritual Heart for Youth www.CreativeYouthIdeas.com A prayer for heart changes in youth www.CreativeSermonIdeas.com
www.CreativeYouthIdeas.com As a youth, we need to ask God for: • A LEARNER’S HEART • Learn for God’s glory, your edification, and the furtherance of the Gospel. • To know, knowledge are used at least 51 times in Proverbs. • Weigh all learning through the knowledge of Jesus Christ (II Peter 3:18). www.CreativeSermonIdeas.com
www.CreativeYouthIdeas.com • AN UNDERSTANDING HEART- 65 times in Proverbs • To be able to interpret what you learn (above) in God’s perspective (Proverbs 2:10,11). • To be able to understand yourself first (Proverbs 4:7-9) and then others. www.CreativeSermonIdeas.com
www.CreativeYouthIdeas.com • AN HONEST, TRANSPARENT HEART • 1. What you can’t understand (above), share with the person giving you the real or imagined problem (Matthew 5:23,24). www.CreativeSermonIdeas.com
www.CreativeYouthIdeas.com • A PURE HEART • In an increasingly amoral world we must flee youthful lusts (II Timothy 2:22). • Young men and women overcome by letting God’s Word live within (I John 2:14). • Don’t be a loner – go out two by two (Mark 6:7). www.CreativeSermonIdeas.com
www.CreativeYouthIdeas.com • A DISCRETIONARY HEART- in Word and in Deed • To know the difference between that which unnecessarily offends and the inoffensive (Proverbs 2:11). • Lord, help me not to be a stumbling block to younger Christians (I Corinthians 8). www.CreativeSermonIdeas.com
www.CreativeYouthIdeas.com • A RESPECTFUL HEART • You may not agree with or understand someone, but respect him for his work’s sake (I Thessalonians 5:12). • Notice in I Timothy 5:1,2 the intricate relationships that young Timothy must observe. www.CreativeSermonIdeas.com
www.CreativeYouthIdeas.com • A DISCIPLINED HEART • 1. One that chooses against oneself in all matters great or small (Luke 9:23). What you are will be your message (II Corinthians 3:2,3): www.CreativeSermonIdeas.com
www.CreativeYouthIdeas.com • A SERVANT’S ALERT HEART • 1. Become a load-lifter. Anticipate what would be helpful and then do it. Study the greatest servant in all of history, Jesus Christ (Mark 10:42-45). www.CreativeSermonIdeas.com
www.CreativeYouthIdeas.com • A COMMUNICATING HEART • This is the counterbalance to merely “being a good example.” Communicate by word, the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. • Acts uses words like witness, teach, tell, proclaim, etc., 113 times or an average of four per chapter. • Your personal testimony, backed by God’s Word are your greatest weapons (Revelation 12:11). www.CreativeSermonIdeas.com
www.CreativeYouthIdeas.com • A PRAISING, THANKFUL HEART • If you learn this through loneliness, problems, misunderstandings – you will be A-OK with God. • In everything give thanks (I Thessalonians 5:18; Ephesians 5:20; Hebrews 13:15): www.CreativeSermonIdeas.com
www.CreativeYouthIdeas.com Creative Youth IdeasCamp Bible Study Series“Who Do You Say that I AM?” Jesus asked the disciples, "Who do others say that I am?" It was easy to answer because it required no conviction, no commitment, and no risk. But then he follows that question with another, "Who do YOU say that I am?" -> Tell me about “Who Do You Say that I AM?” www.creativeyouthideas.com/resources/whodoyousay.html
www.CreativeYouthIdeas.com Creative Youth IdeasYouth Camp Bible Study Series“Fruit Of the Spirit” Live the Fruitful, Abundant Life Jesus Promised. Great for youth camps or weekly Youth Bible Study. There are 7 Primary Bible study Sessions in the series. -> Tell me about “Fruit Of the Spirit” www.creativeyouthideas.com/resources/fruitofthespirit.html