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Preventing Disconnection: Reasons We're Losing Our Youth to the World

Discover the factors leading young people to lose interest in spirituality and drift away. Learn about the impact of friends, parental influence, church image, lax standards at home, and lack of family time. Uncover the warning signs and practical solutions. Proverbs 22:6 guides us to train children in the right path to prevent them from straying. Understanding these reasons is crucial in safeguarding the future of our youth.

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Preventing Disconnection: Reasons We're Losing Our Youth to the World

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  1. Not Uncommon For Young People • Lose interest in spiritual matters • Pull away – become “distant” • Start missing some – then quit attending • Date, engaged & marry non-Christian • Involved in alcohol or drugs Ultimately Lose Them To The World!

  2. Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it. • A General Principle • Suggests – more than one reason why depart

  3. Why? Knowing why may help prevent losing more!

  4. Why Are We Losing Our Young People

  5. Why Are We Losing Our Young People I. Bad Influence – of their Friends

  6. Power of friendship • May or may not see it • Where it could lead The Warnings Tell Us I. Bad Influence – of their Friends A. Warnings 1. Prov. 1:10-19 2. Prov. 12:26 3. Prov. 22:24-25 4. 1 Cor. 15:33

  7. I. Bad Influence – of their Friends A. Warnings B.How It Happens 1. Gradually drift (Heb. 2:1) 2. Desensitized to sin (Psa. 1:1) 3. Pressure mounts when outnumbered (Exo. 23:2, 33; Rom. 12:2) 4. Easily become like them (Prov. 23:20-21)

  8. Why Are We Losing Our Young People I. Bad Influence – of their Friends II. Poor Example – of their Parents

  9. II. Poor Example – of their Parents A. Young People Learn From What They See 1. General principle (Matt. 5:13-16; 1 Tim. 4:12) 2. Become like parents (Prov. 20:7; Ez. 16:44) 3. Actions speak louder than words.

  10. II. Poor Example – of their Parents A. Young People Learn From What They See B.Young People Often See Parents Who: 1. Didn’t go to Bible Class 2. Didn’t go on Sunday night 3. Didn’t go on Wednesday night 4. Miss a lot when don’t feel good 5. Miss a lot for work 6. Emphasis on material over spiritual 7. Emphasis on school over spiritual 8. Toyed with worldliness Don’t Be Surprised When They Turn Out Just Like You Trained Them!

  11. Why Are We Losing Our Young People I. Bad Influence – of their Friends II. Poor Example – of their Parents III. Weak Image – of the Church

  12. III. Weak Image – of the Church From the time a child is old enough to pay attention to what goes on at church (For example: 10 years old) They form an image of the church and Christianity. Until they are 20 (10 year period) What image is formed?

  13. III. Weak Image – of the Church A. Strong / Impressive Image Is Powerful 1. Learn the Bible – understand it. 2. See it in action in others around them. 3. See conviction & strength. 4. Know that sin is not tolerated. 5. See people who love and respect one another

  14. III. Weak Image – of the Church A. Strong / Impressive Image Is Powerful B.Weak Image Too Many Young People See 1. Preaching weak or hard to follow 2. Teaching in classes – unprepared / “no clue” 3. See hypocrisy in the members 4. Hear grumbling about one another What Kind Of Image Would This Give?

  15. Why Are We Losing Our Young People I. Bad Influence – of their Friends II. Poor Example – of their Parents III. Weak Image – of the Church IV. Lax Standards – at Home

  16. IV. Lax Standards – at Home A. Training young people requires high standards 1. Eph. 6:1-4 2. Prov. 22:6 3. Deut. 4:9-10

  17. IV. Lax Standards – at Home A. Training young people requires high standards B.Common Lax Standards 1. Little corrective discipline in younger years (Prov. 22:15; 19:18) 2. Careless in watching: (Wear, music, movies, TV, who with, where go) 3. Not make sure have Bible lessons prepared 4. Little communication to bond, teach (Prov. 29:15)

  18. Why Are We Losing Our Young People I. Bad Influence – of their Friends II. Poor Example – of their Parents III. Weak Image – of the Church IV. Lax Standards – at Home V. Little Time – as a Family

  19. V. Little Time – as a Family A. Can’t Fulfill Some Respon. Without Time 1. Takes time to be an example 2. Takes time to teach them 3. Takes time to help through problems 4. Takes time to understand them 5. Takes time to communicate 6. Takes time to build a relationship that last

  20. V. Little Time – as a Family A. Can’t Fulfill Some Respon. Without Time B.Redeeming time (Eph. 5:15-16) 1. Make wise use to time 2. Sad when grow up – have no time for parents

  21. V. Little Time – as a Family A. Can’t Fulfill Some Respon. Without Time B.Redeeming time (Eph. 5:15-16) C. Often Too Busy 1. To eat together 2. To talk about each other’s day 3. Go somewhere as a family 4. Help a teenager through some problems

  22. Why Are We Losing Our Young People I. Bad Influence – of their Friends II. Poor Example – of their Parents III. Weak Image – of the Church IV. Lax Standards – at Home V. Little Time – as a Family

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