Guiding teens toward blessings!
Teens are primed for passion
and it is seen
in two ways.
Passion for worthy causes
and
Passion for either.....
sexual purity or worldly impurity.
As parents, grandparents, and youth leaders,
we show
wisdom
when we stir the passion
of our teens toward -
dedication to God and sexual purity
(We need to give reasons - not just say "no".)
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Every teen
(to one degree or another)
will develop
what their adult passions are
during their teen years.
Most parents, grandparents, youth leaders, etc.
are not
stirring up
their own godly passions
so that
they can be a well of living water
and a
living picture of purity and passion for Christ.
Most parents and grandparents are living
lack luster
lives for Christ
at the very time
when teens are ripe for the harvest.
If that is you,
you CAN change and inspire your teens!
God - and your teens - are worth it!
Check out our Lukewarm page.
It is wisdom to require
teens
to
watch movies,
listen to songs,
do activities,
and
participate in discussions
to challenge them to ...
First -
Place
their passions in the right direction.
(in agreement with God.)
Second -
Stir up
right passions....
God wants
teens to be dedicated to God.
Hot toward God...
- Not cold or lukewarm toward God.
Teens need to see
movies and teaching videos
about sexual purity
AND
Teens need movies about dedication to God.
For example...
Purity:
These first two are mainly for girls...but boys can learn how to gain the heart of a girl.
Princess Cut
(Shows the value of purity.)
Free on Youtube.
https://youtu.be/lIFSH5loJ18?si=AYuP-XFEKR9WZ-ld
Undercover Bridesmaid
(Shows it is cool to be pure.)
Free on Youtube.
https://youtu.be/w5QQU4gvoio?si=59xi7a_vI3ebj2CW
Old-Fashioned
Fantastic Movie!
For teens - Boys & Girls
And - For Men & Women
Further down - this movie is highlighted and ready to watch!
I recommend the following
Movie
about....
Salvation and Dedication:
Without Reservation
CASH
CASH
I am suggesting you consider
paying significant money
for certain activities.
We adults are moved by money and more so teens.
When temptation
comes to cool your teens passions
toward God and righteousness -
at least be putting a little
cash
under the nose of your teen
to help with godly motivation.
For example -
We need to require teens to watch movies about
sexual purity...
such as...
The movie -
Old Fashioned...
The world teaches us
Worldliness.
This movie will teach us
to desire
Godliness.
Great movie for teens and adults!
Please preview before showing to your teens.
Here are some other
Must - See
Teaching
Videos
Sex will make you...
Stupid
I urge you to read the story of
Samson in the Bible
WITH your teen.
And then listen to the video below.
Secrets
from
Samson
What is meant to be
a benefit in marriage
is a curse
outside of marriage.
Things
to
consider
Note: That is not the definition of prostitute.
However, we become one with anyone we have sex with.
This section
is a teaching section
to help you get ready to teach these things to your teens.
Your beloved teens
need to read the following verses
- and others like it -
and take it seriously.
(Please adapt this section to your teen and his or her age.)
Our world
today does not
take this seriously
and one day they will find out that God means what he says.....
God says...
"Flee sexual immorality.
Every other sin that a person commits
is outside the body,
but the sexually immoral person
sins against his own body.
Or do you not know
that your body
is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you,
whom you have from God,
and that you are not your own?
For you have been bought for a price:
therefore glorify God in your body."
1 Corinthians 6:18-20 NASB
And
God says,
"For this you know with certainty,
that no sexually immoral
or impure or greedy person,
which amounts to an idolater,
has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God."
Ephesians 5:5 NASB
God forgives every sin
of someone
who genuinely repents.
But take note,
genuinely repenting of fornication
and then
rebelliously
turning around and doing it again and again
is not
true repentance.
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Repentance is about a mind change and a heart change.
We need to learn how to FIGHT temptation.
Also see our page..... Help for Purity
Invite God to help you fight.
Pray and seek help from God.
And God will work with you to renew your mind.
If you are sincerely fighting against a sin,
God will be by your side helping you
and forgiving you when you fall and genuinely ask.
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And take note:
There can be
no repentance from God
if you are living with your boyfriend or girlfriend.
! ! !
The fact that you are living with him or her
indicates your intentions to sin.
We need to
require teens
to watch movies
about
heaven and hell
and
life and death.
Statistics
tell us that
if
teens do not give their heart
to Jesus
as teens and begin to serve him -
it is not likely they will later.
That should not quell our zeal for going after our
adult loved ones
- and it should -
increase our zeal for evangelizing our teens.
The main problem is that God has entrusted
the lives of teens to
parents, guardians, and trusted ones
- but -
we have not taken advantage of these teens years
by
intentionally creating activities
to stir up teens to godly dedication.
This includes
doing things for our teens like...
texting a scripture to them,
buying gifts that have a biblical message,
doing devotions with our teens,
(even while on the phone)
reading the Bible with our teens,
and praying with our teens.
(And Praying FOR our teens.)
Most
parents and guardians
are oblivious to the role they play at this critical teen time.
Consider our page
Most adults get stuck after one or two sentences
while praying with their teens.
We need to grow
in practicing praying WITH our teens...
whether they are
our children, grandchildren, or nieces or nephews, etc.
(We need to pray WITH teens - but - Get Permission of their parents.)
Teens will
choose Jesus - or - they will choose the world.
The difference between the two
has never been more obvious
during my lifetime.
There is a lot of "world / worldliness "
in teens
that needs to begin to get worked out.
Even at this young teen age,
they need a lot of guidance and attention
to begin making major progress in godly maturity.
"Without a vision, the people perish."
Proverbs 29:18
And...
Without strength people perish.
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Without motivation people perish.
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Without wisdom people perish.
And...
Without intentional parental guidance toward God,
teens will suffer
a lot more pain and heartache
than would happen otherwise.
They need to be taught
over and over again
to
Turn from sin - to righteousness and purity.
Turn from self - to serving Christ.
Turn from rebellious thoughts - to obedience thoughts.
Turn from what pleases the world - to what pleases God.
You do not want your beloved teen
to remain content
while they live without the righteousness of God -
having no sense
of the knowledge of being a sinner
and no sense of
the knowledge of
the need to develop a heart
that wants to do right and serve God.
When confronted with the Gospel,
teens will
spiritually arise and go to their Heavenly Father's house
and make their abode with him
or
they will hide from their heavenly Father.
An obvious fact is that -
starting this process
when they are children
will put teens in a better position
to become passionate believers in their teen years.
I have lots of devotional pages
specifically for children
and teens.
Here is a page called - - Devotions for Teens
Note: most of my devotional pages are well suited for teens.
(Consider my Psalms pages)
I beg you to consider...
faithfully carving out time during each week
to actively do and say things
that will strengthen your teen (or child's)
dedication to Jesus.
Prayers for preparing teens for life
Consider our links page H e r e
If you have adult children,
consider our prayers for your Adult children...
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