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All right, we're here to the last meeting.

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Very grateful for the family verses and song.

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It so fits what I want to say

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this evening in both of the sessions.

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The first session here this evening is entitled,

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Youth, Anointed Disciples of Jesus Christ.

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Acts 2, verses 17 and 18 read, And

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it shall come to pass in the last

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days, saith God, I will pour out my

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Spirit upon all flesh.

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Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy.

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Your young men shall see visions.

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Your old men shall dream dreams.

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And upon my servants and on my handmaids,

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I will pour out in those days of

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my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

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God continues to say a little later in

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the text, For the promise is unto you

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and to your children and to all that

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are far off, even as many as the

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Lord our God shall call.

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These verses are timeless promises given to the

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saints centuries ago, yet they apply to you

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and I this evening.

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I want you to take a moment and

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just dream with me and envision your children

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standing somewhere in the world serving God with

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all their heart.

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Maybe they're twenty years old.

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They are full of the Spirit of God.

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They are serving God with their whole heart.

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They open their mouth with boldness and speak

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out the mind and will of God with

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ocean.

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Their life and service is such that they

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are known among the Gentiles.

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And by all the people, all that see

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them shall acknowledge them that they are the

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seed which the Lord hath blessed.

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Their testimony is clear, and everyone can see

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the blessing of God is upon them.

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That, my dear people, is God's will for

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every one of your children.

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If I understand the promises of God in

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the Word of God, and understand God at

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all, I know Him to be a God

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who is no respecter of persons, but anyone

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who will take Him at His Word and

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with all of their heart move forward and

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meet the conditions of the promises that God

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made, God will do that with their children.

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I believe that.

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Remember those polished cornerstones?

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That upright young man with a clear countenance

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because he has a clear conscience that stays

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clean on his own?

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Remember him who loves the Lord Jesus and

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all who know him know that he is

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committed to the Lord?

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Remember him?

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He is a virgin saving His purity for

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the wife of His youth.

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He is filled with the Holy Ghost.

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He is filled with God's words.

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He is busy about the Master's business.

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Amen?

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Remember that young lady we talked about who

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is also upright in her heart?

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Her face glows because her conscience is clear

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and she has learned to keep it clear.

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She's one of the King's daughters.

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Hallelujah!

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All glorious within.

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Praise the Lord.

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Waiting to be placed in a building somewhere

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someday at God's appointment.

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Grace is upon her.

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Everyone knows it.

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She's a virgin.

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She's pure.

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She's saving her heart and body for one.

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She loves her parents.

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She delights in authority.

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And she's ready to guide a home.

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My dear people tonight, this is God's heart

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and will for your children.

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Remember, He is a God who calleth those

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things which be not as though they already

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Hallelujah!

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I believe that.

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He is a God who calls us to

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see and believe and move toward that which

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is His heart.

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God sees your seed, that is your children,

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anointed with the Holy Ghost and living as

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witnesses of His life-changing power.

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That's how God sees every one of our

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children.

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It is not in His heart that one

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here and one there gets all on fire

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for God.

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It is in His heart that every last

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one of them represented in this room would

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be on fire for God someday and a

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testimony and a witness opening their mouth to

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the glory of God of His life-changing

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power.

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That is God's will.

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To have youth that are filled with God

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is a great asset in any home.

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To have youth who are learning to walk

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with God is a refreshing addition to any

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home, any family.

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This is the goal.

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And I assure you, it is worth striving

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for, you as parents, as you disciple your

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young people into disciples of Jesus Christ, you

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will only bless your own household while you

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do it.

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I remember the first time it dawned on

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me that the spiritual level had risen in

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my house because of our young people.

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The older children were moving into this dedicated

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discipleship stage and the atmosphere of the home

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was coming up because of it.

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It changed the atmosphere.

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All of a sudden, we were having church

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during family devotions.

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We were having open testimony meetings on Sunday

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evening while we gathered around the popcorn for

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our family evening.

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Things broke out in beautiful discussions and open

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confessions in those days as our young people

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began to become on fire for Jesus Christ.

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And I'm speaking about Rebecca and Daniel and

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Elizabeth.

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Godly youth will bless and sanctify the atmosphere

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of your home.

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I noticed it three weeks ago when Samuel

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came back from Africa.

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I noticed the atmosphere of the home changed

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when he came back in.

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This is God's will that our young people

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are so dedicated to God that the atmosphere

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of the home is not only affected by

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mom and dad, but guess what?

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If you do your homework while they're young,

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they're going to come alongside you and help

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you with the rest of them, sanctifying the

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atmosphere of the home.

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I would like to consider this evening the

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maturing process that takes place in our youth

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from the time that they say, I am

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the Lord's, to the time when they become

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like these youth that I have just described,

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which, by the way, is the joy and

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consolation of any parent's heart.

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Many parents, when they hear their children say,

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I am the Lord's, and they stand there

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on the edge of the baptismal waters and

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see their children baptized, many parents let up

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at that point.

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Well, that one's done.

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On to the next one.

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Wrong response.

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This is a very crucial time when your

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child rises up and says, I am the

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Lord's.

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I will follow Jesus.

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This is a very crucial time.

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Many parents are short-sighted on this point.

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Somehow they have this idea that once their

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child is soundly converted, the job is done.

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This is a big mistake.

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Yes, the job is done.

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But there's another one just beginning in your

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life as a father and a mother.

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You are to take this born-again, bathing

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Christ Jesus and disciple that babe unto maturity,

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unto a steady walk with God, into a

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true disciple of Jesus Christ.

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And that is our responsibility as parents.

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Make a disciple.

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Jesus told His disciples to go and make

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disciples in the same manner that they were

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trained.

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This is what we must do as parents.

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We are to make a disciple for Jesus

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Christ.

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We must carefully take our newly converted baby

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in Christ and teach them how to walk

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with God.

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This whole process should be a major focus

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for the next few years of their life

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until we can clearly see my child is

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walking in the grace of God.

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And I know it without a doubt.

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Let's look at a few practical ways in

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which we can guide these young people on

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toward this goal.

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Number one, you must be spiritual.

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Father and mother, you must be spiritual.

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You say, brother, you've been saying that all

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week.

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Sorry, but you must be spiritual to make

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a disciple.

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You must be a disciple in order to

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make a disciple.

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And I am not saying that if you

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are not a disciple or your own life

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is a little bit like this, that you

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should take the back seat and let it

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up to the pastor.

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No, I'm saying, bless God, if you have

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a young person who has been born again,

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who is just getting their feet on the

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ground spiritually, and you're not prepared to guide

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them where they need to go, it is

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time to get your feet on the ground.

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It is your responsibility to guide them.

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You must be spiritual.

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As I mentioned earlier, many parents neglect this

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responsibility.

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And I'm afraid the reason why it is

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neglected is because you can't make a disciple

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if you're not one yourself.

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So, that's kind of how it goes.

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This is a very sobering condition to be

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in.

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To have a child who has given their

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heart to the Lord and yet we are

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in no shape to help them along their

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way.

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Paul said to Timothy, the husbandman must first

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be partaker of the fruits.

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As a pastor and a counselor who works

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in the prayer rooms many, many times, I've

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caught many a tear from a young person

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who was born again back there somewhere and

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lost their way up until now.

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Sin is in their life.

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They've made mistakes they wish they never would

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have made.

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But they've made those mistakes because they have

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not been guided and discipled into a solid

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walk with God.

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Oh, parents, I'm just pleading with us this

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evening that we be spiritual so that we

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can put their feet solid on the ground.

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The next point I want to look at.

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They are young adults.

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Your young people are no longer children.

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This is something that we can see with

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our eyes, but we don't always realize it

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in our relationship with them.

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That's why I like the term young adults.

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This helps me to remember that I am

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moving into a different level of relating with

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my children.

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They are not children anymore.

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They are blossoming adults.

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Your child is now your brother in Christ.

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That changes the relationship a bit.

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Amen?

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This changes the way you relate to them.

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You don't speak with frustration in your spirit

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when you speak to one of the brothers

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in the church, do you?

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We parents need to change how we look

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at our children.

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I have shared a little earlier this week

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about some of our failures in this area

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with our own young people.

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As Jackie and I sat down to hear

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the hearts of our youth, these are some

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of the things that came out.

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We were offending them by treating them like

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small children.

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We hadn't made the change in our mind.

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You do what I say.

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You do it when I say.

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No questions asked.

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That's not how you relate to a young

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person.

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It doesn't work.

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We slowly learned that we could not just

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tell them what to do.

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No questions asked.

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They must be treated with respect.

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And it's ok if they ask a question.

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As long as they ask it in a

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right way.

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We shifted from commanding to leading.

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From quick words to conversation and explanation.

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And there was a learning curve in this.

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And there were a few times when we

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went back to our youth and said, I'm

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sorry.

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Let's move on to the next one.

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Help them keep their conscience clear.

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If they're going to learn to walk with

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God, they must learn to keep their conscience

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clear.

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That is our responsibility.

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Now we move into lessons of learning to

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walk with God.

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The God who just saved them.

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And if they're going to walk with God,

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they must learn to keep their conscience clear.

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Otherwise, they will lose their way continually.

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And praise God if you have your children

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in a place where they can hear such

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words and they can hear a good revival

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message or go to a Bible school and

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be challenged about walking with God.

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That's wonderful.

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But God wants us as parents to teach

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them how to walk with God.

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I remember so clearly with our son Joshua.

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He was recently born again.

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What a beautiful time for the whole family

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as his heart was cleansed and changed.

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Oh, it was precious.

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But not long after this, he did something

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wrong.

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Like all Christians do at times.

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And I, as a wife papa, I saw

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it on his face immediately.

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His conscience just got cloudy.

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But what did I do?

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I just took him aside and we had

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our first lesson about keeping your conscience clear.

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And I said, Josh, you're a Christian now.

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And you know, he had walked for a

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whole week.

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He was beautiful.

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He was full of joy and all of

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that for a whole week.

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But now something went wrong and now his

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conscience was cloudy.

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And we just sat down and we had

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a little talk about it.

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Josh, you need to keep your conscience clear.

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When you do something wrong now, you can't

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just say, Oh, well, maybe papa will take

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care of it someday.

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Maybe I'll get a spanking and I can

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get it clear.

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No, not anymore.

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Now, you get on your knees and you

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get right with God.

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And we got down on our knees there

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that day and he prayed and confessed and

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repented of the wrong that he did.

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You should have seen the joy on his

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face when he got up off his knees.

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It was like, Wow!

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New lesson!

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That was wonderful!

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Didn't even have to get a spanking to

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get it either.

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Bless God.

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You know, from that day, Joshua began to

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relate with me in a different way.

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He looked at me, yes, as his father,

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but he also looked at me as somebody

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who was a helper of his faith and

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a helper of his joy.

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And he would come to me and say,

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Papa, this is going on inside of my

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heart.

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What do you think?

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And I would give him some counsel.

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Papa, I'm thinking about studying these verses in

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devotions.

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What do you think?

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And I would give him some counsel.

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It was like as if a light went

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off in his little head back there that

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day and he realized, This man can teach

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me to walk with God.

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I'm going to find out everything I can

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from him.

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And our relationship has been different ever since.

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We're still buddies, but we're much closer.

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Oh, the joy of watching him begin to

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learn to take those steps of keeping his

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conscience clear before God on his own.

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That's part of making a disciple of Jesus

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Christ.

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The next point.

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Establish their devotional life.

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This is one of those areas that we

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are quick to cover with a new convert.

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You know, we leave somebody to the Lord

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in the church, we're quick to come alongside

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of them.

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Look, get your Bible, spend this much time,

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read here, do this, have some time in

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prayer.

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We know that if a new babe in

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Christ will spend time in the Word and

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prayer, they will grow.

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And we want them to grow.

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This is of utmost importance that we check

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on a new convert to see how they're

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getting along.

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All this kind of care should be transferred

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over to our children also.

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Just like as if we just led somebody

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to the Lord off the street, and here

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they are in the church, and we're rejoicing

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about all that God has done, we need

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to work the same way with our own

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youth and come alongside and say, okay, let's

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establish a devotional life now.

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Let's set these things in order.

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They need their parents who will watch over

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them and help them get on their feet

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spiritually.

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If your child does not have a regular

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time to seek God every day, then help

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them get it into concrete while they're young.

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At our house, in the morning, I'm always

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floating around the house checking on all my

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little lambs to see how the morning is

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going with them.

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I'll ask them what they're reading.

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I'll ask them to share what they're getting

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from God.

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I'll ask them how their prayer time is

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going.

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All this is very much assumed so nobody

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feels threatened but rather loved when I ask.

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By keeping close contact here, I get a

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constant glimpse into where they're at with God

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and their walk with God.

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Sometimes they will say, it's not going too

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well right now.

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And then, I begin to probe and ask

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a few questions and give them some counsel

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in light of that.

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This is our responsibility as a father and

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a mother to do that till they get

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themselves solid on the ground, solid on the

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rock, Christ Jesus.

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The next one, talk time and accountability that

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goes along with talk time.

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Young people need to talk!

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Amen?

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Sometimes parents think, oh man, I'm glad my

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little ones grew up.

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Now I've got more free time.

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No, you don't.

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Your young people need more time to talk

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to you than you gave when they were

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little.

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Talk time.

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Communication is one of your key methods of

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guiding them and monitoring their process.

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Sometimes this can be serious conversation and sometimes

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it can just be nice family talks with

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humor around the home.

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Both of those are very important.

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The point here is that you as parents

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keep your hand on the pulse of the

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heart of your child.

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The youthful years are formative years.

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And the young people are beginning to examine

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everything.

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Like it or not, these kind of thoughts

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go through their mind.

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I wonder if Dad is right, what he

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says about this or that.

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I wonder if this conviction is really in

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the Bible and these kind of things are

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going on inside of their hearts.

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They're finding their way, establishing their own convictions

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before God.

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It's time to communicate, Mom and Dad.

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They want to talk these things through.

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There are questions that go on inside their

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minds.

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They want to talk them through.

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But we must be close enough to them

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and we must make available enough opportunities that

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it just naturally flows out and soon they

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begin opening up and sharing things that are

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inside their heart.

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And guess what?

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You can minister to them and again, guide

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them along the way as they learn to

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walk with God.

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These things are very important.

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This flow of communication naturally opens up to

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some accountability for them also.

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If relationships are right, this accountability is perceived

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as loving protection.

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And that is exactly what it is, by

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the way.

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It is loving protection.

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Maybe our young people go out for an

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evening to a youth meeting or whatever.

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You sit down with them and you say,

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So, how was the youth meeting?

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Who was there?

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Oh, I see.

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You have any good conversations?

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Uh-huh.

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What did you talk about?

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Okay.

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Who had the message?

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Uh-huh.

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What did you think about the message?

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And on and on it goes.

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Accountability.

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You should have the freedom to ask them

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how the evening went.

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You should be one of their friends and

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able to talk to them about how they

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are doing morally.

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This should be a willing, free flow of

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information so that you can help them through

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the battles of their coming to maturity.

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I have seen dozens of young people prosper

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and gain victory in the area of self

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-abuse and moral struggles simply by being accountable

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to mom and dad.

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You can bring them through to victory.

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I've seen other young people struggle for years

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with issues like that.

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And guess what?

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They flip-flop spiritually for all those years

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and live in condemnation and feel degraded and

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all of that.

556
00:22:51,250 --> 00:22:53,750
Moms and dads need to come near their

557
00:22:53,750 --> 00:22:56,990
sons or come near their daughters and keep

558
00:22:56,990 --> 00:22:59,810
them accountable concerning things like that.

559
00:23:00,150 --> 00:23:04,370
Keep the communications open and you will do

560
00:23:04,370 --> 00:23:05,710
them a great favor.

561
00:23:06,770 --> 00:23:09,610
The next point is the blessing of authority.

562
00:23:10,270 --> 00:23:13,290
I have been young in the ministry and

563
00:23:13,290 --> 00:23:15,170
now I'm getting old in the same.

564
00:23:15,930 --> 00:23:18,090
I have watched many lives of many young

565
00:23:18,090 --> 00:23:21,010
people in the last 25 years of my

566
00:23:21,010 --> 00:23:21,470
ministry.

567
00:23:21,850 --> 00:23:24,630
The ones who really prosper had some of

568
00:23:24,630 --> 00:23:27,330
this blessed commodity in their lives as they

569
00:23:27,330 --> 00:23:28,330
grew in the Lord.

570
00:23:29,130 --> 00:23:32,470
Biblical authority overseeing them.

571
00:23:33,290 --> 00:23:36,190
In the Christian context, there is no greater

572
00:23:36,190 --> 00:23:39,290
power available to mold a young person into

573
00:23:39,290 --> 00:23:42,030
maturity than to have some authority over their

574
00:23:42,030 --> 00:23:45,110
life that you can freely guide them and

575
00:23:45,110 --> 00:23:48,850
ask them and direct them and check them

576
00:23:48,850 --> 00:23:52,270
and say no sometimes about what they're doing.

577
00:23:52,550 --> 00:23:54,570
Nothing is more powerful than this.

578
00:23:54,990 --> 00:23:57,370
And blessed are the youth who have parents

579
00:23:57,370 --> 00:23:59,870
who will watch over them in these ways.

580
00:24:00,350 --> 00:24:02,930
I've spoken about this authority already in the

581
00:24:02,930 --> 00:24:04,690
context of the small children.

582
00:24:05,390 --> 00:24:09,210
Obviously, if you do your homework while the

583
00:24:09,210 --> 00:24:11,670
child is young, you will have very little

584
00:24:11,670 --> 00:24:15,150
problem moving into this vital aspect of authority

585
00:24:15,150 --> 00:24:16,330
with your young people.

586
00:24:16,550 --> 00:24:18,810
It just kind of flows right along.

587
00:24:19,670 --> 00:24:21,490
But if you have failed in the other,

588
00:24:21,970 --> 00:24:24,450
you will have your hands full when you

589
00:24:24,450 --> 00:24:27,090
realize, whoa, they're going away.

590
00:24:27,190 --> 00:24:28,330
I don't want them to go.

591
00:24:28,470 --> 00:24:30,150
I think I'll try to stop them.

592
00:24:30,530 --> 00:24:32,590
That may not be as easy as just

593
00:24:32,590 --> 00:24:33,790
saying one, two, three.

594
00:24:34,190 --> 00:24:35,690
So I want to encourage you to do

595
00:24:35,690 --> 00:24:37,110
your homework while they're young.

596
00:24:37,430 --> 00:24:39,290
But I also want to encourage you to

597
00:24:39,290 --> 00:24:42,050
take authority over your young people.

598
00:24:42,790 --> 00:24:45,670
The rules are the same because the principle

599
00:24:45,670 --> 00:24:46,630
is the same.

600
00:24:47,430 --> 00:24:52,070
Again, the great need is for calm, quiet

601
00:24:52,070 --> 00:24:53,350
authority.

602
00:24:54,250 --> 00:24:56,650
This is most important with young people.

603
00:24:57,310 --> 00:24:59,490
They are beginning to question issues in life.

604
00:24:59,910 --> 00:25:01,730
They are beginning to make decisions on their

605
00:25:01,730 --> 00:25:02,010
own.

606
00:25:02,310 --> 00:25:04,470
It is vital that you as a parent

607
00:25:04,470 --> 00:25:07,890
be firmly established in your authority, which means

608
00:25:07,890 --> 00:25:10,650
you don't feel threatened when a question comes.

609
00:25:11,290 --> 00:25:14,350
There should be no arguments, no debates, no

610
00:25:14,350 --> 00:25:17,370
raising of the voice at all, ever in

611
00:25:17,370 --> 00:25:18,070
this area.

612
00:25:18,870 --> 00:25:20,730
This is always counterproductive.

613
00:25:21,510 --> 00:25:25,050
Listen, fathers and mothers, there are times when

614
00:25:25,050 --> 00:25:28,330
young people need to be told no.

615
00:25:29,130 --> 00:25:30,470
There are times like that.

616
00:25:30,950 --> 00:25:34,510
Make sure that you have enough aground in

617
00:25:34,510 --> 00:25:36,910
your life and in their life that you

618
00:25:36,910 --> 00:25:38,910
can freely do that when it needs to

619
00:25:38,910 --> 00:25:39,310
be done.

620
00:25:40,010 --> 00:25:42,810
And they will just say, OK, sure.

621
00:25:43,510 --> 00:25:44,130
It's fine, dad.

622
00:25:44,570 --> 00:25:45,030
No problem.

623
00:25:46,670 --> 00:25:48,610
Sometimes young people need to be told no.

624
00:25:49,450 --> 00:25:51,010
We need to come alongside of them and

625
00:25:51,010 --> 00:25:52,010
help them learn to live.

626
00:25:52,070 --> 00:25:52,270
Amen?

627
00:25:53,190 --> 00:25:56,050
Where they're doing well and clearly in control,

628
00:25:56,390 --> 00:25:57,410
you can let up.

629
00:25:57,650 --> 00:25:59,790
But where they're not doing well and you

630
00:25:59,790 --> 00:26:02,170
can see they're not doing well, they need

631
00:26:02,170 --> 00:26:03,150
some oversight.

632
00:26:03,730 --> 00:26:05,150
Please give it to them.

633
00:26:05,150 --> 00:26:09,690
I remember when Daniel came back from Africa

634
00:26:09,690 --> 00:26:11,310
after he was there for six months.

635
00:26:11,750 --> 00:26:14,510
He came to this place where I was

636
00:26:14,510 --> 00:26:16,390
realizing he's going to be OK.

637
00:26:17,010 --> 00:26:17,990
He came back from Africa.

638
00:26:18,610 --> 00:26:20,190
God had done a beautiful work in his

639
00:26:20,190 --> 00:26:21,490
heart while he was there.

640
00:26:21,850 --> 00:26:24,930
Six months of service on the front lines.

641
00:26:25,430 --> 00:26:26,810
God had poured a lot of grace in

642
00:26:26,810 --> 00:26:27,410
his life.

643
00:26:27,890 --> 00:26:30,310
Six weeks flat on his back with hepatitis,

644
00:26:30,630 --> 00:26:32,090
hardly able to eat any food.

645
00:26:32,510 --> 00:26:34,010
God did a work in his heart while

646
00:26:34,010 --> 00:26:35,690
he was there and he came back.

647
00:26:35,790 --> 00:26:36,850
And as soon as he walked through the

648
00:26:36,850 --> 00:26:39,730
door, we knew right away, this boy is

649
00:26:39,730 --> 00:26:40,110
different.

650
00:26:41,150 --> 00:26:42,390
Now, he was a good boy when he

651
00:26:42,390 --> 00:26:42,710
left.

652
00:26:42,890 --> 00:26:43,970
We wouldn't have sent him to Africa.

653
00:26:44,250 --> 00:26:46,190
But when he came home, we said, whoa,

654
00:26:46,450 --> 00:26:48,130
what happened to Daniel?

655
00:26:49,090 --> 00:26:52,250
As I began to watch him walk with

656
00:26:52,250 --> 00:26:55,070
God after he came home, my heart as

657
00:26:55,070 --> 00:26:58,610
a parent began to say, oh, this boy

658
00:26:58,610 --> 00:27:01,010
doesn't need so much oversight anymore.

659
00:27:01,410 --> 00:27:02,770
I think I'll just back out of the

660
00:27:02,770 --> 00:27:03,070
way.

661
00:27:03,070 --> 00:27:05,250
He seems to be making all the right

662
00:27:05,250 --> 00:27:07,130
decisions on his own.

663
00:27:07,550 --> 00:27:08,910
But you know, it's very interesting.

664
00:27:09,670 --> 00:27:12,490
As my heart was saying, this boy is

665
00:27:12,490 --> 00:27:15,110
OK on his own, his heart was saying,

666
00:27:15,490 --> 00:27:18,790
crying like never before, oh, Papa, I want

667
00:27:18,790 --> 00:27:20,390
to know what you think.

668
00:27:20,850 --> 00:27:22,910
I tell you what, what a beautiful combination

669
00:27:22,910 --> 00:27:23,470
that is.

670
00:27:23,710 --> 00:27:25,690
When those two come together, you look and

671
00:27:25,690 --> 00:27:26,830
say everything is OK.

672
00:27:27,130 --> 00:27:29,150
They look on and say, please give me

673
00:27:29,150 --> 00:27:30,610
some guidance in my life.

674
00:27:32,150 --> 00:27:33,690
Let's go on to the next one.

675
00:27:34,250 --> 00:27:36,010
Young people need godly friends.

676
00:27:36,670 --> 00:27:38,770
We hear a lot about peer pressure these

677
00:27:38,770 --> 00:27:40,830
days, and it's right, and it's a right

678
00:27:40,830 --> 00:27:41,370
concern.

679
00:27:41,930 --> 00:27:44,650
However, there is also good peer pressure.

680
00:27:45,490 --> 00:27:45,730
Amen.

681
00:27:46,230 --> 00:27:49,030
Or may I say it better, the godly

682
00:27:49,030 --> 00:27:51,630
influence of close friends who love the Lord

683
00:27:51,630 --> 00:27:52,190
Jesus.

684
00:27:52,450 --> 00:27:52,850
Amen.

685
00:27:54,130 --> 00:27:56,990
Our young people need the godly influence of

686
00:27:56,990 --> 00:27:58,590
friends who love the Lord Jesus.

687
00:27:59,490 --> 00:28:01,850
This is an important aspect of making a

688
00:28:01,850 --> 00:28:03,310
disciple of Jesus Christ.

689
00:28:04,190 --> 00:28:06,010
Now, I realize that some people may not

690
00:28:06,010 --> 00:28:08,190
be in a very good situation, and your

691
00:28:08,190 --> 00:28:10,190
heart may be crying even now while you

692
00:28:10,190 --> 00:28:10,630
hear it.

693
00:28:10,810 --> 00:28:12,130
Where do I find one?

694
00:28:12,330 --> 00:28:13,330
What will I do?

695
00:28:13,630 --> 00:28:14,930
Where do we go to church?

696
00:28:15,170 --> 00:28:16,710
We've got away from all the churches.

697
00:28:16,890 --> 00:28:17,910
I understand all that.

698
00:28:18,110 --> 00:28:19,830
But I want to give the principle anyway,

699
00:28:20,090 --> 00:28:21,670
and I trust that God will help you

700
00:28:21,670 --> 00:28:24,410
to find your way in your situation what

701
00:28:24,410 --> 00:28:26,570
you should do with what I'm saying.

702
00:28:26,570 --> 00:28:31,490
But young people need godly influence from others

703
00:28:31,490 --> 00:28:33,490
who love God with all their heart.

704
00:28:33,850 --> 00:28:36,450
It's such a blessing when a parent comes

705
00:28:36,450 --> 00:28:39,350
alongside of a youth who's learning to walk

706
00:28:39,350 --> 00:28:42,090
with God and learning to submit their heart

707
00:28:42,090 --> 00:28:44,750
to the direction that they're being given to

708
00:28:44,750 --> 00:28:47,010
have another godly youth come alongside of them

709
00:28:47,010 --> 00:28:48,110
and say, amen.

710
00:28:48,750 --> 00:28:50,590
I think what your papa is saying is

711
00:28:50,590 --> 00:28:51,010
right.

712
00:28:51,650 --> 00:28:56,730
Oh, that's powerful stuff when a young person

713
00:28:56,730 --> 00:28:58,890
will do that for their friend.

714
00:28:59,450 --> 00:29:01,110
And by the way, if they do the

715
00:29:01,110 --> 00:29:04,490
other, they are not your friend.

716
00:29:05,030 --> 00:29:06,990
You ought to get loose of them as

717
00:29:06,990 --> 00:29:07,950
fast as you can.

718
00:29:08,130 --> 00:29:09,970
And by the way, if I ever hear

719
00:29:09,970 --> 00:29:13,090
of anybody saying to mine, why does your

720
00:29:13,090 --> 00:29:14,850
dad make you do that?

721
00:29:15,370 --> 00:29:17,890
That's the last time I let my children

722
00:29:17,890 --> 00:29:19,150
hang around them!

723
00:29:20,070 --> 00:29:22,670
Because that's dangerous words.

724
00:29:22,670 --> 00:29:24,270
The next point.

725
00:29:24,890 --> 00:29:27,410
Help them get involved in God's work.

726
00:29:28,250 --> 00:29:31,170
This is a very important part of making

727
00:29:31,170 --> 00:29:32,790
a disciple of Jesus Christ.

728
00:29:33,390 --> 00:29:36,550
As your young people begin to experience the

729
00:29:36,550 --> 00:29:39,070
fullness of the Spirit in their lives, they

730
00:29:39,070 --> 00:29:42,110
must have an outlet for this river that

731
00:29:42,110 --> 00:29:43,810
is beginning to flow in their heart.

732
00:29:44,330 --> 00:29:46,350
This is a major principle in the New

733
00:29:46,350 --> 00:29:49,530
Testament and a vital key to your task

734
00:29:49,530 --> 00:29:51,570
of establishing them in the faith.

735
00:29:51,570 --> 00:29:55,910
Your youth must be doing something for God.

736
00:29:56,650 --> 00:29:58,850
We are saved to serve.

737
00:29:58,990 --> 00:29:59,170
Amen?

738
00:30:00,030 --> 00:30:01,650
That's the bottom line.

739
00:30:02,070 --> 00:30:03,150
Every one of us.

740
00:30:03,490 --> 00:30:05,450
We are saved to serve.

741
00:30:06,030 --> 00:30:08,550
We are not saved to sit.

742
00:30:09,230 --> 00:30:11,530
And the young people are no exception to

743
00:30:11,530 --> 00:30:12,190
that at all.

744
00:30:12,910 --> 00:30:15,270
Many parents are short-sighted on this point.

745
00:30:15,730 --> 00:30:18,070
They think the youth must mature first and

746
00:30:18,070 --> 00:30:18,750
then serve.

747
00:30:18,750 --> 00:30:21,510
They think that service is for the mature

748
00:30:21,510 --> 00:30:22,830
adults in the congregation.

749
00:30:23,290 --> 00:30:25,750
And the youth must maintain a holding pattern

750
00:30:25,750 --> 00:30:27,690
for a while until they grow.

751
00:30:28,110 --> 00:30:30,410
I feel this is a wrong approach to

752
00:30:30,410 --> 00:30:31,550
take with young people.

753
00:30:31,870 --> 00:30:33,070
Absolutely wrong!

754
00:30:33,350 --> 00:30:35,970
If you take that approach, they'll be finding

755
00:30:35,970 --> 00:30:37,690
miniature golf to play.

756
00:30:37,970 --> 00:30:40,510
They'll be finding all kinds of other nonsense

757
00:30:40,510 --> 00:30:41,210
to do.

758
00:30:41,510 --> 00:30:43,770
They'll be finding other things to do with

759
00:30:43,770 --> 00:30:44,370
their time.

760
00:30:44,670 --> 00:30:47,650
They'll be wasting their time on nonsense things.

761
00:30:47,650 --> 00:30:50,550
Young people need to be given something to

762
00:30:50,550 --> 00:30:51,670
do for God.

763
00:30:53,230 --> 00:30:55,710
You know, when the grace of God starts

764
00:30:55,710 --> 00:30:57,930
flowing through them and they begin to give

765
00:30:57,930 --> 00:30:59,810
it out to somebody else, guess what?

766
00:31:00,050 --> 00:31:02,910
They'll find out, this is wonderful!

767
00:31:03,630 --> 00:31:06,210
God is flowing through me!

768
00:31:06,570 --> 00:31:07,430
And guess what?

769
00:31:07,710 --> 00:31:08,470
They'll get addicted.

770
00:31:08,910 --> 00:31:09,950
And that's what we want.

771
00:31:10,010 --> 00:31:10,210
Amen?

772
00:31:11,050 --> 00:31:12,610
I mean, it's the difference between the Sea

773
00:31:12,610 --> 00:31:14,890
of Galilee and the Dead Sea.

774
00:31:15,050 --> 00:31:15,290
Amen?

775
00:31:15,290 --> 00:31:18,290
The Sea of Galilee has fresh water flowing

776
00:31:18,290 --> 00:31:20,250
in and fresh water flowing out.

777
00:31:20,470 --> 00:31:22,470
But the Dead Sea has fresh water flowing

778
00:31:22,470 --> 00:31:24,090
in and nothing flowing out.

779
00:31:24,310 --> 00:31:26,070
What do you want in your young person?

780
00:31:26,370 --> 00:31:29,070
A Sea of Galilee or a Dead Sea?

781
00:31:29,870 --> 00:31:31,590
Get them something to do!

782
00:31:33,090 --> 00:31:36,290
And I believe that's the parents' responsibility to

783
00:31:36,290 --> 00:31:39,270
be thinking and pondering and praying and searching

784
00:31:39,270 --> 00:31:42,030
for avenues and opportunities where you can get

785
00:31:42,030 --> 00:31:44,290
the children involved in the work of God.

786
00:31:44,290 --> 00:31:46,770
You'll never be sorry if you do it.

787
00:31:47,170 --> 00:31:49,610
A life of living for others is what

788
00:31:49,610 --> 00:31:51,230
Christianity is all about.

789
00:31:52,210 --> 00:31:54,630
I think many youth lose their way because

790
00:31:54,630 --> 00:31:56,270
they don't have anything to do.

791
00:31:57,230 --> 00:32:00,210
Living for others or love is half the

792
00:32:00,210 --> 00:32:01,370
Christian life.

793
00:32:01,850 --> 00:32:02,910
Do you want them to miss half?

794
00:32:03,390 --> 00:32:04,370
That's a lot to miss.

795
00:32:04,470 --> 00:32:04,630
Amen?

796
00:32:05,650 --> 00:32:07,710
There are many, many different ways in which

797
00:32:07,710 --> 00:32:09,010
you can live this out.

798
00:32:09,710 --> 00:32:10,750
Remember William Booth?

799
00:32:11,270 --> 00:32:12,630
How he took his children out there on

800
00:32:12,630 --> 00:32:15,070
the front lines and they got thoroughly addicted

801
00:32:15,070 --> 00:32:16,130
to the work of God?

802
00:32:16,890 --> 00:32:18,290
This is what we're talking about.

803
00:32:19,170 --> 00:32:21,450
This is a secret, dear fathers and mothers.

804
00:32:21,650 --> 00:32:22,570
This is a secret.

805
00:32:23,210 --> 00:32:25,110
This is how this thing keeps on going.

806
00:32:25,970 --> 00:32:27,630
God has given you those children that you

807
00:32:27,630 --> 00:32:29,710
might train those children and raise them up

808
00:32:29,710 --> 00:32:31,430
that they might be servants of the living

809
00:32:31,430 --> 00:32:32,550
God, every one of them.

810
00:32:32,810 --> 00:32:34,270
And the sooner you can begin to guide

811
00:32:34,270 --> 00:32:36,350
them down that path, the easier it will

812
00:32:36,350 --> 00:32:38,850
be for them and for you.

813
00:32:39,650 --> 00:32:41,550
As youth get involved in the work of

814
00:32:41,550 --> 00:32:43,530
God, they begin to mature.

815
00:32:44,190 --> 00:32:46,570
They begin to learn their Bibles in ways

816
00:32:46,570 --> 00:32:47,530
they didn't before.

817
00:32:47,810 --> 00:32:49,770
They begin to learn to pray as they

818
00:32:49,770 --> 00:32:51,330
get a burden to pray for somebody.

819
00:32:51,650 --> 00:32:54,350
They begin to develop their own convictions as

820
00:32:54,350 --> 00:32:56,950
people ask them questions about this or that.

821
00:32:57,090 --> 00:32:57,930
Why do you do this?

822
00:32:57,990 --> 00:32:58,650
And why that?

823
00:32:58,810 --> 00:33:00,030
What's that thing on your head?

824
00:33:00,130 --> 00:33:01,070
What is it for?

825
00:33:01,130 --> 00:33:02,150
And why do you do that?

826
00:33:02,450 --> 00:33:05,470
All those things are used to develop deep,

827
00:33:05,830 --> 00:33:10,170
heartfelt convictions and stability and maturity in the

828
00:33:10,170 --> 00:33:10,810
young people.

829
00:33:10,810 --> 00:33:13,130
At our house, we send our young people

830
00:33:13,130 --> 00:33:15,510
to Africa when they're sixteen years old.

831
00:33:15,830 --> 00:33:17,810
That's family tradition at our house.

832
00:33:18,090 --> 00:33:20,630
Hannah's fifteen and she's counting the days.

833
00:33:21,690 --> 00:33:24,030
When it's her turn to go over to

834
00:33:24,030 --> 00:33:26,050
Africa, it changes their life.

835
00:33:26,450 --> 00:33:28,930
It changes their perspective on every decision they

836
00:33:28,930 --> 00:33:30,210
make from that day forward.

837
00:33:30,530 --> 00:33:31,530
We send them to Africa.

838
00:33:32,090 --> 00:33:33,390
There are many other things we do.

839
00:33:33,930 --> 00:33:36,790
This whole Home Series that we've been involved

840
00:33:36,790 --> 00:33:39,210
in these last ten days is just another

841
00:33:39,210 --> 00:33:41,090
example of what I'm talking about.

842
00:33:41,470 --> 00:33:43,990
The whole family has been in it from

843
00:33:43,990 --> 00:33:44,870
day one.

844
00:33:45,250 --> 00:33:47,850
I mean, two weeks before we ever stood

845
00:33:47,850 --> 00:33:49,430
up and shared one word.

846
00:33:49,670 --> 00:33:51,750
The family was in it all the way.

847
00:33:51,970 --> 00:33:52,710
Whole Home.

848
00:33:52,990 --> 00:33:54,710
It's not Papa's task.

849
00:33:55,010 --> 00:33:56,950
It's the whole family that's going to do

850
00:33:56,950 --> 00:33:57,170
it.

851
00:33:57,410 --> 00:33:58,090
Bless God.

852
00:33:58,510 --> 00:33:59,670
That was by my design.

853
00:34:00,330 --> 00:34:03,930
Lord, here is an opportunity that I can

854
00:34:03,930 --> 00:34:06,710
pull all these children right into the middle

855
00:34:06,710 --> 00:34:07,230
of the work.

856
00:34:07,230 --> 00:34:10,230
Man, they had no idea what they were

857
00:34:10,230 --> 00:34:11,030
getting into.

858
00:34:11,469 --> 00:34:12,850
But it's been good for them.

859
00:34:13,610 --> 00:34:14,989
We started three weeks ago.

860
00:34:15,310 --> 00:34:18,230
Partial fasting almost every day for the last

861
00:34:18,230 --> 00:34:18,889
three weeks.

862
00:34:19,170 --> 00:34:21,550
Family meetings to discuss the whole project.

863
00:34:22,030 --> 00:34:24,710
All the work on family verses and songs

864
00:34:24,710 --> 00:34:26,469
has been going on for two or three

865
00:34:26,469 --> 00:34:26,710
weeks.

866
00:34:26,850 --> 00:34:28,570
Prayer meetings at home as a family.

867
00:34:28,949 --> 00:34:31,150
Special prayer schedules where you go and be

868
00:34:31,150 --> 00:34:33,150
alone during the day and have a season

869
00:34:33,150 --> 00:34:34,929
of prayer to pray for the home meetings.

870
00:34:35,750 --> 00:34:37,969
I even gathered a selected group of people

871
00:34:37,969 --> 00:34:40,790
together to pray with during the meetings so

872
00:34:40,790 --> 00:34:43,050
that my children would feel free to open

873
00:34:43,050 --> 00:34:44,770
up and pray with a bunch of other

874
00:34:44,770 --> 00:34:47,590
people that are on fire and seeking God

875
00:34:47,590 --> 00:34:48,489
with all their hearts.

876
00:34:49,150 --> 00:34:50,530
We have been in the thick of the

877
00:34:50,530 --> 00:34:52,389
battle all this week.

878
00:34:53,030 --> 00:34:55,510
The children have grown up this week, no

879
00:34:55,510 --> 00:34:57,870
question about it, in the area of spiritual

880
00:34:57,870 --> 00:34:58,310
warfare.

881
00:34:58,850 --> 00:35:00,610
Some of the things that they've seen happen,

882
00:35:00,910 --> 00:35:02,650
some of the things that we've gone through

883
00:35:02,650 --> 00:35:04,390
have educated them.

884
00:35:04,390 --> 00:35:07,530
I mean, they realize without a doubt there

885
00:35:07,530 --> 00:35:10,310
is a devil, and he doesn't like it

886
00:35:10,310 --> 00:35:12,650
when God's people get busy for God.

887
00:35:13,110 --> 00:35:14,670
Now, I've been telling them that a long

888
00:35:14,670 --> 00:35:17,550
time, but they know it in experience now.

889
00:35:17,790 --> 00:35:18,950
Very much so.

890
00:35:19,150 --> 00:35:20,410
That's what I'm talking about.

891
00:35:20,810 --> 00:35:21,990
How can I get them involved?

892
00:35:22,130 --> 00:35:22,830
Let's do this.

893
00:35:22,930 --> 00:35:23,650
Let's try this.

894
00:35:23,850 --> 00:35:25,090
Let's go to New York City.

895
00:35:25,390 --> 00:35:26,950
Let's go have a rest home ministry.

896
00:35:27,110 --> 00:35:28,890
Let's go do the shut-in thing and

897
00:35:28,890 --> 00:35:29,690
take care of them.

898
00:35:29,930 --> 00:35:31,990
Let's go out street preaching on Friday night.

899
00:35:31,990 --> 00:35:33,250
Get them involved.

900
00:35:34,650 --> 00:35:35,630
It's good for them.

901
00:35:35,930 --> 00:35:38,530
And by the way, lastly, we will all

902
00:35:38,530 --> 00:35:40,870
rejoice together when the task is finished, bless

903
00:35:40,870 --> 00:35:41,290
God.

904
00:35:41,750 --> 00:35:43,290
We will all rejoice together.

905
00:35:43,390 --> 00:35:44,710
And that's part of doing the work of

906
00:35:44,710 --> 00:35:45,170
God.

907
00:35:45,530 --> 00:35:46,750
You sit down, it's all over.

908
00:35:46,870 --> 00:35:48,710
You say, hey, what did you hear?

909
00:35:48,790 --> 00:35:49,510
What happened here?

910
00:35:49,590 --> 00:35:51,310
We do that every night this week.

911
00:35:51,670 --> 00:35:53,170
I mean, when I get home, I'm tired.

912
00:35:53,590 --> 00:35:54,710
But we don't just run off and go

913
00:35:54,710 --> 00:35:54,990
to bed.

914
00:35:55,030 --> 00:35:56,450
We sit down and everybody starts talking.

915
00:35:56,830 --> 00:35:57,750
You do this and this.

916
00:35:58,010 --> 00:35:59,110
Did you hear what happened to so-and

917
00:35:59,110 --> 00:35:59,210
-so?

918
00:35:59,290 --> 00:35:59,590
Really?

919
00:36:00,150 --> 00:36:00,950
Praise God!

920
00:36:00,950 --> 00:36:02,190
Somebody got converted.

921
00:36:02,490 --> 00:36:04,010
We just go on like that for about

922
00:36:04,010 --> 00:36:05,630
20-25 minutes every evening.

923
00:36:06,290 --> 00:36:07,110
What am I doing?

924
00:36:07,950 --> 00:36:09,910
I'm making soldiers for Jesus.

925
00:36:10,110 --> 00:36:10,950
That's what I'm doing.

926
00:36:11,570 --> 00:36:13,090
I want them to be involved in this

927
00:36:13,090 --> 00:36:13,290
thing.

928
00:36:13,370 --> 00:36:14,850
I want them to get excited about what

929
00:36:14,850 --> 00:36:15,510
God is doing.

930
00:36:15,750 --> 00:36:17,090
I want them to know what God is

931
00:36:17,090 --> 00:36:17,290
doing.

932
00:36:17,530 --> 00:36:18,410
I want them to be in the middle

933
00:36:18,410 --> 00:36:19,350
of the whole thing.

934
00:36:20,010 --> 00:36:20,150
Why?

935
00:36:21,150 --> 00:36:24,010
Because young people need to be involved in

936
00:36:24,010 --> 00:36:24,870
God's work.

937
00:36:25,010 --> 00:36:26,930
And when you get them involved in God's

938
00:36:26,930 --> 00:36:29,530
work, someday they're going to take off running

939
00:36:29,530 --> 00:36:32,650
and they may even pass you off, bless

940
00:36:32,650 --> 00:36:33,130
God.

941
00:36:33,730 --> 00:36:36,750
Well, dear parents, these are just a few

942
00:36:36,750 --> 00:36:37,790
helpful suggestions.

943
00:36:38,350 --> 00:36:41,430
It is by no means a conclusive list

944
00:36:41,430 --> 00:36:44,990
of suggestions and helpful meditations for you.

945
00:36:45,490 --> 00:36:47,470
You can come up with many more of

946
00:36:47,470 --> 00:36:48,350
them on your own.

947
00:36:48,690 --> 00:36:52,290
The goal is a disciple of Jesus Christ

948
00:36:52,290 --> 00:36:55,150
who loves God with their whole heart and

949
00:36:55,150 --> 00:36:57,530
delights in giving their life away to live

950
00:36:57,530 --> 00:36:58,050
for others.

951
00:36:58,050 --> 00:37:00,710
I want to encourage your parents to receive

952
00:37:00,710 --> 00:37:03,550
the vision and the calling that God is

953
00:37:03,550 --> 00:37:05,410
presenting before you.

954
00:37:06,090 --> 00:37:09,790
And guide those children to stand on their

955
00:37:09,790 --> 00:37:12,550
own two feet on the Lord Jesus Christ

956
00:37:12,550 --> 00:37:13,910
and begin to walk.

957
00:37:14,190 --> 00:37:16,370
That is the challenge that I leave you

958
00:37:16,370 --> 00:37:17,510
in this message.

959
00:37:17,890 --> 00:37:18,590
Let us pray.

960
00:37:21,220 --> 00:37:24,780
Yes, our God and our Father, here I

961
00:37:24,780 --> 00:37:25,580
am, Lord.

962
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:27,540
It is I, Lord.

963
00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:30,860
I have heard You calling in the night.

964
00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:34,160
O Father, we know that You do call

965
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:34,800
in the night.

966
00:37:35,340 --> 00:37:36,740
O God, we pray that You will give

967
00:37:36,740 --> 00:37:38,940
us the wisdom and, God, to give us

968
00:37:38,940 --> 00:37:41,260
the direction and give us the grace that

969
00:37:41,260 --> 00:37:44,940
we need to so guide our children that

970
00:37:44,940 --> 00:37:47,100
in the youth of their life they will

971
00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:48,860
hear You calling in the night.

972
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,120
I have got something for You to do.

973
00:37:52,900 --> 00:37:54,900
Lord, this is our prayer.

974
00:37:54,900 --> 00:38:00,960
Our desire is for anointed youth who are

975
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:03,300
full of the Holy Ghost, who love You

976
00:38:03,300 --> 00:38:05,200
with all their heart, and they are a

977
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,560
witness of Jesus Christ.

978
00:38:08,100 --> 00:38:10,940
This we pray for in Jesus' name.

979
00:38:11,580 --> 00:38:11,900
Amen.