In Jesus, we have been sealed by the Holy Spirit into the love of God poured out to us through Christ (Rom. 5:5). Jesus is our sustaining hope, and the only hope we have to offer teenagers in this present time of suffering.
For God’s glory and for your good, I exhort you – don’t get so caught up in doing things for Jesus that you neglect your first calling of simply being with Jesus.
The more I’ve studied, the more I’ve realized unusual Bible stories aren’t weird, I just don’t understand the point yet. And hidden in the weirdness is normally very good news.
The recognition of my lack of control over my family and the world they live in frees me to give the problem of their security over to the Lord himself.
While we may repeatedly tell our students that their identity is found first and foremost in Christ, perhaps right now they are in a better place to listen and believe.
Increased skepticism in our culture and a growing buzz among Christians about the relationship between science and faith has led many of us to give more thoughtful focus to these questions in our ministries.
Normal isn’t going back to the way things were. Normal is growth. Normal is releasing our belief that “the way things were” is the model of what is best.
Whether you know it or not, if you work in youth ministry you are likely serving one or more children from broken homes. Here are five truths to encourage your teens in dysfunctional families
Let’s listen with open ears to what God is actively teaching us.
