Connecting With Jesus

Connecting with Jesus is a worldwide project sponsored by the General Conference and the Ellen G. White Estate. The Spirit of Prophecy is still guiding God’s people and always will until the Lord returns. In fact, the Spirit of Prophecy has counsel on just about every aspect of life including theology, lifestyle, personal health, the family, the home, young people, interpersonal relationships, personal stewardship, you name it! The Spirit of Prophecy is still guiding God’s people and always will until the Lord returns. In fact, the Spirit of Prophecy has counsel on just about every aspect of life including theology, lifestyle, personal health, the family, the home, young people, interpersonal relationships, personal stewardship, you name it! The Spirit of Prophecy is still guiding God’s people and always will until the Lord returns.

YOUNG PEOPLE NEED ADVICE

YOUNG PEOPLE NEED ADVICE

Just like all of us do, but you young people need it more readily. Not because you are dumb (far from it!), but because you’re just beginning your journey through life, and life is extremely complex.

The writer of Ecclesiastes in the Bible says this,

“Young people, it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do. So refuse to worry, and keep your body healthy. But remember that youth, with a whole life before you, is meaningless.

Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, ‘Life is not pleasant anymore…’

Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and the golden bowl is broken. Don’t wait until the water jar is smashed at the spring and the pulley is broken at the well.

For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.” (Ecclesiastes 11:9-10; 12:1, 6-7 NLT)

What is the advice for young people from the Bible here?

1. Enjoy your youth – it is a gift from God!
2. Savor your youth – it won’t last forever!
3. Do what you want – but know you are accountable to God!
4. Do what you do morally and with integrity – that’s what God wants!
5. Be healthy in body and mind – don’t stress about what you can’t control!
6. Choose not just for your youth – choose also for your future!
7. Be excited about the things of youth – but don’t forget the things of God!
8. Honor God in your youth – don’t wait until you’re old, cynical, and dead!

Young people, God cares about you.
Young people, God wants the best for you.
Young people, God wants to know you personally.

Love your youth, enjoy your youth, act morally, be a person of integrity, live healthily in mind, body, and spirit, make good choices now and for the future, be excited, and, most important of all, honor God with your youth!

Your youth is a gift.

Use it well.

Keep Thinking!

By ND Willie

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