Have you ever struggled to understand what young kids do and think about. Do you wonder why it is so difficult to understand them? I have some advice to give regarding these questions.
The youth of this world are making decisions that will
affect them for the rest of their lives.
Who do young adults turn to when they need help in choosing a life
decision? They turn to the individual who are much older and have more
experiences. The most effective way to
gain trust from a youth individual is to build a relationship. You won’t build any type of relationship just
through teaching, but it is after the class to where you engage that person on
a one to one bases.
The truth is that God loves us for who we are, but not for
what we do. “Let us not love with words
or tongue but with actions and in truth” (1 John 3:18). This verse is a perfect example of how
individuals not as experienced in life need to see love and faith in their
elders to understand it in depth. These
kids range from anywhere from 6 grade to 12th grade. We need to live in their world and by doing
this we show them that they are loved.
We show interest in things they like to do. It is not just a once a week I’ll see you at
youth group for an hour. By going to
some of their sporting events, etc… We prove to them that this is much more and
that we care.
This generation is all about change and technology. Our youth ministries need to stay in tune
with the new culture adaption. We need
to be on top of social media and new devices that arise because it is key to
have these types of tools in the youth room.
There is a tremendous amount of hurt and brokenness in today’s
world. As a leader in we need to not only hide our feelings in front of these
kids, but to be positive and show them that there is much better out there than
what they think. These kids have talents
and gifts that we need to help reveal to them.
Everyone can use a helping hand in this world regardless if they want it
or not.
No one who is young is never going to be old.
