Talk to youth leaders from urban to urban and from coast to another coast, and you will feel sanctified that God bless you to be fronting these different types of youth leaders with diverse backdrops on a pretty reliable basis. Talk to them so you will know if you need to counsel, console or encourage them to “fight throughout until the breakthrough”.
You can see a pattern that lots of youth leaders are overworked and underpaid. Most are volunteers and worked as a full time task on top of the youth ministry. The sum of spiritual, emotional, and physical energy it will take you to keep up these teenagers, let alone supports them, would leave the most lead pastors frustrated and breathless. And, since the youth leaders typically don’t see the immediate payoff for every hard work, a temptation is to pull on to those more “glorious” rank in the ministry or either be totally out of it.
1. 77% of those that trust Jesus do so when they reached the age of eighteen (18). You are trading in a demographic that is normally open to a Gospel, those that are below 18 years old.
2. Jesus was the youth leader that leads the revolution that altered the world. You own the similar Holy Spirit like he did!
3. Each major spiritual awakening within the United States history had teenagers on a leading edge. And it is time for one more spiritual awakening!
4. Based on the record of the United Nations, it is the biggest youth generation of the world history. There are about 1,000,000,000 teenagers globally! Most of them dwelled in the city and needed to hear a Gospel from the teenagers.
5. Teenagers are always looking for that unconditional love and will only find it through the unimaginable God! And you have the HUGE part to make it happen!
6. Teenagers are searching for the cause and make disciples here and there and everywhere will be the ultimate cause in Matthew 28:19, 20.
7. An average teenager had 425 face-to-face and online friends that they may be able to reach out to together with the Gospel. They need you in equipping them to complete that!
8. When you equip the teenagers now they will serve Christ and then advance his Kingdom all throughout their lives.
9. Set a fire with the teens where they can set the youth group over the fire. Set the youth group over fire and they will set the church over fire. Set the church over fire and they will set the city over the fire. Then the Holy Spirit will hold the match and will ready to hand this to you!
Obviously, the will of God in our lives will trump all of these causes to stay in the youth Christian discipleship ministry. So, when God is genuinely shifting you on, you should follow his will. However, no matter where God will lead you, never stop to influence teenagers to lead and live the real cause of Christ!
But when you discouraged and just tied, then it is time that you double down, not only with the youth ministry, also with the proper brand of the youth ministry. The ministry model can be one game changer for the teens and for you. It can breathe life into one’s soul and will hand you “tackling fuel” so you can stay with the course.
You can see a pattern that lots of youth leaders are overworked and underpaid. Most are volunteers and worked as a full time task on top of the youth ministry. The sum of spiritual, emotional, and physical energy it will take you to keep up these teenagers, let alone supports them, would leave the most lead pastors frustrated and breathless. And, since the youth leaders typically don’t see the immediate payoff for every hard work, a temptation is to pull on to those more “glorious” rank in the ministry or either be totally out of it.
Before you set up anything in mind, here are 10 solid-rock reasons why you should not quit in the youth Christian discipleship ministry:
1. 77% of those that trust Jesus do so when they reached the age of eighteen (18). You are trading in a demographic that is normally open to a Gospel, those that are below 18 years old.
2. Jesus was the youth leader that leads the revolution that altered the world. You own the similar Holy Spirit like he did!
3. Each major spiritual awakening within the United States history had teenagers on a leading edge. And it is time for one more spiritual awakening!
4. Based on the record of the United Nations, it is the biggest youth generation of the world history. There are about 1,000,000,000 teenagers globally! Most of them dwelled in the city and needed to hear a Gospel from the teenagers.
5. Teenagers are always looking for that unconditional love and will only find it through the unimaginable God! And you have the HUGE part to make it happen!
6. Teenagers are searching for the cause and make disciples here and there and everywhere will be the ultimate cause in Matthew 28:19, 20.
7. An average teenager had 425 face-to-face and online friends that they may be able to reach out to together with the Gospel. They need you in equipping them to complete that!
8. When you equip the teenagers now they will serve Christ and then advance his Kingdom all throughout their lives.
9. Set a fire with the teens where they can set the youth group over the fire. Set the youth group over fire and they will set the church over fire. Set the church over fire and they will set the city over the fire. Then the Holy Spirit will hold the match and will ready to hand this to you!
10. God loved to use a “foolish thing of the world” in advancing his kingdom. And there is nothing even foolish than a typical teenager (no offense please!)
Obviously, the will of God in our lives will trump all of these causes to stay in the youth Christian discipleship ministry. So, when God is genuinely shifting you on, you should follow his will. However, no matter where God will lead you, never stop to influence teenagers to lead and live the real cause of Christ!
But when you discouraged and just tied, then it is time that you double down, not only with the youth ministry, also with the proper brand of the youth ministry. The ministry model can be one game changer for the teens and for you. It can breathe life into one’s soul and will hand you “tackling fuel” so you can stay with the course.
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