Sis wrote:
to walk in the ways of the Lord and not succumb to the world's philosophies of immoral behaviors? I'm talking about Christian kids that have not learned to spend time regularly in the Word or in prayer. Young people that believe it is "normal" to have "relations" with a date, experiment with drugs and/or talk trashy.
I'd like to be armed with scripture that speaks to these things. Verses like 1 Corinthians 6:18- Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. 19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
Do you know verses that have spoken to you or that remind you to LIVE holy and separate from the world?
I'm not sure at what age group you are classifying "young people?" 14 year's old? 19? To be honest, if they have not been raised with scriptures in their daily lives, then starting to "give them scriptures" about certain things in life is not going to help them, now.
I really loved how my church and knew of other churches that took our young teenagers, whether by gender-only or by mixing both genders, together and having live talks every week through a series as to how important it is to remain pure and to stay away as much as possible from the other "no no's" of this world...drugs, alcohol, smoking, etc. Giving scriptures is "nice and all" and it does give them something to dwell on, but they have to be shown through actions that the adults that surround them are acting in the same "worthy" manner.
Drinking alcohol is not a sin. Drinking too much alcohol and becoming drunk, that is a sin. Smoking a cigarette is not a sin. I have told me kids over and over again that we, as parents, do not do it because of the harmful things it does to your body not to mention the awful smell that lingers. "Taking drugs"...there are legal and illegal drugs. Taking "legal" drugs can actually be beneficial as long as you follow the prescription and do not abuse it. Have S** before your are married is a definite sin but not holding hands or kissing. Talking to kids, young people on a daily basis is the way to go through stories of adults or other kids their age that did abuse alcohol or drugs and look what happened to them. To me, that is a far better approach of showing young people the damage caused by sin.