22/08/2021
Message: VIBRANT YOUTH; Text: Eccl 12:2-8. INTRODUCTION: The World says," Youth for pleasure,Middle age for business,Old age for religion".The Bible says," Youth, Middle and Old age for your Creator". But as it's especially in our youth that we most inclined (determined?) to our creator,it is especially in these our youthful age we must work to remember our creator (Eccl 22:1). Remember that He made you,that He provides for you,that He cares for you,that He watches you,that He controls you; remember that He can save you too. That's a lot to remember,but it's much easier to start memorizing when we are young. REASONS TO REMEMBER YOUR CREATOR IN YOUR YOUTH --- 1TIMOTHY 4:12; (1) Energetic Year: However, that's not the only reason why God commands us to remember our creator in our young years,it is because these are our most energetic years, (2) Sensitive years: It is the time when we are "easier" to believe and repent.It's never easy,but it's easier. (3) Teachable years: We lean more in our youth than in any other period of life, (4) Dangerous years: Young years are mind-filled years; hormones,peer pressure, alcohol,drugs, po*******hy, immorality,etc. BIBLICAL GUIDELINE: (I) Eccl 11:9; Jeremiah 1:4-8; Psalms 119:9, (II) 2 Tim 2:22; Ephesians 4:29; Psalms 144:12, (III) Jeremiah 1:7-9; Psalms 71:5; 2 Tim 4:12. CONCLUSION: Always acknowledge God in all your doings as youth, middle age or old age. MEMORY VERSE: Proverbs 20:29.