Yalo On Air - 'Navigating Young Adult Life'

YALO On Air –28 April 2024

Episode 26

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Topic: Navigating Young Adult Life as a Christian!

1 Peter 2.9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.

Ecclesiastes 11:9-10 “Young people, enjoy your youth. Be happy while you are still young. Do what you want to do, and follow your hearts desire. But remember that God is going to judge you for whatever you do.

Proverbs 14.12 There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death. Proverbs 16.25 There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.

Ecclesiastes 1 - Everything Has Its Time

1To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven:

2A time to be born, And a time to die;

And so, “We must remember there are different seasons in our lives and let God do what He wants to do in each of those seasons.” as quoted by Ashley Evans

•   Galatians 6:9 “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

•   Genesis 39. 1 Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there. 2The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 3And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all he did [a]to prosper in his hand. 4So Joseph found favor in his sight, and served him. Then he made him overseer of his house, and all that he had he put [b]under his authority. 5So it was, from the time that he had made him overseer of his house and all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had in the house and in the field. 6Thus he left all that he had in Joseph’s [c]hand, and he did not know what he had except for the [d]bread which he ate.

•   Esther 4.14 And Mordecai told them to answer Esther: “Do not think in your heart that you will escape in the king’s palace any more than all the other Jews. 14For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

   

 

 15Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai: 16“Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish!”

As you embrace your Young Adult life these are the exposures you will be faced with:

Developmental Tasks of Early Adulthood (https://open.maricopa.edu/devpsych/chapter/chapter-9-early- adulthood/) Ages 20-late 30’s - Havighurst (1972) describes some of the developmental tasks of young adults.

“It’s a time where you focus on:

1. Achieving autonomy: trying to establish oneself as an independent person with a life of one’s own

2. Establishing identity: more firmly establishing likes, dislikes, preferences, and philosophies

3. Developing emotional stability: becoming more stable emotionally which is considered a sign of

   maturing

4. Establishing a career: deciding on and pursuing a career or at least an initial career direction and

   pursuing an education

5. Finding intimacy: forming first close, long-term relationships

6. Becoming part of a group or community: young adults may, for the first time, become involved with

   various groups in the community. They may begin voting or volunteering to be part of civic organizations (scouts, church groups, etc.). This is especially true for those who participate in organizations as parents.

7. Establishing a residence and learning how to manage a household: learning how to budget and keep a home maintained.

8. Becoming a parent and rearing children: learning how to manage a household with children.

9. Making marital or relationship adjustments and learning to parent.”

1 Cor 6.19-20 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

•   2 Tim 2.22 So flee youthful passions and pursue