Who Am I - Identity Crisis of Youth Today - The Forge - August 27 2024

The LORD is a warrior" (Ex. 15:3). God is a warrior. He has come to rescue us.

The Forge: A year out of high school with no plans for his future, a boy is challenged by his single mom and a successful businessman to start charting a better course for his life. Through the prayers of his mother and biblical discipleship from his new mentor, he begins discovering God's purpose for his life is so much more than he could hope for or imagine.

From the Good Life Sharing the Good Life with others THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE who grow up in rough neighborhoods with nothing to their names. But then they find some way to make a ton of money. So they move out, and never think about their neighborhoods again. All they care about is taking care of themselves. They never give back to the community, and they never think about the kids growing up like they did. They are criticized as self-centered snobs who forgot where they came from. Well I’m afraid that many believers have become spiritual self-centered snobs. Many of us have forgotten where we came from. As Ephesians 2:1–2 reminds us, “You were dead in your trespasses and sins in which you once walked …” There was a time when all of us were hopelessly lost in our sins and far from God. The only reason any of us are reconnected to God is the grace of God. If you are a Christian today, it’s not because you’ve met some list of requirements, and therefore have found a way to restore yourself to God. That’s the beautiful thing about the Christian gospel. It tells us that God loves us, pursues us, and woos us back to Himself. He sees our need. He sees our weakness. He sees our sin; and He does the reconciling. Jesus had compassion on us, literally came to get us, picked us up, and carried us to God. Our legs were lame and our hearts were hard, but Jesus brought us to the Father. But you never would have known about this Jesus if nobody told you about Him. There are other people who are back where you used to be. They’re dead in their trespasses and sins. They’re not living the good life, in fact, they’re rebelling against it. They need to be saved, to turn from their sin and believe the good news about Jesus.

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