1/14/2024 0 Comments Daily bible study for youthWords of Strength and PromiseĮach devotion is written by an author who has been through the problem and can help guide today’s youth through it. Alongside resources for adult youth leaders and parents, there are Bible studies and devotions there specifically for youth to use. YouthESource is LCMS Youth Ministry’s resource website. Resources Available Youth Resources on YouthESource Amongst all the voices and information, spending time with God in the Bible helps them to listen to Jesus’ voice above all the chatter. Teens (and adults!) need a lens through which to process and understand all the information given to them. Technology provides many with instant access to information, ads, and data from the moment they wake up until they go to sleep. Scripture is not just another source of information but the source of God’s living Word to us. It is through God’s good gifts to us that we receive and deeply understanding our forgiveness through Jesus’ death and resurrection.īible studies and devotions help us to constantly be in God’s living Word. Young people will struggle with sin, guilt and self-justification. Young people should be encouraged to be in God’s Word and Sacrament given in worship as well as in group study. While individual study is good, it never replaces what God gives us as a community of believers. While this identity as a Child of God can be a challenge in our culture, it is also a great comfort and joy. No matter where teens will go now and next, their Baptismal identity makes them different than the world around them, light and salt in the world. There is also great value in spending time in these practices alone. Prayer, devotions and Bible studies are all important to be done corporately, in families and in small groups. Lunsford/The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.Īs teens transition into adulthood, it is important for them to develop spiritual practices that they do on their own.
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