What influence People

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What influence Peoples choices
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Three tiers of influence exist

• First contemporary music, movies, TV, internet,
  public policies and parents
• Second peers, schools, mentors, universities,
  and siblings
• Third churches and faith communities, adult
  education, counseling, and extended families

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Levels of influence vary

• Relative influence of these elements varies
  according to a persons age, life stage, family
  character and socioeconomic standing.
• Key point control and maximize their
  inlfluence at every stage of life

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Foundations develop early

• By the age of 9, most of the moral and spiritual
  foundations of a child are in place.

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Validity of views is continually challenged

• After age 9, the child will shift mental gears to
  either confirm or challenge his or her moral
  spiritual foundations
• Every new experience causes them to challenge
  their prevailing views to some degree
• Whether to revise their viewpoint depends on
  various factors
• Strength of existing view
• Pressure and benefits of reconsidering that view
• How credible and reliable of that external source
  that pressuring them to make the change.

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Intentional Effort impacts

• The more intentional and strategic the effort at
  influence is , the greater is the effect of that
  effort.

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What do kids need?

• 1. Purpose help them to find their purpose in
  life
• -- 2 out of 3 teenagers are seeking
• Figures are higher among adolescents
• ½ of all adults are still seeking
• Meaning and purposes in life are gained by
  developing spiritual understanding (why God
  created me?, What am I good for?, What is my
  calling?)

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Grasping the purposes

• Mission
• You must love the Lord your God with all your
  heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all
  your mind. And , Love your neighbour as
  yourself (Luke 1027)
• Vision
• Unique to the individual,
• significant contribution that God has carved out
  for us contributing to His Kingdom

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What kids need?

• Perspective
• How to make sense of the world (worlds view)
• How to make choices (moral values)

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7 facts children need to know to establish his
worlds view

• Does God exist?
• What is the character and nature of God?
• How and why was the world created?
• What is the nature and purpose of humanity?
• What happens after we die on Earth?
• What spiritual authorities exist?
• What is truth?

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Four foundations in establishing perspective

• Cornerstone 1 understanding that the Bible is a
  credible manual for life
• Cornerstone 2 A commanding knowledge of
  Biblical content
• Cornerstone 3 The identification of Organizing
  principles
• Cornerstone 4 burning desire to obey God

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What kids need?

• 3. Personality need maturity to face the
  outside world
• Removing emotional and behavioural obstacles to
  growth
• Strength and perseverance to face the outside
  world
• Sense of responsibility and empowerment
• Through building a personal relationship with God

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What kids need?

• 4. Personal relationship with God and others --
  established channels of deepening our
  relationship with God and others
• Worship
• Evangelism
• Discipleship
• Stewardship
• Service
• Fellowship