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There are so many things youths desire to do and unfortunately many of these things are not God-pleasing. It is almost impossible or difficult to separate oneself from the evil desires of this end time. Youthful passion steal our love and devotion to Christ and make us ineffective for the kingdom work.

To shun means to avoid persistently. It means it won’t be that easy. You must be forceful and persistent about it.

Youthful means Character of young people.

Passion is any great, strong, powerful emotion.

SOME OF THE THINGS YOUTHS ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT AT THIS TIME – Galatian 5:19-21

  • Sexual immorality
  • Getting rich quickly through unholy means
  • Indecent dressing
  • Getting angry easily
  • Bad company and evil friends

 TO BE ABLE TO SHUN THESE THINGS

(A)  Be born again

  • Study the word of God
  • Stay away from bad companies
  • Say no to sexual immorality, don’t go into a relationship if you’re not ready for marriage.
  • Follow righteousness, faith, charity and peace.
  • Call unto God from a pure heart
  • Be right with God, pursue the character of Christ and desire holiness more than fleshly indulgence, He must increase and I must decrease.

(B)  Pursuing Faith

Sometimes in life one give in to temptation that our youthful passion face, because of our wavering faith in God. Some of those thing include:

  • Forging results
  • Sleeping with boss for grade or promotion
  • Delay in getting a life partner, admission or job therefore comparing ourselves with our friends
  • Drinking alcohol to forget your pain.

As a child of God, you must stand strong even in your darkest moments    

(C)  Pursuing Love

Jesus is the lover of our souls and we must see Jesus as our true lover. We must create time to talk with Him. People who are in love go to any length to express their love for each other, we must do same for Jesus.

 (D)  Pursuing Peace – Isaiah 48:22

Pursuing peace means to pursue a right standing with God by being obedient to His words. When a child of God falls into sin he/she loses his/her peace.