How to keep from Drifting

What can we do to help establish long term commitment/engagement & build momentum for Gen-Z and millennials to keep them from drifting?"  Going to ask you to offer prayer for them after your answer & a final thought before we close.  Let Me know if you have a question about the question.

Hebrews 2:1 Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.

DRIFT MEANS DISBELIEF

WOULD SUGGEST THAT ACTIONS DON’T COINCIDE WITH SUPPOSED BELIEF’S

SLIP BACK INTO OLD HABBIT’S OR OLD WAYS

IN TERMS OF THE GENERATION GAP BECAUSE I’M ADDRESSING MILLENIALS AND GEN-Z ECCLESIASTES 1:9, SAY’S THERE’S NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN

WHICH MEANS WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FROM BABY BOOMER TO GEN-Z WE ALL FACED THE SAME CHALLENGES AND STRUGGLES WITH SIN, AND FAITHFULNESS TO GOD

I BELIEVE WE’RE IN A DIFFERENT DISPENSATION OF GRACE WHEREBY YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO BALANCE WELL BEING IN THE WORLD AND NOT OF THE WORLD

BECAUSE LET’S FACE IT ALL OF THE AMENITIES OF THIS WORLD WILL CAUSE ONE TO DRIFT

(THE WORLD STIMULATES OUR FLESH WHICH DRAWS US AWAY FROM GOD)

1 JOHN 2:15 Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 16 For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.

GETTING BACK TO THIS DISPENSATION OF GRACE THAT WE’RE IN…

2 PETER 3:9 The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.

I BELIEVE THAT ACCORDING TO THIS PASSAGE THAT GOD HAS OPENED THE DOOR AS WIDE AS HE CAN FOR FOLK TO BE SAVED

AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT AS HIS AMBASSADORS AND PARTNERS THAT WE AIN’T BLOCKING ANYONE FROM COMING THROUGH THE SAME DOOR THAT WE CAME THROUGH

SO THIS DUALITY OF ME BEING IN THE WORLD AND NOT OF THE WORLD MEANS I NOT ONLY HAVE TO BALANCE BUT I STILL HAVE THIS RESPONSIBILITY TO REPRESENT THE KINGDOM

JOSHUAH 24:14-15 CHOOSE YOU THIS DAY

REVELATION 3:15 ; HOT OR COLD (ARE STILL THE STANDARD)

LET’S FACE IT IF YOU CHA - CHA SLIDE AT A CHURCH FUNCTION …..

IT’S QUITE DIFFERENT THAN IF YOU GO TO A WORLDLY FUNCTION AND CHA CHA SLIDE

THERE ARE DIFFERENT AMENITIES AND LET’S BE REAL TEMPTATIONS

BUT IF WE GONNA KEEP IT A BEAN OUR MILLENIALS AND GEN Z’S AND EVERY OTHER GENERATION ARE GONNA FIND THEMSELVES IN THOSE SETTINGS

SO IF WE GONNA HELP MILLENIALS, GEN Z, X ETC.. KEEP FROM DRIFTING

OUR ONLY RECOURSE AS A BODY OF BELIEVERS IS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MAKING STRONG DISCIPLES

I BELIEVE DISCIPLESHIP AND CONTINUED DISCIPLESHIP IS AT THE CORE OF COMMITMENT & CONSISTENCY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PREVENTION IN TERMS OF DRIFTING

AND AS A RESULT OF STRONG DISCIPLESHIP AND CONTINUED DISCIPLESHIP OUR DECISION MAKING WILL REFLECT OUR CONVICTION

1 SAMUEL 3:16 But Eli called out to him, “Samuel, my son.”

“Here I am,” Samuel replied.

17 “What did the Lord say to you? Tell me everything. And may God strike you and even kill you if you hide anything from me!” 18 So Samuel told Eli everything; he didn’t hold anything back. “It is the Lord’s will,” Eli replied. “Let him do what he thinks best.”

PROTECT YOUR RELATIONSHIP - DON’T LET LIFE GET TO GOOD WHER IT TURNS YOU AWAY ( 1 PETER 3:15) CONSECRATE CHRIST IN YOUR HEART

PERSIST IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP - DON’T LET IT GET MUNDANE KEEP IT FRESH (DANIEL 6:10)

PERSERVERE IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP - EVEN WHEN IT’S BAD KNOW IT’S WORKING FOR YOUR GOOD (JAMES 1:2-4)