Comments on: Sometimes We Take 1 Timothy 4:12 Too Far! https://youthministry.com/taking-break-fun-students/ Daily Wisdom for Youth Workers. Tue, 06 Oct 2015 16:43:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Aaron Crumbey https://youthministry.com/taking-break-fun-students/#comment-366858 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 16:43:50 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=54576#comment-366858 In reply to Jeremy.

Hey Jeremy,
Thanks for the comment. Definitely need to tke that into account.

]]> By: Jeremy https://youthministry.com/taking-break-fun-students/#comment-365731 Fri, 02 Oct 2015 14:30:23 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=54576#comment-365731 You do have to remember that your youth are youth and fun is a major part of their lives, but you also have to remember that they aren’t kids anymore as well. I agree that 1 Timothy 4:12 shouldn’t be used as a standard to measure your students. It should be used to explain a stretch goal that they should try to hit.

Remember to explain that 1 Timothy 4:12 was written to a pastor, not a lay youth group member. While every Christian should aspire to the qualities in the verse, Paul was telling Timothy how to relate with and gain the respect of the elders in the church he was leading. 1 Timothy 4:12 is not about general qualities of a Christian, but about qualities of a Christian leader.

This past summer, our Youth VBS used this verse as the theme, and we prepared a listen outline to talk through this verse with our youth. We split it into two sessions. If you want the outline, it is posted at: http://youth.para-gospel.com/2015/09/lesson-outline-youth-evangelism-1.html.

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