E3 Parents

Jesus as a Teenager

January 6, 2010 at 7:46 pm Leave a comment

The Bible doesn’t have much to say about Jesus’ teen years. As a matter of fact it doesn’t really say much of anything about Him between the ages of 12 and 30…with one exception. There is one verse that kind of bridges the gap between 12 years old and 30 years old. That verse is Luke 2:52. “And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.”

Tonight at E3 worship we talked about what we know about Jesus’ teen years from this verse and used that as a springboard to evaluate our own lives as compared to Jesus. I challenged our students who were here to take an honest look at their life and see if during 2009 they have been growing in wisdom…growing in stature…growing in favor with God…growing in favor with man. And we talked about setting goals for this new year in each of those areas. We talked about the fact that ultimately our goal as Christians ought to be to become more and more like Jesus (as we heard in the sermon last Sunday, “to live as Jesus lived, to love as Jesus loved, and to leave behind what Jesus left behind”).

Maybe you could encourage your teen to follow through with the challenge I issued and help them set some practical goals. Then remind them from time to time to check up on themselves to see how they are doing. Hold them accountable. Above all else pray for them often…that they would truly become more and more like Jesus.

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