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FULFILLING A GREATER VISION FOR OUR GENERATION

What is your vision for the next generation?

JUDGES 2:7-11

7The people served the LORD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had seen all the great things the LORD had done for Israel.8Joshua son of Nun,the servant of the LORD, died at the age of a hundred and ten.JUDGES 2:7-11

9And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Heresin the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.10After that whole generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation grew up, who knew neither the LORD nor what he had done for Israel.JUDGES 2:7-11

11Then the Israelites did evilin the eyes of the LORDand served the Baals.

1. Artificial Maturity (Low EQ)Our young people today are being discipled by technology.10

2. Virtual Reality

3. Entitlement Mentality

4. BLURRED VALUES

The 2007 Global Tobacco Youth Survey (GYTS) conducted by the World Health Organization showed that one in every three Filipino teenagers aged 13 to 15 were already smokers, despite the existence of Republic Act 9211 or the Tobacco RegulationAct of 2003.18.7% of Filipino young women between the ages of 13 and 25 smoke cigarettes(Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance)Among female smokers, 60% say that they smoked their first cigarette at the age of 18, while the remaining 40% say they started when they were still very young.

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The minimum legal drinking age is 18 but underage drinking is common in the Philippines.In a survey conducted by the University of the Philippines in 1994, 60% or 5.3 million Filipino youths were said to be drinking alcoholic beverages.About 4.2 million of them are males and 1.1 million are females.On the average, Filipino youths start drinking alcohol at the age of 16 or 17However, there are also many cases when children as young as 12 years oldare already drinking alcoholic beverages. About 37 per cent of the respondents in the survey have continued the habit of drinking alcohol while 33 per cent said they only drink alcoholic beverages on special occasions. Some 17 per cent said they have already decided to stop the vice of drinking.Among girls, drinking is more acceptable than smoking. But it is considered more appropriate for men than for women to drink.The teenagers said their family, friends, and the mass media have influenced them to experiment with drinking alcohol. Underscoring the critical role that the family plays in youth behaviours, young people seem to take their cue from their own parents' attitudes and behaviour. Thus, a boy who grows up with an alcoholic father is more likely to become one himself.The study indicated that those who are more likely to drink are those:who are not living with parents (for example, college students living in dormitories)whose parents approve of drinkingwho frequently attending social gatheringswho enjoy going out to parties, bars and discoswho do not take part in sports activities

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Suicide is the second leading cause of death globally among young people aged 15 to 29, the World Health Organization (WHO) disclosed in its first global report on suicide prevention released last September 4.Among Filipinos, suicide has gone up in the last 21 years with the majority of cases involving young people 24 years old and below, said Dr. Rhea Concepcion, a child and adolescence psychiatrist. She added that there is an increasing trend of suicide among the youth, particularly in the age group of five to 14, and 15 to 24.16

TWO KIDS, AGED 9 & 10, ARRESTED ALLEGEDLY FOR THEFT, ARE JAILED IN THIS SMALL CELL WITH 18 OTHER CHILD DETAINEES AND 16 ADULT PRISONERS

The worsening drug abuse in the country can be gleaned from the fact that in 1972, there were only 20,000 drug users in the Philippines. In 2004, this figure has climbed to an astounding 6.7 million.Methamphetamine hydrochloride or "shabu" and marijuana are the illegal drugs preferred by one in every 29 Filipinos aged 10 to 44 years.

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What is your vision for the next generation?General VisionBuild the Body in the fullness of ChristLead People in Christ to be Christ-likeHow are we to fulfill the greater vision?

1 Samuel 1

1. Pray for the next generation

2. Prepare the next generation.PARENTING STYLES:

Helicopter ParentingBarkada ParentingHands-Off ParentingDrill Sergeant

3. Mentor the next generation.

DEUTERONOMY 11:18-21

18Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.19Teach them to your children,talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Deuteronomy 6:2-7 "so that you and your son and your grandson might fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, all the days of your life, and (so that) your days may be prolonged. O Israel, you should listen and be careful to do it, (so that) it may be well with you Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words which I am commanding you today shall be on your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up."34DEUTERONOMY 11:18-21

20Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates,21so that your days and the days of your children may be manyin the land that the LORD swore to give your forefathers, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth

PSALM 78:4

we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done.