Youth Alive!

Age 13-18 Finding your identity

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. (‭1 Timothy‬ ‭6‬:‭10-12‬ NIV)

- Don't be greedy don't love money
- Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness. Fight the good fight for the faith

TAKE HOLD - actively
- You have been given life...what have you been doing with it.
- be a drive not a passenger
- think how God wants you to live this life.

1st rule of parenting
- Don't care what the society thinks
- Put my children's welfare first
- Trust God love and know better about my child's future and happiness

What does it mean to "TAKE HOLD OF LIFE"?

1. Discover God's plan for you
Clues
- What are your talents and gifts?
- What are your interests & passion?
- God is the only One who helps you to find out your direction

2. Dare to dream
- When you look at a mountain you see a barrier. When I look at mountain I see an opportunity to myself. (Edmund Hillary)

3. Be wholehearted
- in whatever you do, do it 100%ly
- never do things half way
- maybe nobody else will know it's not perfect but I will (Michelangelo)
- the philosophy of sportsman is not so much on win/lose but the spirit to pushing yourself and stretching your ability
- even when you peel a potato, peel with all your heart
- Because when you do things with right attitude, it is an act of worship

4. Be prepared to make sacrifice 
- Jim Elliot as missionary died at Ecuador
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose"

5. Never give up
- Helen Keller: Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
- Challenges and difficulties make life more interesting

I NEED TO BE ACTIVE IN MY LIFE
GOD HAS A PLAN AND PURPOSE FOR ME

Source: Sharing by Dr Goh Chee Leong, 15.08.2014