(The message delivered by Pastor Hien Nguyen)
Bible Text: Ps 119:9-16
Young people are full of life, energy, vigour, zeal, enthusiasm, passion, ambitions, etc. They easily deceive themselves by thinking that they are smart and clever enough to direct their own lives. As they are still young and do not have much life experiences with failures and disappointments, they usually live in their dreams, thinking that all will be good and nice. They easily imitate and follow others whom they see nice, famous, modern, popular or fashionable. If they strongly like or desire to do something, they just do it with zeal and passion regardless of the advice of the mature, experienced, and godly people, even their parents. We see a lot of young people trying to keep themselves up to worldly values and indulge themselves in worldly pleasures, music, movies, computer games, pornography, fashions, ungodly friendship, and so on. Most of them just want to enjoy life and do not care for their future. Satan is very subtle and cunning, and he is using worldly values and pleasures to attract many people including young people and lure them away from God and His Truth.
Then, how can young people keep their lives clean and pure in this sinful world full of temptations and deception? We thank God for His Word and His Truth to direct our lives and steps in the right and narrow way leading to eternal life, “Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word” (Ps 119:9). We have learnt the first paragraph of Psalm 119, telling us God’s blessing for those who are perfect and undefiled before the Lord by seeking God and keeping God’s Word. Today, we are learning the second paragraph to get some wise instructions from God’s Word for the youth.
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