We'll learn: Why our maturing season of life is called Golden and how to keep it that way.
For
the tasks ahead of us, this workshop addresses – we silver-top
seniors are the best equipped and likely the only ones to
step-up-to-the-plate of service for our Savior. Many of Satan's lies
force us to unhappily sit on the bench and assume we're too old or
out of style to pick up a bat or glove.
The
emptiness of our daily routine is filled with extra naps that robs us
of quality night time rest.
Gold
is precious and never gets old, it never rusts, and oddly enough, is
vital in keeping computer stuff working, whether handheld phones or
satellites deep in space.
We
see a few glimpses of Godly principles and promises and how they
become far more precious than yellow gold metal.
Name
your most valued or funniest hand-me-down you've RECEIVED. Give
reasons.
Check
out two powerful 'hand-me-down' verses: 2Timothy 2:2 and Psalm
71:18.
Discuss
why they are different, but both needed. How do they apply to you?
Learning or Living
Never
in the existence of Planet Earth, have we had more data, on-line
libraries of sounds, sights, search tools, and studies. The access to
all of it is 24/7 and almost free and too often distracting,
wasteful, and increasingly just plain evil. It's all packaged with so
much flair and fashion, we easily become addicted to it, even before
our little ones begin kindergarten. It's no wonder most of our
silver-top generation are fearful of it. Take a moment to discuss the
fruitless efforts of technology to police itself. On a scale of 10,
do you think technology will ever provide our young families with
responsible God-honoring on-line resources?
This
makes our silver-top senior generation the only reliable
compassionate source for handing down life principles – both
physical and spiritual. At home can you think of some Bible
characters that did a good job, or bad job of passing on those life
principles?
The Big Lie
Satan
keeps whispering in our ear that we have no business trying to mentor
(teach, often one-to-one) teens unless we have become a walking Bible
encyclopedia of all Bible questions a person would ever think of
asking us. If you are a Born-Again Bible Believing Christian, you
already have knowledge of most all the basics needed to begin
mentoring most every teenager. But far more valuable, is your
EXPERIENCE in LIVING out those truths in your own life. That can't be
gleaned from computers.
Soft
speaking from a heart full of compassionate basic truths, for the one
hearing you can break down most of the largest of mountains. And
maybe even point a broken teenage heart to the Savior.
The
efforts are easily more precious than fine gold... Try it. Little
steps first... right?
