Paradigm Young Adult Ministry
A Life Well Lived - Commitment Issues
Kansas City's Young Adult Ministry // paradigmkc.com
Locations & Times
Abundant Life Church
304 SW Persels Rd, Lee's Summit, MO 64081, USA
Tuesday 7:00 PM
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RELATIONSHIPS:
- The US adult marriage rate is at an all-time low of 51% (compared with 72% in 1960) according to PEW social trends
- “Today, just 20% of adults ages 18 to 29 are married, compared with 59% in 1960.”
- Only 1 in 5 young adults are Married compared to 3 in 5 one generation ago. – Rainer’s book “Millenials”
- The US adult marriage rate is at an all-time low of 51% (compared with 72% in 1960) according to PEW social trends
- “Today, just 20% of adults ages 18 to 29 are married, compared with 59% in 1960.”
- Only 1 in 5 young adults are Married compared to 3 in 5 one generation ago. – Rainer’s book “Millenials”
CAREERS:
- Millenials stay only 2 years at a job, compared to baby boomers average of 7 years and Gen X’ers 5 years.
- Millenials stay only 2 years at a job, compared to baby boomers average of 7 years and Gen X’ers 5 years.
CHURCH:
- 3 out of 5 millennial Christians (59%) disconnect either permanently or for an extended period of time from church life after age 15. Barna Research
- 75% claim they are Spiritual but Not Religious claiming no ties to anything other than "spirituality"- Rainer Millenials
- Each year, one out of seven adults changes his or her church membership.
- 1 out of 6 regularly attends a carefully chosen handful of churches on a rotating basis rather than sticking with the same church week after week.
- 3 out of 5 millennial Christians (59%) disconnect either permanently or for an extended period of time from church life after age 15. Barna Research
- 75% claim they are Spiritual but Not Religious claiming no ties to anything other than "spirituality"- Rainer Millenials
- Each year, one out of seven adults changes his or her church membership.
- 1 out of 6 regularly attends a carefully chosen handful of churches on a rotating basis rather than sticking with the same church week after week.
1) WHAT COMMITMENTS SHOULD MARK US?
A) RELATIONSHIPS
Hebrews 10:36-39
“You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised (because He is faithful). For in just a very little while, “He who is coming will come and will not delay. But my righteous one will live by faith. And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him. But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.”
B) CAREER
C) CHURCH
Hebrews 13:17
“Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as men who must give an account. Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no advantage to you.”
D) COMMUNITY
Hebrews 10:25
"Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching."
E) SERVING
Psalm 15:2-4
“Those who lead blameless lives and do what is right, speaking the truth from sincere hearts.3 Those who refuse to gossip or harm their neighbors or speak evil of their friends. 4 Those who despise flagrant sinners, and honor the faithful followers of the Lord, and keep their promises even when it hurts.”
A) RELATIONSHIPS
Hebrews 10:36-39
“You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised (because He is faithful). For in just a very little while, “He who is coming will come and will not delay. But my righteous one will live by faith. And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him. But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.”
B) CAREER
C) CHURCH
Hebrews 13:17
“Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as men who must give an account. Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no advantage to you.”
D) COMMUNITY
Hebrews 10:25
"Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching."
E) SERVING
Psalm 15:2-4
“Those who lead blameless lives and do what is right, speaking the truth from sincere hearts.3 Those who refuse to gossip or harm their neighbors or speak evil of their friends. 4 Those who despise flagrant sinners, and honor the faithful followers of the Lord, and keep their promises even when it hurts.”
2) WHY SHOULD WE KEEP COMMITMENTS?
Titus 1:2
“a faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time,.."
Romans 10:13-14
“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?
Titus 1:2
“a faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time,.."
Romans 10:13-14
“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?
3) WHY DON’T WE MAKE/KEEP COMMITMENTS?
A) BECAUSE WE’VE BEEN HURT BY OTHERS.
1 Corinthians 13:11
“When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.”
B) WE'RE NOT COMMITTED.
Acts 15:37-38
“Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, 38 but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work.
C) OVERCOMMITTED
Ecclesiastes 5:5-6a
“It is better to say nothing than to make a promise and not keep it. 6 Don’t let your mouth make you sin…”
2 Peter 3:9
“The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.
James 2:13
“For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.”
A) BECAUSE WE’VE BEEN HURT BY OTHERS.
1 Corinthians 13:11
“When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.”
B) WE'RE NOT COMMITTED.
Acts 15:37-38
“Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, 38 but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work.
C) OVERCOMMITTED
Ecclesiastes 5:5-6a
“It is better to say nothing than to make a promise and not keep it. 6 Don’t let your mouth make you sin…”
2 Peter 3:9
“The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.
James 2:13
“For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.”
