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Childhood Faith |
Mature Adult Faith |
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Good Christians don’t have pain or disappointment. |
God uses our pain and disappointment to make us better Christians |
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God helps those who help themselves. |
God helps those who admit their own helplessness. |
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God wants to make us happy. |
God wants to make us into the image of Jesus. |
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Faith will help us always explain what God is doing (things always work out). |
Faith helps us stand under God’s sovereignty even when we have no idea what God is doing. |
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The closer we get to God, the more perfect we become |
The closer we get to God, the more we become aware of our own sinfulness. |
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Mature Christians have answers. |
Mature Christians can wrestle honestly with tough questions because we trust that God has the answers. |
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Good Christians are always strong. |
Our strength is in admitting our weakness. |
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We go to church because our friends are there, we have great leaders, and we get something out of it. |
We go to church because we belong to the body of Christ. |
Mark Devries, Family-Based Youth Ministry, (Downers Grove, IL, InterVarsity Press, 1994), p. 26
