Identity Crisis

Well, today we are preparing for our student ministry service we will be having tonight. Tonight we are going to touch on a very hot topic amongst teenagers in America today. Identity and Insecurities. We will be learning lessons from the life of John the Baptist concerning these things.

So many teenagers today have lost thier identity! They don't know who they are anymore! They've allowed others to dictate who they are and Satan is molding them into what he wants them to become! Insecure, they go along not being confident in who they are in Christ. Insecure, they don't know thier purpose. Insecure, they put others down and criticize only so they can feel better about themselves.
But John, he knew who he was. He was confident in who he was in God. He said he was "the voice of one calling in the desert, 'Make straight the way for the Lord." (John 1:23) John had a mission and purpose and he wasn't going to allow others to change that!

What about you? Do you know who you are anymore? Are you confident enough in Christ to be who he has called you to be? Or do you have to follow the patterns of the world to feel good about yourself always needing everyone else's approval? Which will it be? God's approval or man's?

Pray for us as we minister God's word tonight!