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7\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Instead, we were like young children[<\/sup>a<\/sup><\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0among you. Just as a nursing mother cares for her children,\u00a08\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>so we cared for you. Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God\u00a0but our lives as well.\u00a09\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our toil and hardship; we worked\u00a0night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone\u00a0while we preached the gospel of God to you.\u00a010\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>You are witnesses,\u00a0and so is God,\u00a0of how holy,\u00a0righteous and blameless we were among you who believed.\u00a011\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children,\u00a012\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy\u00a0of God, who calls\u00a0you into his kingdom and glory.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Definition of ‘nurturing<\/strong>‘<\/p>\n Nurturing in Christianity means helping a person to grow and develop his or her gifting or talent to populate the church<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Who is A Youth?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n A youth is a period between childhood and maturity usually between 18-30<\/p>\n MINISTRY<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Ministry means service to an office<\/p>\n ministry is an activity carried out by Christians to express or spread their faith, the prototype being the Great Commission.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n WHAT IS YOUTH MINISTRY<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Youth ministry<\/strong>, is an age-specific religious ministry<\/a> of faith<\/a> group, usually from ages 12 to 30<\/p>\n WHAT IS THE MISSION OF THE YOUTH MINISTRY<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Its mission is to involve and engage with young people<\/a> who attend their places of meeting<\/a>(church or club), or who live in their community<\/a>.<\/p>\n Christian youth ministry<\/a> usually it deals \/covers one or more of the following:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n IN WHAT WAYS CAN WE NATURE THE YOUTH FOR EFFECTIVE MINSTRY?<\/u><\/p>\n The youth CAN BE<\/u><\/em><\/strong> nurtured in four ways<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. (1 John 4:16<\/a>)<\/p>\n Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Romans 12:9<\/a><\/p>\n See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.\u00a0 1 John 3:1<\/a><\/p>\n Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life. Isaiah 43:4<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I\u2019m sick and tired of seeing the youth in the state of perplexity because his boyfriend or girlfriend left them.<\/p>\n I get heart broken when I see a youth commit suicide because his or her lover Has left them.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hebrews 13:17 Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Galatians 4:19<\/strong>, NLT: “Oh, my dear children! 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Mark 16:15<\/a>\u00a0 And he said to them, \u201cGo into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.<\/h3>\n
Philippians 2:4<\/a> Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.<\/h3>\n
John 13:34<\/a> \u00a0A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.<\/h3>\n