(A)INTRODUCTION: The wealthiest spot on this planet is not Tokyo Japan with a GDP of $1,520 billion or New York with a GDP of $1,210 Billion or the oil fields of Saudi Arabia or the gold mine of South Africa. The richest deposit on our planet lies in not too distant from us CEMENTRY. Buried therein are songs never sung, books not written, ideas that didn’t come to reality youthfulness/life not maximized, may God empower us to maximize our youthfulness and life in Jesus mighty name.
(B)DEFINITION OF TERMS
Maximizing: it is from the word maximum which means to make the best use of something, make something of greatest amount, size, speed etc that is possible.
Youthfulness: It is from the word youth which means the following
1. According to Wikipedia a time of life when one is young, but often means the time between childhood and adulthood, it is also defined as the period of much show and belief in appearance, freshness, vigor, spirit etc.
2. According to UN for statistical consistency across regions defines youth as those people between the ages of 15 and 24 years without prejudice to other definition by member states.
3. Cambridge English dictionary it is a period of your life when you are young or the state of being young.
4.Nigeria youth policy document 2009 defines youth as a person between the ages of 18 and 35.
BRIEF TRACE OF YOUTH IN CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH
The word started emergence in 1949 with the prayer warrior/prayer battalion this latter gave birth to another group called the light of the world in 1966, then another group CACSA in 1970, then UAC in 1973 in 1992 the authorities of the church cancelled all the group and established CACYOF and the first rally was held in 1993 with the theme that their children may hear in Deut 31:13.
The youth fellowship has a vision: Spiritual breakthrough that manifests in all round fulfillment through organisation of need-meeting programme evangelism and church planting. And to achieve this fellowship CACAYOF IS BROKEN INTO THREE:
CHILDREN AND PUPILS: 1-12
TEENAGERS 13-19
ELITES 20-50.
(C)HOW TO MAXIMISE YOUTHFULLNESS/LIFE
1. Know and remain with your source: A manufacturer’s product must remain related to its source in order to be maintained and for optimal performance.2 chro 26:5.God guarantees our maximum performance if we remain related to Him and submit to the conditions, specification and standard set by Him.
2.See the Big picture(vision):Every product exists for a specific purpose, that is the original intent is essential because the purpose for which something was made determines its design, nature, potential and of it will be maximized. God made you for a purpose find it only in it can you be maximum. Gen. 37:9.
3. Get the right qualification / other forms of trainings: to be qualified according to the oxford advance learner’s dictionary (eight editions) in areas to have skill, experience and training that is/are necessary for a particular job. David in 1 Sam. 16:16, 16:18.
4. Get to work (be diligent): Ability is useless until it is given responsibility (My Les Munroe). Prov. 22:29 talks about being diligent which means constant: efforts attention, persistent in pursuit of something. The first thing God gave Adam was work Gen. 2:15, work is a major key to maximizing our lives, claiming promises does not make it happen, the land was promised to the children of Israel but they had to walk it out to posses it Deut. 11:24. Good ideas do not maximize life but good hard work does.
5. Avoid sin & distractions: Sin is a sinker and a weight Heb. 12:1,the heavier anything is the slower the speed, Gen. 39:9, Is. 59:1 sin makes man fruitless Ps. 1, sin cuts man from God’s presence, favour and intervention II Chro 7:14.
6. Build your character: No man succeeds in isolation, God has mixed us in such a way that we all depend on each other to get something done. He does not only expect us to live in harmony with one another but has provided the how, the fruit of the spirit Gal. 5:22-23
7. Prayer: We live in a world where everything and everyone wants to go against your fulfillment except God and Godly brethren Ger. 17:9,prayers will pave the way for all efforts to yield results, prayer can do all that God can do. Prayer is an aroma that attracts heavenly attentions to man’s situation, praying is touching the hands that hold the world. Man lost authority in the Garden of Eden but regain it in the garden of Gethsemane in prayers (Rev. George Adegboye). Great destinies are birthed and maximized on the altar of prayer I Thess. 5:17
Conclusion
God want us to maximize our lives and youth III John 2 but we have roles of agreement among others to do, to make this a reality. Having a maximize life in Jesus name (Amen)
sermon guide to a message delivered in a sermon in Christ Apostolic Church oke Isegun English SectionTaiwo road Ilorin kwara State Nigeria
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