Hello, my name is Ariel Cruz. I'm a fleet manager now. I started off as a truck driver. After high school, I did four years in the Marine Corps, got out with very little direction. I found out about it's a apprenticeship program and it pretty much put me on my feet getting my CDL. It started me off driving and eventually I climbed the ranks and now I'm a fleet manager, which probably would have never happened without this apprenticeship program.


ac mae efallai Naesys Rwy'n cael gwneud nhw'n gwybod Ac mae'n cael gwybod eich gwybod A'i gweithio â'r hyn ac mae yna dwi'n cael ei gwybod Ac mae'n cael ei gwybod eich gwybod A'r rhain yn eu ddych chi'n gweithio A'i gweithio i'r ddysgledig ac yn ychydig i ni i chi'n meddwl gyrs. Gwyddiwch chi'n meddwl gyrs, ac rydyn ni'n meddwl mewn meddwl gyrs ac rydyn ni'n meddwl gyrs. Mae'r ddweud i chi'n meddwl gyrs. Mae'n meddwl gyrs. Mae'r meddwl gyrs a'i ei gofyn. Rydyn ni'n meddwl gyrs. Mae'r meddwl gyrs. ddod yw'n gwneud yn ymlaen. Wrth gwrs, mae'n gwybodaeth yw'n ddweud. Mae'n ddweud. Mae'n gweithio i ddoch yn ddod i'r wneud sy'n ddweud am hynny oherwydd mae'n ddweud am hyn sydd am hyn. Mae'n ddweud a'r stryd o'r ddweud. Mae ydw i ddweud i ddweud oherwydd am hynny oherwydd oherwydd mae'n ddweud yn ysgrifennu'r fawr y gallwch Cymru yn fre Arm their past, past traumas, past situational that have nothing to do with you, and they're just unloading it on to you. And then you're having to deal with all of that. So, yeah, I understand, I know it's not fair that you have to go through that, you have to go through that and you got this person hating you for no apparent reason, for no justifiable reason, a that's what inspired me to make this video today because I want to help you to understand your feelings and to resolve that. To give you more understanding of what you're dealing with. So yeah, you got to look at it like this. You can tell A gyn nhw'n gweinio bod yn dweud o'r wych yn eu cyfrifio ar y lin. Rwy'n gwybod nhw'n credu yma yw'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gwirionedd. Yn y bryd o'r ddweud o'r ddweud. A gyn nhw'n eich bod nhw'n gweithio'n gweithio. Mae'n meddwl yma'r ddechrau yw'n mynd i fod efallai bod nhw'n gweithio'n gweithio. maen nhw'n gweithio'r gweithio a'n amser i chi o'ch gweithio'r gwahaniaeth, a'i bod dda chi eich gweithio yma? A'r rhaid, bod eu bod yn ymddu yw'r cyffredin, a'r cael ei bod yn enw i'r cyffredin yn ymddu yw'r cyffredin, oes ymddu'r cyffredin. Rwy'r gweithio hefyd, mae yng Nghymru yn gweithio'r gweithio yn gweithio i chi i'ch gweithio i chi i gweithio'r gweithio, a dyna ddwy'n gweithio'r ddiddordeb yn y dyma, a dyna'r wneud o ddiddordeb yn gweithio'r ddiddordeb yn gyfan. Rhaid i gael ddiddordeb yn gweithio ar gyd. Roeddwn i'n meddwl i'n mynd i ni wneud, oherwydd, i gael ddiddordeb yn gweithio'r ddiddordeb, Mae'r rhaglenau yw... ...y'r rhaglenau hynny yw'r rhaglenau. Yn ymlaen, mae'n rheswm ymlaen... ...y'r rhaglenau yw'r rhaglenau. A bydd y gallu o'r cyhoeddiad... ...y'r rhaglenau... ...y'r llwyddiad, y llwyddiad, y llwyddiad... ...y'r hynny'n mynd... ...y'r rhaglenau... ...ydieth yma ychydig ychydig ar annib. Mae'r rhaglenau yn dechrau'n meddwl... ...sydd i'r cas, they will... ...y'n bwrw i'n bwysig hefyd. They will speak about it... ...or imply something about it, reflect it back to you. Or they will even criticise it.  Or they will just... ...flathro, completely ignore it. A'r allwyddiadau hefyd yn mwy fydig i'n brifenwys. For the narcissist to become fixated on you, it must be because this thing that you have that they want, it must be something that they can't get, something that they can't obtain, or at least not in the way that they would like.  That's how the narcissist is thinking, that's how it's playing in their mind. If they can't get to the thing, the qualities, the abilities, the luck, whatever it is, if they can't take that away, they're just trying to destroy you directly, because you have what they want, and they can't find satisfaction or fulfilment, and they're not just going to sit back and watch you live in your life, watch you being happy, watch you getting what you want, in their minds that's unfair, it doesn't matter about the work you put in, all of the suffering that you had to endure, none of that is relevant to a narcissist, because in their minds, if they want something, they should have it, doesn't matter if they deserve it or not, doesn't matter if they have anything put in the work, they believe that they should have it just because they want it, and if they don't have it, then in their minds it is unfair, that's just how they see it, and they pick you out of a crowd, they target you, and it's not so much always because they like you or because they want to build something with you, a lot of times they target you because they're envious of you, and they're just looking to take something away from you, they're looking to destroy you, that is why they become so fixated on you, it's not because they're trying to develop something with you, build a relationship or whatever it is, that's not what they're thinking in their minds, no they're thinking something else, they're thinking how can I fuck this person up, how can I tear this person's life apart, because I'm watching them live their life, and it's tearing me apart, it's getting to me, and they become so fixated to where they just can't leave things alone, they can't just let you move on and forget about you, they have to pull you in, they have to hold you down, and it's all so they can gain access to your life, that's the whole point of the manipulation, they're trying to trick you so that they get a foot in the door, well me can you think that they have good intentions and they are trying to build something with you, when the reality is, they're just thinking how can I tear this thing down, how can I ruin this person's life, because yeah I'm seeing all of these things, I can see they've worked very hard to build everything that they've got, but I don't have that, so how can I destroy it, that is literally how they think, and I know that's how they think because I've done my own research, I've seen it in my own experiences, and I know many of you are empaths and you just struggle to even comprehend how a person can think that way, because it is mind boggling, even for me after I've been researching this now, for almost five years I will admit that even now it does disturb me, it really does, you know I think to myself sometimes if I see a fly in the car, a ladybird, whatever it is, I'll open the window, I'll put it on my finger and lay it outside, because I just can't stand to be the cause of anything else's pain, even if it is an insect, because I believe that all living things deserve love and respect, but unfortunately narcissists don't think that way, you have to remember that they are self-absorbed and they lack empathy, so it's all about them, it's all about their situation and of course they're always comparing themselves to other people and their lives, they're constantly looking at what you've got and thinking how can I take this away from you, how can I tear your life down, that's how they're thinking in their heads, when they see you and you could be just minding your own business, you're just thinking about your own life and where you're going, where you're trying to be and then this person just picks you out of a crowd, because they picked you out of a large number of people, they became fixated on you, because in their minds they thought you were weak a lot of times, they thought they had a good chance at destroying you, bringing you down, because many times that is all they're trying to do, it's true of trying to build something with you, or at least that's what they tell you, but they're not looking to do that at all, all they're trying to do is tear you down, that's all they really want to do to you, they want to break you and you're only going to look back at how they treated you to know that, to see that that is what they're trying to do, and the reason why they're trying to do that is because they're envious, they desire to have what you have, your qualities, your abilities, your potential possessions or luck, yeah they want that, and they can't stand to see you enjoying what you've got, they can't stand to see you doing that, and that's just how it is, there are people like that out there in the world, you're just minding your own business, you're trying to live your life, you may be working every day at your job or maybe you have your own business, and you're just trying to build a life for yourself, and maybe you desire to share that with someone else, you desire to have a relationship, a future with someone, and then that's how they get in, that's how they get you, we're making you believe that they're on the same page, they're about that too, and you've just got to give them a chance, but the truth is they're not about that at all, they're really not, the only thing they can think of when they look at you is how can I tear this person down, how can I break them, because they don't really care about you, they don't feel anything when they do these things to you, they lack empathy, they don't feel your pain, they don't care and I have to drive this home because you need to know that, you need to be aware of it, I know you may be a good person, you may be empathetic, you may care about other people, and it may not even cross your mind that other people don't think like that, but they do, a lot of people think in this disturbed way, it's true, they look at you and they envy you and they hate you, and they just want to destroy you, they want to destroy you for showing them everything that they're not, they can't just look at you and be inspired by you, because they already know they're never going to be you, they're never going to have the things that you have, so how can they be inspired by that, a lot of them don't even have lives of their own, they've got nothing going on in their lives and it could take them a lifetime just to get a fraction of what you get and it bothers them, it gets to them, they don't like it, especially with how narcissists are really concerned with superficial things, that's very important to them, so if you have money, power, success, if you have a business, maybe you have a nice car, a big house, maybe you like to wear designer clothes, you have things of value and it doesn't always have to be material things, as I said it could be your qualities, your abilities, you may just be a very lucky person, they hate that, it really bothers them, it really does, but I know it's hard to comprehend how people can think this way, this is something I struggle to understand for a very long time, because although I don't really talk about it much, but I come from a wealthy family, my father and even my grandfather, they were millionaires and I also became a millionaire on my own, from my own business, so as many of you know I've been very successful travelling around the world, so many different countries driving all kinds of cars, I've been travelling every day now for the last four and a half years, of course, when I'm travelling around the world, of course I come across people who may be wealthier than I am, they may even be considered more physically attractive, in better shape, all of these things, of course, there's always someone who could be perceived as better, but that doesn't mean I've got to run over and try and break that person down, of course not, I could be inspired by that, even if it's not really something that I'm about, it's not really a personal goal of mine, I can still appreciate that someone has put the work in to get to where they are today, and we should praise and congratulate people like that, that's what we should do, because we need more people like that in this world, especially if they are doing good for other people and they are contributing to society, what's wrong with that, but no, narcissists, they can't do that, instead what do they do, they hate, they project their insecurities onto these people and they feel inferior to them, so then they've got to bring them down, they've got to criticise them, attack them, start smear campaigns, discredit them, assassinate their character, why? because they're jealous, they're envious, because they want some of that, but guess what, they can't get it, so that's why they have to hate and they will really develop a deep hatred for you, they will hold grudges for an entire lifetime, I mean these are the kinds of people, they have road rage, if you cut them up on the road by accident, they might even follow you home, you never know what they're going to do, they're like loose cannons, they're running around and they're not even fit to be on the streets, they're not fit to be in society because you never know what they're going to do to you, you never know, once they get something inside their heads, they can't control it, they can't control their emotions, these people are dangerous and you are in danger if you are around them, you are, because they will try to tear you down, trust me I have come across many people like this in my life and it's like as soon as they lay their eyes on you and they see who you are and what you've got, that's it, now they can't leave you alone, now they just, it's like they make it their personal responsibility to teach you a lesson, to punish you for some perceived injury even though you may not even know who they are, you may never even have talked to them and yet here they come now they're trying to bring you down and you don't even know what you've done wrong, you've never even had a conversation with them, they're crazy, they really are, but they always have some excuse, there's always some kind of justification that has to be, every abuser, every stalker, they all have an excuse, that's one thing they all have in common, there's always some reason but it doesn't make any logical sense and that is why most of the time they won't even bring any explanation to you, they may imply it or they'll just expect you to know, but you never know, you can never know because they're just so hypersensitive to criticism, any little thing can just set them off and then that's it, they're on you for life, they'll never leave you alone, it's scary, it really is, but I just had to put this out there because I want you to be aware of it as you can probably imagine from four and a half years of coaching clients I have heard some horror stories, I've heard things how innocent people have had their lives destroyed by narcissists, stalkers, people who just won't leave them alone and it's sad, it really is because the saddest thing is what could have these people accomplished if they were never targeted like that, if these narcissists never came into their lives, they never got to fulfil their true potential and that's something they could have shared with their families, their children, their community but now many of them will never get to do that and that's wrong, that's not fair but guess what these narcissists don't care, they're self-absorbed and they lack empathy and they feel entitled to intervene, to interfere in other people's lives things that have nothing to do with them, things that are none of their business, they think that they can just involve themselves in these things when it should be completely irrelevant to them it should have no significance to them at all but that's just what they do and it's very sad and that is why you do need to be aware of this, you do because if you're aware of it then you will be better able to protect yourself, you need to realise that not everyone is thinking the way that you're thinking, not everyone is looking for what you're looking for even though they may tell you that they are and they may make you believe it, that doesn't mean that it's true, that doesn't mean that at all, they will manipulate you, they will make you believe that they're about what you're about, they will reflect it back to you but that doesn't mean that they're about it, they will deceive you, they will trick you and like I said it so that they can gain access into your life, so that they can take control of you, so that they can try to destroy you I know they don't care about all of the suffering you might have had to have endured, they don't care about all of the gears of work you put into building your life, they don't care about any of that because remember it's all about them and they see something that they're missing, something that they want and then they want to tear you down, they want to break your life apart because they become fixated on you and because you have something that they want and like I said that could be your qualities, abilities, your potential, your possessions, your luck, whatever it may be, you have something that they want, that's their motive, that's the reason for their envy that is the reason why and you do need to be aware of that because like I said if you are aware of it then you are better able to protect yourself so yeah that's the message for today, I had to put this out there because people need to be aware of this, they do, they need to know that there are people like this out there in the world people who their soul motive is to go out and destroy people as crazy as that sounds, that is what is on their mind, that is what they're thinking about when they see you a normal person if for whatever reason you do notice something or someone you might be appreciating it or you may be thinking about how can I make this even better how can I build this person up if they're down, that's so normal people think, not the narcissist, they're thinking how can I break this person down, that's how they're thinking I've just got to tell it like it is because that's exactly how they think and I know that many of you have been through it and I am very sorry that you had to go through that I understand what it's like and I can only pray that things will get better for you in the future and that you won't have to meet another person like that again but anyway I know this video is being quite dark, quite disturbing but I'd like to end it on a more positive note, I've got Nala here laying on the bed, she's just been enjoying the view now she's going to have her dinner, 143 live viewers, please give this video a thumbs up down below if it was helpful it helps to support our community and then more people will see this video, more people will become aware of this and then maybe we can stop these predators in their tracks before they get a chance to gain access into innocent victims lives and just tear everything to pieces because like I said that's all they're going to do, they're not looking at you thinking appreciating you or thinking how can I bring something of value to this person how can I build a life of this person, they're not thinking like that, that's the last thing that they're just not thinking about that at all they're really not, they might tell you that but they're just trying to manipulate you, that's all they're trying to do and just you need to be aware of that, we all need to be aware of that and that is why I say please give this video a thumbs up so that we can get this message out there to protect people, but yes I do have Nala here, she's just relaxing on the bed, she's had a long day travelling in the car but I think she is enjoying her travels, she enjoys exploring just as much as I do and over here we have the most incredible view of the city so yeah this is what we're doing, we're just chilling out up here, I think I'm on the 33rd floor, quite high up so I've got a great view of the city but yeah I hope you enjoyed the video, I hope it was helpful, if it was please share it with anyone who you believe it may help share it on social media, let's get this message out there and subscribe as well, if you haven't subscribed yet, let me know your thoughts down in the comments section have you experienced a narcissist like this and how did you deal with it? let me know about your situation in the comments down below and if you'd like to book a one-on-one coaching session with me, you can do that for my website it is NarcSurviver.co.uk and also don't forget I have an Instagram as well, I've got new pictures and videos of my travels on there every day it is NarcSurviver YouTube and Instagram you can also send me a message on there if you have any questions and I will respond to you as soon as I can alright that's it for today I'm going to give Nala her dinner now so I hope you enjoyed, I hope it was helpful and as always 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Okay, welcome guys. We're going to start the course on youth ministry. So good to see you all. Good to have you all back. I hope you all are doing well. All right, okay. Before we just continue, can I, hey, can I quickly request either Dave or Prince to lead us in prayer? Someone? Thank you Lord, thank you that they have given us this time and this opportunity to come together, to give us the best we can learn from each other. And we pray for this fast process as we learn, we pray that we are not pastors. We have been, it is one of the first words that we need. Thank you. Awesome. Cool guys. Hi Aaron, hey Thomas, Kiran, good to see you guys. Good to see you. Okay, well we're going to start with the youth ministry. Of course, very good. It's kind of a little bit about the history and the importance of it. So let me just go ahead and share my screen. The reviewer with my words, okay. How is it now? Is the reviewer still there? Okay, I don't know. I didn't do anything different from the first class. Everything is as is. Is it better? Am I loud enough? Or is it too distracting? Is it the same for you as well? Prince, Thomas, Aaron. Okay, little noises there but not much disturbance we can hear. This is strange because I didn't have this problem with the first hour or two hours. Okay, sorry about the issues. Alright, thanks guys. Sorry for that. So in this course, this is, you know what I'm saying, the BC 313 Introduction to Youth Ministry. It's just an introduction in this course and in the time that we have, we'll just look at a few topics as an introductory topics, subjects that involves youth ministry. And we'll discuss why is youth ministry important and youth ministry with a vision.  That's what I mean when I say identifying your audience, okay. Youth ministry in the local church, some of the organizational aspects, challenges in youth ministry, understanding the youth culture, and how do we ignite passion among the youth, okay. So these are the few things that we will learn in this subject. And the book report will be, the final grading will be on this book called Your First Two Years in Youth Ministry for which I will share it for the PDF in the classroom section. You'll be able to go through that as well, okay. But I'll give you all the details of that as we go on. Okay, so why is youth ministry important? Why is youth ministry important? I just want to hear from you all, why do you think it's important before I go ahead and give some stats and numbers, you know, on the notes. I want to hear you tell me, why is youth ministry important? Speak, unmute and speak. Yeah, it's important because they are the future leaders. Okay, it's important because they are future leaders, okay. Hey Kiran, why is youth ministry important? Or is it not important? Yeah, so youth ministry is important because of other youth, they don't distract and go wrong way. And yeah, so. Okay. All right, they are the future leaders and they tend to go the wrong way so they need to be led in the right way. That's another reason why we need the youth ministry, okay. Thank you. And Prince. You can gather like... Sorry? Sorry, I lost you then. Actually, youth is important when they are in college. They can gather and do the ministry or share the word of God. Awesome, okay, yeah, wow, okay. Interesting, yeah, thank you for sharing that Prince. All right, I just want to question you, Dave. Dave or Thomas. I hope you're there, you can hear me. Why is youth ministry important? Well, in that age only so much of destructions and so many attractive things in the world. So that's where church has to focus on needs to get back, to help them relationship with the God. There's a lot of chance to go astray. So that's where we have to focus on the youth ministry. Okay, and so people who are not in the youth don't go astray. I'm just asking. It's not like that, but... There's no distractions or attractions. It's there in all the age, but in this age there's a lot of chance to fall into that. Yeah, I get what you're saying. I'm just teasing, okay. Yeah, thanks guys. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. And I always, you know, it's always good to hear your thoughts because if you're talking about a subject, I think the very important, at least in my opinion, it's always important to ask why, more than the what and the how and the where and when. And why is it important? And I think that kind of sets the tone for us to answer every other question a little better, right? So hence the question, why is youth ministry important? And all of you, what you've shared is absolutely right and spot on, right? But in addition, we see here, you know, we begin by asking who are the youth? We see youth ministry is important, and we begin by asking who are the youth? Okay, and here's what, you know, a few resources I have to say, the United Nations for strategic purposes defines youth as the persons between the ages of 15 and 24 without prejudice or to other definitions by member states, okay? So they define the youth category as 15 to 24. And the United Nations General Assembly defines youth as persons between ages of 15 to 24. The World Bank uses this term with reference to people between 15 and 25. The Common Wealth Youth Program refers to the young people as youngsters aged between 15 and 29. Most of the bishop conferences refer to youth as youngsters starting from 18 to 30, 35, okay? So, and you see this like a wide variety, or at least for the most of it, the stats at the age of 15. You can go on to 24, 25, 29, 30, and 35, you're a young adult, right? So, those are who some of these, some of the world organizations refer to as youth, right? So beyond all these definitions, youth are the most dynamic section of any society and most fascinating stage of life, right? It's the most, like you guys said, it's there's so much happening and there's so much of energy at that age, right? That's why it's so dynamic. And I didn't say that the potential is so much that they are like the future leaders, right? They can be shaped and formed in the future leaders of our country or any nation, right? They are the dynamic section of any society and the most fascinating stage of life. I am loving my youth. I hope you are loving it. I'm still 18, I'm just kidding. So when we think of youth, we think all of that is beautiful in life, such as fashion, sports, arts, media, technology, fun, adventure, relationships, idealism, creativity, create dreams, and the list can go on, isn't it? I mean, all of this and beyond, right? Relationships. And you can just take one of the subjects and just take, say for example, sports or arts. We can just elaborate and just see. We can do our own research on how many young people are attracted to sports. We have so many football clubs as beginning in our city that's encouraging not just young people, just children from the age of four and five, you know, and everybody wants to get into arts and different kinds of, you know, let's say arts is not just painting, but any form of art, like a dance or theater, et cetera, et cetera. It's so different now, isn't it? And it's like so vibrant and everybody's energetic and I want to be involved in so many things, right? So it's a fascinating stage in life and they are like a vibrant and a dynamic city, a section of the society or the country or community, right? But then let's understand them a little bit more. Who are these youth, okay? And some would say the swipe generation, okay?  There are so many such expressions, right, that describe for the youth today, right? Five minute attention span. I know most of you guys are young people, so please be attentive for more than five minutes, okay? In diverse avenues, the contemporary world attributes great significance to the youth, their life and their contributions to society in a technology-driven world. Children or youth mostly have the final say where problem-solving, gadget-buying and decision-making are concerned, okay? So just want to read this and elaborate. Youth and their trends are of great significance to the society and to the business sector, okay? That's okay, so youth and their trends are of great significance, right, to the society and the business sector, to religion and politics. Major industries observe youth trends to decide on what to manufacture. That's a lot, isn't it? It's huge, isn't it? While marketing organization constantly evolve new styles in youth marketing, consequently research on youth trends and perspectives has assumed great significance today. So all these great organizations, all these fashion industries, or whatever, digital marketing, and all of them are observing the trend among the young people, and based on what the trend is, so what the assumption or the understanding is, this industry sets the trend and the people follow, but that is not the case, right? It's amazing to know that the young people set the trend and the billion-dollar industries look at them to grow their businesses and do everything that they want to do. So that's another definition and description of who the youth are. As much as they are multitasking, they want to do a million things at the same time, they don't think that in a day there is 24 hours. There's always more than 24 hours for them in a day, et cetera, et cetera. And so now we're having understood who the youth are. The question arises, why focus on youth? We just understood that they set the trend and everybody else are watching them. They are the most dynamic section of the society. It's the most fascinating stage in life, the most vibrant and the most amazing parts, and there's so many things happening. So the question now comes, why focus on youth? So Dr. G.C. Manau, who is the Director General of Central Statistics Office of Indian Government, in his report in Youth in India 2017, says, youth is the most valuable segment of the population. The human resource potential of individuals not only gain maximum but also reaches its peak during period. Youth in reality represent the present of our country. Youth in reality represent the present of our country. Young men, young ones, when nourished properly can grow like a huge redwood tree, but if not controlled or neglected, can erupt like a volcano. No country can afford to ignore its youth. India is a youth nation in the sense that share of its youth in the total population, and this is from 2011, but another study was done in 2016 or 17. This percentage is almost doubled, guys. This percentage is almost doubled. Just to finish what he said, the youth of our nation are the trustees of prosperity. Youth is a huge reservoir of energy which needs to be tapped and harnessed intelligently for the development of the society. The changing demographic profile of the world has thrown a window of opportunity favoring India. The changing demographic profile of the world has thrown a window of opportunity favoring India. Why? Presently, India has the largest share of youth population in the world and will continue to hold so for the next 20 years. Isn't that amazing? To know that we, India, is the youngest country in the world. There's a huge population of our nation, other young people, and it's going to be like that for the next 20 years. It suddenly gives a different perspective as to why youth ministry is important, isn't it? Yes, yeah. And so the stats that's mentioned and everything that he's mentioned, it's like a wake-up call. There's so much potential here. We see that youth is the most generous time and so it's targeted by all. If approached well, this is the best time in a person's life to be molded for good or for bad. If approached well, this is the best time in a person's life to be molded for good or for bad. The enemy knows this, the devil knows this, that if he can get them young, he can do whatever he wants to do with them. Right? And so it's so important. Just building on the children's ministry, I'm sure Pastor Selina would have stressed on the importance of how precious they are. When you look at a sort of terrorist groups, how they brainwash little children and putting seeds into them of so much of hatred and anger and resentment into such innocent mind. Why? Because they know that their mind is so fragile and so precious that it can be molded to the way they want it to be molded. That's why it says for good or for bad. And so suddenly it increases, it raises this question of the importance of discipleship. What is the church doing? Is the church molding their youth the way they think, the way they live their lives? Is there a youth ministry that is kind of doing that? So youth are the best agents of change. They hold the key to the lifestyle of the world. And we saw that youths are the one, young people are the one that set the trends for all the other organizations to follow, isn't it? And it is a time of never ending newness and learning about themselves and the world around them. They possess a spontaneous zeal for values like love, unity, peace and justice. They are the real today and tomorrow. Our future leaders like Aaron says, political and religious priests and lighting are all among them. So that's the youth. If not molded properly, they can erupt like a volcano. It's the most precious and it can be dangerous at the same time, isn't it? So just a few questions. Coming back to our original question. Why do we need youth ministry? And everything that you said is right. You know the Jewish community, the Jews and their way they function, they take education very seriously in those days. Education in terms of educating them, it serves educating the children in the Torah. That's God's word for them. It's a first five books of Moses. And so here we see that 2000 years ago Jewish children had a clear path to adulthood that included youth ministry. So the locals in the world would hire a rabbi and this primary role was to educate those educating children. Check this out, starting at age of four or five, which is known as the Beth Shaffer. This standard, we have first grade, second grade, third grade. So in this grade called Beth Shaffer, starting at age four or five, children would love to read, write and memorize the Torah. And at age 10, having memorized the Torah, Mrs. Foster, at age 10, they are excited and they will have memorized the Torah. Are you able to follow the case? You know to know that they would know the inside out of the first five books of the Old Testament like that. So children would either spend more time at home learning the family trade or move to the path of the rabbi. So after a certain age, they are in that stage to 10 and there is another grade that they get into. More advanced way, so they need to learn more things of the Torah. So after a certain point, they get to make this decision. Do I continue studying to go on and become a rabbi or do I take on the family trade? We see that the disciples are fishermen. They took on the family trade. The father was James Peter, the father was a fisherman and they also found a family trade. Or there can be some of them in the society who would say I want to continue studying and becoming a rabbi. So either path led to an eventual acknowledgement of adulthood at the age of 30 for men. So the Jewish community saw the importance of educating the children from a very young age and all the way to the younger adulthood until they're 30, they had the option. And some of the scriptures says in Ecclesiastes 12-1 so remember also your Creator at the days of your youth before the evening days come and the years drawn near of which you will say I have no pleasure in them. Psalm 119, how can a young man keep his way pure by guarding it according to your work? Ezekiel 16-20, yet I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant.    Right? Just, I mean, simple exercise, not it, but can you think of other individuals from the Bible who are young that God called in their young age? David, okay, yeah. He was still a boy, isn't he? God called him as man after God's own heart when he was still a boy. Yeah, who else? Who else do you think? Timothy, Joseph was a boy, I think, yeah. But he's showing a spoiler saying when God encountered Mary, who gave her mother Mary, she was only a teenage girl about between 13 and 15. Jeremiah is another example, right? So the point and another historian and scholars say that most of the disciples of Jesus except for Peter they were all in their teenagers and there is a valid explanation to that and we'll talk about that at a later point. But just consider that, right? If all the disciples of Jesus were all teenagers it's amazing to know that God chose a bunch of teenagers to change the world, isn't it? Right? How amazing is that? Okay, so the thing we're kind of establishing the foundation pretty clear and why we need the youth ministry and from the scriptures we see not just from the worldly perspective as we learned before that the importance in India being the young nation and all that, we see the scriptures stressing on the importance of youth and we can learn a little bit about the importance of molding a young mind from the Jewish community and how they stress on the importance of discipleship, okay? So having understood who the youth are why is it important to have youth ministry? Look at the role of the youth in today's church the role of the youth in today's church what is the role of the church today? Teaching young people in the church to grow in their relationship with the Lord prepares them to serve Christ in all they do as a result this nurtures the congregation and allows the church to flourish teaching young people in the church to grow in their relationship with the Lord prepares them to serve Christ in all they do This is seen many times in the Bible as God often used young people to do great things like his Timothy as Prince Jesper Timothy to pastor and lead an Ephesian church when he was a teenager Timothy 4.12 says don't let anyone look down on you because you are young That's an example for the believers in speech and conduct and love and faith and impurity That's an example Youth need guidance and support as they navigate through the most challenging part of their development and seek to grow in their work with Christ Christ-like leaders are needed to serve young members of the congregation and help them to reach their full potential So this is an exercise I did with some of my young people in church I asked them why is youth ministry important I asked them why is youth ministry important and this is some of the responses I got it says youth ministry helps to equip future leaders with sound practical biblical training encourage them to stay firm on course for Christ and empower them with everything that they need to carry the gospel out into the world equip, encourage, empower Youth ministry helps present biblical truth to young people in a relatable manner while addressing real issues that they face on a daily basis very different from those that adults children face it is in these years that they form core beliefs it also helps them form a community of young believers who can inspire and encourage one another So remember the question is why is youth ministry important setting the tone to build the next generation to do that you need to turn off Adelaide mode Sorry Young generation in church needs to know the right path and instead of all questions from the peers youth ministry is important to guide in the right direction and to make Christ relevant and gospel meaningful to youngsters so that they can have a relationship with God in their own way in the context of the world Okay So this is where we end Why is youth ministry important? You've given your answers and we see just a few important points mentioned here Okay So what I want to really do is stop presenting I want to continue with the next chapter and the next class on Monday but even if we just continue and pursue this course on youth ministry and we've just seen the facts and the importance of young people in youth in India and in every other country I want you to just pray and ask God what is your heart for the youth because as mentioned for the next 20 years India is going to be young a young nation and this is one part of the society it simply cannot be ignored So why is youth ministry important? because of the number of lives that are there at stake and if the church doesn't reach out to them if the church is not going to be the salt and light in the city, in your city and in this nation or who else is going to be if we don't influence the only organization should be influencing the youth of our nation on every aspect or every area it's a state for example it's a state of sex for the matter sex is God's idea he crescendos on that it's pure, it's supposed to be holy if the church doesn't talk about the topic every idea about sex the young people or teenagers are getting from is from the ads that they see so why is youth ministry important? in a church because if we don't we lose souls in millions and so in your time whenever you can ask God what is your heart for this young generation the foundation of my land wherever you are can you do that? so I just don't want this to be another course where we will learn practical things but then I want us to hear the heart of God so with that I just want to pause here and continue the second chapter in the next class it's like a proper flow okay are you guys all doing alright? it's a short class I know it's fine so I'll stop the recording