Don’t despise the challenges of this life. Recognise that everything that happens has a purpose and is for the sake of strengthening your character as a youth.

‘It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth’ – Lamentations of Jeremiah 3:27

Be humble, respectful and subject to the authorities

‘Likewise, you younger men, be subject to your elders. And all of you gird yourselves with humility, for God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble’ – 1 Peter 5:5

Recognise that being a young Christian is a sign of having the strength and weapons necessary to face everyday life and overcome tribulations.

‘(…) I have written, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the Evil One’ – 1 John 2:14

 Making the right decisions, looking at life according to the principles of the Bible

‘How shall a young man cleanse his way? By observing it according to your word’ – Psalm 119:9

Be aware and live responsibly, knowing that all actions have consequences

‘Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth and walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgement.’ – Ecclesiastes 11:9

 Be an example to those around you

‘Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity’ – 1 Timothy 4:12

Don’t give in to the worldly habits that surround you

‘Do not be among winebibbers or meat-eaters; for the drunkard and the glutton fall into poverty, and drowsiness will cover a man with rags’ – Proverbs 23:20-21

‘(…) not in gluttony and drunkenness, not in impudence and revelry, not in strife and envy’ – Romans 13:13

To be a Christian youth is to know that you have a responsibility because you are ‘the salt of the earth and the light of the world’. To be a Christian youth is to be sure that God is with you in every task, if you carry them out according to His Principles: The Principles of the Christian Youth.