As a youth, we need to ask God for:

1. A LEARNER’S HEART
   • Learn for God’s glory, your edification, and the furtherance of the Gospel.
   • To know, knowledge are used at least 51 times in Proverbs.
   • Weigh all learning through the knowledge of Jesus Christ (II Peter 3:18).
2. AN UNDERSTANDING HEART – 65 times in Proverbs
   • To be able to interpret what you learn (above) in God’s perspective (Proverbs 2:10,11).
   • To be able to understand yourself first (Proverbs 4:7-9) and then others.
3. AN HONEST, TRANSPARENT HEART
   • What you can’t understand (above), share with the person giving you the real or imagined problem (Matthew 5:23,24).
4. A PURE HEART
   • In an increasingly amoral world we must flee youthful lusts (II Timothy 2:22).
   • Young men and women overcome by letting God’s Word live within (I John 2:14).
   • Don’t be a loner – go out two by two (Mark 6:7).
5. A DISCRETIONARY HEART – in Word and in Deed
   • To know the difference between that which unnecessarily offends and the inoffensive (Proverbs 2:11).
   • Lord, help me not to be a stumbling block to younger Christians (I Corinthians 8).
6. A RESPECTFUL HEART
   • You may not agree with or understand someone, but respect him for his work’s sake (I Thessalonians 5:12).
   • Notice in I Timothy 5:1,2 the intricate relationships that young Timothy must observe.
7. A DISCIPLINED HEART
   • One that chooses against oneself in all matters great or small (Luke 9:23). What you are will be your message (II Corinthians 3:2,3):
8. A SERVANT’S ALERT HEART
   • Become a load-lifter. Anticipate what would be helpful and then do it. Study the greatest servant in all of history, Jesus Christ (Mark 10:42-45).
9. A COMMUNICATING HEART
   • This is the counterbalance to merely “being a good example.” Communicate by word, the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
   • Acts uses words like witness, teach, tell, proclaim, etc., 113 times or an average of four per chapter.
   • Your personal testimony, backed by God’s Word are your greatest weapons (Revelation 12:11).
10. A PRAISING, THANKFUL HEART
    • If you learn this through loneliness, problems, misunderstandings – you will be A-OK with God.
    • In everything give thanks (I Thessalonians 5:18; Ephesians 5:20; Hebrews 13:15):

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