2. Remember Your Creator In The Days of Your Youth - Ecc. 12:1

3. Obey the gospel as a teenager Conscious of sin Rom. 3:23 Submit to commands Rom. 10:9, 10; Acts 2:38 Do not delay Acts 24:25

4. Develop godly habits Study Scripture 2 Tim. 3:15; 2:15 Prayer 1 Thes. 5:17; Heb. 4:16 Attendance Heb. 10:24, 25 Good Works Jas. 1:27

5. Waiting to serve is unwise & dangerous Wasted years Ecc. 12:1-5 Regret 1 Tim. 1:13-15 Gamble with life Ecc. 12:6-14; Jas. 4:13-15

6. David, 1 Sam. 17 Criticized by brother Doubted by king Threatened by giant Trusted God Phil. 4:13 Stood alone Rom. 8:31; Heb. 13:5, 6

7. Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, Dan. Young & away from home Everybody else doing it »Drinking, 1 Pet. 4:3, 4 »Pornography, Gal. 5:19-21 »Filthy talk, Eph. 5:3, 4 »Rebellion, Eph. 6:1-3; Prov. 6:20-22

8. Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, Dan. Young & away from home Everybody else doing it Pressured by authority Stood with like-minded friends 2 Pt. 1:1

9. Joseph, Gen. Betrayed by brothers Gen. 37:18-28 Accused by master’s wife Gen. 39:7-20 Remained faithful – rewarded Gen. 41-45

10. Absalom, 2 Sam. 15 Pride 2 Sam. 14:25, 26 Hung 2 Sam. 18:10-15

11. Amnon, 2 Sam. 13 Love of Tamar 1-14 Hate of Tamar 15 Death 21-29

12. Eli’s sons, 1 Sam. 2 Abused worshippers 13-17 Committed evil 22-25 Lack of restraint 1 Sam. 3:13 Death 1 Sam. 4:1-11

13. Remember Your Creator In The Days of Your Youth - Ecc. 12:1