Parents, churches urged to model holiness for young people

A Christian comedian, musician, pastor, and speaker says young people need to be taught they are special in God's eyes, no matter their background or upbringing.John Graytravels the nation talking to young people and singles about God's plan for their lives. This week, Gray was in Tupelo, Mississippi, for the "Unifest" conference, a gathering of churches throughout the state focusing on spiritual, social, financial and other issues.Gray says young people today are growing up in a society that does not value God's Word and commands. To counter that, parents and churches, says Gray, must teach and live out pure and holy lives as an example to young people. He sites the example established by generations of Jewish families."One of the things that the Jewish people have done throughout their generations is they've done Deuteronomy 6," he explains, "to bind the law of God as frontlets between your eyes and to literally ingrain your children from the time that they can understand."In demonstrating purity and holiness, Gray adds, parents and churches need to convey the message to young people that the Word of God is their only option. "It's [their] only alternative to a life of brokenness," the pastor states, "and we've got to teach and train [them in that]."Gray is singles pastor at Free Chapel in Gainesville, Georgia, and the senior director of student ministries at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, also in Georgia.
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