Builder Generation (1925-1946)
Be thankful you have a job
Baby Boomers (1946-1964)
You owe me!
Baby Busters (1965-1982)
Relate to me!
Millennials (1983-1999)
Life is a cafeteria
Generation Z (2000- )
I’m coping and hoping
YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP & SHOW YOUCARETO INFLUENCE THE NEXT GEN
Influence doesn’t come because you’re in a position of authority
Influence comes from being consistently present in someone’s life
46% less likely to begin using illegal drugs
52% less likely to skip school
Empathy pauses and imagines what it must be like to be someone else
Philippians 2:3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. New International Version
Philippians 2:5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: New International Version
Philippians 2:6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; New International Version
Philippians 2:7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. New International Version
Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are - yet he did not sin. New International Version
Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. New International Version