Drug Abuse Solutions: How Can Christianity Inspire Our Kids?

Before we can even begin to inspire our kids with the glory of scripture we have to understand what the essence of Christianity is. If we just use it as a weapon to constrain or restrict our children, then we lose their interest, or worse, their respect. Christianity is a route to the true self, stripped of lies, stripped of prejudice, and as such a valuable tool for increasing our personal sense of worth. If we can get this message across to youngsters, then we give them something more valuable than money. But how can this be done?

There are many community centres, youth mentoring groups, Christian and non-Christian, that are devising ways of reaching kids via their own culture. We may not be able to get the majority of youngsters to kneel and pray and say three hail Marys overnight, but we just may be able to connect with them through the media they understand: music, pop culture, dance, theatre, and the arts. By making Jesus’ life come alive through these channels we arouse young interest.

Secondly, we must make Christianity relevant to kids today. How can it not be, when so many are trapped in a harming environment of liberal sexual practices and drug abuse? Or family breakdown, or second and third families, which require new rules to make things work? Take Jesus onto their turf and see the difference He can make to their lives.

Christianity is not just for the middle ages or the middle aged, but for every age of man. There is a formula which can be applied to every type of society and every age group which will always be healing and enlightening. As Christians we ought to work harder to crack the right formula that will unlock children’s hearts and fill them with the spirit of Christ, the only real alternative to sex, drugs and rock n roll. The message of Jesus is exciting, but so often it is tailored only for the conservative, peace loving individual who is happy to sing the old hymns. Time for change. Tell the kids that Jesus loves them for who they are and for what they have to give, then sit back and watch the fruit ripen.

Remember the Bible’s words: “Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.” (Prov 22.6).

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