"I've looked at too much porn to deserve a pure woman"
LIE: Porn disqualifies me. TRUTH: Your sins are white as snow (Isa 1:18). Rahab was a prostitute and got a prince (Josh ...
Lies for 19-24 (Young Adult)
Ages 19 - 24
Life Context
Leaving home, college or starting work, financial independence learning curve, relationships getting serious, faith tested outside family structure, finding identity outside parents' shadow, first major failures, career uncertainty, comparison to peers exploding
Unique Pressures
- On their own for the first time
- Student debt mounting
- Career path unclear
- Relationships more serious
- Friends getting engaged/married
- Faith outside the church bubble
- Imposter syndrome beginning
- Quarter-life crisis starting
1,509 lies for this age group
"The church cares more about their reputation than protecting abuse victims."
LIE: Their reputation matters more. TRUTH: God says speak for the speechless. He SEES you. Justice is His. (Prov 31:8-9)
"If I tithe or give, then God will bless me. My generosity earns His provision."
LIE: Give to get blessed. TRUTH: God's provision flows from GRACE, not giving. You give FROM abundance, not FOR it. 2 Co...
"I'm not smart enough, talented enough, or capable enough to do anything significant."
LIE: I'm not talented enough. TRUTH: God chooses the weak and foolish to shame the mighty. You're already picked. (1 Cor...
"I'm too inexperienced for God to use me in significant ways right now."
LIE: I'm too inexperienced for God to use me. TRUTH: God chooses the weak to shame the mighty. (1 Corinthians 1:27)
"I'm not financially capable—I'll never be able to provide or get ahead."
LIE: I'll never provide. TRUTH: God supplies ALL your need according to HIS riches—it's covenant. Phil 4:19
"If you had prayed harder or been a better example, your child wouldn't have walked away."
LIE: Better prayers would have kept them. TRUTH: Adam heard God's voice and Cain still rebelled. Their journey is theirs...
"My family has always been poor, so I'll always be poor too."
LIE: Family poverty is my destiny. TRUTH: Christ redeemed me from the curse; I'm Abraham's seed with covenant blessing. ...
"If I were truly blessed, I wouldn't struggle financially at all right now."
LIE: Struggle = unblessed. TRUTH: Joseph was blessed IN the pit, IN prison, BEFORE the palace. Blessing is covenant posi...