Wednesday, August 6th, 2013
A note to
College Freshmen (or anyone in college):
Dear son/daughter,
I feel I'm qualified to write you because I have a freshman myself, I'm an author and speaker on relationships teaching couples to be light in a dark world, I especially care about the your generation, based on Judges 2: 10. My prayer is that your generation would be like Josiah, king of Judah, son of Amon - who saw evil but chose to do what is right before God.
In case you don't know, statistically over 70% of college students (in America) abandon the faith - become secular or atheistic in worldview). The reasons are simple, we your parents are too pre-occupied with our own stuff (getting rich or fighting each other) that we've neglected being godly parents, we think two-days (2 hours) of youth church would straighten you out, unfortunately - you are being entertained in your youth groups too. Some parent think going to a Christian middle/high school would help ease their guilt?
Many of you are ill equipped spiritually and intellectually, because your faith have been emotion based, so when atheistic teachers present you with so-called reality, and tell you Faith is stupid, you tend to believe it, of course there is bullying going on too.
Please allow me to share what I’ve already shared with my own freshman.
You are Tripartite in nature; you are a spirit, a Soul (mind, will and emotion), and body (aka flesh), while these natures are different they function together. To worship or serve God, your spirit-man must be born-again, your soul is where information that goes into you is processed and stored, it is also where your emotion is, many would want you high on emotion to get you to do things. Many of you are very smart, that is a function of your flesh, the DNA of your parents coming together.
When your spirit-man is re-birthed and connects with the Holy Spirit, it is the best form of smart (linked to God), the smart of the brain is limited to capacity to analyze data. Let me challenge you to study the lives of Moses and apostle Paul in the bible, they were both highly educated (many think post-PhD level) - yet they both realized when intellect stop and Holy Spirit leading starts.
Some of your teachers might even want to redefine your Christianity, they might say; Christianity is about service, it says don't Judge, or it is not to be brought into your daily life but simply an aspect of your life. Please don't believe these lies.
So, my recommendation:
* Have a daily Bible reading tool and have an accountability person that you discuss with daily
* Join a bible study group on campus and make sure you attend church service weekly
* Keep in-touch and chose new friends with similar worldview (not religious, but born-again friends)
* If a professor is being too aggressive in selling his/her worldview, respectfully disagree and inform your parents and discuss further action.
God is counting on your generation to be like King Josiah, son of Amon, so He can shelve or postpone the wrath brought on by the sins of my generation, I’m rooting for you guys.
Uncle Femi
Dear son/daughter,
I feel I'm qualified to write you because I have a freshman myself, I'm an author and speaker on relationships teaching couples to be light in a dark world, I especially care about the your generation, based on Judges 2: 10. My prayer is that your generation would be like Josiah, king of Judah, son of Amon - who saw evil but chose to do what is right before God.
In case you don't know, statistically over 70% of college students (in America) abandon the faith - become secular or atheistic in worldview). The reasons are simple, we your parents are too pre-occupied with our own stuff (getting rich or fighting each other) that we've neglected being godly parents, we think two-days (2 hours) of youth church would straighten you out, unfortunately - you are being entertained in your youth groups too. Some parent think going to a Christian middle/high school would help ease their guilt?
Many of you are ill equipped spiritually and intellectually, because your faith have been emotion based, so when atheistic teachers present you with so-called reality, and tell you Faith is stupid, you tend to believe it, of course there is bullying going on too.
Please allow me to share what I’ve already shared with my own freshman.
You are Tripartite in nature; you are a spirit, a Soul (mind, will and emotion), and body (aka flesh), while these natures are different they function together. To worship or serve God, your spirit-man must be born-again, your soul is where information that goes into you is processed and stored, it is also where your emotion is, many would want you high on emotion to get you to do things. Many of you are very smart, that is a function of your flesh, the DNA of your parents coming together.
When your spirit-man is re-birthed and connects with the Holy Spirit, it is the best form of smart (linked to God), the smart of the brain is limited to capacity to analyze data. Let me challenge you to study the lives of Moses and apostle Paul in the bible, they were both highly educated (many think post-PhD level) - yet they both realized when intellect stop and Holy Spirit leading starts.
Some of your teachers might even want to redefine your Christianity, they might say; Christianity is about service, it says don't Judge, or it is not to be brought into your daily life but simply an aspect of your life. Please don't believe these lies.
So, my recommendation:
* Have a daily Bible reading tool and have an accountability person that you discuss with daily
* Join a bible study group on campus and make sure you attend church service weekly
* Keep in-touch and chose new friends with similar worldview (not religious, but born-again friends)
* If a professor is being too aggressive in selling his/her worldview, respectfully disagree and inform your parents and discuss further action.
God is counting on your generation to be like King Josiah, son of Amon, so He can shelve or postpone the wrath brought on by the sins of my generation, I’m rooting for you guys.
Uncle Femi
BONUS/EXTRA/VERY IMPORTANT
I would like to add College gives you so much idle time and you are expected to use it to participate in something, you are encouraged to use it to talk to your teachers and study. Another thing this idle time can do to a person is it exposes a lot of your long standing problems. Long standing problems include sins like mine, which were stealing and sexual perversion, secret sins, or an example like procrastination is also a good one. If anyone has or ever faces these long standing sins and secret sins these problems will increases. If it hasn't been dealt with, you must tell someone. Tell your parents if comfortable, counselors at school and include God because it can really set you back if not redeemed from.
This is an open letter from my Uncle Femi Awodele. He is the Executive Director and founder at Christian Couples Fellowship International Inc. The mission is to reduce the incidences of divorce in Marriages.
If I had read this as a freshmen I would have been more successful at college the first time around. I pray this helps you!
From your Sister in Christ with a Servants Heart,
Janet Adeola Songonuga
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I like this post, hes speaking the truth because College years are one of the most challenging times for ones faith. There is sin all around. While you're trying to increase in knowledge its important that we still remember that we need to continue to nourish our souls with the word of God as well as protect it from being corrupt by worldly things and the opinions of non believers. Our souls are whats most important and is what is going to get us into heaven at the end of the day.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your input sister Bernice! You are exactly right, we must not forget our souls! May God Help us!
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