{"id":2382,"date":"2024-06-09T12:21:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T12:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.giveasmiletoday.org\/?p=2382"},"modified":"2024-06-11T20:39:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T20:39:45","slug":"rite-of-passage-topics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.giveasmiletoday.org\/?p=2382","title":{"rendered":"Rite of Passage Topics"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>2022 &#8211; Arise &amp; Shine Generation &#8211; 15 Boys<\/li>\n<li>2023 &#8211; Gideon Generation &#8211; 27 Boys<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Rite of Passage Topics<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Spiritual Formation<\/li>\n<li>Life Skills<\/li>\n<li>Biblical Ethics<\/li>\n<li>Career Path<\/li>\n<li>Sexuality<\/li>\n<li>Addictions and Peer pressure<\/li>\n<li>Mental Health<\/li>\n<li>Entering into manhood<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>Importance<\/u>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Medical benefits<\/li>\n<li>Cultural identification<\/li>\n<li>A mark of reminder (affirmation)<\/li>\n<li>Of greater importance is spiritual circumcision of being \u2018set apart\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><u>Circumcision of the Heart<\/u>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Romans 2:25-29<\/li>\n<li>Deut 30:6, 10:14-16<\/li>\n<li>Jer 4:4<\/li>\n<li>1 Cor 7:19-12<\/li>\n<li>Gal 5:6<\/li>\n<li>Romans 4:9-12<\/li>\n<li>Acts 15:1-19<\/li>\n<li>Phil 3:2-3<\/li>\n<li>Col 2:11-13<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>The Roman Road<\/u>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Rom 3:23 \u2013 All have sinned<\/li>\n<li>Rom 6:23 \u2013 The wages of sin<\/li>\n<li>Rom 6:23b \u2013 God\u2019s gift<\/li>\n<li>Rom 10:9 \u2013 Confess and believe<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>Salvation\/Justification is not through works\/circumcision<\/u>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gal 2:15-16<\/li>\n<li>Gal 5:6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Life through the spirit:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gal 5:16-24<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Growth and Development<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Luke 2:52<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Spiritual Formation<\/u>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Is being conformed to the image of Christ for God\u2019s glory \u2013 <strong>2 Cor 3:17-18, Gal 4:19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is through the help of the Holy Spirt and involves right thinking (orthodox), right behaviour (orthopraxy) and right feelings (orthopathy)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Charges<\/u>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 Kings 1:1,4 (Parents)<\/li>\n<li>1 Kings 2:1-4<\/li>\n<li>1 Timothy 4:12 (Set Apart)<\/li>\n<li>Isaiah 60:1-4<\/li>\n<li>Judges 6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Making Life choices<\/u>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joshua 24:15<\/li>\n<li>Deut \u00a0&#8211; Life and Death<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Rite of Passage Graduation 2023<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;2 Timothy\u202c \u202d2:22\u202c \u202dCEV\u202c\u202c<\/strong><br \/>\nRun from temptations that capture young people. Always do the right thing. Be faithful, loving, and easy to get along with. Worship with people whose hearts are pure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;2 Timothy\u202c \u202d2:22\u202c \u202dNLT\u202c\u202c<\/strong><br \/>\nRun from anything that stimulates youthful lusts. Instead, pursue righteous living, faithfulness, love, and peace. Enjoy the companionship of those who call on the Lord with pure hearts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Genesis 39 &#8211; Life of Joseph in a foreign land.<br \/>\n&#8211;Judges 6:12-16 &#8211; Call of Gideon<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;Two Kinds of circumcision<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8212;Done by hands<br \/>\n&#8212;Done by Christ: <strong>Rom 2:25, Col 2:11<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2022 &#8211; Arise &amp; Shine Generation &#8211; 15 Boys 2023 &#8211; Gideon Generation &#8211; 27 Boys Rite of Passage Topics: Spiritual Formation Life Skills Biblical Ethics Career Path Sexuality Addictions and Peer pressure Mental Health Entering into manhood Importance: Medical <a href=\"http:\/\/www.giveasmiletoday.org\/?p=2382\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritual"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.giveasmiletoday.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.giveasmiletoday.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.giveasmiletoday.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.giveasmiletoday.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.giveasmiletoday.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2382"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.giveasmiletoday.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2408,"href":"http:\/\/www.giveasmiletoday.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382\/revisions\/2408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.giveasmiletoday.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.giveasmiletoday.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.giveasmiletoday.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}