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Saturday, 7 December 2024!

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We want these times to be as mutual as possible, so we encourage you to join Zoom in a group and even sing to the rest of us together (in any language). Please do reach out to Enyuan (WhatsApp: +31 6 19025427) ahead of time and we will do our best to call on you.

Looking forward to seeing you!
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Dear young people,

We know that following Jesus often raises serious questions. Whether you are occupied with school, friendships, family, or just figuring out what life is about. It’s important to have a space where you are free to ask your questions and receive helpful responses from other believers.

This survey gives you a chance to ask questions about your situation, even those you’ve never felt comfortable asking. No question is too small or big, and the survey is fully anonymous, so feel free to share what’s on your heart.

Our goal is to offer you practical responses (not answers!) which you can apply to your daily life. We are all learning and let the Lord’s leading in each one of us be the real answer.

We’ll try to address as many questions as possible during the Fireside Chat. If the questions are not responded to, we will save them and possibly get back to it during a next chat. For private or highly specific questions, we’ll try to find other ways to help.

The questions you can ask will be within the following categories:

  • School
  • Friends
  • Family
  • Personal Faith
  • Church
  • Other

We hope that this time will be helpful to you and satisfy God’s heart.

Thank you,
The brothers and helpers

There will be another fireside chat in a month. If you would like to submit a new question or follow-up question, here is the link to the survey: forms.gle/Su4vjKiq95xuXErB6.

YP Fireside Chats Archives

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Date Questions Covered Audio Time Panelists
7 December 2024 In this fireside chat, questions were responded to on the topics of mental health, fellowship, and the Lord’s move to Europe.
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  1. The first question is on the topic of mental health, and represents a number of the questions asked by YP. In the survey responses, some YP mentioned depression, anxieties, and hopelessness. One shared not being able to join small group fellowship without starting to cry because of certain distresses in family and being unable to find someone to talk to or who would listen. How would you brothers address this situation? At what point does it change from something that can be solved by faith to something that needs to be addressed by healthcare professionals?
  2. We have a few questions about suicide. The questioners mentioned having thoughts of suicide. One mentioned not being able to find anyone to shepherd him/her and not wanting to exist anymore. Another even mentioned having this thought daily and another wondered if the Lord would forgive someone who does this. This is a very serious issue that affects many YP today. Some may be entertaining these thoughts while others know ones who are entertaining these thoughts. How would you brothers help these ones?
  3. What is a practical way to request for fellowship from the brothers or other older saints? How do you start that conversation?
  4. Two questions on the Lord’s move to Europe:
    • If I want to learn more about the Lord’s move in Europe, which books in the Bible should I read?
    • I want to be for the Lord’s move in Europe, but I feel it is hard for me when there aren’t many saints in some locations.
 EN ES RU 72 AT, PH
26 October 2024 The fireside chat this month took place in person in Baarlo, and on Zoom. Questions were responded to on the topics of friends, church, and personal faith.
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  1. Friends:
    • I want to preach the gospel to my friends but don’t want to be accused and made fun of.
    • What kind of relationship can I have with my friends so that they can be saved?
    • I have good friends at school and I want to preach the gospel to them, but my natural relationship with them is bothering me. I can just talk or laugh with them, but when I want to preach the gospel or say that I believe in the Lord Jesus, doubts appear in my mind that I will say something wrong or unnecessary. In addition, I understand that by remaining in such natural relationships, I simply become like them. What I can do with my relationship with friends and with my preaching the gospel to them?
  2. Friends: How should I to react or act when someone is mocking Jesus and/or my faith?
  3. Church: I get asked often, “What church do you go to?” Like, here in England we have the ‘Church of England’ which is the Christian group that people think of for normal Christians but it’s hard to explain the Lord’s recovery (I also heard we aren’t technically meant to have a name). What might be a good way to explain what we are or what we do?
  4. Church: I have so many doubts about the church but I also love the church, and I love and am so for the Lord and His move. If the Lord’s church is the believers then why are we not blending with other groups of Christians and why do we always say we have the truths when these other Christians also have the Bible and may even have more than us? The way the brothers put things always made me feel like we are higher than others and that the overcomers are from the recovery. Also, if we don’t have a name for the church why do we refer to ourselves as ‘the recovery’?
  5. Personal Faith: I’m usually very spiritual but it’s hard to stay focused on the Lord while I’m with my worldly family. I try to keep in touch with the Lord but it gets difficult.
 EN 45 YA, BL
29 September 2024
  1. Friends: I always feel that I stood out of my friend group. I did share the gospel with them but they just weren’t interested. I wanted to stay in the group, but I just know it isn’t good for me. What do I do?
  2. Other: I’ve been feeling emotionally drained and depressed for a year and don’t feel God. How do I come back to Him?
  3. Personal: I feel like I procrastinate a lot and spend too much time on my phone, not using my time correctly. Is there any way I can get rid of this habit biblically speaking?
 EN DE ES RU 49 TG, RM, YA

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