Identity Theft: The Thieves Who Want to Rob Your Future
By Jay Strack
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For over 20 years, Dr. Jay Strack has been working with young Christian leaders throughout the U.S. and teaching them have a better understanding of God's Word and His calling in their lives. The topics chosen for the Student Leadership University Study Guide Series represent part of the teaching model that Dr. Strack has developed over the years and address tough questions that young people are asking today.
In Identity Theft: What Every Student Needs to Watch Out For, Dr. Strack encourages students to not lose their identity in Christ as they journey from adolescence to adulthood. Chapter titles include:
- Watch Where You Hang: Peer Pressure and the Crowd
- I Can't Remember What I Did: The Behavior Driven by Alcohol and Drugs
- Too Many Mistakes--I Give Up: Robbed by the Past
- Too Ashamed to Tell: Sexual Experiences and Experiments
- Not Me-I'm Too Dumb: Lack of Self-Confidence
- Club Chameleon: Changing Who You Are to Fit In
- It's Not My Fault: The Self-Destruction of Excuse Land
- Pharisees and Other Self-Help Groups: When Life is Just Rules and No Joy
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Identity Theft - Jay Strack
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CONTENTS
EBOOK INSTRUCTIONS
INTRODUCTION
KEY
1. ID THIEVES AT THE DOOR
They Come to Destroy
2. LOST IN THE CROWD
The Force of Culture Control
3. I CAN’T REMEMBER
The Behavior Driven by Alcohol and Drugs
4. I ALREADY BLEW IT
Robbed by the Past
5. TOO ASHAMED TO TALK ABOUT IT
Sexual Secrets and Experiments
6. SELF-SABOTAGE
The Habits That Rob Your Future
7. ALTERED IMAGES
Changing Who You Are to Fit In
8. IT’S NOT MY FAULT
Excuses, Excuses, Excuses
NOTES
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the no-holds-barred, in-your-face curriculum that dares to give you straight talk about some of the most controversial and forbidden topics that you are facing today. Did you know that you are being threatened even as you’re reading this? The truth is that there are enemies waiting at your door. And not just at the door of your home or school or church—this is personal.
Governments throughout the world have launched fraud alerts against the ever-growing crime of identity theft. Every day, thieves all over the globe are taking bits and pieces of personal information and stealing the identities of others. Did you know you were at risk? Maybe your bank account is ok, but what about the thieves that are targeting your soul? These thieves are different—they want to rob you of your future, your reputation, and your spiritual identity.
Who are these thieves? They are many, and you’re sure to recognize a few of them—sexual experimentation, alcohol, drugs, culture control, self-sabotage, loss of faith. Long, long ago, Jesus knew about these thieves and warned us:
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
(John 10:10 NKJV)
Are you ready to defend yourselves from these thieves? Student Leadership University has gone undercover to expose this gang of thieves and their modus operandi. This study will give you the tools to fight and defend your identity.
KEY
STUDENT LEADERSHIP
UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM
Throughout this study guide, you will see several icons or headings that represent an idea, a statement, or a question that we want you to consider as you experience Scripture in this study guide series. Refer to the descriptions below to help you remember what the icons and headings mean.
transfuse (trans FYOOZ):to cause to pass from one
to another; transmit
The goal of the lesson for the week.
Experience Scripture: Learning to really experience Scripture is the key element to getting
who God is and all that He has in store for you.
infuse (in FYOOZ):to cause to be permeated with something
(as a principle or quality) that alters usually for the better
Through journaling, group discussion, and personal study, experience Scripture as it permeates your heart and alters your life.
Future Tense Living : Your choices today will determine your future. Learn how to live with dynamic purpose and influence.
Attitude Reloaded : Rethink your attitude! Learn to replace self-centered, negative, or limited thoughts with positive, courageous, compassionate thoughts that are based on God’s unlimited ability and power.
In His Steps: Every attitude and action of your life should begin with the questions, How would Jesus respond to this person and situation before me? What would He choose to do?
diffuse (di FYOOZ):to pour out and permit or cause to spread
freely; to extend, scatter
Once God’s Word is infused into your heart, it will pour forth to others without restraint. In this section, explore what that looks like in your daily life.
Called to Lead : Learn how to lead others as Christ would.
Called to Stand : Know what you believe and learn how to defend it with clarity and strength.
Called to Share: Sharing truth and serving others are results of a transformed life. How can you share with others the awesome things you’re learning?
One Thing: Consider ONE THING you can do this week to make a difference in your life and/or the life of another.
[FUSE BOX]
Power up for the week with this focused truth.
CHAPTER 1
ID THIEVES AT THE DOOR
THEY COME TO DESTROY
KEY SCRIPTURE
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
—John 10:10
COULD THIS BE YOU?
The Thief: When Frank Abagnale was sixteen, his parents divorced, and the judge gave him the choice to live either with his mother or his father. Frank says, I didn’t really want to make that choice, and I was kind of stubborn. I just walked out of the courtroom, and basically ran away from home. No one wanted to hire a 16-year-old, but I was 6 feet tall, I had grey hair, and my friends always said I looked more like I was 28 years old. So I changed my date of birth on my driver’s license so that it showed me as being 26 years old. I just took on that identity of being ten years older than I was, and that led to all the different jobs I took on, and all the different things I did.
¹ In a five-year spree of forgery and fraud, as portrayed in the 2002 movie Catch Me If You Can, Abagnale impersonated his way around the United States, assuming identities as he went. He cashed $2.5