Rejoice in Your Youth: Biblical Success Strategies for Youths and Young Adults

By Dr. Mutizwa O. Muzari

LIFE IS NOT A REHEARSAL

Some of the decisions you make and habits you adopt as a youth or young adult will affect your life forever!

In this book Dr Mutizwa O. Muzari reveals the keys to spiritual, relational and financial well-being for youth and young adults who want to progress in life the Biblical way.

Topics include:

Re-connecting with your Creator
Dealing with limitations of your family background
Teaming up with a super-power, the Holy Spirit
Exposing the tricks of your enemy
What married people do not tell you
Dealing with youthful lusts
How to find a suitable wife or husband
Career-development tips for believers

Throughout the book Dr Muzari shares a lot of Scriptures that are essential for a successful Christian walk and for making the right choices in life. There is no need to learn everything the hard way because God has given us His Word and the Holy Spirit to guide those who are positioned to receive His help.

This book will help you to position yourself to receive the help of God and walk in victory!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Apr 16, 2015
• ISBN: 9781503503632

Dr. Mutizwa O. Muzari

Dr Mutizwa O. Muzari made the decision to accept the love of Christ and start a serious relationship with God while he was a teenage High School student. Over many years he has studied the Bible, gone through some profound teachings and entreated the Lord as he sought to understand how to deal wisely with the many challenges and questions faced by young people; including issues about spirituality, temptations, relationships and careers. Dr Muzari is a Biologist by profession and he has studied and worked in Africa, Europe and Australia. He is convinced that young people can enjoy the benefits of Christ's salvation and progress into their future under the guidance of God's Word and help of the Holy Spirit. He believes that young people can position themselves as good soldiers for Christ and walk in victory according to the Word of God. This is how strong families and strong communities are established. In this book Dr Muzari shares Scriptures and principles that are essential in understanding God's pattern for our lives and in making the right choices in life. Dr Muzari has a beautiful wife and two wonderful teenage children.

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Copyright © 2015 by Dr Mutizwa O. Muzari.

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Cover image by Dion Tillema. Used by permission.

Scripture quotations taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Words in parentheses within some scripture quotations are notes from the author.

Rev. date: 04/13/2015

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Contents

Chapter 1 Favoured By God

Chapter 2 Breaking The Cycle

Chapter 3 A Private Chat With The Lord

Chapter 4 The ‘Wrong’ Family Background

Chapter 5 No Turning Back

Chapter 6 The Holy Ghost And Other People

Chapter 7 The Enemy Exposed

Chapter 8 Seeking The Right Way

Chapter 9 The Deceitfulness Of Riches

Chapter 10 Commanded To Flee

Chapter 11 A Glance Of Marriage – What They Don’t Tell You

Chapter 12 A Spouse From The Lord – Is That Possible?

Chapter 13 Careers And Skills For Life

Chapter 14 Ongoing Help

Rejoice O young man in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; Walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; But know that for all these God will bring you into judgement. Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh …. (Ecclesiastes 11:9-10)

CHAPTER 1

Favoured by God

T he Bible has a record of many events that show how God dealt and related with people over many generations. One of the things that stand out is that in most cases God selected younger people when He wanted to raise someone for a special assignment like bringing revival or deliverance to His people. Some of the people God selected were even despised because of their youth and lack of experience. We notice that even in the few times that God did great things through older people, He would have started appearing to them and preparing them for the mission while they were still y oung.

One well-known story is about the young shepherd boy David who defeated a whole Philistine army by killing their arrogant giant Goliath after all the experienced soldiers (including David’s older brothers) had been running away in fear for many days. It is this David who wrote:

For you are my hope O Lord God, you are my trust from my youth. (Psalms 71:5)

This reminds me of the young man Joseph the son of Jacob, and his 11 older brothers who hated him for his amazing God-given dreams. He endured several ordeals and unjust treatments, but God was on his side. He ended up being appointed deputy to the king of Egypt and was qualified and authorised ‘to teach his elders wisdom’ (Psalms 105:22).

I am also reminded of the boy Samuel who ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest. The word of God had become rare in those days because the ageing priest had lost the vision, but at a young age Samuel began to hear the voice of God and prophecy. He later took over as prophet and ruler for the nation of Israel. The Bible said about him:

And Samuel grew and the Lord was with him and did not let any of his words fall to the ground. (1 Samuel 3:19).

We read about Esther, who is first mentioned as a simple orphaned girl under the care of her father’s uncle Mordecai. She was a beautiful girl but was one of the despised Jewish foreigners in Persia and Media at that time. Her forefathers had been brought into that land as captives. After a rapid, amazing sequence of events driven by God’s favour, she ended up a queen in that foreign land and was able to save all the Jews who were targeted for mass destruction by those who hated them. She once said:

How can I endure to see the evil that shall come upon my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my countrymen? (Esther 8:6).

It is one of the most amazing stories in the Bible. But why did God choose a youthful girl to be the key player in the middle of all this drama?

I also remember the God-fearing young couple Joseph and Mary who were busy with their marriage plans when God visited them with the responsibility and privilege to bring up Jesus Christ as part of their new family. When an angel visited Mary to advise of this grand plan of God, she accepted the challenge:

And Mary said, ‘…..Let it be to me according to your word…’ (Luke 1:38).

With no prior experience about raising children, the young couple were to nurture the most important child ever born on this earth.

Timothy also comes to mind – a young man with great responsibility of stewardship over the churches in the days of Apostle Paul. Paul had to encourage him:

Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. (1 Timothy 4:12).

These are only a few of many such young characters in the Bible. There must be a reason for God’s special interest in young people. Interestingly, God did not rely on the physical strength of these people, but instead they relied completely on the help of