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“I don’t care. I just don’t care. It’s not that I don’t want to care. I just lack any motivation. When it comes to reading the Bible, I want to read it, but I just don’t. I can’t even tell you the last time I opened my Bible on my own if I have ever read it on my own. When it comes to praying, I tend to forget. I just don’t think about it. When it comes to church, I like hanging around my friends. I’d rather talk to them than listen to the pastor.” 

This is a hypothetical conversation but working with teens for over the past 25 years, this is something I hear and see more often than not.

 

There are teens who I know who have gone to church their whole lives, their parents are in ministry and care nothing about God. It isn’t that they are pushing back against God, they just don’t care. They serve doing things that seem fun, but when asked if they will help in other areas, they roll their eyes and walk away. They have lost their desire to share the love of Jesus with others. 

 

The definition of spiritual apathy is a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern about your relationship with God. You couldn’t care less. 

 

The definition of complacency is being satisfied with where you currently are in your relationship with God. You don’t desire to grow, but you’re just okay. I

 

As Christians, we all have to fight apathy and complacency from time to time. I would be lying if I said that I never had to fight it. There are times when other things get my attention, and I have to fight those feelings. 

 

Here’s how to overcome spiritual apathy and complacency.

1. Change your perspective. Reading your Bible, praying, going to church, serving…those aren’t something that you have to do…they are something that we get to do. 
2. Push past your feelings. Ask God to help you. Ask Him to give you a desire to want to serve Him. 
3. Start small. First 15.
4. Find a friend or a youth leader who will hold you accountable. 
5. Become part of something bigger than yourself! 

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