How Can I Disciple a Student Who Doesn’t Like Anybody in Youth Group?
One of my youth kids is growing in the Lord, but he overtly doesn’t like anyone in our youth group. He makes them uncomfortable. Any advice?
I would take this on as a challenge of personal discipleship with him. Find time to spend with him. Pour into him as a young disciple. I’m excited to hear that he’s growing. We’d assume that as this young man continues to grow in the Lord, he’ll come across those passages in the Bible that say we should love one another. It might be a matter of adjusting your expectations for this guy. Maybe loving one person is going to be a big breakthrough for him, and it’ll be a while till he loves everybody in the group. But I would take this as a challenge of personal discipleship to him.
I’ll tell you what not to do. Don’t teach studies to the whole group on loving one another when you really only have this one individual in mind. It’s better for you to speak to him individually. Now, if you’re going through a book and it speaks to that, that’s great, cover it. But don’t teach something that’s really just for him, while pretending you’re teaching it to the whole group. Look for some one-on-one time with this guy.