This week, Tyler continues our sermon series A Word to the Generations, speaking directly to young adults with a message rooted in Proverbs 2. He offers three foundational life truths—about identity, relationships, and purpose—crafted to meet the core spiritual challenges facing this age group.
Drawing from the deep wisdom of Proverbs 2, Tyler emphasizes that God’s guidance is timeless, relevant across generations, and especially vital for young adults navigating a world of competing voices. While acknowledging the distinct pressures of today...
This week, Tyler continues our sermon series A Word to the Generations, speaking directly to young adults with a message rooted in Proverbs 2. He offers three foundational life truths—about identity, relationships, and purpose—crafted to meet the core spiritual challenges facing this age group.
Drawing from the deep wisdom of Proverbs 2, Tyler emphasizes that God’s guidance is timeless, relevant across generations, and especially vital for young adults navigating a world of competing voices. While acknowledging the distinct pressures of today—like performance-driven culture, social media comparison, and uncertainty about the future—he reminds us that our most essential spiritual needs haven’t changed: identity, belonging, and direction. God speaks to these needs with clarity, compassion, and power.
His three takeaways are crafted to help listeners live with greater clarity and peace in their current stage of life. This sermon ultimately affirms the spiritual power and potential of young adults in the church and calls them to step confidently into maturity with God as their guide.
The Three Foundational Truths
- Identity
Tyler teaches that identity is not something we build or earn, but something we receive from God. He challenges cultural narratives that tell young people to define themselves by their careers, image, or achievements—paths that often lead to anxiety, burnout, and confusion.
Your identity is meant to be God-given, not peer-driven or self-determined.
When you embrace your identity in Christ, you gain the security and confidence needed to navigate adulthood with peace.
Who am I?
An adopted child of the Most High God, a royal ambassador, a citizen of heaven.
What am I worth?
You are created in God’s image and worth Jesus’ very life.
Why am I here?
To bring a revolution of counter-cultural, cross-shaped love and resurrection life.
Identity, Tyler reminds us, is rooted in divine truth, not cultural pressure or personal performance.
“You are not the sum total of your accomplishments or your failures. You are a child of God, made in His image.”
- Friendship
Tyler then turns to the power of relationships, warning that the people closest to us can either draw us nearer to God or lead us away from Him. He expands this beyond romantic relationships, focusing on friendships and community.
He distinguishes between proximity and intimacy: not everyone physically or emotionally close to you should be spiritually close to your heart. Your inner circle should be made up of people who are pursuing Christ alongside you.
You need Godly friends, but you must work harder than ever to have them.
Building meaningful, Christ-centered friendships requires intention, vulnerability, and shared spiritual goals.
- Purpose
Finally, Tyler addresses the deep question of purpose—a major point of confusion and longing among young adults. He dismantles the cultural lie that purpose is about personal fulfillment or worldly success and re-centers it on serving God and others.
Spiritual growth comes not from upward mobility, but from downward humility—willingness to serve, forgive, sacrifice, and love as Christ did.
Tyler paints a vision of purpose shaped by Jesus: one of service, love, sacrifice, and discipleship. He encourages young adults to move from asking, “What do I want to do with my life?” to “What has God equipped me to give to the world?”
Despite all the noise and challenges of this generation, Tyler sees hope: a spiritual hunger and potential for revival.
Despite whatever flaws, there is a supernatural resurgence of belief in Jesus among young adults… right now! You may be the revival generation!
A Spiritual Call to Action
Tyler closes with a powerful challenge for young adults to live with intention and depth:
- Pursue wisdom with intentionality—through prayer, scripture, and Godly community.
- Reject the cultural lies about self-sufficiency and redefine success on God’s terms.
- Trust God’s voice above all others—including societal expectations and inner fears.
He acknowledges the emotional weight young adults carry—loneliness, doubts, cultural disillusionment—but reminds them that they are uniquely equipped to lead, love, and spark change. When rooted in God’s truth, they can walk into adulthood with confidence, purpose, and peace.
