Stepping into your teenage years is more than just a birthday milestone — it’s the beginning of a new chapter. You’re growing stronger, wiser, and more capable of shaping your own future. Childhood was a time when your parents carried most of the responsibility, but now your choices will carry weight. The way you act, the way you treat others, and the way you pursue your goals will define the path ahead.
Life isn’t always easy. Challenges will come, and sometimes they’ll feel overwhelming. But most of the time, success or failure depends on the decisions w
e make each day. Each of us has strengths and weaknesses, but it’s our willpower and integrity that decide which side wins.
So what does it mean to choose the good? Goodness is not about selfish gain — it’s about honesty, service, and building up others. It’s about using your talents, your creativity, and your compassion to make a difference. Faith can be a powerful guide, but it must be lived out in action, not just words. True faith inspires us to work for justice, to care for others, and to create a better world.
You have incredible gifts: the strength in your hands to build, the curiosity in your mind to learn, and the compassion in your heart to love. Don’t waste them. Use them to grow, to serve, and to lead. In the years ahead, you may be called to inspire others — your friends, your community, even your future family. Take that responsibility seriously.
You must use all your strength. You will become a hard, loyal, industrious, and successful generation. We will not need to be ashamed of you before the past or the future generations of our people. This is the proud hope we have for you. But we must also give this warning: If you do not stand together, but become disunited, if you are not loyal, but disloyal, if you do not work and are cowardly, you will fall into terrible chaos, and our nations will further collapse.
We can look around us today and see that much of what is called good by the world is actually evil according to God and all that is good is called evil by the world. When you study and work to become a better person for yourself, your future family, your race, nation, and God, you may be thought of as unusual and different by the vast majority of young people out there today. But the Bible says the path to righteousness and narrow and few find the way.
When you see movies, listen to music, watch news programs, or read articles in magazines that talk about how cool it is to be friends with gays or to hang out in multi-racial groups – you will know that they are attempting to lead you away from the truth path. So much of our future as a people depends on you and other young people.
Listen to those adults in The Knights who have years of experience in this struggle. Admire those who have belonged for many years and have never given up. Strive to be an influence among your friends one day and certainly over your own family and children that you will have.
As other young people work in their own way – in their own cities and towns – know that you are not alone. While there may not be millions – there will be many more who find the right path. It is the destiny God wants for you.
Stand together. Support one another. Build a generation that is strong, loyal, and courageous. The world may sometimes confuse good and evil, but stay focused on what truly matters: integrity, service, and faith. Even if the path feels narrow, it is worth walking. And remember — you are not alone. Many others are striving alongside you to live with purpose and hope. Together, you can shape a future that honors both God and humanity.”