How to Use Your Voice to Shape Your World as a Teenager

Welcome to the SHAPE Teens Mentorship session, where we explore the first of five powerful pillars of a successful teen—The Voice. 

In this session, you'll learn how to use your voice to acknowledge your present reality, express your feelings, tap into your God-given creativity, and speak your desired future into existence, just like God did in Genesis 1:1-4. 

Whether you're facing conflict at home, bullying at school, or challenges in your community, this four-step process empowers you to become a creator of change. Join Martin the Coach, founder of Beyond Sasa CBO, and discover how your voice can shape your world and impact generations to come.

📖 Section 1: God’s 4-Step Voice Process (Genesis 1:1-4

Step 1: Acknowledge Reality

• God saw the formlessness, emptiness, and darkness
• He didn't ignore it—He acknowledged it

Step 2: Recognize Dissatisfaction

• God wasn’t satisfied with darkness
• He saw that light was good—He made a value judgment

Step 3: Tap Into Creativity

• The Spirit hovered (symbol of creativity)
• God imagined and designed a better world

Step 4: Speak the New Reality

• “Let there be light”—He spoke what He saw within
• The spoken word brought forth transformation

🌱 Section 2: How Teenagers Can Use the Same 4 Steps

This link takes you to powerful visual reflections by each of our mentees, showing how they understood and applied the session topic in their own unique way. Take a moment to explore their work, and let us know what stands out to you in the comments. Which one inspired you the most? What suggestions would you offer each mentee to take their insights even deeper?

If you're a teenager reading this, we invite you to try the same 4-step exercise! Customize it to fit your own life situation, and feel free to share your experience with us. Click here to get started.