Question:

60.3—Sometimes in my Christian walk, I find that I struggle with the things of the world. I know they are snares, set by Satan to try and ruin my testimony. I know that with Christ as my Rock, I will be okay, yet there have been times when it seems that all I do is fail – over and over again. Even when I repent of these sins, I find that I will sometimes slip back into those same sinful habits. I know that Jesus is there for me to take my problems (and everything else) to Him in prayer, and I do, and receive great comfort. However, I do wish that there were other brothers and sisters that I could share these issues with, without fear of judging and condescending attitudes. I know there are many of us young people in the assemblies that have (or have not) many difficult struggles. I would just exhort us to go to each other, talk, share our common problems or concerns, and just be there for each other as we ought to. Sometimes it can be a very hard thing to do, but I know that God would richly bless us if we could put down our fears and go to each other. James 5:16: “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” Proverbs 11:14: “Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.”

Answer:

60.3—I have a suggestion for Question 60.3 and that is that many times when people look for help they tend to overlook those that are older than themselves.  However, if one wants to get help on any subject, he or she would probably look for an expert or at least someone with more experience.   If I want to find out what I need to do to learn to pitch better in baseball, I may ask my buddy what I am doing wrong, or I may go to the pitching coach who has been a pro player himself.  He would probably know from his years of experience just what I needed and especially if he could observe me throwing.  I watched the pitching coaches in the World Series and it was usually a 50 or 60-year-old person coaching or counseling a young pitcher.  It was neat to watch and hear them encourage the young players.  Some were wired into, so you could hear the pitching coach talk to the pitcher after each inning.  The quote of multitude of counselors indicates a cross-section of people who counseled and looked at the situation from different angles. 
See Titus 2 for instructions to different age groups.  We tend to not be together with various age groups, so really miss out big time in many cases. In other cases, we haven’t made ourselves available for counsel.  It goes both ways.  Let’s be more ready, as the question states, to get to know the real counselors and pastors in each assembly.  Let those of us who are asleep wake up to the opportunity.  I have much more to say on this subject and would suggest that if I, or others whom you trust, can be of help, let us know. We have and are experiencing some of the same problems.