I pray this blog will challenge us all...
Last night coming home from work, I was overwhelmed in prayer. This travail came over me. There was a brokenness that was so deep. My prayer was for forgiveness from the church to a generation. We've lost a generation of people. They have no desire to be in the church. My age group 30-40 years old has been lost. The people I went to youth group with don't go to church anymore.
I look back and wonder: we've been so foolish, petty, doing crazy things, not caring about others, getting caught up in feuds, gossip, judgements, condemnations. No wonder we've lost a generation. Nobody wants to be a part of that. Not in the business world, not in the church world. Lord, forgive us. Let us learn from our mistakes.
Forgive us of our pride.
Somehow please redeem a generation.
I remember when my friend Victor took his life back in 1993, this same feeling was present. I wasn't able to reach him...the real him.
There's a younger generation that we need to be conscious of. Let's not lose them.
The Bible says that in the last days the love of many will grow cold. Here's a thought to consider: is the reason that the love of many grows cold is because our love for them has grown cold? People need love. People want love. They want to know what love is. If I don't have love for them, then the fire of love within them grows cold and the light dims. Oh, Let's not let the light dim. Not in us but more importantly, not in this young generation.
This may seem like a different blog as of late... but can we as the body of Christ take this as a matter of prayer? I really believe that 2010 is a year of prayer and I think that God through the Holy Spirit is going to put His finger on areas that we are lacking in and help us grow and fulfill these areas.
The Great Commission can only be accomplished when we begin to fill in the grey areas with the Love and Mercy of God.
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