Tonight (Saturday), I was reminded of the reality of what we are dealing with in regards to our youth.  Brothers and sisters, we must fight the battle for their souls and their lives.  We cannot give up.  We cannot ignore their struggle.  We must remind ourselves of the depth and breadth and importance of what they are going through every day in their schools, and we must not forget the terrible strength of the world’s enticing culture of self-worship and impermanent pleasures.The world has a powerful grip on the spiritual throats of these kids, but our victorious Christ has said: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Our struggle may be great, but our God is so much greater than our task.  He is mighty in deed and powerful in effect.  “Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”  Pray for us and all those who minister the GOOD NEWS of Jesus our Savior to those who are dying in their sins.  Pray for these kids, caught in the spell of the devil, world, and flesh.  Only Jesus can save them, and He is able!

^{Psalm 78:4-8}

⁴We will not hide them from their children,
but tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might,
and the wonders that he has done.

⁵He established a testimony in Jacob
and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our fathers
to teach to their children,
⁶that the next generation might know them,
the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
⁷so that they should set their hope in God
and not forget the works of God,
but keep his commandments;
⁸and that they should not be like their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not steadfast,
whose spirit was not faithful to God.