Come and see what God has done, how awesome his works on man’s behalf.
Psalm 66 v 5
I love the word Awesome. God is an awesome God. He is both fearful and loving.
Dennis the Menace and his friend were coming out of Mrs Brown house having been given a biscuit. Somewhat confused his friend asked, “Is it because we were good that Mrs Brown gave us a biscuit?” Dennis promptly replied, “No it is because Mrs Brown is good that we got given a biscuit!”
This is the same with God. Have you ever stood on top of a cliff and felt fear because of the long drop? This is the same with God. God is both fearful and loving. Psalm 66 v 5 wraps both of these statements up and that is why!
We believe that it is vital that young people are taught the truths of the Bible.
That we are created in the image of God. Genesis 1 v 26-27
That we are sinners and that the consequence of sin is death. Romans 3 v 23 and Ephesians 2 v 1
That our sins are forgiven though the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. That to receive this forgiveness we need to embrace the forgiveness offered by the Father through Jesus’ death and resurrection. It has to be personal. When we receive Christ as saviour we become sons of God. That it is faith that causes us to do good works, without faith we cannot be saved but without works our faith will become inactive and die.
In our current post-modern God-less and value less society, where the goals are pleasure seeking with no absolutes and no faith, it is absolutely vital that we give young people a Godly example and direction in life.
In our society where our sense of wonder has gone and we are left on a spiral of unwonder. Where unless we get the next thing or hype our sexual experiences or live in a land of fantasy, life is not worth living.
Young people have so many pressures and very few answers. Too few people willing to walk alongside them and too many people telling them what to do. On a daily basis young people are expected to understand relationships and sex and authority structures (parents, school, police, government), make decisions about GCSE’s, A levels, jobs and even decisions about whether to live or die.
Only God can help young people in their daily lives, and many churches are sadly out of touch with society. We need a church that will radically reach out to young people and impact into every area of their lives. Most importantly, and straight away,
I hope that we can establish a network of people who will pray that will undergird all opportunities and focus on youth in the church. Unless prayer strengthens the work, God will be limited in directing our steps, and we will fail. 2 Chronicles 7 v 14