My how time flies!! Only a few more weeks until summer is over, school starts and best of all – Breakout starts!!!
We have the opportunity to change the world. That sounds like a huge effort, but really, it’s not. How do you build a mansion? The same way you build a shed – one brick at a time. How do you make a billion dollars? The same way that you make a hundred – one dollar at a time! So, how do we change the world? One child at a time!
One day these children will be leading this church . . . this town . . . maybe even this country. We need to make sure that they have the background, knowledge, and faith to make a positive difference for the future – and for God. I look around at kids these days and hear the stories on the news. The violence, the total lack of respect, the drugs, the children having children – it is very scary to look at what is going on in society and know that is the battlefield our children are walking into. But these kids aren’t like that – they have a chance to make a difference – we just need to give them the strength and confidence to do it.
For those of you who have pre-K – 5th grade children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews or kids that spend enough time with you that you should be able to claim them on your taxes … Breakout and Kids Quest are AWESOME programs that can introduce our children to their Savior. This is an excellent way for children to learn about God, Christianity, and how all that fits into their life. It’s designed to build relationships with peers, with leaders they can trust, and with Jesus.
Now, for the rest of you that don’t have children in this age range – please pray for us. Pray for these kids – they are our future.
There is a song that says ‘we’re not so different – we’re all looking for a savior’. We’re all looking for something bigger than us – stronger than us – to wipe away our tears and our pain. It says that some look for their savior in a bottle, some in the arms of a stranger, some in a pill – I found my savior at the foot of the cross. Look at most of the kids in the news – or kids that you might know that stay in trouble – they don’t know where to find their savior – and they are searching for Him in all the wrong places.
Our kids know where to find their savior. They know where they are safe and they know that
they are loved. Now, I’m not saying that they won’t stray, or make mistakes – but they won’t be looking for it to save them. The Bible says that if we train up a child in the way that he should go, when he is older, he won’t depart from it. They may go off on a wrong path – but they know that it isn’t going to save them – and they’ll come back to the One that will. But I don’t think it’s good enough for our kids – WGBC kids – to know this. We average 60-odd kids at the 9 and 11 service – not counting Sunday School. Is it enough for these 60-odd kids to know where the Savior is? What would happen if, before these kids left the children’s department – before they went to youth – they each told just ONE person that they could find their savior in Jesus. That would not only bring 120-odd kids closer to God – but it will get 120 kids off the street and out of trouble. And if those kids told their parents – and they told friends, and their friends told their kids and….
We have the opportunity to change the world. That sounds like a huge effort, but really, it’s not. How do you build a mansion? The same way you build a shed – one brick at a time. How do you make a billion dollars? The same way that you make a hundred – one dollar at a time! So, how do we change the world? One child at a time!
One day these children will be leading this church . . . this town . . . maybe even this country. We need to make sure that they have the background, knowledge, and faith to make a positive difference for the future – and for God. I look around at kids these days and hear the stories on the news. The violence, the total lack of respect, the drugs, the children having children – it is very scary to look at what is going on in society and know that is the battlefield our children are walking into. But these kids aren’t like that – they have a chance to make a difference – we just need to give them the strength and confidence to do it.
For those of you who have pre-K – 5th grade children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews or kids that spend enough time with you that you should be able to claim them on your taxes … Breakout and Kids Quest are AWESOME programs that can introduce our children to their Savior. This is an excellent way for children to learn about God, Christianity, and how all that fits into their life. It’s designed to build relationships with peers, with leaders they can trust, and with Jesus.
Now, for the rest of you that don’t have children in this age range – please pray for us. Pray for these kids – they are our future.
There is a song that says ‘we’re not so different – we’re all looking for a savior’. We’re all looking for something bigger than us – stronger than us – to wipe away our tears and our pain. It says that some look for their savior in a bottle, some in the arms of a stranger, some in a pill – I found my savior at the foot of the cross. Look at most of the kids in the news – or kids that you might know that stay in trouble – they don’t know where to find their savior – and they are searching for Him in all the wrong places.
Our kids know where to find their savior. They know where they are safe and they know that
they are loved. Now, I’m not saying that they won’t stray, or make mistakes – but they won’t be looking for it to save them. The Bible says that if we train up a child in the way that he should go, when he is older, he won’t depart from it. They may go off on a wrong path – but they know that it isn’t going to save them – and they’ll come back to the One that will. But I don’t think it’s good enough for our kids – WGBC kids – to know this. We average 60-odd kids at the 9 and 11 service – not counting Sunday School. Is it enough for these 60-odd kids to know where the Savior is? What would happen if, before these kids left the children’s department – before they went to youth – they each told just ONE person that they could find their savior in Jesus. That would not only bring 120-odd kids closer to God – but it will get 120 kids off the street and out of trouble. And if those kids told their parents – and they told friends, and their friends told their kids and…. That's how we change the world ... one child at a time!
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