Encouraged that the Teens Got It
This entry was posted on 3/10/2006 2:24 PM and is filed under Message Reflections.
This past Sunday's message on 1 Peter 3:18-22, was not an easy one to preach. There are definitely some interpretive challenges and for those who heard it live, I hoped I hadn't obscured the obvious in explaining the difficult. It was encouraging to hear one of my daughters succinctly sum up for her sister, who missed the sermon, the gist of the message in one or two sentences what I had tried to explain in an hour.
My daughter said, "What dad was talking about is that suffering well gives us a chance to speak to a bigger audience and when we see how God uses us to get out His message we get more boldness because as people react to it, for better or worse, we know God is pleased with us."
Another of our teens picked up on the significant experience that identifying with the Lord in the waters of baptism has in encouraging our faith and giving us a good conscience toward God. She encouraged a friend to speak with me about taking that vital step of obedience in a Christian's life.
It's a great encouragement to see how God is raising up what I believe will be our next greatest generation!
Special thanks go to our Youth Leaders, Bob and Janet Hoffman for their faithful investment into the lives of our teens and to the parents who have laid a foundation of faith and obedience to Christ.
Do you have any testimonies of God's work in our young people? Why not add them as a response?
BTW: When the new website is ready for prime time The Crew (youth group) will have their own page
