Encouraged

Today at our church we began holding a 24hr. Prayer Vigil for members of our church to come in and pray whenever they wanted, for our city, our church body, and everything that is going on right now. We had staff members and elders of the church come in and take 2 hr. shifts to oversee and pray with anyone who wanted or stand in prayer in an absence of anyone being there. Being the person who probably keeps the oddest hours of everyone in the church, me and my wife Jeanette elected ourselves to take the Midnight-4am shift. I knew that we had 1 or 2 teenagers in the youth group who had signed up but, to my surprise at at about 2am we had 7 warm bodies walk through the doors all wearing hoodies, pajama pants, and house shoes all ready to pray for their city, schools, friends, and their youth group. It was amazing to see these young men and women of God marching with purpose alongside one another while a good majority of their peers, the sane ones at least, were nestled tightly in their beds preparing themselves to sleep late on a Saturday morning. But, not these young people, I believe almost every one of them either had to be up at 7am or earlier, either for work or some sort of school activity. Ya know, people can say what they want about the young people of this generation but, I believe that God is raising up some elite warriors for his kingdom in our midst. It's easy to notice the masses who don't care and have no ambition in life but, I believe it's time for us all to start praising the young people who are choosing to stand up and be heard by their King and make a difference in the lives of those around them to echo out through a generation. This is a salute to you. Never give up and never look back...
Serving the Master,
Pastor Matt