Sunday – Poetry

Reading – Psalms 69-71

Highlight Verse:

“Now that I am old and gray, do not abandon me, O God. Let me proclaim your power to this new generation, your mighty miracles to all who come after me.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭71‬:‭18‬ ‭NLT

That, my friends, is what it’s all about.

Okay, for me it might be called the next next generation. While it’s true that my youngest is still in high school for one more year, this fall will mark 43 years since I started serving in next generation ministry.

Why.

Years ago, I heard that some 85% of adult followers of Jesus started following Jesus at under the age of 18.

I don’t know what the current figure is, but I know it is vitally important to plant the seeds of faith at an early age.

For me, my earliest memory was in church. True, I was crying for my mommy in the nursery, but it shows that I started hearing about Jesus pretty much from birth.

While I didn’t fully understand the things I learned in Sunday School, they helped bring me to the point where 13-year-old me knew I should decide one way or another what I would believe.

People who felt called to serve and love the next generation through camp ministry and leading our church’s youth group convinced me that Jesus was real through the way they cared about me and others.

I don’t know where I would be without them.

In what ways have you invested in the next generation?
What can you do now to sow seeds of faith to those who need them?