What are you doing?

Luke 9:1-4,"Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart."

Yeshua/Jesus "called" his disciples to him. He "Equipped" them with what they'd need for their mission. He "Sent" them into the world to Preach the gospel and help those in need.

Luke 9:10-11," And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing."

Yeshua/Jesus went into a desert and, yet, the multitudes still followed him even there! They were the harvest he mentioned in Matt. 9:37-38. They are hungry for love, but they will look in all the wrong places for it. Why do you think there are so many people struggling with Sex out of marriage, doing drugs, Homosexuality, Etc,etc? These people do these things for attention, to forget about the hardness of life, the terrible things they've been through.

They are STARVING for love and attention and, yet, we refrain from telling them the truth about the love of Christ. You might be a "good" person, a Leader, a Role model for many... but if you can't share the Love of Christ with somone who needs it...You are as NOTHING!!!

I don't care what you think you have over them, they may be dirty, ugly, big and intimidating, but God looks at the heart. In his eyes they are Hurting people who NEED his love. He shared his love with us, but we don't share it with those who need it.

I struggle with this myself. I was suddenly STRUCK with the realization of a great CRISIS at youth group on Monday night. There' s a small group of teens that sit in the back of the room, gabbing away, talking on their cell phones, laughing at those who are trying to worship. They don't know Christ, maybe they did at one time, but they don't show forth his love for those around them. They don't seem to know the Joy that comes from knowing God. I love my God so much, and i want to make his name known throughout the world! But, how can i hope to do that when i can't even talk to the lost in my own youth group?

I have been "Called" by Jesus, "Equipped" with his word, and he has "sent me to this group. Doesn't that mean somthing? He Called, Equipped and Sent me. But, I'm not doing what he sent me for, Why? There's no GOOD reason for it, that's for sure.Casey taught that their soul will be on our hands if we don't warn them of the danger they are in. If we warn them and they still turn from HIM we have our hands clean, but atleast they had the opportunity to hear the truth from us and accept it.

They will be going to eternal damnation, hell, a lake of an eternal, unquenchable fire. Do you want to have the guilt of knowing you could have saved them? I don't. so SPEAK! Do what God sent us out to do! show them the love of Christ. He died for them, and we need to show them that it meant somthing!

Please, speak to the lost, the bruised, the broken, the poor and needy. They need HIM and HIS love, but they don't realize it.

Some of them will come up to the front to pray/be prayed for. But, some of them would glance at each other and, while up there, they'd start laughing! It was like they were making a mockery of God and HIS people.

They came to youth group, but are blinded by those they came with. They can't see what's right in front of them! Or maybe, we're just not showing it enough.

On Sunday Pastor Lauren Taught about Fruit, He spoke on sharing your faith. He said if you just sit down somwhere with your bible and ask God to bring somone for you to be a witness to, He will do it. He will and HAS. There are people at church and Youth Group that need to accept Christ and his love for them.

Matthew 5:14-16," Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."

If you have a candle and all the lights go out, do you just hide your candle? NO, you take it into the rest of the house, so that everyone may have light. Christ is the light of the world, but we "Christians" keep hiding his light, keeping it to ourselves. Those around us have no idea of the GREAT JOY and LOVE and PEACE we have. WE are not the answer, but the problem, we HAVE the answer though. Now let's share the answer with those who really need it.

All you need is: to be called by christ, Equipped by HIS word, and Sent to a place you are needed at.I have been all those things, so I need to stop fooling around and do what i was meant to do! How about you? Are you a hearer of the word or a doer? Proove it, proove yourself a doer; a child of Christ.