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 So I was in a prayer meeting last week, and before we got started we chatted about all the outsourcing of jobs to other countries, particularly China. One thing lead to another and we talked about the epidemic of depression in our society, especially among teens. It has been on my heart ever since. I remember watching a video on GodTube.com of a teenage girl pouring out her heart and asking for prayer of the youth. It touched me at the time, but that was about it. It never went further than just that website. But since that prayer meeting, it keeps repeating in my head. Our society is literally eating itself alive. Soon enough there will be nothing left to devour.

Sadly, it seems as if Christian are just throwing up our hands and saying, “we give up.” We are just waiting on the rapture. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to be the generation that stand before God and tell Him we were the last generation of Christians that didn’t try their hardest to spread the Gospel.

It’s quite convicting, but will I listen to it? Can I sit back and watch teenagers slit their wrists, OD, eat (or not) themselves to death? I don’t think you and I even realize the severity of it. If you are like me, you sit in your bubble, oblivious to the things. Sure we know they are going on, but do we seek out teens that we know could possibly be struggling with these things?

Prayer is important in this battle and I think it is often forgotten. We need to pray daily that God will soften hearts and make them receptive to the Gospel. Then for boldness, for us, to get out of our bubble and give them that Gospel message. Pray, pray, pray. For anything, for everything. Just have faith that God can answer it (James 1:6). Although it might not be the way you want or when you want. Just have faith. Pray without ceasing (I Thes 5:17)

I feel like I have rambled and I didn’t get across what I wanted, but I guess this will do for now. Thanks for reading.