Post by 4him on May 7, 2008 14:39:13 GMT -7
Hi Guys,
I work with youth in my job and recently God has been reminding me again of the mission field which this represents for me. Recently, I’d been concerned about the attitude of one girl that I work with. She frequently expresses a lot of dark feelings which many people would just associate with ‘teenage angst’ but represents much more than that, since without Christ, she is truly lost. The other day I prayed for this young lady, something that I don’t think I had ever done before. I thought it was interesting that on this very day, she chose to ask me for a job reference. So I took the opportunity to talk to her about some of the sentiments she’d been expressing. Since she’s quite into music, I let her listen to this song, as I felt it presented a strong message of hope, both for this life and for the life to come, through salvation :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyoVJfADlwo
There’s also another young lady that I work with who has recently been expressing suicidal ideations. I had a chance to talk with her today and hopefully helped her to see that her music (Iron Maiden) is reinforcing a message of hopelessness. I also encouraged her to read through the Gospel of John to learn more about Christ’s love for her and about her need to give her life to him.
Although I didn’t have the opportunity to present the full deal of the gospel to these 2 young ladies, I am praying that God uses what I said to them, as he continues to draw them to himself.
Could you please pray for both of them ? That would be great.
In Jesus,
John
I work with youth in my job and recently God has been reminding me again of the mission field which this represents for me. Recently, I’d been concerned about the attitude of one girl that I work with. She frequently expresses a lot of dark feelings which many people would just associate with ‘teenage angst’ but represents much more than that, since without Christ, she is truly lost. The other day I prayed for this young lady, something that I don’t think I had ever done before. I thought it was interesting that on this very day, she chose to ask me for a job reference. So I took the opportunity to talk to her about some of the sentiments she’d been expressing. Since she’s quite into music, I let her listen to this song, as I felt it presented a strong message of hope, both for this life and for the life to come, through salvation :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyoVJfADlwo
There’s also another young lady that I work with who has recently been expressing suicidal ideations. I had a chance to talk with her today and hopefully helped her to see that her music (Iron Maiden) is reinforcing a message of hopelessness. I also encouraged her to read through the Gospel of John to learn more about Christ’s love for her and about her need to give her life to him.
Although I didn’t have the opportunity to present the full deal of the gospel to these 2 young ladies, I am praying that God uses what I said to them, as he continues to draw them to himself.
Could you please pray for both of them ? That would be great.
In Jesus,
John
