EACF 40 Days of Prayer 2019
Day 14: For our youth
We have about 40 youth (7th-12th graders) that we partner with ACCC to raise up. Only one has parents in EACF (that's my, PD's, daughter); all the others are children of ACCC parents. Most of those are in bi-cultural homes and the health of those relationships can run the gamut from nurturing to strained by misunderstanding to absentee parents. The Bible calls us to raise our children through their youth toward maturity, to help them learn to walk with Jesus and to count on His grace. It's hard being a teenager nowadays, with sexual sin and pornography rampant among boys and girls, with peer pressure compounded by social media, with less mentoring and less soft social skills being caught or taught. And the weight of the world's problems are often kicked down the road to the waiting youth. Pray for our youth to know Jesus, to learn that He is present in their lives and full of grace, strength, and love, and that nothing in this world can satisfy their longings like Jesus.
"For you, O Lord, are my hope,
my trust, O LORD, from my youth.
O God, from my youth you have taught me,
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.” - Psalm 71:5, 17 ESV
"So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.” - 2 Timothy 2:22 ESV
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