Be Very Alert

Be Very Alert


Sandra D Be very alert Feb 20, '09 12:30 PM

for everyone



We all need to be very alert during these times. I think you all know that. Keep up with all the spiritual messages coming from the President. Follow the tendencies he is leading us toward.



If you have children that are still teachable, you must teach them about this false religion. For about ten years, there has been a Youth Ministry & Spirituality Project. This is to teach the youth about contemplative prayer and to get them to meet in groups to practice this and other emerging acts. As they found, "... middle school and senior high youth 'were eager to learn contemplative spiritual practices.'"



Just how widespread did this become? In 1997, the Project received a grant from the Lilly Endowment to rest a "spiritual formation model." Youth ministry leaders were trained to meet regularly for faith sharing, contemplative prayer, and communal understanding through silence, solitude, and a variety of contemplative exercises.



Since this project began, Youth Specialities has become a driving force, having a major impact upon evangelical youth work throughout North America, hosting several annual events including the National Youth Workers Convention, the CORE, and the National Pastors Convention. Course titles for the conferences include, "Creating Sacred Spaces, Emerging Worship, and God Encounters: Spiritual Exercises That Transform Students." In addition, each year Youth Specialties holds over 100 seminars that reach thousands of youth workers worldwide -- all with its current teachings on spirituality.



Folks, young people have always liked to go to youth conventions and trips. For this reason, you must be very careful to investigate who will be there - speakers, leaders -- and what the topics of discussion will be. One thing that young people hate is to be left out. Thus, they are easily drawn into areas that they know nothing about but feel accepted in. These Youth Specialities leaders and youth have a driving goal of getting everyone they can into their ways. They make other young people feel very good, treating them as brothers and sisters. The church as we have always known it must do more to make our youth feel wanted, accepted, and feed them with the Word as they can take it so they know there is something true and real in God's Word.



Take heed. The President on down will be following these practices soon, if not already. It is the easy road that the Bible said would lead to destruction. We must walk that narrow road that leads to eternal life.

Till next time.

Sandra