As I was sitting in church tonight and listening to Pastor Richard's (The Youth Pastor) sermon talking about making an impact in the messed up world we live in I was inspired, he used three areas in our lives where we should rise up and build up the kingdom of God.
1. Kings - These are the everyday leaders, be it Youth Leader, Businessmen etc.
2. Prophets - The famous prophets of the bible studied for hours a day on end the word of God and were clued in they were.
3. Priests - These are the heads of the churches around us (Senior Pastor, Minster, Rector (I used to be Anglican) etc. and the sole key is to provide compassion
The key point to the sermon was to say we as fellow believers carry all three and without those three although one might be more then the other we cannot reach this nation.
One of my favourite artists of all time is a secular band called the Offspring and in 1998 they wrote a song after meeting up with old friends from their childhood neighbourhood of Garden Grove, CA and as you read the words you can imagine quite easily the similarities between Garden Grove and your neighbourhood be it Randburg/Kempton Park/Edenvale or wherever you base your community and the word themselves should be a challenge to get out there with the Gospel and change the course of history for days to come. We live in a society where Suicide has rocked every community, homosexuality is so common that it almost becomes the norm to some people, People choose to go out on weekends and get drunk and high on drugs. We should be that llight in those dark areas and play a role in bringing these people back home to God
When we were young the future was so bright The old neighborhood was so alive And every kid on the whole damn street Was gonna make it big and not be beat Now the neighborhood‘s cracked and torn The kids are grown up but their lives are worn How can one little street Swallow so many lives Chances thrown Nothing‘s free Longing for what used to be Still it‘s hard Hard to see Fragile lives, shattered dreams Jamie had a chance, well she really did Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids Mark still lives at home cause he‘s got no job He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot Jay committed suicide Brandon OD‘d and died What the hell is going on The cruelest dream, reality
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