One Small Step for Man....


With the passing of Neil Armstrong this week, many of my childhood expectations came crashing down.  There was no way when I was 6yrs of age, following the excitement and celebration I saw around the world,  could you tell me that; we would not have a station on the moon that I could visit by the time I was 20.  That Mars was too far, that personal flying cars would not be a reality, and that mobile phone coverage on the M1 would be complete....
But not much has moved on.  Neil Armstrong went on to being a great professor at Purdue University, funding was redirected from NASA’s manned space flight, and with the invention of health and safety, I am not sure that anyone will ever again set foot on the planet as it will be too hazardous to do so...  So the one small step for a man became a step into a wall...... a wall of great reasons, but none the less a wall that stopped the expansion of space, the dream, and the future of all of those involved.....

Why do I share this.... The step off the LEM in July 1969 is not unlike young people stepping out in faith and committing their lives to Jesus Christ.  They are taking a leap into a brave new world, that begins to reveal life in full colour to their soul’s and not in the humanistic black and white.  They are beginning an adventure that is limitless if the seeds of faith are set deeply within their soul.  They can ‘boldly go’ into the adventure that God has prepared for them..   But many things can stop this growth in it’s tracks.  Please pray with me  that these young people’s first steps will not be into the wall of organized religion, of cautious Christianity, or even worse into the void of spiritual space as they return home and are left not to be challenged, discipled, or embraced by the kingdom of God or a mentor..  Please join with me in praying that 40 years from now, some of the 60+ youth that chose to stand up for Jesus Christ at camp this summer, are world leaders, trained to handle the word of truth, established as disciplers and mentors themselves, and dripping the love of Christ to a smaller lost generation, as so many others have started the adventure around them....

Many of you have heard me rant that if each Christian was to disciple 3 youth over the course of 2 years, so that by that time they each could disciple 3 that could do the same.  The entire world could be saved in just over 20 years.  Please pray that we step up to the plate as Christians, please seek the Lord that you know your part in this.  And please be obedient in those steps..  Becoming a Christian is not 1 small step on a mountain top.  It is the first step in a journey that can change the world with love, hope and purpose....
Please Read the Following 2 Posts for Minsitry Updates 
Climbing the Mountain: Middle Park 2012
African Expansion
 

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