Fellowship of the Warmed Hearts Update 9/9/06 - by Dr. Herbert Tan
Many unchurched youths in Sitiawan are into gangsterism to different degrees; many youths in Subang Jaya are into pre-marital sex for recreational purposes; many IT generation youths are hooked onto pornography from secondary school days; many youths in major urban centres are involved in homosexuality; many youths belong to the fatherless generation because of psychological abandonment; many youths are lonely and hurting deep down in their hearts with no one they can talk to. And the list goes on and on.
What are you doing about it? Nice “clean” TRAC youths would rather keep their distance from such youths as though they were repulsive and ugly in character like the people of Nineveh in the book of Jonah chapter 1. But God has called ALL Christians (which includes youths like you) to reach out with His love, forgiveness, healing, and restoration.
In Jonah 1, the storms are raging all around as Jonah fled from Nineveh where God wants to work. As everyone else was trying to deal with the storm, here was someone who knew God but he was sleeping. The question that confronts him confronts us today. In the midst of the raging storms of the youth world, “How can you sleep?” What are you doing about it?
Can you picture yourself in Hibernation Mode OR Standby Mode as far as this generation is concerned? “How can you sleep?”
Dr. Herbert Tan
What are you doing about it? Nice “clean” TRAC youths would rather keep their distance from such youths as though they were repulsive and ugly in character like the people of Nineveh in the book of Jonah chapter 1. But God has called ALL Christians (which includes youths like you) to reach out with His love, forgiveness, healing, and restoration.
In Jonah 1, the storms are raging all around as Jonah fled from Nineveh where God wants to work. As everyone else was trying to deal with the storm, here was someone who knew God but he was sleeping. The question that confronts him confronts us today. In the midst of the raging storms of the youth world, “How can you sleep?” What are you doing about it?
Can you picture yourself in Hibernation Mode OR Standby Mode as far as this generation is concerned? “How can you sleep?”
Dr. Herbert Tan