There is so many that are captive to the chains and bondage of this world. It is very sad when you really open your eyes and look close at all the bondage that sin can have in your life. Cigarettes for a long time had a strong hold in my life. I am asthmatic and I still smoked…how smart was that?

God had delivered me from many of my issues through a continual asking. He has been very faithful to remove the desires. Thank God that my lungs are OK…I still have asthma but I my lungs are amazingly in good shape all things considered. 

For a couple of weeks we have been really focused on our teens at church and praying over them. Today the schools are filled with lost teens who have grown up in a generation where God is not the focal point of the home. As a matter of fact, this is really the first generation where God is not in the home of many of our teens.

These teens (I have 2) are often falling into the traps of addiction, lust and profanity at a very early age. The whole issue of cutting was really foreign to me until the last year or so. Personally I have a real hard time fully understanding why someone wants to cut themselves. But it is not about me.

Teens are having sex casually and openly at a time that they are trying to figure out who they are. Today sex is just sex…for many it holds the same meaning as talking about American Idol amongst their friends. Swearing is part of the culture and my teens on any given day are subjected to 200 F bombs at school. Drugs are also everywhere and most are experiencing them or are becoming addicted to them.

All Christians need to stand and pray for our teens. There are serious issues at play here and I know many of you would argue that this is just a generational thing. But NOT this time….there are forces at play here that are trying to destroy our teens.

They need to hear the message of Jesus and be taught who and what Jesus did for each of us

We need to help them to become FREE from all of the issues they face.