It's Thursday and we were able to go to the Juvenile Detention Center once again. We always get there and want to get a good precise count of the number of kids....... but for some reason it never happens. Plus it's different every week. But we had approximately 16-17 kids there tonight. The lesson was on Enoch and how he had a close friendship with God..... "Enoch walked with God" We asked "How can you be a friend with the Almighty God - Creator of All things??!!" Well, Enoch would show us how. The Bible verse for the night was Colossians 1:10 Then you will live the kind of life that honors and pleases the Lord in every way. You will produce fruit in every good work and grow in the knowledge of God. The kids really listen --- every time! They aren't afraid to look at you and let you look at them. We also listened to a song by "Broken Walls" - a group of Native American singers who use the native sound and drums along with a Christian message. The song talked about "the River of Life that's flowing from his throne. Won't you come on in and see - this river will set you free". When we gave the invitation to ask Christ into their hearts there were
seven hands that went up. One was the guard!!!! Three of them were kids that had already prayed to receive Christ the last time we were there. But we discussed it with them.....Robert said " yeah, I really wasn't sure if I had to again " But it was still something he wanted and so he indicated it again. We gave them Bibles of their own and asked them to begin reading in the Book of John. Gary asked them to read a chapter a night and when we come back in 3 weeks they should be about done....(Jalynn checked that out...how many chapters there were).
One of the young men who had indicated he wanted to pray to receive Christ didn't stay with the rest of them. It could be that the thought of the peer pressure was just too great for him.....because I had noticed how intently he had listened..... maybe next time. Please pray for him -- sorry but we don't know his name - but God does!!
The guard said that he was pretty much "traditional" (I took that to mean traditional Lakota)... but he wanted to know God more. And so I told him that he had to truly believe that Jesus had died for him and rose again and that He was the only way for salvation. "Do you want to do that?" He said "Yes".
So if you would add these names to your prayers....Cheyenne, Tiana and Tom.
When Gary and I leave there we are so in awe of God and the work he is performing in these young peoples lives. We feel so overwhelmed that we can be used in such a way. PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW!!
Thank you!!!! Without your prayers....... we hate to think what would be!
Gary and Barb
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Pointing people to Jesus, in some ways it is just that simple, isn't it? Putting the information out there and asking the question and waiting on God for the follow through. I love how you make it sound so simple. That's what God wants it to be. He gave us His promise that all we have to do is tell it, He will will do the rest. Blessings to you today!
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