You may not know this about me but I run a ministry called “Christian Guys Ministries“. This video is the heart and soul of why I started it. It breaks my heart to know that we as Christians are allowing guys and girls to come into our churches hear our sermons and then leave with no follow up, no discipleship, no training and we sit in our pews judging them for not “looking right” or for not standing up or sitting down in the right spots. We have gotten so pompous in our walk with God that we are no better than the Pharasies that Jesus condemned. Christian Guys is about helping guys bridge the gap between being a teenager and becoming a man of God. We cant help guys become men of God if we, those that are already in the faith, are not willing to look past all the “stuff” and see that these guys are hurting inside, lost, not part of our “system”.

I was at church a few weeks back on a Wednesday night and I sat in youth group, being a former youth pastor I love to sit in youth services, they had a guest speaker that night and to make a long story short at the beginning of the service there was the traditional youth worship band and the guy sitting next to me was raising his hand during the song and as we would say “really pressing in to worshiping God”, then as the music ended the guest speaker was introduced, as he spoke he began to speak of issues of anger and then finally he dropped the bomb, he said that God was leading him to the issue of “sexual integrity”. He said that God had placed on his heart that there were some here that were dealing with issues of sex. Well… if you have ever been in a room of Christian teenagers, especially guys, then you know that no one moved a muscle and it was as quite as can be. Then with a bit more prodding from the speaker simply saying that he knew that someone here needed this time with God, and finally one guy stepped out and of course then all the guys and gals started poring to the alter. Well right as the alter time was ending I saw the guy next to me ask his friend to “go down there with me”. He need prayer for issues of sexual integrity. So you are saying “Whats your point?” My point is this… we are not doing a good job of helping those in our church already with issues and pain, we have kids in our youth group having to navigate the waters of “youthful desires” but oh no we cant talk about that, “there parents will do it” well guess what folks, many of these kids dont have parents. It is our job, to “train up the child”. When one of our own kids is dealing with issues of pornography, promiscuity, and the like it is up to us to help him or her in a loving gentle way.

I guess I am saying that we need to open our eyes church! Stop ignoring the problem and hope it will go away because guess what! It is going away but it is taking our youth with it. We want to have a “church of tomorrow” we have to cultivate it today. That means being there for our children and youth, that means opening our churches and homes to non-believers and helping them navigate the early walk with God. That means leaving our homes and stepping out into the city, country, or suburb and sharing our faith with others.

I leave you with this. When it was finally time for Jesus to leave this planet for the last time. He went up to the mountain side and just before he ascended into heaven he said:

Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
(Matthew 28:19-20)