Unfortunately, there are many senior high youths in mainline Christian churches who are not even familiar with basic Bible stories. Many congregations no longer emphasize the importance of the living Word of God and have abandoned verse memorization. One of the reasons we lose so many of our young people as they go out into the world is that we give them no weapons with which to fight. The time is at hand to get serious about Christian education. Each person in the church needs to realize he or she is important.
People thrive when given a purpose, a reason to be present and active.
There are goals to be attained, jobs to be done. All should be made to feel indispensable, and indeed they are. But we must renew the fervency of our desire to declare the message that all who call upon the name of Jesus can be given new life, eternal life. The Holy Spirit has the power to convict and convince. There is hope as long as we remember that we are empowered by him to witness to the world.