In The Anxious Generation Goes to Church, Rainer says “We know that young people are struggling. We know that the widespread adoption of smartphones has exacerbated problems such as anxiety and depression. We know that the rates of self-harm and suicide increased dramatically with the adoption of the smartphone and the explosion of social media as a cultural force.” Yet he goes on to list five other major factors that make up the values of today’s youth: Technological immersion, Growing up slowly, Diversity and tolerance, Isolation and virtual relationships, and Income insecurity.

I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. ² My soul will make its boast in the Lord; The humble will hear it and rejoice. ³ O magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together.

^{1 Kings 19:4}

⁴ But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree; and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take my life, for I am not better than my fathers.”

Senator Bryan Hughes is serving his third term in the Texas Senate, representing nearly one million people across 19 counties throughout East Texas.

Dubbed as “one of the most effective legislators in the country” by Governing Magazine, Senator Hughes is known for passing the Heartbeat Bill, Critical Race Theory Ban, Election Integrity Bill, Social Media Censorship Ban, and the strongest data privacy law in the Nation, along with several other groundbreaking laws. 

Psalm 50:23

“He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way aright I shall show the salvation of God.”

^{1 Timothy 2:12}

¹² But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.

Psalms 147:1-3

Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and praise is becoming.
² The Lord builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the outcasts of Israel.³ He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds.

·        Growing up in midst of an unstable Rwandan government, Alex Nsengimana experienced first-hand the travesties of his nation’s genocide. At the height of tribal unrest, the genocide claimed the lives of his caregivers.

·        Fleeing for his life, Nsengimana escaped gunmen and eventually ended up in an orphanage that was his home for the next several years.

·        Nsengimana received a shoebox from Operation Christmas Child one year after arriving at the orphanage and remembers being so excited to have a gift to call his own. The shoebox gift sowed seeds of hope and love that he desperately needed.

·        He realized that God had a specific plan for his life. Nsengimana now serves with Operation Christmas Child paying forward the hope and love he received through a shoebox gift. Operation Christmas Child Website

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way. 

Romans 13:1-7

13 Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. ² Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves. ³ For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same; ⁴ for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil. ⁵ Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath, but also for conscience’ sake. ⁶ For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing. ⁷ Render to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.

Psalm 40:16

Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let those who love Your salvation say continually,
“The Lord be magnified!”

^{Isaiah 55:6-9}

⁶ Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near. ⁷ Let the wicked forsake his way
And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord, And He will have compassion on him,
And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. ⁸ “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. ⁹ “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.

On March 8, 1971 while serving in the United States Marine Corps in South Vietnam Tim gave both of his legs to America. Instead of quitting or becoming bitter God used this major event in Tim’s life to propel him into a ministry that no one could have imagined at that time.

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Two political movements that if allowed to succeed will destroy America.  

Revelation 3:1-6

“To the angel of the church in Sardis write:

He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars, says this: ‘I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.² Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God.³ So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.⁴ But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.⁵ He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.⁶ He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

^{Luke 10:38-42}

³⁸ Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. ³⁹ She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word. ⁴⁰ But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.” ⁴¹ But the Lord answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; ⁴² but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”

Everything rises and falls with leadership.  

^{1 Chronicles 12:32}

³² Of the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their kinsmen were at their command.

^{1 Thessalonians 5:16-18}

¹⁶ Rejoice always; ¹⁷ pray without ceasing; ¹⁸ in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 

^{Ephesians 5:11-16}

 ¹¹ Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; ¹² for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. ¹³ But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light. ¹⁴ For this reason it says,

¹⁵ Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, ¹⁶ making the most of your time, because the days are evil.