Please pray for me and my realitively new ministry within my church. I worked alongside several special people to get a group consisting on college age young adults for the purpose of study and worship. Unfortunately I feel like everytime I turn around Satan is there to squash my hopes and dreams.
I feel frustrated when I represent the group in formal meeting settings as I feel that many in the church fail to recognize us as a body who legitimately wishes to serve the Lord and become independent individuals as we mature. At the same time, I feel like my hard fought battles within the church are for nothing when I go into a Wednesday night study and have to speak over people. I feel at times like Im given no respect, and those feelings are reinforced when I look at my small group (of no more than 6 or 7) and see one texting, one completely uninterested in the discussion, a side discussion, and someone playing with an “antique” hand held game. It makes me want to say, “I give up. Forget this, it aint worth the trouble.”
Its difficult to ignore the whispers that Satan puts in my mind when I work for hours to prepare a lesson to have it fall on deaf ears, and then have to defend this same group time and time again.
Please pray for peace and strength for me if this is where the Lord wants me. Pray also for the ability to take back control over a group that seems to want something but Im not sure if even they know what they want. Lastly, if the Lord has other plans pray that I have comfort in that decision and that someone whom the group can rally around is offered up to take my place. It is a group that is near and dear to my heart.
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Thank you so much for your words of encouragement. I actually sat down and spoke with them this Sunday, and I hope that they’ll straighten up and fly right. Thank you so much for your prayers and I’ll remember your ministry as well. God bless.
I really wish we would have something like that at my church for young adults. I understand how frustrating that must be to be ignored. It is so disrespectful. If I was you, i would address the situation and explain how inconsiderate it is to ignore someone speaking. Especially, speakin the word of God. I encourage you to keep pressing in and keep doing what the Lord has laid on your heart. I have started a monthly devotion for a outreach our church is doing for a low-income trailer park . I have been asking for help from the other members for a number of reasons. I have had zero response. Even from the pastor and his wife, they have told me they would love to help, but nothing has happened. Almost eight months have passed and i have to say i am discouraged too. The God we serve is so powerful and amazing, we have to just trust in him to pull the strings of the hearts. I’ll be praying for your endurance and God’s unlimited power.