Today I had an interesting time of fellowship with two parents of our youths who are intercessors for our church. I was feeling tired after a day at school but it was a time which really refreshed my spirit as we spoke and shared about what God is doing at Wesley.

I happened to have tea with them after I went to get my haircut by one of them. They shared their concerns about their children, one about her worry for her son who is not really 'into' YM, and another whose daughter has gone to City Harvest 'for a while'. We spoke about how another of their children had been previously very dry and had been visiting other churches, but as we did the 'Salvation Equation', he remarked that we cannot compare with other more charismatic churches and judge, because the Lord has His way with the youths in YM. When I heard that, my heart was glad, because our youths can see that the Lord is working in YM.

We also spoke about some of the things that we do for fellowship sunday. And honestly, these are frivolous things....playing LAN, going to the video arcade, watching movies....there is nothing wrong inherently, but they expressed their concern if every fellowship sunday we were to either go watch movies or bowling. Is it a cultural thing at Wesley MC? If we are building a ministry here, then what are we building for the next generation in Wesley? Are we going to have a generation of Christians who are comfortable and inward-looking?

We need to teach our youths biblical fellowship. One of the mothers said that she was praying that we will begin to do the things which will build biblical fellowship in our church. The Lord says, go to the widows and the orphans and to the poor and needy...maybe we need to consider doing that for our ministry? Because where we are, in Wesley Methodist Church, whatever our background is, we are very sheltered. When she shared that, something stirred within my heart, which I will not choose to share at the moment. All I will say is that the Lord has reserved for Himself '700o who have not bowed the knee to Baal'. And from where we are, we cannot see them. They are the intercessors who are praying in their own closets for YM, upholding us in prayer, and for them I give thanks, because the Lord really desires us to grow and be a people who will make a difference in the world.

Another confirmation that the Lord wants to effect this change is that PIC has shared with the pray-ers that certain mindsets and traditions in Wesley have to be broken, and the hidden army is praying in accordance with his leadership. This is something which has been on my heart...the fact that some things in Wesley need to be changed. We cannot do some things in the ways that we have been doing them. We need to break out of the moulds which have constrained us for years so that we can move in step with where the Spirit is leading us. The hidden army is praying and the change will come in the Lord's time. Let us be encouraged to persevere on even when the going gets tough in YM. He is faithful.

We ended with prayer. I believe that the Lord is moving. It was indeed a divine appointment and I felt my spirit being refreshed even though physically I was tired.



We need to keep praying.