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WHO AM I - Identity Crisis of Youth Today! - POST-COVID Chaos Oct 30 2023

 I pick this up from my morning readings....My brothers, the revolution may start in the streets, but it will only end when it lights aflame the hearts of every man in this nation to turn back towards the LORD.
The laws will only be rewritten, the morality will only then prevail, true justice and peace will only reign when we as men realize that we don't need an Emperor King or new political figure to alter our course.-------------------------------------------------------------We need Jesus Christ.Getting closer to the Lord because of the chaos------------------------------------------------------------April 2018 FCR Prayer Letter archivesGod’s Word states, “Let wicked people abandon their ways. Let evil people abandon their thoughts. Let them return to the LORD, and he will show compassion to them. Let them return to our God, because he will freely forgive them.”  Isaiah 55:7This week during our travels we were listening to a podcast about world politics and the problems associated with increased violence.  The podcaster was stating the difference between Chaos and Order… God brings order to all chaos... Jesus is the Peacemaker of the world through what He did for us on the cross and on the third day defeated evil, sin, and death.  Christianity has always brought order to the world in so many ways.  But the lack of God and Christianity created disorder from the top to the bottom. Order equals Boundaries. Chaos equals No Boundaries.   The post-modern thinking which equals no boundaries leads to the battle of today's youth between Chaos and Order.Earlier this week    we had the opportunity to speak to young men at a facility where we had not been in a couple of months.  When we walked into their dorm we encountered all new kids.  They looked at us like strangers.   They were playing a card game and didn't want it to be interrupted, but we had to transition well very quickly.  Sun was really concerned that it wasn't going to go well, but God showed himself to them through us as I made a slow transition from their world (chaos) to God's world(order).  
See, in a sense, you must have a “license” to speak to young minds.  God gives us the sermons because there is chaos in the world, but He wants us to bring order to everything and everybody around us through his Word.  We are to be salt and light in the world.  We must deal with the basics of life, not material things and not a liberation from another religion; but speaking truth into somebody's life. That's what happened with nine young men and a correctional officer this week.  We came out of that place praising God! Even with all the back pain that I was recovering from, all the preaching I've been doing at our church, the car breaking down and other things happening for the last month-and-a-half, we saw God entering the chaos to bring order into our lives, and of course, the lives of the young men that allowed us to open their dorm to GOD. 
At the end of the visit there was conversation, prayer, and laughter, even from the hardest young men in the group.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Give me some feedback! podcast@fullcirclerefuge.org
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Who AM I - Identity Crisis of Youth today - The Battle of the Mind - Oct 16 2023

Welcome to the WHO AM I - Identity Crisis of youth today!
Mike Shelton intro song - ALL OF YOU! Back in the day! Thanks MIKE!Blog couple of years - comments, article, idea - read change of our youth today!Maybe some that happen in our interaction with a youth somewhere in our journeyYes, this is Devon Harris - director/CEO of Full Circle Refuge -Juvenile Justice Ministry that seeks to "See Jesus transforms the lives of juvenile offenders and at-risk youth.....PERIOD! That has been serving the SE US for almost 30 years now.
IMMEDIATE NEEDS!  New opportunities for God’s people to serve and be part of the ministry of Full Circle Refuge
What is ODAT? 
 "One Degree at a Time" - Change the Way you Think and  Act!" Sessions. 
 In the winter 2024, FCR will be looking for other men to help out with this program.
  Here is brief description?
  At-Risk Youth Prevention Team:  Leaders/Mentors are needed to develop and oversee One Degree at a Time and other gang intervention programs.  We are looking for volunteers with an interest in building relationships with partners in the community; ability to establish rapport and relate with sensitivity to multiracial and multicultural youth; able to work comfortably with at-risk youth in both group and individual settings and assist them in reaching their employment and education goals.
 Training will be provided. To volunteer or for additional information contact: info@fullcirclerefuge.org
 
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Who Am I - Identity Crisis of Youth Today - A Stubborn and rebellious generation

Who Am I - Identity Crisis of Youth Today - A Stubborn and rebellious generation
Psalms‬ ‭78:1‭-‬11‬ ‭GW‬‬[1] Open your ears to my teachings, my people. Turn your ears to the words from my mouth. [2] I will open my mouth to illustrate points. I will explain what has been hidden long ago, [3] things that we have heard and known about, things that our parents have told us. [4] We will not hide them from our children. We will tell the next generation about the Lord’s power and great deeds and the miraculous things he has done. [5] He established written instructions for Jacob’s people. He gave his teachings to Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make them known to their children [6] so that the next generation would know them. Children yet to be born ⌞would learn them⌟. They will grow up and tell their children [7] to trust God, to remember what he has done, and to obey his commands. [8] Then they will not be like their ancestors, a stubborn and rebellious generation. Their hearts were not loyal. Their spirits were not faithful to God. [9] The men of Ephraim, well-equipped with bows ⌞and arrows⌟, turned ⌞and ran⌟ on the day of battle. [10] They had not been faithful to God’s promise. They refused to follow his teachings. [11] They forgot what he had done— the miracles that he had shown them.
https://bible.com/bible/70/psa.78.1.GW
 
ohn‬ ‭10:10‬ ‭GW‬‬[10] A thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. But I came so that my sheep will have life and so that they will have everything they need.
https://bible.com/bible/70/jhn.10.10.GW
 
World in Need of Warriors Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory. —GEORGE S. PATTON"
Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don't know each other; they don't know each other because they can not communicate; they can not communicate because they are separatedMartin Luther king Jr.
 
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WHO AM I - Identity Crisis of youth today - Truth and LIES...Two sides of a coin... conversations

Truth or Lies...Heads and tailsThere is always  two sides to a story/conversations.Can I do a little preaching tonight?  Hands up - thanks.  here we go...
Pro_3:3  Do not let mercy and truth leave you. Fasten them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.Pro_8:7  My mouth expresses the truth, and wickedness is disgusting to my lips.Pro_12:19  The word of truth lasts forever, but lies last only a moment.Pro_20:28  Mercy and truth protect a king, and with mercy he maintains his throne.Pro_22:21  in order to teach you the words of truth so that you can give an accurate report to those who send you?Pro_23:23  Buy truth (and do not sell it), that is, buy wisdom, discipline, and understanding.Ecc_12:10  The spokesman tried to find just the right words. He wrote the words of truth very carefully.Isa_33:15  The person who does what is right and speaks the truth will live. He rejects getting rich by extortion and refuses to take bribes. He refuses to listen to those who are plotting murders. He doesn't look for evil things to do.
Deu_28:44  They will be able to make loans to you, but you won't be able to make loans to them. They will be the head, and you will be the tail.
The Truth Will Set You FreeJoh 8:31  So Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, "If you live by what I say, you are truly my disciples. Joh 8:32  You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." Joh 8:33  They replied to Jesus, "We are Abraham's descendants, and we've never been anyone's slaves. So how can you say that we will be set free?" Joh 8:34  Jesus answered them, "I can guarantee this truth: Whoever lives a sinful life is a slave to sin. Joh 8:35  A slave doesn't live in the home forever, but a son does. Joh 8:36  So if the Son sets you free, you will be absolutely free. Joh 8:37  I know that you're Abraham's descendants. However, you want to kill me because you don't like what I'm saying. Joh 8:38  What I'm saying is what I have seen in my Father's presence. But you do what you've heard from your father." You Are of Your Father the DevilJoh 8:39  The Jews replied to Jesus, "Abraham is our father." Jesus told them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do what Abraham did. Joh 8:40  I am a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. But now you want to kill me. Abraham wouldn't have done that. Joh 8:41  You're doing what your father does." The Jews said to Jesus, "We're not illegitimate children. God is our only Father." Joh 8:42  Jesus told them, "If God were your Father, you would love me. After all, I'm here, and I came from God. I didn't come on my own. Instead, God sent me. Joh 8:43  Why don't you understand the language I use? Is it because you can't understand the words I use? Joh 8:44  You come from your father, the devil, and you desire to do what your father wants you to do. The devil was a murderer from the beginning. He has never been truthful. He doesn't know what the truth is. Whenever he tells a lie, he's doing what comes naturally to him. He's a liar and the father of lies. Joh 8:45  So you don't believe me because I tell the truth. Joh 8:46  Can any of you convict me of committing a sin? If I'm telling the truth, why don't you believe me? Joh 8:47  The person who belongs to God understands what God says. You don't understand because you don't belong to God."
my desire to be both dangerous and good.Righteous in the eyes of GOD and man
St. Augustine said, “God gives where He finds empty hands.”
Confidence is from the Latin words con and fide, which mean “with faith.” Our confidence rests in the strength and goodness of God.
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Who AM I - Identity Crisis of Youth Today! - GOATS, Chickens, and Gangs

Who AM I - Identity Crisis of Youth Today! - GOATS, Chickens, and Gangs
 
Churches Need to Call a “Gang Truce” in Order to Reach Youth
March 4, 2014 by Guest Contributor 0 CommentsBy Romal TuneWhy are young people uninterested in attending church, specifically young people with no recent family history of attending church? In many urban centers similar to where I grew up, churches are dealing with one or possibly two generations of un-churched teens and young adults. Their grandparents went to church, their parents went occasionally, and now this generation hardly goes, if at all.
God’s Graffiti: Inspiring Stories for Teens
 
 
Welcome to the WHO AM I - Identity Crisis of youth today!
Mike Shelton intro song - ALL OF YOU! Back in the day! Thanks MIKE!Blog couple of years - comments, article, idea - read change of our youth today!Maybe some that happen in our interaction with a youth somewhere in our journeyYes, this is Devon Harris - director/CEO of Full Circle Refuge -Juvenile Justice Ministry that seeks to "See Jesus transforms the lives of juvenile offenders and at-risk youth.....PERIOD! That has been serving the SE US for almost 30 years now.
 
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WHO AM I - Identity Crisis of Youth Today! - A SOLDIER A MERCENARY A WARRIOR - August 14 2023

Welcome to the WHO AM I - Identity Crisis of youth today!Mike Shelton intro song - ALL OF YOU! Back in the day! Thanks MIKE!Blog couple of years - comments, article, idea - read change of our youth today!Maybe some that happen in our interaction with a youth somewhere in our journeyYes, this is Devon Harris - director/CEO of Full Circle Refuge -Juvenile Justice Ministry that seeks to "See Jesus transforms the lives of juvenile offenders and at-risk youth.....PERIOD! That has been serving the SE US for almost 30 years now.
What is on tap for tonight's Podcast?  
 
quote from "The Heart of a Warrior: Before You Can Become the Warrior, You Must Become the Beloved Son" by Michael Thompson
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Who Am I - Identity Crisis of Youth Today - Gang Mentality to a GOD Story!

Who Am I - Identity Crisis of Youth Today - WORDS from a MAN! - July 10 2023

WHO AM I - Identity Crisis of youth today! - WORDS from a Man
Who am I? They often tell meI stepped from my cells confinementCalmly, cheerfully, firmly,Like a Squire from his country house.
Who am I? They often tell meI used to speak to my wardersFreely and friendly and clearly,As thought it were mine to command.
Who am I? They also tell meI bore the days of misfortuneEquably, smilingly, proudly,like one accustomed to win.
Am I then really that which other men tell of?Or am I only what I myself know of myself?Restless and longing and sick, like a bird in a cage,Struggling for breath, as though hands were compressing my throat,Yearning for colors, for flowers, for the voices of birds,Thirsting for words of kindness, for neighborliness,Tossing in expectations of great events,Powerlessly trembling for friends at an infinite distance,Weary and empty at praying, at thinking, at making,Faint, and ready to say farewell to it all.
Who am I? This or the Other?Am I one person today and tomorrow another?Am I both at once? A hypocrite before others,And before myself a contemptible woebegone weakling?Or is something within me still like a beaten armyFleeing in disorder from victory already achieved?
Who am I? They mock me, these lonely questions of mine.Whoever I am, Thou knowest, O God, I am thine!Who Am I? by Deitrich Bonhoeffer

WHO AM I - Identity Crisis of Youth Today! - Are We Really Free - June 26 2023

Welcome to the WHO AM I - Identity Crisis of youth today!
Blog couple of years - comments, article, idea - read change of our youth today! Maybe some that happen in our interaction with a youth somewhere in our journey
Yes, this is Devon Harris - director/CEO of Full Circle Refuge -Juvenile Justice Ministry that seeks to "See Jesus transforms the lives of juvenile offenders and at-risk youth.....PERIOD! That has been serving the SE US for almost 30 years now.
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Galatians 5:1
 
The book of Galatians addresses one of the toughest issues the early communities of believers in Jesus faced: how to understand and relate to the requirements of Mosaic law, especially for gentile believers. Should gentile believers be required to be circumcised and to follow other aspects of Mosaic law? Some were teaching this very thing. Paul’s encounter with the risen Jesus, however, convinced him that the law should be interpreted differently—as leading to and finding fulfillment in Christ (Galatians 2:19–21). To require believers to follow the law when Christ had already made them right with God and won their freedom (5:1, 4–6) would be “a different gospel . . . no gospel at all” (1:6–7).
 
 
At least 1 juvenile killed and 9 others injured in an overnight shooting in St. Louis
 
Public safety incident - United States - 2 killed in shooting at Beyond Wonderland festival in Washington state
 
 
Public safety incident - United States - 8 injured, including teens, in shooting in Los Angeles County neighborhood, authorities say
 
Public safety incident - United States - At least 15 people shot at street takeover in Willowbrook, Illinois
 
Pastors find a role ministering to young men swept up in El Salvador’s crackdown on gangs
 
Are we really free?
 
Christ has freed us so that we may enjoy the benefits of freedom. Therefore, be firm ⌞in this freedom⌟, and don’t become slaves again. You were indeed called to be free, brothers and sisters. Don’t turn this freedom into an excuse for your corrupt nature to express itself. Rather, serve each other through love. All of Moses’ Teachings are summarized in a single statement, “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” But if you criticize and attack each other, be careful that you don’t destroy each other. Let me explain further. Live your life as your spiritual nature directs you. Then you will never follow through on what your corrupt nature wants. What your corrupt nature wants is contrary to what your spiritual nature wants, and what your spiritual nature wants is contrary to what your corrupt nature wants. They are opposed to each other. As a result, you don’t always do what you intend to do. If your spiritual nature is your guide, you are not subject to Moses’ laws.
Galatians 5:1‭, ‬13‭-‬18 GW
https://bible.com/bible/70/gal.5.1-18.GW
 
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Who Am I - Identity Crisis of Youth Today! - Remembering Our Past - June 12 2023

 
Devon Harris Director/CEO of Full Circle Refuge!
nostalgia - the suffering desire to return to one's place of origin 
$83.5M to local law enforcement around Georgia | Where and how much around Atlanta
Churches Need to Call a “Gang Truce” in Order to Reach Youth – Red Letter Christians
 
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