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Friday May 17, 2013  
Jeff Lampl

"I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none”        
  Ezekiel 22:30 (NIV)  

I think it is something like 40% of all households in America which have no father in the home.    This means that single moms are just struggling just to survive, much less finding the time and energy to lead their children spiritually.  

Into a world where the moral fabric of society was deteriorating, Ezekiel spoke the words above.   He was pleading and lamenting that he couldn’t find men who would sacrifice things in their lives (good or bad things) for the sake of something better,  the spiritual leadership the nation of Israel needed.  

CLC’s KidZone and United Youth Ministry minister to many children and youth who crave adult leadership in their lives, men and women who will pour into them in a way that they will feel loved, valued, important to God and learn that they have a purpose to live out which is important to God.   God is looking for men and women to stand in the gap.  

“Lord, it is you who calls us into your service.    Please guide each of us who are reading this blog right now to say as Samuel did, “speak Lord, your servant is listening”   Amen