I was just doing some research for a book that I’m working on, and I came across the following statistical bullet points:
Compiled by Teen Mania Ministries:
1 out of 11 teenagers attempt suicide every year.
1 out of 10 have suffered through divorce.
58% have been involved in objectionable content on the web.
40% have experimented with self-injury (are “cutters”)
By graduation from High School, the average teen will have watched 19,000 hours of television, including 200,000 sexual acts, and 1 million acts of violence.
1 in 10 high school females report having been raped.
Fear of violence in high schools is now the leading cause of “worry” for teens.
48% of high school seniors are sexually active (have had sexual intercourse within the previous 3 months).
91% of teenagers say that there is no “absolute truth.”
75% of teenagers believe that the central message of the bible is that “God helps those who help themselves.”
53% of teenagers believe that Jesus committed sin (40% of “saved” teenagers believe this)
This is staggering and shocking information. This is a generation in crisis. The more of these statistics that I read, the more I believe the prophetic words that we have received about being a catalyst to raise up the “dry bones” that this generation has become.
The Lord has been clear in insisting that the generation that we are dealing with is NOT the same as the one discussed in Ezekiel 37, but that it will be awakened in the same way, by prophetic messengers raised up to prophesy to the bones and the wind. The army that is being formed is NOT an army bent on destruction such as the one raised up by Ezekiel’s prophecy, but it is an army none the less.
It’s purpose will be total war. Not the worldly typeology of total war that paints a picture of total distruction of economies and land, but the redeemed version of total war that restores everything in its path; economies, land, and people through the grace of the Lord and the power of combat intercession.
I refuse to “label” this generation with a negative description and watch it become a self-fulfilling prophecy the way the letter “X” did to my generation. I intend to prophesy to the bones and watch them turn into an army!
haha, i’m glad to read what you wrote about Ezekiel 37 and the difference between that army and the one that God is raising up!
I’ve been meaning to bring up if you’ve heard about the HORRIBLE atrocity that is “dominionism”. Also known as ‘reconstructionsim’. It’s basically heresy and i don’t even like that word.
These people believe that we are to ‘dominate’ the world NOW by physical means and even that Jesus won’t come back untill we do! they want the Melinium Kingdom without Christ.
I really believe this could be ‘mystery babylon’. And the scary thing is that the dominionists agenda has influenced about 98% of all evangelicals!
Talk about ‘doctrines of demons’ come to ‘decieve the very elect’….