OPENING STATEMENT
SECTION FLAG
NOT ON
OUR WATCH!
By Tammy Dunahoo, general supervisor of The Foursquare Church
WE DARE NOT MAKE THE MISTAKE RECORDED IN JUDGES 2, WHERE THE
KNOWLEDGE OF, AND EXPERIENCE WITH, GOD WERE NOT CONVEYED
FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT.
I
n this issue of Foursquare Leader, we take this cannot happen on our watch! We must
a look at Generation Z, those who are ensure that every generation experiences
currently ages 2-22. While engaging a study the presence of God and hears the stories of
on generations, I read a biblical passage that God’s faithfulness in a way that captivates their
riveted my soul and has continued to weigh on hearts and minds. We must recognize that
my mind and heart. a generation is shaped by the previous one,
The context of the passage is the state of the
people after settling into their new home of the
Promised Land under Joshua’s leadership. Judges
they are where we’ve led them, and they are
destined for purposes set by God alone.
Verse seven makes it clear that it was not just
2:10 is what caught my attention: “That entire Joshua as the leader who kept the worship of
generation passed away; a new generation grew God at the center, but all the elders were involved.
up that had not personally experienced the Lord’s This is not just the responsibility of the children’s
presence or seen
what He had done for
Israel” (NET Bible).
How could a
generation of children
“If you want to change a nation, reach its
children with the Good News of Jesus Christ!”
—Tammy Dunahoo
pastors or the senior
pastors—it is the whole
church’s responsibility.
Does this
generation know our
grow up among those who “worshiped the Lord stories of the goodness of God? Have they
throughout Joshua’s lifetime” (v. 7) and not experienced the presence and power of the
know the Lord’s presence? Even if they hadn’t Holy Spirit at work in our homes, worship
personally seen the intervention of God as services and ministry in the community?
their elders had, how could they not have been
As you read the pages of this magazine, my
impacted by the stories if they were told them? prayer is that you will hear the call of God to
As I read this passage, something began turn your eyes, ears and heart to the children
to rise inside me of concern and passion—
around you, whether in your family, your
church or your community. May our nation
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Read more from Tammy Dunahoo on her heart for presence and power of God as they have
discipling Gen Z, and share the article with your experienced Him among us. Judges 2:10
NextGen leaders. Visit 4sq.ca/NotOnOurWatch. again? Not on our watch!
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generation whose lives resonate with the
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