The Three R's

Good evening and Thankful Tuesday. As the summer is winding down there is the advent of school that is approaching.  For some it will be their first day of school and they will be a little apprehensive. For others they have been in school for years and are now getting tired. And for others the end of their going to school is coming to a end so they are afraid of what the future holds. No matter what grade each student they all must master the 3 R's and that is reading, writing and arithmetic. As they continue forward as well I ask that God provide them with 3 R's as well. Remove, Revive and Restore.

As the school year begins there are some students whose parents do no even have a place to stay due to obstacles their parents face. There are some students who are falling by the wayside looking at the

fast life of drugs, money and women. And them there are others who are finishing up school but have no plans beyond that. We come to you Father God and ask you to Remove, Revive and Restore., The 3 R's.

As we come to the Word of God for this teaching of The 3 R's I begin in Isaiah 57:14. In this verse we see where God has told those who love him that we are the Body of Christ need to prepare the

way and help remove the obstacles that are in the way of those who may need help. We have to more to identify the stumbling blocks that are affecting our youth and Remove them. The 3 R's.

As we continue with this teaching of the 3 R's I go back to the Word of God and Isaiah 57:15. In this verse it tells of how God wants to revive the spirit of the humble and the heart of the contrite. There

are some youth who need the Body of Christ to help them see that the fast life only last so long and getting that education is the most important thing. We need to Revive the. The 3 R's.

In coming to the end of the Biblical portion of this teaching of The 3 R's I go t Isaiah 57:18-19. In these verses God lets us know that he will heal those who may be lost and restore comforts and

peace to those near and far. There are some seniors who are lost and have no clue on where they are going. They need the Body of Christ to encourage them to help them feel better about the future. They need to be Restored. The 3 R's.

In conclusion there is a great importance of having our youth no matter what race, creed or color having the ability to read, to write and to be able to to arithmetic. This is what the educational system is for. But the Body of Christ has to do a lot more. Some people can not even afford school supplies but even after that there is things like hunger and homelessness that need to be address. Remove. Some students have not even seen the downtown area or want to continue forward when the streets are calling them. Revive. And once they are educated there is no one to help them moving forward and they are prone to become a statistic rather than a leader. Restore. The 3 R's are things that we have to give to our youth.

Fred Wesley is a technology teacher for Rhema Word 2.0 which is the Sunday School for Valley Kingdom Ministries International.