When I was a child, I can remember singing about the wise man that built his house upon the rock, and when the rains came the house stood firm. There was also the man that built his house upon the sand, and when the rains came, his house was destroyed. I truly believe that this second scenario is where we see many teenagers today and even Christian teenagers. They are not building their lives on the Lord Jesus Christ. That is why the focus of our youth conference this year was “Built Upon the Rock”. Now we didn’t sing the little song but each night we encouraged them to build their lives on the only firm foundation, that is Jesus. This years conference was probably the best we have had in a long time with great attendance and many decisions for the Lord. Each night the attendance grew until the last night where we had well over one hundred between the three churches and a few visitors from other churches. Each church participated by having a special presentation and a special song that went along with the theme. Our church did a presentation where a young man comes out and begins to tell how he has decided to sell out and serve the Lord. He then sits in a chair and different people (parents, friends, girlfriend) come out and discourage him from serving the Lord. As they talk to him they are walking around the chair with a rope in their hands and by the end he is so tied up that he can’t move. Then the pastor comes out at the end and encourages him and unties him so that he can go and serve the Lord. It was a simple illustration but one that shows what often happens when young people decide to build their lives on the rock. I would like to ask you to pray for these teenagers that made decisions because they are the future of the church.