Gang violence is ripping a gaping hole in the heart of America. It’s Saturday night in Long Beach. A teenager hangs out with his homeboys. A Buick slowly cruises by. The boys get nervous. Then gunfire erupts. The car speeds away. Moments later, this young man is pronounced dead in hospital, two hours shy of his seventeenth birthday.

    Now gang educators say that youth gang violence is sweeping our country and is at an epidemic level. We’ve got to help teenagers! What can we do to fight this moral cancer of gang violence?

1. Provide a nurturing atmosphere for your child. Include lots of affection with your advice and support.
2. Get involved in your community as a teen advocate through your church, Big Brothers & Big Sisters, Boys and Girls Clubs, Kiwanis Rotary and Lions Clubs, etc.
3. Stay continually in prayer for our young people who are being sucked into a dead-end lifestyle.

    Let’s remember that Satan is the enemy and he is roaring around seeking to devour our teenagers. In the name of Jesus Christ, let’s resist him!

Call 1 (800) 759- 300 and ask for the free book Hope for our Children by Randy Becton.