Timothy

Ezekiel 22:30 ESV

30 And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.

• In the U.S., more than 1 in 4 children live without a father figure in the home.

1 Timothy 4:11-16 ESV

11 Command and teach these things. 12 Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. 13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. 14 Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you. 15 Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress. 16 Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.

• Age does not qualify or disqualify.
• Learn from those who have walked before you, and teach those who walk behind you.

Stand in the gap with:

I. Patience

• Practice - You will look like who you look at. 
• Progress- We are transformed into the image of Christ one degree at a time. 
• Persist - Even when you are disappointed, don't give up. 
• Culture values the outcome; God values the process because He knows the outcome.

Stand in the gap with:

I. Patience

II. Presence

2 Timothy 3:10 ESV

10 You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness,

• Presence calls out potential.

• Presence changes perspective.

Stand in the gap with:

I. Patience

II. Presence

III. Prayer

1 Timothy 2:1 ESV

1 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,