| When we began dreaming about what FOLLOW would look like, how it could be used, and who it would reach, we knew there would be challenges. In this culture, people move on quickly. It’s said that you have to catch them or hook them within 3-7 seconds. That’s fast! What could we possibly say to them to get them to hear the gospel and learn how to follow Christ in that short of time? We start with where they are.
They are online for a reason. They are searching for something, maybe answers to tough questions like “What happens when you die?” or “Why do bad things happen to good people?” or “How do I find true happiness?”. While the world has lots of answers, we can point them to the One true and living God that provides hope, healing, and peace, even when we don’t know all the answers.
Do you want to know more about the online culture? Just ask your kids or your grandkids. It’s a place full of hurting people struggling with addiction, fear, doubt, worry, and suicide. It’s a culture that thrives on influencers and the amount of likes or subscribers you have. It’s fickle and those you consider your biggest fans can turn on you in a second, and the fall is fast, furious and unforgiving. God has given us a great opportunity to speak into their lives – to grab them by the virtual hand and walk with them, showing them the way to Jesus. To be a light in the darkness. To point them to truth in the midst of deep fakes and virtual reality. What an incredible time to be a part of God’s Great Commission, to take His name to the ends of the earth via the “information highway”.
Will you pray with us for FOLLOW? That God would be glorified through every video watched, every article read, every button clicked, every conversation that takes place and every person who makes that decision to follow Jesus with their lives every day. And that more of our churches would join us to become disciple-makers. Go to follow.lifeword.org to learn more. | 
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