Our youth vs our culture

Recently I have been reading some interesting books dealing with the topic of raising up young people to love God in a culture that promotes the complete opposite message of what we teach in the church. In our church we minister to a significant number or teenagers and kids who do not come from church families. It is very difficult for us to try to shape their moral values and world view when we have maybe 2 hours a week to influence their lives, compared to the many hours a week they are being influenced by their peers in school, tv, video games and family members who do not have a relationship with Jesus Christ. I love seeing these young people give their lives to Jesus but it seems like we face such a uphill battle trying train them to live lifestyles that are set apart and dedicated to God. I am reminded of the disciples question to Jesus about who could be saved if rich people could not be saved.(Matthew 19:26) His answer was that with man this is impossible but with God nothing is impossible! This battle is completely impossible for us to do on our own! We are dependent upon Jesus to show up and change a young person's heart! God I pray that you will get a hold of our young generation, I pray you will capture their hearts so that they will follow you all the days of their lives!