the X
blessing

the X
blessing

UNVEILING A REDEMPTIVE STRATEGY
FOR A MARKED GENERATION

Bishop Clarence E. McClendon

Copyright © 2000 by Clarence E. McClendon

All rights reserved. Written permission must be secured from the publisher to use or reproduce any part of this book except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles.

Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

Scriptures noted NKJV are from THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION. Copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.

Scriptures noted RSV are from the REVISED STANDARD VERSION of the Bible. Copyright 1946, 1952, 1971, 1973 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by permission.

Scriptures noted KJV are from THE KING JAMES VERSION.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

McClendon, Clarence E.

The x blessing : unveiling a redemptive strategy for a marked generation / Clarence E. McClendon.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 0-7852-6902-9
1.Church work with young adults. 2. Generation X—
Religious life. I. Title

BV4446.M33 2000
259'.25—dc21

99-047715

Printed in the United States of America
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 QPV 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00

This book is dedicated to the loving memory of my father, the Reverend Doctor H. Levi McClendon, Jr., who was my first pastor, mentor, and a shining example of a faithful and integral man of God. He and my mother, Miriam, effectively instilled in me the fear and reverence of God along with the belief that God could use me to change my generation. I am extremely grateful to God for placing me in the hands of two parents who believed in me and who encouraged me that, with the help of my God, I could do or be anything.

contents

Acknowledgments

1. X Marks the Spot

2. Nothing Smells Worse Than Old Fish

3. It’s a Spiritual Thing: Jacob Told, Israel Strengthened

4. Undoing the “Un” Generation

5. The Coming Baptism: A Baptism of Repentance

6. A Seed of Deliverance

7. “Your Two Sons, Born to You in Egypt, Shall Be Mine”

8. Behold, the Dreamer Cometh

9. Who Are These?

10. Seeing What Simeon Saw

11. Next?

12. A Remnant Church

13. It’s Happening Everywhere

14. The Field Is the World

15. A KNU Generation

Notes

About the Author

acknowledgments

my sincere thanks and appreciation to:

• My wife, Tammera, who continually releases me to serve my generation.

• My children, Bryce, Cameron, and (my girlus friendius), who in spite of their father’s busy schedule have always loved and understood. Thanks!

• The Church of the Harvest staff and family, who faithfully undergird their Bishop and support the set vision of the House.

• Dr. Mark Hanby, Bishop Earl Paulk, and Bishop Paul S. Morton, Sr., men of God and spiritual patriarchs who have selflessly shared their wisdom, revelation, and experience with me.

• Numerous pastors and friends throughout North America who have granted me the privilege of ministering in the lives of ...