It's Happening...

Today I was so moved to see how God is calling young hearts to run after Him. He truly is igniting a passion in young hearts. We are here at Houghton College for the Never the Same camp and there are hundreds of teens here, but these teens are so on fire for God it makes me cry, smile, laugh, tremble and love God even more. God is raising up these younger generations and He is moving mountains with their faith! They are getting it. I know sometimes we think we understand and because God is so complicated we have to be really strategic in how we present Christ to the young ones because they are just too young to understand....but man are they getting it! If we just step out of the way, God will help them understand. Christy and I are helping with a prayer walk here that goes on during their free time and so many of these kids are coming out, even more than once. We have the rooms set up with candle light and it's so quiet in there, that peace just falls on you when you're there. In one of the prayer rooms there are big pieces of canvas and the teens write on it whatever they want to say to God. It is such a privilege to stay behind afterwards and read their heart cries to Jesus. Many of them express their love for God as a Father, calling Him Abba and Daddy. Others cry out "I will go!" There were many expressing the desire to follow God out into the world, and surrendering to His will for their lives. Then there were the simple one-liners that hit the heart like, "I am trying Lord" or " You make me feel wanted." Some drew pictures of crosses, butterflies, globes and trees. It was just a truly beautiful expression of what they have to say to God. Today I was blessed to talk to a young 13 yr old boy, who has a passion for skateboarding and doing it for Christ. He and his friend have started up a ministry where they get a bunch of kids together in their neighborhood, and go skateboarding then back to his house for food and to talk about Jesus. Then he proceeded to share about his anger problem, but that he was working with God on Fixing that: fleeing temptation and having friends keep him accountable. I was able to relate with him and give him advice which was cool. I thought it was amazing how much God is doing through young people. Here it all is...It's Happening.