![]() ![]() Start taking prayer walks or shutting your door for 30 minutes a day or whatever you have to do to start making intercessory prayer a personal priority. And God is igniting their strategies in ways they never expected with results they could have never dreamed of. They are looking to God to light that fire not a strategy or a program or a method. The revival I’m witnessing unfold in power-packed pockets across the country are happening where the youth leaders are committed to intercessory prayer. ![]() They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and went out and spoke the Word of God boldly.” The building was shaken with the power of intercessory prayer and then the city was shaken with the power of the gospel message.Īre you interceding on behalf of your teenagers? Do you pray as a staff for them? Is intercessory prayer something you practice with your student leaders? Is prayer a big part of your youth ministry program or do you use it as fairy dust to sprinkle on your meetings but then depend on the latest, greatest curriculum to produce the real change? It should be the standard operating practice of every believer.Īcts 4:31 gives a micro recipe for revival, “After they prayed the place where they were meeting was shaken. ![]() Intercessory is not just the domain of little old ladies and those “ crazy” intercessors we sometimes meet. So what is our role in seeing revival break out in the midst of the deadness? Can we do anything about it? The answer is a resounding “YES!!!” Here are 5 action steps you can take to unleash the force of revival in your youth ministry. But down deep inside we want to taze their cold hearts into beating hard and hot after God. They keep showing up so we keep juggling flaming poodles (so to speak) to keep their attention. With rolling eyes and heavy sighs many of them endure the lessons and enjoy the games. Too often dead-eyed Christian teenagers whose hearts are filled with apathy instead of fire fill our youth ministry meetings. It’s interesting to me that you never see the word “ revival” in the New Testament, perhaps because it should be the normal Christian life. But he stands with matches ready to set your teens’ hearts on fire. The Holy Spirit is the only one who can refresh, renew and revive His church. ![]()
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