God is doing a work

We just got back from youth camp on Friday and we had a really great time with the youth of Calvary Chapel....we had 11 from our church that went. I spent a lot of time in my room with Israel so I didn't get as much time as I would have liked with the kids but one night in particular stands out. I had put Israel down and went and sat outside my room to read....Jeremiah texted me to say there was a move of the Holy Spirit. There were over 200 youth from different area churches and the majority of them were crying, repenting, rededicating their lives, or accepting Jesus as their Savior for the first time. I wasn't in the church service but afterward we all met together just outside my room and Jeremiah encouraged them and a lot of them shared what was going on in their hearts. It was so evident to me that the Lord had touched their hearts as I listened to them say with repentant hearts that they realized their lives are not their own and that they had been living them as though they were. Young men and women crying tears of repentance over the realization that their lives have not been pleasing to the Lord. It was obvious that this was a work of the Lord b/c teenagers, let alone grown adults just don't talk that way unless they have been touched by the hand of God. The next morning as we walked to breakfast it was evident to me that not only was it our 11 that God had spoken to but also most of the kids at camp......their were groups of kids already up and about praising God with music and song.....something that wasn't happening the mornings prior. It was a beautiful sound!!

My prayer is that the Lord would continue to speak to the youth and change them more and more into His image....that these kids would go back to their homes and churches and revivals and awakenings would break out all over as a result of people seeing the love of Jesus pour out of their lives. It is so encouraging to see young people that love Jesus! I want to love Him more and live out my life as a bondservant of Jesus Christ! What a blessing it is to be called a child of God.