Something is shifting in this season. Everywhere I go, I see so many in their late teens and twenties wanting to connect with my generation. I have never seen anything like it. They are not ordinary. They are the Deborahs, Esthers, Nehemiahs, Davids, who will change the world. This group is not like Gehazi. They have the spirit of Elisha. They want to serve the older generation, so they can glean everything essential to fulfill God's plan for their life. They want to hang out to talk and talk and talk so they can glean wisdom, counsel and experience to move into the next place. They are searching for God and spiritual reality. They are looking for relationship that touches their depths. What would happen if my generation would actively recognize and embrace them?

They are not thinking small. I have met young men and women who are preparing now to do what is in their heart.

The upcoming generation is not religiously correct. They are like a young girl who I spoke with recently and I asked who she was. She boldly replied, " I am a missionary to Africa". She is 14 years old! No hesitation, no awkward shyness, just bold words blurting out answers to questions. She never thought to be careful, thinking someone might disagree or think she was presumptuous. She knows who she is and what God wants her to do.

Our youth don't want to wait until they are older to do what God has set before them. So it is with many of her generation. They are looking for those of us who will reach out and grab their hand and pull them into everything we have and know. They want to grab hold of us so that they can grab hold of their future.

Let us rise up and grab the hands of these young people. Let's become mentors, mothers and fathers who will give them everything we have learned and take them into the river of a Mighty God who will carry them to the shores He desires to set them upon. Let us teach them to pray, intercede....let them wail and weep between the porch and the altar... teach them the word... .

Last Thursday night there were two young girls at the intercessory prayer meeting. We prayed for them and the Holy Spirit showed up mightily on their behalf. Then, I was lead by the Spirit to ask them to forgive us, for many things ( I won't list them). They forgave us. Then they prayed for us. They told God what they needed from us as leaders and mentors and asked us and God to forgive them for many things. I believe that this is the beginning of an awesome move of God with our youth in this city! I believe that the youth from different congregations are going to come together in unity of God's purposes and we are going to see Jesus lifted up !

Please pray that God will continue to lead, guide and direct by His Spirit concerning this emerging generation.