CHURCH AND YOUNG PEOPLE

• ASK GOD FORGIVENESS FOR AREAS WHERE ELDERS HAVE NOT DONE WELL WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.

• PRAY THAT THE CHURCH WILL BE SENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.

• CHURCH MIGHT INVOLVE YOUTH IN A CONSTRUCTIVE WAY…

• CHURCH MIGHT UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SPIRITUAL LIFE OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

• BE CLEAR IN HOW TO HANDLE THEM PRAYERFULLY.

• CHURCHES BECOME THE PLACE TO GO TO FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

   

PRAY FOR SPIRITUAL RESOURCES

• NEEDED PEOPLE IN CHURCH TO WHOM YOUTH CAN CONFIDE.

• THE YOUTH WILL FIND GOOD ROLE MODELS FOR LIVING PURE LIVES.

• THEY WILL FIND RIGHT MENTORS TO GIVE ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS.

• PRAY THAT THE MEETINGS, LITERATURE, MEDIA ETC, WOULD ALL EXPLAIN THE FAITH WELL.

• QUALITATIVE .... BIBLE CENTRIC MEETINGS FOR YOUTH MUST HAPPEN.

• PRAY FOR ZEALOUS CHRISTIANS, IN COLLEGE OR AT WORK.

YOUNG LEADERS

• WILL NOT BE LEADERS BY CHARISMA BUT KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.

• THEY WILL BE MODELS TO THE REST OF THE YOUTH.

• WOULD HAVE LIVES WORTH EMULATING.

• MANY WILL WANT TO SERVE GOD BECAUSE OF THEM AND FOLLOW.

• THEY WOULD BE GOOD LINKS BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND YOUTH.

• THEY BE PRAYERFUL IN WHAT THEY DO……

• THEY WILL BE THE ONES WHOM GOD USES IN LARGER MINISTRY IN THE DAYS AHEAD.

YOUNG EVENTS

• YOUTH EVENTS (CAMPS/CONF)WILL BE PLACES OF ENCOUNTER WITH GOD NOT JUST FUN.

• PLACES WHERE PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND SIN.

• WOULD HEAR A CLEAR PRESENTATION OF THE GOSPEL.

• YOUTH WILL BE PREPARED TO RECEIVE GOD BEFORE THE EVENT.

• THE CHURCHES WILL FAST AND PRAY MUCH BEFORE THESE EVENTS.

• THE FUN AND MUSIC WILL NOT LEAD YOUNG PEOPLE AWAY FROM GOD.

• MANY OUTSIDE YOUTH WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET GOD IN THESE EVENTS.

THE FUTURE OF YOUTH

• PRAY THAT THE YOUTH WOULD KNOW JESUS AT A VERY EARLY AGE AND EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF THE LORD.

• THE NEXT GENERATION WILL BE A GENERATION OF THE WORD.

• WILL HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO DEAL WITH YOUTH CHALLENGES.

• PRAY THE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL HAVE SELF CONTROL …. IN A WORLD OF NEW FREEDOMS.

• PRAY THE YOUTH MAY BE SECURED IN THEIR IDENTITY IN CHRIST

• YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE JUST SPECTATORS AND VISTOR'S OF CHURCHES

• THEY WILL SPEND TIME READING THE WORD.

• THEY WILL KNOW HOW TO HANDLE MODERN TECH LIKE AI FOR GOD.

• THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL OPEN THEIR EYES OF UNDERSTANDING AND WISDOM.

FUTURE LEADERS AMONG THE YOUTH

• THAT GOD WILL RAISE LEADERS FROM YOUNG PEOPLE.

• MEN AND WOMEN WITH CHARACTER, HUMILITY AND GODLINESS.

• THEY WILL BE LIKE THE SAMUELS AMONG THE ELIS OF OUR GENERATION.

• THEY WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO TALK ABOUT GOD TO THIS GENERATION.

• THEY WILL CARRY THE BATON TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

• CHURCHES IN COUNTRIES WHERE CHRISTIANITY IS DEAD WILL BE ALIVE BECAUSE OF THEM.