This weekend (Friday evening, all day Saturday, and Sunday morning) Victory Rd. will be hosting a youth (Junior High and Highschool age) event called 'D-Now' - it stands for Disciple Now, and these events evidently go on all over the contry. The focus is always on discipleship, and ours will be teaching on prayer. I'm really excited, and kind of nervous at the same time. There is alot of potential to really change some lives through this conference, and I know maybe that wording is somewhat over-used ('life-changing'), but prayer is such a powerful thing, and there has seemingly been such a resistance from Satan as we've worked so hard getting ready for this, as if he knows what an impact it could have for the Lord's glory. Bro. Mike is almost running ragged trying to coordinate all the details, and the college kids have been given the primary roles and responsibilities related to the event. But we have definitly also experienced the Lord's help as we've gotten ready. There has been unity among the workers, unselfish giving of time and resources and hospitality, and little details that have just fallen into place.
The study series we are going to be using is called "Permission to Speak Freely" by Andy Stanley. It's taught from Matthew 6:5-15 (the "Lord's Prayer"). Bro. Mike wanted all the small-group leaders and primary workers to watch the sermons before D-Now, but Trissy and I have only gotten half-way through them; so far it's seemed good and thought-provoking, and I feel like I've learned from it, even though I've grown up in a 'Christian' environment. I'm hoping we can finish them today.
During the day, there will be small-group sessions in host homes (which is where the college young people are going to be group leaders and where we will use the videos), and in the evening there will be a preaching and service at the church building, then there will be anther small-group session when everyone has gone back to their host homes after the service.
Dad didn't want Trissy and me to be group leaders since that would mean spending the night at someone's house, but we are working in other areas, and hopefully we can go to the sessions, just not stay the night.
Saturday night will be the 'climax', in a way, ending with the 'Prayer Walk'. There are 18 'stations' set up in various classrooms in the church, each focusing on a specific area or caegory of prayer, and the students will go through it one at a time, taking as long as they need to at each station, with adults postioned along the way to help or guide. This has probably taken the most work to put together, and I can see it REALLY having an impact.
Please be praying that the Lord will use this D-Now thing to really work in the lives of these kids, and the adults too! All involved. So many of the young people that come to Victory Rd. are the only believers in their families, have troubled lives, or are not even saved, just come because of the kindness that is shown them. Pray that the believers would be encouraged and strengthened and 'grown' in the Lord. Pray that those who do not know Christ as their Savior would accept Him. Pray that those who are struggling would be comforted. Pray that those who are fighting would surrender.
We are canceling our Thursday Night College Bible Study and going to all work on the last-minute touches and details.
I don't know if I've even made coherent sense through this post; I just knew that I wanted to record some of my thoughts before tomorrow night when it starts, and also to ask anyone who reads this to be praying for it.
Thanks!
SOLI DEO GLORIA!
-Kyrie<><
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