27 January 2013

Battle before victory!


What an amazing youth meeting ! 200 young people were expected, but at least 300 turned up and filled this hall! 


A great time was had as we worked through our theme 'God is the builder of everything', talking about physical buildings, building walls, foundations, corner stone, living stone and God building our lives. Loads of props , visual aids all blended together, which enabled many to help participate in different activities.



Just at the crucial moment when the gospel was being proclaimed the enemy sought to throw fiery darts at us, and applied critical tactics mostly with the media controls that meant we stopped and started several times. This resulted in the message being interrupted and repeatedly broken up. I struggled at first to keep focused and almost was thrown off course, but then God took over and intervened and around 70 young people made a decision to accept Jesus this day! Praise God. Then around 100+ believers made a fresh commitment to Jesus and sacrificed the things they were making more important than God in their lives, on a symbolic altar. It was truly a wonderful moment to see young people responding in this way! Keep praying, God is at work but so is the enemy.