Sunday night was my first real affirmation that I've been doing Youth Ministry the right way (or at least well enough!) One of my students approached me a couple of weeks ago and asked if he could host a night of prayer and fasting after youth group. This dude is a hardcore disciple, so I expected this from him - he's a huge leader. This is number one.
1) You see students stepping up into leadership roles without prodding.
Now this night of prayer/fasting took place this past Sunday. I admit - I didn't expect a large amount of people to show up. We have a 6th-12th grade youth group (the majority of which are middle schoolers), so a lot of them are still getting to know God for the first time. A lot of them come for the games and fellowship at this point more than God - or so I thought.
2) People show up - not only for the games and fellowship - but for God. About 75% of the youth group stayed after youth for the night of prayer and fasting.
Now this last part is my favorite. I had my guitar out and I was leading the youth in some worship. The student leader, after a song, asked me to keep playing. While I was playing "mood music" he wanted everyone to pair up with someone they would usually not feel comfortable with and pray together.
3) People prayed for each other. No regards for cliques, popularity, crushes, etc...just prayer. At the end, they prayed for me. I didn't ask - I just got prayed over. And it was awesome.
Now I"m not saying I'm the best youth minister in the world or anything like that - don't worry. I am just blogging this because it's pretty awesome that I'm seeing the fruits of God's ministry on a large scale. It's exciting to get that little extra motivational push to keep me excited about ministry.
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