So there's this guy...

So on my way home from gymnastics with the girl tonight and she starts to tell me about something that happened at school today...


She starts by telling me that one of her friends has a Grandpa that is a pastor, isn't that cool?! And her friend isn't a Christian. This totally blew her mind! How in the world could you have a pastor Grandpa and not be a Christian? She continued to tell me about how this little girl was having a bad day so my sweet girl asks her if she has prayed about it! The girl says, "no, my grandpa is a pastor but we don't go to church". My little disciple hit the ground running... She proceeded to tell this girl that "There is this guy who was hung on a cross to save us from our sins. He died instead of us. He is the son of God and his name is Jesus."

Time out for a moment... just imagine me... driving my car... totally tearing up at the thought of my little girl sharing her heart with one of her friends. In fact, tearing up now as I type this...

Anyway, she said she told this girl that when she is having a bad day she just says a prayer about it and God helps take away all of her "secrets" (as she called them) and will make her day better. Needless to say they ended up praying together, at lunch, at school. WOW!

He called a little child and had him stand among them.
And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 18:2-4

As if that wasn't enough... she has decided that she wants to start a small group, during lunch, where she can tell people about Jesus. She has it all planned out, they can meet in the music teacher's room (who just happens to be the children's pastor at church). DOUBLE WOW!

I will sing of the LORD's great love forever;

with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.
Psalm 89:1

All because "there's this guy"... Thank you Jesus!

My God is Stronger!

Last Sunday while sitting in church I felt the need to cover my kid's school in prayer. I didn't really know why... so I ignored it. (Shame on me!)

Throughout the week it became very clear to me why God wanted me to pray over the school. Our youth are being attacked by the enemy in ways that I couldn't even fathom when I was a kid. He is using cliques to divide and conquer. Pitting friends against each other. Using computers and cell phones as an avenue to expose them to moral filth. All of this came to a head in the Middle School this week. It was felt by the students, parents and church leadership.

At a leadership meeting on Saturday I was talking to a wonderful prayer warrior friend of mine. She mentioned to me that she was going to start praying outside the school. I told her about me ignoring God last weekend, we both decided that after church this week we were going to meet in the middle school wing of the school to pray for the kids. (This would be the benefit of going to church IN my kid's school)

Fast forward to church today...
Following service we geared up in the full armor of God and went to pray. The weight of the enemy was heavy! I have honestly NEVER been in a situation like that before. But guess what?! MY GOD IS STRONGER! And if it takes me praying at that school every day for a year you better believe that is what I will do! My kids go to that school and the kids who I have come to love in the youth group go to that school! These are MY kids... GOD'S kids... Satan will not win this one... BRING IT ON! I can handle it...

Stay tuned...

Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.
1 Timothy 4:12