Awe & Wonder

“Intercessory prayer is spiritual defiance of what is in the way of what God has promised. Intercession visualizes an alternative future to the one apparently fated by the momentum of current forces. Prayer infuses the air of a time yet to be into the suffocating atmosphere of the present. History belongs to the intercessors who believe the future into being.” - Walter Wink

At the beginning of 2020, LH/STUDENTS wanted to begin a prayer team filled with parents who believe this quote above and were committed to contending for our students, in prayer, daily. Our longing and pursuit is for students to be filled with awe and wonder of Jesus and experience the riches of knowing Christ. We had about 12 parents sign up and each parent received a list of about 10 to 11 names and began praying on January 6, 2020.

It’s been 27 days. And in that time we have experienced awe and wonder. One student who was deeply disconnected and walking away from the faith, returned and got connected in the community of students. We began a study on the Gospel and World Religions and saw a hunger among our students to learn about other religions in light of the Gospel. Each week we have had more than 70 participants, including parents who were also interested. In the last two week we have seen a self-professed atheist come to faith in Jesus. This same student deleted her old instagram account, which is a huge deal for students, because it represented her old life and she’s not that person any longer. She started a new account where she now posts videos of her and her friends singing and dancing to worship songs as they praise Jesus she has been redeemed from death to life. 

Awe and wonder and it’s only been 27 days. I don’t know where you’re at or what your heart is longing for God to do in your life or the life of your family and friends. Many times what our hearts long for can seem impossible, but He still does impossible things everyday. He still does immeasurably more than we could ever ask or imagine. Be encouraged. Remain steadfast. History belongs to the intercessors who believe the future into being.

- Coleton Segars, Student Pastor