Just got back from Sky Mountain Christian Camp in the Sierra's of Northern California where I was speaking at a bay area youth conference. A small group of about 70 brothers and sisters made the 6 hour drive from San Jose up into the mountains near the Nevada border. I preached 7 times over the course of the extended weekend and the Lord really seemed to work in the hearts of many!

After my third message, something broke and the Lord began to work in a special way. People were on their knees praying and crying out to the Lord. I tried to escape and just get out of God's way but before I could, I was asked to join a group of young men that were on their knees in the back parking lot. This was all spontaneous and outside of the schedule. These young men were crying out to the Lord, asking that He would break down the idols in their lives and that they would be men marked by God's presence.


Each message after that pretty much ended in the same way. Spontaneous prayer and worship. Even at free time, one of the brothers put a world map on the table and started praying for the nations. Thirty youths skipped their free time to pray over that map for the space of about four hours! Not your normal youth retreat! Please pray that there would be a lasting work of the Holy Spirit in the hearts of all the people that were there. Pray that the Lord would raise up a new generation that would fight the Lord's battles.


Missions quote for the day by Mary Slessor: "Prayer is the greatest power that God has put into our hands for service, praying is harder than doing, at least I find it so, but the dynamic lies that way to advance the kingdom"



Micah for the Tuttle's