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CONNECTING POINTS | FALL 2018REVIVALBY PETER YOON, YOUTH PASTOR28
CLACHURCH.COMThe fall marks the beginning of a new season for our studentsand families; a new grade, a new class, a new teacher,and perhaps even a new school. For some, this changepresents a unique opportunity to start afresh, while for othersit provokes thoughts of anxiety, angst, and feelings ofuncertainty. All of this on top of the existing pressures ofbeing a teenager; and let’s face it, being a teenager is hard.It has always been hard, but it’s harder than it’s ever been.Experts, surveys, and articles would claim this generationas the most anxious, disconnected, and confused. This conclusionsounds bleak and hopeless, and if we allow this prescriptionto define our young people, it would be easy for usto dismiss our students and be cynical about the future. Butthere’s good news: God has a plan! He hasn’t given up, andwe believe that God would love to use a generation that theworld counts as “down and out” to be a catalyst in bringing amuch-needed revival to our country.I once heard a preacher say that the “wave starts in the studentsection,” as he was alluding to the influence and impactthat young people can have on the spiritual vitality and life ofthe church; and as a youth movement we couldn’t agree more.We are filled with renewed faith and expectation thatout of a world full of darkness and confusion will rise ageneration passionate about personal relationship anddiscipleship to Jesus. We are believing for a youth revivalin our cities, our schools, our sports teams, our clubs, ourhomes, and our country. And this fall, as we continue to pursueHim wholeheartedly, our prayer is the same prayer thatthe church has been praying for millennia: “Your Kingdomcome, Your will be done.”29
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