SALVANIA II YOUTH COUNCILS

I'm sitting at home, waiting for the washing machine to finish, and thinking back on the last 48 hours or so. I had the awesome priviledge of speaking at Northern Division Youth Councils held in Auckland. What a phenominal weekend. Mat, Jules, Stew and the DYLT (divisional youth leadership team) rock! They put on a wickedly cool weekend with this amazing 'game'. I wouldnt be able to do it justice to try and describe it...but the simplest description would be...

There are 4 armies, each with a general. Each army has 5 battallions of troops and they have to try and take over the world, by taking over as many of the 20 countries scattered around the city as possible....talk about organised chaos!!!!

As great as the game was, the highlight for me was watching the youth of the division respond to God on Sat night and Sunday morning. The hunger for more of God, and the willingness to count the cost in order to be fully surrendered to God was moving to watch.

I had the priviledge of praying for numbers of youth as they laid themselves bare before God. They desired to hold nothing back from God, to let no sin entangle them or cause them to stop running the race.

I am incredibly humbled by what I experiencd this weekend and feel so blessed to have been a small part of what God did this weekend. God is good, he is compassionate and loving. All of heaven was rejoicing at what was taking place this weekend.

The challenge for us all now is NO RETREAT! We need to keep taking the ground for the kingdom of God. We can't allow sin to creep into the camp and we need to make sure that we are listening to the leading of the Holy Spirit - RENEW OUR MINDS & TAKE EVERY THOUGHT CAPTIVE......

I pray God will now take hold of all those who were present and 'ruin them' for the sake of his Kingdom.