God of this City

This post is unrelated to my CIY challenge, but I cannot go another day without sharing how God is working in my school.

For the last 4 years I have been a part of a group of high school students who meet every Wednesday morning before school in the cafeteria solely for the purpose of praying for our school, administrators, teachers, nation, goverment, and fellow students in school. I have also had the priveledge of leading it the last two years with a good friend of mine, Emily Goggin. If there is an example of God moving and changing, it would be in this prayer group. I have seen the students in this group grow and change and mature and deepen their walks in Christ.

Last week, there were 13 students who met and prayed real prayers, prayers full of passion and a desire for God to move. I was blown away and 3 juniors, who I had never met before and had come the last 2 weeks on their own, pray for God to move in our school. I'm sorry, but how many highschoolers ask God to change them and ask Him to do big things? Not many at all. Now, my heart is passioniate about these things too, but I was speechless. The rest of the day, I was constantly telling God, "Thank you! Wow, God! Wow! Look how You move! Wow God!"

The song, God of this City, comes to mind as I think about these amazing people who have an intense burning desire in their hearts for you to work in their schools and in their hearts:

You're the God of this City You're the King of these people
You're the Lord of this nation You are
You're the Light in this darkness You're the Hope to the hopeless
You're the Peace to the restless You are

There is no one like our God There is no one like our God

For greater things have yet to come And greater things are still to be done in this City
Greater thing have yet to come And greater things are still to be done in this City


If any of you readers need and encouragement of faith or a little fire on your butts with your walk with Christ, come pray with some high school students Wednesday mornings. It is something that brightens my day and is a super-encouragement for my entire week.




A quick update on my challenge, I'm an on schedule and just started 1 Samuel and am about half way through Luke. I made it past page 200 in the OT, and if I did my math right, I should be about 1/4 the way done. Thanks God!