Encounter Youth

God has done SO many amazing things in our lives over the past month, from YWAM Lancaster visiting, to the Holy Spirit moving, to National Day of prayer, check out these testimonies of how God moved supernaturally in different people this month.

Benji Martin shared an INCREDIBLE message on the good news ("Gospel") of Jesus' kingdom and how it encourages us to leave our own kingdoms behind. Then he shares the prayer that Jesus gave us to come into alignment with His Kingdom, the Lord's Prayer.

In the afternoon of National Day of Prayer, Cody Stoneback of Unrestricted shared how we can be carriers of the kingdom of God and the message of hope in Jesus to our friends. He shares his personal story of how person after person he knew never shared the truth of the Gospel with him, and asked us the question: Are they worth it? Are the people in our lives worth the challenge of a simple conversation where we share the truth?

This is the HIGHLIGHT of National Day of Prayer, where students pray their own prayers for God to move in their generation. Some incredible prayers, prophetic words, and testimonies were shared during this time.

This week Seth Momcilovich shares the word as we prepare our hearts for National Day of Prayer.

This is one of the most fun messages of the year where we talk about how to set good physical and emotional boundaries in your dating relationship. Jake talks about intimacy and why it is important to keep our dating relationships from going too deep too fast.

How do you know if you're ready to date in middle/high school? What is the difference between a good and bad relationship? What are some of the qualities I should watch out for when I am looking to date someone? Here's some dating advice on all of that stuff!

This week Jake talks about surrendering your heart to Jesus. There are so many other things that fight to take the throne and focus of our lives, but the only way to walk in Jesus' resurrection life is if you surrender to fully to Him!

This week Jake talks about beauty, modesty, and how what you do with your body and who you have intimacy with matters! Because you are God's image on the earth. Your body is sacred because it is made in the image of God. This is a great message especially for girls to check out since it runs against what our culture tells us!

This week we wrap our series on 1 John! We share about the importance of our words lining up with our actions, silly middle school relationships, and how we need to be aware how God changes our hearts to love to do the things he wants us to do.

This week Jake shares on discerning God's voice and not believing everything you hear on the internet or from a "Christian" teacher. He also shares about what it means for God to be love and about how knowing God's love sets us free from fear, worry, and anxiety! You might need to share this one with a friend!

This week Jake shares about the power of the love of God when we really receive it by REVELATION instead of just information. He shares about how the revelation of Jesus is the beginning of revival and entices us to go after revelation in God's Word.

This week Jake shares out of 1 John 2. We talk about how Jesus is our advocate before the Father and how he paid for our sins. We also talk about how to be free from loving the things of the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life (and what all of those things mean).

This week we start a series on the book of 1 John! Jake shares about the power of really knowing Jesus as the one who is the creator and the source of all things, the source of all spirual power and meaning, the one who is the same as God the Father.

This week Jake shares about Jesus' amazing parable to the Good Samaritan. Jesus challenges us in this story to realize what really matters to God in a person who loves others. You can look perfect on the outside, but often is the broken people we least expect who are willing to stop and give themselves away for others like Jesus did for us.

Jonathan shares his testimony about coming out of agnosticism through an Encounter with God and Gavin shares about how he overcame depression and challenging years in middle school through the hope he has in Jesus.

Did you know that Jesus gives us really clear instructions on how to handle it if someone hurts us, and its nothing like the advice we usually hear. This week we dive straight into the Word and what it says about how to love our enemies and how not to retaliate when we want to. This one hit hard!

This week Sarah shares her own powerful story of how she learned forgiveness from Jesus. She also shares some powerful thoughts on what forgiveness really looks like.

This week Noah talks about belonging through the story of David. David was an outcast in his family and on the battlefield, and no one suspected him to be a hero. But he walked in victory because he knews that he belongs wherever God is. And God is everywhere. And the same thing is true of you! You don't have to walk in fear because God is always with you.

This week Jake share about unforgiveness in the church and how it can be one of the main things that keeps it from being a place to belong. We also talk through how to forgive and what forgiveness really means and at the end have a time of inviting the Holy Spirit to show you how you need to forgive. This one is intense but good!