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Teen
Revival
God will put us where
He wants us
By Kalista King
With Elizabeth Conway, Brianna Denham and Becca Riffell
I am here today with three of my favorite girls in the whole world. You
have heard from all of them in past articles, but I asked them to write
to you again together. Their names are Elizabeth Conway, Brianna
Denham, and Becca Riffell. These girls have an incredible passion for
the Lord and seeing His lost children come to Him. The three of us have
been talking a lot about the revival that is taking place here in Darke
County, which is very quickly spreading to other areas outside Darke
County. Beth, Brianna, and Becca play a huge role in this revival. I
frequently talk about Greenville and how God has been working in my
school as I see more and more teens coming to Christ and uniting with
other believers to pray for their lost peers. Beth can attest to this
because she goes to Greenville as well. However, Becca does not go to
Greenville; she goes to Ansonia High School where she is the minority.
Not many teens in Becca's school share the same passion for God that
she has. And as for Brianna, she is presently going to Greenville, but
she is being called elsewhere. I will let her explain more about that
later. My point is that we believe God has put us and is going to put
us all exactly where He wants us to be in order to use us as His tools
in this revival. As you hear what each of these girls feel lead to
write about, I hope you will get a taste of what is happening here, in
our own County.
Elizabeth: Well, I know that Kalista has shared with you before in her
past articles about how this revival started. Now I would like to share
with you how I first reacted to this thing called "revival." It all
began one summer when Kalista called me and told me that she wanted to
talk with me and several other girls about something God had laid on
her heart. We all met in the park and listened to what Kalista had felt
led to say. When she started talking, the first thought I had was, "Wow
she is a great speaker," which was also followed by, "This girl is
crazy." The reason I had thought she was so crazy was because she began
talking about how God had promised her revival in Greenville, and she
also made the comment that it would soon spread all around Darke
County. I could not believe that there would ever be revival in
Greenville, let alone Darke County! A couple weeks later after our
meeting in the park I had spent the night at Becca's house which was a
huge starting point in which I finally started to believe in revival.
Becca began telling me how she was excited for this coming school year
to begin because she had decided to step out in faith and make a
difference in her school even though she knew she was probably the only
Christian there. At the moment she said that, I felt as if God was
showing me that this revival was not just a "dream" of Kalista's but it
was real and it was coming! About three weeks after that, I saw Kalista
at school and told her about my experience with Becca and that I wanted
to know more about what God had told her. The next day we got together
and talked a lot about it, and from there, we decided to start a Bible
study three times a week which soon turned out to become our group of
F2F. During those times of prayer, we would pray for our school, we
would pray for our peers and teachers in our school, and we also prayed
that our group would become bigger which was how F2F started. It's been
about a year and a half since I had first heard of this thing called
"revival" and I can say that God has definitely showed Himself to us in
many incredible ways since then. Revival has spread throughout our
school in ways I never thought possible, and I can see it going all
throughout Darke County! My view on the power of God has changed
drastically from seeing all that He has done through this revival and
even what He has done in my life. I can honestly say He has revived my
heart, and I will never be the same girl I once was. I encourage
everyone to keep their eyes open to what God can do, because He is
definitely working! Thanks for reading!
Brianna: I've decided to start out with a verse for everyone today.
It's John 1:29 and it says, "Behold, it is the Lamb of God, who takes
away the sins of the WORLD" (caps added). Something very important is
stated here, and it's the word "world." Something God has really shown
me is that He is in the redeeming business right now and that means
working everywhere on this earth. As Kalista said, He's leading me to
places I never really ever considered, but I do know that His plans are
already written out for me and everything works out for the good of
those who love Him. I rest assured that His plans for not only me but
also you are to prosper you, not to harm you, and to give you hope for
the future (Jer. 29:11). He leads us to ultimately one thing, and
that's to Him- to live and work for Him anywhere and any time He tells
us. I really want this to be an encouragement to those who feel God
calling them to places they never thought He would, and I want to
remind you that it is a great time to perfect your faith in Him and to
stand on His amazing promises. God doesn't lie; He's incapable of that,
so whatever He says is automatically a promise. He's wanting, desiring,
and leading you to stand on Him harder than ever. God has called me to
move to Tipp City with the family I am currently living with. This has
honestly been a very scary thing for me to go through, but I know His
plans are amazing. He will bring me so much more closer to Him, and it
all starts with me accepting the call to follow. He promises that it is
more than worth it. I believe that with all my heart, and I hope you
can too. Thank you for reading this, I pray it helps!
Becca: As Kalista said, I am the minority at my school. To be totally
honest, it is not easy at all! Actually, it is extremely hard. For a
while now God has been working in me and showing me that He is just
getting started with this revival! As I said in the last article, I
have attended a conference called Jesus Culture two times now. At Jesus
Culture, the mission is to awaken a generation of revivalist ready to
change the world. Ever since attending the conference, where I
experienced people getting healed physically as well as some getting
evangelized over, I have realized my power and authority in Christ and
have prayed that He would bring the power and authority here to Darke
County. And as always, He has been faithful in doing that. He has used
me to lead the "Untangled" girls retreat with Beth, where so many
hearts were touched, and He has continually been laying visions for our
youth: not just Greenville or just Ansonia, but all of the youth of
Darke County. Be prepared because GREAT things are getting ready to
happen!
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