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Teen Revival
There's No Looking Back
By Kalista King & Caitlin Beasecker

Today I am sharing the privilege of writing this article with another very good friend of mine. This girl goes by the name of Caitlin Beasecker and she is a freshman at Greenville High School. Now what Caitlin doesn't know is that I have been wanting to write an article with her for a very long time because as soon as I met her, I knew that God was going to do huge things in her life. I'm not sure why I felt this way when I met her, but for whatever reason the Lord laid her very heavily on my heart and I knew He was going to move mightily in her.

One day she came up to me at school and asked about Aquire the Fire, which is a huge youth conference that my youth group goes to every year at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. When Caitlin asked me about this trip, I was so thrilled because I knew this was just the start of the Lord getting a hold of her. I invited her to my youth group that week, The Corner Shack, where she could learn more about the trip and get paperwork for it. That night at The Corner Shack, Caitlin was invited to a girls' retreat, called Untangled, where God moved in huge ways like I knew He would. And this is where the story begins. I will let her share the rest.

Caitlin: Hey guys!  As Kalista left off saying, my journey started with the Untangled retreat. It was my first night at The Corner Shack and the retreat had just popped up. I went home that night knowing God was calling me to go to this retreat. That weekend was one of the greatest experiences anyone can have. God had started moving me in huge ways, and He showed me that it didn't matter what I wore, how I looked, how skinny I was, or how tall I was but He showed me that I was beautiful the way that I am. And that I had a life long journey ahead of me.

I let go of so many struggles that had been holding me back at the retreat, such as the relationship I was still holding onto with an ex boyfriend, past choices I had regretted, and even dealing with the death of a great friend. I was blessed with meeting girls that I now call my best friends.

I started thinking about some of the music I was listening to, shows I had been watching, and even some of my friendships with people at school. It then hit me hard that I wasn't making very good choices. I went back to The Corner Shack, and saw my faith in God grow week after week, listening and learning from the messages being shared. But I knew that just thinking about God and reading His Word once a week wasn't what God wanted for me.

I then tried out Saturday Night Prayer, which is a prayer group at The Potters Weal. My first night there God was so heavy on my heart I couldn't take it anymore. I broke down into tears wondering what I was doing with my life and why I had strayed away from God for so long. A few weeks later I felt God calling me to renew my faith at Saturday Night Prayer. There was no better place to do it, but there. I grabbed Kalista and told her I was ready for the commitment. We went into a quiet place and prayed until we were out of words to say. There wasn't a greater feeling than knowing I had just given my life, my commitment, to God.

I started noticing a huge change in my life. I was reading my Bible or "What If Your Blessings Come Through Raindrops," a devotional book by Laura Story every night. I had started making an effort to go to The Corner Shack every Wednesday and I had been putting in the effort to wake up and go to church every Sunday Morning. It wasn't until Saturday night that I had realized just how powerful God could really be. I had been going through some rough times throughout the week and I was ready to just give up on God. I didn't understand why some things in my life were happening, but God did tell me that I was going to experience something that was going to shake me up so much that I would forget about my past and would keep moving forward in my faith, never looking back.

I had gone to a Revival service with some friends where I was blessed with the Holy Ghost.  I knew it was my time to surrender everything to God for good. I was standing at the alter crying when the evangelist speaker and pastor had come to pray over me. The Holy Ghost reached down to me and shook me so hard, my body went numb and shaky and I began to speak in tongues. I felt the power of God just reaching for me.  That night was what God had been telling me about.  Last night was the night that shook me up. 

I have a fresh beginning ahead of me.  A beginning that has so many new opportunities waiting for me. The beginning of a new "Caitlin" that will only keep moving forward in faith and will never look back on her past mistakes or insecurities. A new Caitlin that loves God unconditionally and nothing less. I pray God can do the same for one of you. Once you experience God's love and His grace, there is no looking back.

Now real quick, I (Kalista) would just like to say that I have been one of the many eyewitnesses who has seen this marvelous transformation in Caitlin. She has been brought to life and I know without a doubt that she will never be the same. As I have said many times before, we are not alone in this. There is a great amount of teenagers who have been revived as Caitlin has. Believe me when I say that this revival is unceasing. As one teen after another makes the decision to embark on the journey of a lifetime with Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, please continue to pray with us for more salvations. There is no doubt in my mind that there are many more yet to come and I look forward to sharing them all with you! Something is happening here, friends. Stay tuned!


 
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