The fires of Revolution are burning in my heart like never before right now. 2 things in particular have sparked that fresh passion in my heart. The first was the youth conf. and seeing all those junior high and high school students getting right with God and crying out for more of our wonderful Lord Jesus. The second was an experience i had the other night while going to see the latest installment of the Batman movies. I am a pretty big fan of Batman so naturally we went and saw the movie at midnight Thur. night. While sitting in that theater for over 45 min. the Spirit of God moved on my heart mightily concerning this generation and their wickedness. Cussing, drinking, smoking, perversion, pride, rebellion, and a host of other demonic spirits were evident in the lives of those sitting around me. These kids were all between the ages of 20-30 and had no regard whatsoever for our precious Jesus or what it means to live a life set apart from the world. In fact, they want all they can get of the world because it is all they know. Being raised on MTV and Friends they emulate the filth vomited upon them 24-7 and strive to create an environment where sex with anyone is acceptable and partying is the norm.
OH! is it time for us to see God move by His mighty hand upon all those from 12-year-old junior high kids in the ghetto to the 25-year-old just graduating from university. This is where the Revolution will be. It will not be just a gathering of people for the sake of gathering but a time of true repentance. it will not be a movement for the sake of a movement but an outpouring of God’s Spirit that births such a deep, heart-felt repentance that despite their long way to go in Christ they hold on and never let go.
Join me in setting apart our lives for the work of the Master. Join me in praying for God to put mighty passion and unction upon us for the preaching of the Gospel to this lost and confused generation. Join me in asking God to give us the harvest and supernatural strategies for holding the massive harvest to come. Finally, pray that God would make us all faithful to the assignment that He has given to each of us (Jn. 9:4)
Matt. 9:36- Jesus felt great pity for the crowds that came, because their problems were so great and they didn’t know where to go for help.
Acts 2:37- Peter’s words convicted them deeply, and they said to him and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?”

This last Sat morning we had our monthly prophetic stream and during the worship the Lord impressed on me to preach a word that I would like to share with you (see link to “Where is my sheep?”). It is a word of sacrifice and brokenness that I believe will bless you as to the walk of suffering God has called us to and the fellowship of His suffering as depicted in Gen. 22 with Abraham and Isaac. During the last morning of Conf. 2 I preached a message from the preceding verses in the chapter and yet could not shake vs. 6. Please enjoy this word and let the Lord speak to you by His Spirit.

This last month has seen over 7000 young people, youth pastors, and chaperones come through the 2 annual youth conf. we hold here at Bethany for the great 220 youth ministry. This year God poured out His Spirit at both conf. and I couldn’t have been more pleased with what I know God has done in the lives of all involved, including me! I will admit that it was a little different having these conferences again without my beloved wife but God’s grace was upon me and for the first time since 04 I was headed back and forth without Amy by my side. I know she was watching from the sides of heaven and rooting us on in our quest to reach and disciple as many of this precious generation as possible. ( us being me, Jonathan, and the rest of my 220 team, who by the way are the best in the world!)
God has truly honored me to have great support in way of my family, staff, and thousands of kids who I don’t know personally but have shown such great love. This will be a year to remember how God’s grace carried me through what could have been a painful experience and yet by His anointing and blessing I was able to not only make it through but see the best year’s conf. ever. Thank all of you for your prayers. We are taking back this generation one student at a time!

Update: Night services streaming Live!

Ready or not, here it comes! The second of our 2 annual summer youth conf. began tonight with me sharing a word entitled Prophetic Hit List. It is so amazing to watch as the kids come streaming in from around the nation all over again when less than a month ago they were here by the thousands and now this new group is hungry to start back at the beginning and receive all they can from an awesome God. I think heaven enjoys these type of radical gatherings where the worship is so passionate and the maturing process of God’s chosen generation is accelerated beyond what we could know.

I’m sitting here up at 1:30 am typing to you out there in cyberspace cause the excitement of tonight and all surrounding these momentous occasions has me restless and doing my best to sleep while pumped up with a high of youth coming to Jesus. Tonight, probably 1000 or more kids came to the Lord from a backslidden state or for the very first time. As the Word went forth it evidently brought great conviction and then my friend Prophet Damon Thompson tag teamed with me and gave a powerful salvation altar call. They came until every aisle of the great Bethany North aud. was filled. That’s a lot of kids! My prayer is that they would not just have an emotional experience of remorse like Judas but a deep spiritual repentance like Peter did when He denied the Lord and then was leading the Acts revival 50 days later. Who knows what God could do through these kids this school year? How many of them may end up giving their entire lives to winning this generation? Who could end up being a voice to nations out of this conf? I just believe that the Holy Spirit is at work and even though it is a tremendous physical and spiritual effort to put on these conferences the lasting fruit will all be worth it when we get to heaven and see the lasting impact that is had for the Kingdom of God.

Lastly, I ask for your prayers as I have been really battling sickness and weakness in my physical body. I did my best tonight and let the Holy Spirit and Damon do the rest. I’ve learned to do what I can and let God do the rest. Pray my strength by multiplied and grace to carry me for the next 2 days. There is a window here that must be stepped through. God is able…

Also, if you can’t make it, go to 220tv.com to view the live stream of the night services.

The July\Aug issue of Ministry Today features 2 articles that I believe are very exciting. I was asked to write one of the feature articles of this issue and 220 was profiled along with 4 other awesome youth min from around the nation for the cover article. Very positive! The message and story of what God is doing here is starting to get national attention and I thank God for it! All of our hard work and years of faithfulness to produce something the Lord Jesus would be proud of is starting to pay off.
It is my conviction and desire that the Lord would use 220 as a model of youth ministry birthed in the Spirit of God and built upon the basic tenants of the Gospel that has rocked the known world for 2000 years. Somehow youth pastors and young people need to see something that causes them to dream big and see all things as possible with God.
I encourage you to go out and buy and copy or the magazine or look up online at ministrytoday.com and look for the cover article named Youth Gone Wild and the article I wrote called You Want To Start a Revolution? They will both bless you.

Well for those of you who have been wondering where I have been it has been resting up and recovering from Conf. 1. The conf was far and above all we could have asked for and I just believe that conf. 2 will be even better somehow. I guess you don’t realize how much energy it takes out of you to put on a conference like the 220 conf but after it is over you find yourself exhausted for days. I think I took 4 naps on Sat!
This week has been a good week of relaxing and getting back up to 100 percent. God’s Spirit moved mightily last night at 220 leadership as the glory of God fell for about 2 hours. Very weighty anointing! It is always my favorite meeting to do in getting together with my leadership and pursuing new depths of God’s awesome presence.
Tom. night I will be preaching at South for dad and then Sunday continuing my series on Singles in the House for the North Campus. God is good and His strength is operating in my body! hallelujah!!!

Update: Night services streaming Live!

Please be in prayer for me and the leadership team of 220 as we prepare to host our annual national youth conf. As last year, we are holding 2 conf. in both June and July to accommodate the crowds. Conf. 1 begins tom. night (Tues.) and goes through Thur. night. My good friend Judah Smith will be here ministering with me and I am pumped at what God is going to do. I feel a whole new wave coming this year. Watch out all who are coming and shame on you all that are missing this explosion of God’s divine favor and strategy for youth ministry.

The set and lights will be like no other we have ever had. Jonathan has written some incredible new songs and the Holy Spirit has equipped me with a fresh Word and sound for this year. I can’t wait to preach a word that has been stirring in my spirit entitled “prophetic generation” from the book of 1 Sam.

The unique thing about conf. 1 is that we hold our 220i graduation and commissioning on the last night. Laying on of hands, prophecy, and anointing will go forth as we set loose another batch of seasoned, harvest-minded warriors. I am very proud of this years group and feel they will do great exploits for God. If you can possibly make it at all to this incredible conf. you should come.

The theme of this year’s conf. is the hurricane. God is raising up 220 like a hurricane from the gulf to destroy the kingdom of darkness and leave strongholds of the enemy devastated in our wake, never to be rebuilt. Come experience the hurricane!

Ps. In the mornings will be teaching and river flow. Calling all hippos!

Also, if you can’t make it, go to 220tv.com to view the live stream of the night services.

It started out to be a stream but this last Sat. prophetic explosion is now more like a river. The Spirit of God was there from the first note as 300+ packed into the Reception Hall at Bethany North. What a fulfilling feeling to see what God has done so quickly in the rebirth of training people in the prophetic. When the Lord said to me in Dec. that He was moving me back into the prophetic I had no idea that the hunger for intimate prayer and worship was so great. People are hungry for more and the Spirit of God is ready to oblige!
This truly is an encouraging sign for me to see how the members of Bethany and churches all over the region have responded. The power of what God is doing and will do with this many hungry people is immeasurable and signals to me that revival is near in our state. When people begin to call on the name of the Lord and listen to the voice of the Lord there can be nothing but good to follow. Oh how my heart soars to be a small part of what God is doing in our nation and in the earth!

I am really excited about this Sat. prophetic stream. We will begin at 10 and go till 12. We have special guest Kent Henry with us and he brings such a unique prophetic gift to the table. Worship, teaching, and who knows what else will be going on in the house of God! I’m pumped!

The Lord has given me a teaching on the prophetic song that already has my spirit buzzin. It is funny how the Lord just shifted me back into this passion of mine that was laid down, in a sense, for 5 years. The prophetic is a joy and passion for me that just keeps getting stronger as I get older. Apostolic\prophetic ministry is my destiny and it just amazes me how much it is in my blood and comes so easily by the Spirit. For once, something easy! I pray that all would understand and see fruit in their God-given gifts for the edification of the Body and the building of God’s incredible Kingdom.

Ps. You are all invited! Kent and I will both be ministering.

Wow! this last week has been a busy one and the next 2 aren’t slowing down. Wed. night I flew over with my dear mother to San Antonio, Tx to see a top surgeon about the situation with my hand and arm. As many of you remember I was in the midst of dealing with that last year when my darling wife was diagnosed with cancer in June. Well, long story short, the time has come to deal with all of that and God has given me favor with this surgeon that Doc Crandall found for me. He does most of the surgeries on the Iraq soldiers that have had hand injuries and will be attempting, in Jesus name, to put my arm back together in a way that will fix 2 basic problems, circulation and access for dialysis.
Mom and I were there for 2 days and spent most all day Thur and Fri in the hospital running tests. Fri was a long day as we were at hospital for 6 and didn’t leave till 1 and then flew out at 3 and I had a procedure at 11:30! It was crazy! Somewhere in all that we were able to go to the Riverwalk for a great Mexican meal (which I love) and hang out with my good friend Warren Beemer. (Warren and about 20 kids met us at the airport with signs on Wed. night around midnight and it was very touching).
The game plan as of now is to wait until after the 2 conf. are over in July and then go back for an operation. Please be in prayer with me that as the doctors assimilate all the info from this week that the Lord will give them wisdom to know exactly what needs to be done. Pray that they will be able to do much more minor surgery than first anticipated and that the Lord will be working with them to guide them in all that they do. Thank you dear friends and prayer warriors for standing with me in all my battles. I guess I am working on competing with Paul’s list of woes in 2 Cor. 11!