Summons to Sacrifice 2008 was an awesome time for the 120 kids and workers involved.  Kids from all over the United States and Finland were gathered together to hear from God.  The ballroom shook with the praise and worship of the kids.

Thursday night’s lesson was “Clean Hands and Heart.”  We learned that we cannot climb the mountain of God if our hands and heart are not pure.  Our relationship with God must be right in order to receive His blessings.  We repented and cleansed our hearts so we could receive what He had planned for us.

Friday we learned how to hear God’s voice.  God spoke to many of the children and showed them great things.  We prayed for the 10/40 Window.  This is where most of the people in the world live but is the least evangelized.   We learned about many people groups, what they believe and how we can effectively pray for them.  What a great time we had prayer walking through China. One child prayed for “warring angels to go to China.”  Talk about a powerful prayer.  We had goose bumps. 

A teenager spoke to us about Invisible Children.  These are the child soldiers who are kidnapped from their homes and forced to fight.  Most of the child soldiers are in the country of Uganda.

A young lady taught the children how to pray using the Scripture.  She learned this at an early age and it is her burden to pass it along to others.  Imagine how powerful it is to pray the Word of God.

Friday night the kids went downstairs to pray for the missionaries who were in the adult session.  The crowd, estimated at 1,000 heard children touch God for the nations.  The presence of God came in like a flood.  One young lady felt impressed to anoint a prayer cloth for Barbara Willoughby, missionary to Singapore, who is currently undergoing treatment for cancer.  Her body was very weak and she was not able to be in the service.  The cloth was given to her husband, who lifted it toward heaven to receive a miracle.  It was a beautiful sight.

Saturday the kids were shown how to pray using fun and exciting prayer tools.  Just as tools help people build things, prayer tools help our kids build a life of prayer.