• The children of Israel cried out to God from Egypt...He delivered them and when they cried out again he led them through the Red Sea...and when they cried out again He turned bitter waters into sweet...and on and on (Genesis).
• Though living in idolatry, when Israel cried out to Jehovah, He sent deliverers, starting with Caleb's younger brother, Othniel (Judges).
• Disciples cried out to Jesus when they were troubled on the sea...and He came to them (Matthew 14:26).
• Peter cried out to Jesus when the waves were too much for him...and Jesus took him by the hand (Matthew 14:30).
• Two blind men cried out to Jesus, were scolded by those nearby...and Jesus healed them (Matthew 20:30).
• A multitude cried out in worship...Jesus cleaned up the temple
  (Matthew 21:9-13).
• A man with an unclean spirit cried out...and Jesus set him free
  (Mark 1:23-26).
• A father cried out for his tortured son...Jesus spoke to the evil spirit, then took the boy's hand and raised him up (Mark 9:24)

• In NorthEast India 165 street children were hosted in a local village church and their response to the love of Jesus was to cry out against their living conditions of poverty, slavery, and addiction as well as their spiritual condition. (See photos in the kids side for Jul 2006).
• In China video footage smuggled out of the country shows children laying prostrate, unable to rise under a heavy burden of some kind as they cried out to the Creator and in some cases even prophesied.
• At Landmark Tab in Denver, Colorado, (Littleton) twice in less than two months the Sunday evening service was interrupted as children began to cry out loudly during the "traditional prayer" time. The children were moved to an area outside the sanctuary to continue releasing their burden in prayer...many adults joined them.
• In Bridgeton, Missouri, in a prayer training class children were weeping and crying out to God on behalf of others beyond any experience to that point.
• At two children's conferences held one week apart, both located in Missouri, intense times of crying out rocked the sessions in personal hunger and group intercession.
• In Ghana during a children's crusade, children were not only seeking an experience of getting full of the Holy Spirit, but were crying out in personal pain and hunger for God during times of prayer.

A minister's wife from India explained her first experience of crying out this way. She could not find the pair of airplane tickets needed by her and her husband the next day. She looked...she prayed quietly as she looked, she even asked for her husband to help...still no tickets. So, she went for a walk to clear her head. When she returned she still could not find the tickets and something new began to boil over in her spirit. She had just heard of the concept of crying out and to be honest, it went against her personality and nature. However in the hotel room all alone she cried out LOUD and she said that she felt something release in her that day. But, still no tickets. That evening she and her husband went for one last walk on the beach, not sure about the next day's flight...when a man came up to them and said, "I think these belong to you." In mere seconds after examining the tickets, they looked up to thank the man but he was gone, nowhere to be seen on the quiet beach. It sounds to me like Jesus came after she cried out.

Something is happening in the heavenlies (spirit realm) and our children are aware of it on some level. God is nudging them to cry out so He can come. Come to the nations, release generations, raise up, make whole, heal, set free, and rescue. Come to tear down strongholds, push back the enemy, bind the strong men and reign as Lord in the hearts of people everywhere.

It's time to CRY OUT! After all, I don't think this nudge is just for children.