"There is not just a youth revival coming but a youth revolution!" These were prophetic words given by a well-known minister about the teenagers and children of today. He continued by saying that these kids are the ones that will finalize the restoration of all things, and help usher in the return of Jesus.

"In the last days," the scripture declares, "I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy!" (Joel 2:28).

Loose the Young Ones and Bring Them to Me!
In studying the familiar story of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, He told His disciples to find a donkey with her colt and bring them to Him. The account in Mark 11:2 says, "…you will find a colt tied, on which no one has sat. Loose it and bring it."

So the Master took the young colt, and with coats thrown over its back, sat on it, and rode it through the streets of Jerusalem. Some have said that this is a type and shadow of Jesus' return to earth. If so, we can look at this and conclude that the young among us - those yet untrained, inexperienced, and innocent - will play a significant role in ushering in the Bridegroom!

Yes-children!

What will that role be? It will be taking their place among the rest of us in kingdom activity. Jesus is saying in so many words, "Loose the young ones and bring them to me!" Free them from the old mind-sets of "you're too little and too young," and throw your mantles upon them and bring them to Me to be used for the glory of God!

Qualifications for Performing Miracles
When Jesus said, "Go ye," the "ye" or "you" meant all "them that believe." If a child believes, he qualifies for participating in all these kingdom activities and more.

There was no other requirement placed on the hearer than believing - not age, size, education, years of experience, nor a high school diploma. In fact, we can conclude that if a believing child does not respond and obey Mark 16:15, he is in direct disobedience to the commandment of our Lord just as adults are.

The main reason we have not seen them doing these things is simply lack of equipping and encouragement from the adults in their lives that they can do it.

Signs and Wonders at the Hands of Children
Having been a children's pastor for 10 years, and now ministering nationally and internationally, I have witnessed children as young as four years old being used to heal sick, weep in deep intercession before God on behalf of the lost, prophesy, and even give words of knowledge with astonishing accuracy.

I have witnessed children being used in tongues and interpretation of those tongues, preach the gospel with power and anointing in front of crowds of hundreds, take the leadership of children's prayer teams, and I've even seen preschoolers sing the spontaneous song of the Lord on pitch, in rhythm with musicians singing unlearned, unrehearsed words that were far beyond their years in depth and understanding.

The list goes on, as I've known children as young as 10 years old become flaming little neighborhood evangelists, winning all their snow-fort and badminton buddies to the Lord!

On one particular case, I met a 12-year-old boy that was instrumental in leading over 75 neighborhood children to the Lord by personally collecting them up for Sunday School each week. His mother ended up starting a children's ministry because of her son's fruitfulness.

I have become an avid researcher on how God is using children as His partners in the supernatural, including how children have been used historically in the famous revivals of the past. I also stay in contact with dozens of children's ministries worldwide who are seeing the profound hand of God upon the children they work with.

I spoke with one woman who is the head of a large prayer network who reported that the Christian leadership in the Argentinean revival claim there are at least 30,000 children under the age of 12 that are committed intercessors!

Kids are anxious to be used by God, and God is just as anxious to use them! Age is no barrier to the supernatural ministry of the body of Christ!

This is Just the Beginning!
This is a move of the Spirit that is gaining momentum as more and more children, parents, and workers discover what God desires to do through these little saints.

We know that, at least in part, this is a move that earmarks the coming of the King! We can look at the story of Samson in the Old Testament, who was a type of the church. With his eyes poked out at the hands of his tormentors, he called for a lad - a child - to help him, and this child led him to the pillars, the place of his greatest victory!

Our children, properly trained, with godly adult guidance, will take our hands and lead us into the greatest victories of the ages! (See Judges 16:26)

I don't believe we have seen anything yet! Why do I believe that? Because I still see the vast harvest of unreached billions of children that, for the most part, the church is not going after. (One third of the world's over six billion people are under the age of 19. In some countries as much as 60 percent of the populations are under the age of 15!)

The Bible says "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come" (Matt. 24:14). Most church leaders would agree that laborers in children's ministry for the most part are extremely few.

Children must be trained to reach their own if the job of harvesting the massive numbers of boys and girls is going to get done. There are simply not enough adults doing the job.

Reaching children with the message of salvation is just a part of the need. These same children must be equipped as able ministers of the gospel. We must teach them how to do that.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon them, Because He has anointed them To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent them to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
(Luke 4:18-19)
Let the children come!

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