See You at the Pole Today!

Today is the day that all youth get together at their flagpoles to pray. They do this on campus and it has become an annual thing that began as something a group of students decided to do after a Disciple Now event in Burleson, Texas in the year 1990. Those teens decided to gather together with other Christian students and pray for their school, teachers, classmates and country as a group. This is something that has gone on for 19 years now. In recent years it has grown in popularity in St. Johns so much that there are no longer 3 youth pastors running from school to school to be a part of it. I can recall the days of Mason Reigger(anastasia baptist) and myself dividing up and hitting about 4 schools a piece just to let the students know that we suppported them and wanted to be a part of it. Well, today there will be about a dozen youth pastors running all over the place to see students pray, worship and take a stand for Christ on their campuses.
This year's theme is engage, to become engaged in the battle to reach our community for Christ.
2 Kings 22:13 Go and inquire of the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the Lord's anger that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us."
We need to inquire of God His plan for us, His will for us and that comes from reading the BIble. This verse is the chosen verse for this year's theme, it's a challenge for young people to study God's word, to grow in God's will and to know Him completely.
So pray for our young people, pray that God will protect them and power them at the same time.
My favorite See You at the Pole experience was about 5 years ago at nease High school. Abour 70 students gathered around the flagpole, everyone had prayed so they were singing. A group of kids were mocking them and singing country songs, hip hop songs and things like that. All that did was make the group sing louder. I promise you, by the time they were done the light, faint sounds of them singing was commanding the campus. They were singing loud enough that people were hearing them on the buses as they pulled in.
Have a great day and thanks for reading!