Bedwas
-Thank God that some of our kids are reading their bibles.
-Thank God for the money for the Wii donated by one of the church members who felt God saying “the youth are the future, give to them. “LOVE IT!!
-Pray for more numbers. This week was discouraging mainly as there was a Katy Perry concert on. But many just didn’t turn up.
-Pray that the youth who started coming a couple of weeks ago stay for the talk as well.
Trevethin
- One of the girls last week said that she became a Christian a while ago after hearing the Gospel at the club!! Apparently she took one of our tracts home, and prayed herself at home! She’s been given a Bible too that we know she reads regularly and genuinely professes to be saved. The fruit of this isn’t reeeeeally in her life, so please pray for clarity:
-That either she’d be convicted of the sin in her life and properly start coming to church and living her life for Jesus.
-Or that she’d realise that perhaps she hasn’t really committed to Christ and that she’d make a genuine commitment
-Also please just pray for the kids in general…We are so desperate to see salvation in Trevethin and believe only God can remove the scales from their eyes.
Bargoed
-Since a massive group came the week before last we are down to about 6, which is actually pretty sweet because it means we can minister to them more personally and allows them to ask questions.
-But if God does want more kids to come then thats amaazing too! Prayer mainly that we remain in his will, and seek what that is.
-Prayer that for those who do come that they would really start to ENGAGE with the gospel and not just let it pass them by. Pray that they would start to see God as a real, loving Father.
-Prayer for Josh this week as he does his talk. Keep the kids excited!
Llangeinor
-Thank God for a fantastic night on friday, a great peaceful atmopshere in which the young people listened to the talk which was really well done. Thank God for relationships which are continually being built. Praise God for christianity explored on sunday night which also went well, the young people listened so much better than they had previously, the gospel was proclaimed and they asked good questions.
-Please pray for those who are regularly hearing the gosple that they would not harden their hearts. Pray also for the team that we would trust in Gods timing as we are so desperate to see salvation, pray that we would not get discouraged when God says ‘not yet’.
Treorchy
-Thank God for so many answered prayers lately
-Thank God that they listened so well this week and we had such a good time
-Pray that we would continue to build relationships and thank God for all the relationships built so far
- Pray for next week as Rob is talking on healing, pray that if any of them want us to pray that they would be healed that it would be positive thing that encourages them towards God and that God would honour the step of faith we’re taking in asking him to heal them
- Pray that God’s will would be done, and that we would have the wisdom to discern between what we want and what God wants
- Pray for salvation in Treorchy
Deri
-First off, thank God for the amazing atmosphere we had with the kids, and pray that it will continue next week.
-Thanks that the video and testimony were so well recieved, and they were prepared to sit and listen. Thanks for their questions and openness to prayer at the end.
-Pray that one boy would stop smoking, and not feel pressured away from Christianity by his home life.
-Pray for protection on another boy from his mum’s spiritual interest and involvement.
-The Valleys – In general, pray for the level of exposure to spiritualist movements, and open their eyes to the truth of Jesus.
-Pray for all of them – That they would not continue to feel afraid after how Friday finished
-Pray for the team – Pray for wisdom when planning the girl/guy event.
Risca
-Thank God for last Friday as it was one of the best ever!!
-We’ve been praying for the last couple of weeks for lots of the boys to come back because they hadn’t been in a while, then they all came back at once. It was awesome. AND, some of them even brought their bible with them that they’d been given a couple of months ago.
-There were plenty of opportunities to explain the gospel as well.
-Some of the youth are really close to understanding and are giving some pretty good answers so pray that God works in them more.
-The kids listened well in their talk as well, mostly which was pretty good. They’re getting to hear about Jesus every week now. And discipline is a lot better.
-So all round, well done God. Pray that this continues for the last 2 weeks before easter. And pray that we wouldn’t be content but keep trying to reach out to all the kids and youth
Abertillery
-For the kids who got kicked out a couple of weeks ago, that God would give them peace
-For ways to discipline the kids, and to be wise in our decisions
-Pray for these last 2 weeks before we break up for easter that we would be loving the kids even more and remembering that we should love them as if we were loving Jesus.
-That on thursday when James talks the kids would engage with the message and have questions and thoughts to share
-That they wouldn’t be embarassed to talk about what they were thinking, that it would be ‘cool’ to talk about Jesus
-That the kids who came back from rock school would keep coming and settle back into the group and continue to be a great influence on the rest of the group
-Thanks to God for a great atmosphere during the games last week
Troed-y-Rhiw
-Praise God that we keep getting more and more new girls, that they feel like they can bring there friends with them.
-We did an activity last week where asked them to write a letter to God and some of them wrote some really deep stuff, so please pray that we might be able to address some of these things and that most importantly God would be drawing near to them.
-Please pray for wisdom in knowing how to discipline or at least just keep some of them ‘under control’ so to speak, some of their behaviour is becoming very difficult to work with and means that the girls who actually want to hear the Gospel are being stopped.
- Please pray for continuing ideas in planning and wisdom in the talks.
-Most of all praise God that we actually have all of these opportunities!
Tongwynlais
-Praise for salvation! Nathan moved his ‘player’ from the supporter stand to the pitch on the CY football pitch of where we are in our relationship with Jesus (I hope that makes sense!). Pray for opportunities to talk to him in more depth about his commitment and to really encourage him.
-Praise for a good time on Friday night.
-Pray for the others on the CY course as we get to the crucial point. This Saturday is our away day and we have about 6 kids coming along. Pray for the preparation and smooth running of the day.
-Pray for continued good numbers and opportunities to build deeper relationships with these young people.
Grangetown
-For the next few weeks we’re not going to have the whole building and a lack of resources! So prayer that God keeps the guys coming and helps us to be inventive and Gospel them!
- Sat down with one of the difficult lads last week and had a chance to tell him that God loves him, he responded really well, just prayer that his heart would continue to be softened!
- For all of them that they would listen when we speak from the bible and that as the leadership we can really speak relevantly into their lives!
-Salvation!!
Trevethin
-Praise God for salvation!!! A girl whose been coming to help out at Trev commited her life to Jesus on Monday!!! Please pray that he would continue to strengthen her faith and draw her into a closer relationship with him.
-Praise God that we had a great night with the youth on Monday and those that stayed for the talk were really attentive.
-Please pray that the words they’ve heard would not be lost but would really speak to them and start to transform them into the children God created them to be.
-Please pray that the team would really gel together as we have a few new guys and girls and over the next few weeks lots of people are away at different times.
Bedwas
-Praise God for the influx of youth we haven’t seen in ages lately.
-Praise God they were really thankful for they’re bibles. Pray that they’ll get stuck in and read the verses we gave them.
-Pray for the older lads who can be a bit rowdy. Thank God for they’re high spirits but pray they can behave and listen during talks in future.
-Pray for the team as things in uni get a bit hectic.
-Pray in earnest for salvation
Bargoed
-Major, huge, juicy PRAISE for last Tuesday when we were all feeling a bit down and grumpy about the numbers/lack of response and God really came through, meaning 15 kids turned up during James’ talk and asked really good questions 
-Prayer that they would come back next week and be eager to know about Jesus and how he loves them.
-Prayer that as there are only three leaders now we are able to ensure everyone feels included and that some good solid friendships are built.
-Prayer that they don’t become too rowdy and always talk over us. That they would learn to respect us more as leaders.
Tongwynlais
-Praise for a great evening on Friday.
-Praise for good CY time and lots of questions asked. Interestingly a couple of the girls seemed to be talking as if they would say that they were Christians. Pray that they would come to know Jesus in a much more personal way and understand what that really means.
-Praise for a good God slot, although some of the boys were quite disruptive so pray for them.
-Pray for one boy, who seems to go through phases with being interested in God and losing interest. Pray for a conflict between his band practices and church. Pray that his interest would become constant and that his relationship with Jesus would become much more personal.
*Pray for the away day a week on Saturday as part of CY. Pray that the kids would come and that it would be a real opportunity for their salvation.
Grangetown
- Praise God that he’s really building our relationships and they are starting to be more open and talk about faith
- Pray that some of the more difficult kids settle down and listen in the talks and are generally less disruptive and distracting for the guys who want to listen
- One lad lost his granddad last week so pray that he really experiences God’s amazing love and comfort in this time!
-Salvation!!
Risca
-Thank God that he is making some of the kids more open with us and pray that God would soften the hearts of the others.
-Thanks For the fun that was had in the girl/boy split this week and pray that new relationships were formed.
-Pray that if God wants it we would haver more boys, we only really have 2 now.
-Pray that we would see God changing people’s lives.
Troed-y-Rhiw
-Praise God that last week we had 6 girls and we were able to tell them the Gospel, which is always a miracle and a blessing!
-Please pray for persistence and remembrance of why we do this. Please pray that when we have difficult weeks with the girls and they don’t seem to be listening to anything that we’d still keep loving them as God calls us to.
-Please pray that relationships would be built with Valerie, our newest team member (praise God for her too =) ).
pray that they will grow to trust us and begin to be more open about themselves.
-Pray that the girls who have come to know Jesus will grow so much deeper.
Abertillery
-Thank God for the enthusiasm he has given us and for the way he guides us week by week, and for the way we have great relationships with some of the kids
-Thanks for there being 25 this week, a great number of kids hearing the gospel
-Pray that they’d learn how to listen and behave so that the meetings will run more smoothly, as well as for wisdom with discipline issues, knowing how to positively teach the kids the rules of respect
-Thanks for the atmosphere of friendship that surrounds the club
-Praise God for old faces coming back, some who have been at ‘rock school’ every thurs since september, pray that they would settle back into youth and we would get to know them well, and they would bring great contributions to the group
-Pray that Gods word would lead kids to give their lives to Him, and for discipleship and wisdom.
Treorchy
-Thank God that we have so many young people who come and enjoy it
-Thank God that when we prayed last week before we went to Treorchy all our prayers were answered, almost all of them stayed for the God slot and they were so polite
-Thank God for some really good constructive conversations
-Pray for those conversations that weren’t as constructive, or were discouraging that God would turn those situations around and all of the young people would come to know Jesus
-Pray for the structure of the club – we ran it one way for a while, then changed for a while and there are now mixed oppinions of which worked best, so pray that we would all have God’s wisdom in knowing what God wants for this, that everyone would be happy with any descisions made, and that the relationships amongst all of the leaders (from revive and from the church) would remain strong throughout that.
-Pray for more brilliant converstations with the young people and strengthened relationships
-Pray that everything that we say would be of God and would encourage them towards him
-Pray for salvation in Treorchy
Llangeinor
-Thank God for one particularly great chat a team memeber had with one of our girls, who really opened up. Pray that God would keep working in her heart. Thank God for continued numbers at Christianity Explored, and pray for wisdom on how to proceed, especially with discipline issues. Pray for this sunday evening as we are recapping the last 2 sessions, the cross and resurrection. Pray for breakthrough and salvation.
-Thank God for the continued support and wisdom of the church in Llangeinor.
Deri
-Pray for Andy the leader of the church- he has such a passion for God but it must be really hard working in the Valleys constantly, especially with the size of his parish (or whatever it’s called)
-Pray for one boy – for his home life, and the fact that he gets bullied.
-Pray for all of the young people- that they would see us as older brothers and sisters in Christ and would be open with us, but also have a laugh
-Pray for all of us – that we would not be stressed out by the craziness of it all and just reflect God’s light on to them
-Pray for the plans for the guy/girl evening
Llangeinor:
-Thank God for the consistent numbers we are getting. Praise him that we are building relationships and are able to tell the gospel every time we go up. Thank God for the 6 or so regulars we are getting for Christianity Explored.
-Pray that we would know as a team how best to deal with noisy and disruptive kids, and that we would work well with the church there on that matter.
-Keep praying that the gospel will take root in the hearts of the young people and pray that he would save a group of them so that they can support each other and reach out to the rest of the Garw valley.
Tongwynlais
-Praise for a good CY on Friday. Pray that those who come would still be wanting to know more and that there would be consistency.
-Praise for a good night with opportunities to get to know some of the kids a bit better.
-Praise for one boy who seems really interested in God at the moment. Pray that he would maintain the interest and see salvation.
-Pray for this week’s God-slot. Last time the kids didn’t listen very well, so pray that they would this week.
-A few girls came this week and then left when some other kids came to get them – pray that all of them would stay and the God would really work in them.
-Pray for God’s light to shine in the village through the salvation of these kids.
Trevethin
-Praise God, he is really doing some amazing things in Trevethin at the minute, we are seeing real answers to prayers with several of the older guys who haven’t been around for ages coming back to the club last night! Please pray that it wouldn’t be a one off and that they would be back with the same curiosity about Jesus that they used to have!
-Thank God that we have seen change in the kids over the last couple of years, we now have a regular group of maybe 15 who stay for the talks and actually listen! Pray that the words would take root and we would see them transformed into new creations through Jesus.
Grangetown
- Last week was really tough and pretty frustrating because the group didn’t want to listen to us and didn’t get a chance to speak on anything like we’d planned. Prayer they come with hearts ready to listen!
- For the next 3/4 weeks there’s work being done on the church building so we haven’t got anywhere near as much space as we need so prayer that we can use what we have and the kids will still come.
- Met 2 guys after last weeks session and they were asking what was going on and seemed really keen to come! Pray they both come and get stuck in!
- Salvation!
Bedwas:
-Praise God for the complete set of fresh faces we saw this week.
-Praise God that most stayed for the talk and listened and asked questions.
-Pray that God will water the seeds and make them grow from the sowing that took place this week.
-We didn’t get to give them bibles this week as we didn’t have enough. Pray the youth that come will receive them well with open hearts this coming Friday.
-For salvation!!
Abertillery
-The talk last week was great, pray that they’d grasp the concept that there’s a holy spirit who wants to live in them, a God who wants to father them, and Jesus who died for them and that all three are God
-Someone who made a commitment last term came last night, pray she’d seek Jesus and come to church and grow into a strong relationship with her Lord
-Thanks to God that even when we’re exhausted he always gives us sufficient energy 
-That after James’ talk this week people would be saved
Bargoed
-That they would adapt to the small changes that are happening and still be keen to come.
-That they would continue to bring their friends along, as last week we had 5 kids, doubling our usual number!!
-That they would start to WANT to hear about Jesus, and not begrudge it like some boring talk at school.
-That they would be saved.
Treorchy
-Pray for some specific kids: one boy who genuinely wanted a bible and had a really good conversation with Rob and Steve, so pray for that and that he’d read the bible and be touched by it!
-Prayer for another guy who didn’t want a bible initially but in the end he said he’d take one.
-We had loads of kids but loads left before the God slot this week so prayer for them would be great.
-Also prayer that when people do leave like that it would continue to be pleasant with no bad feeling, which thankfully it was like this time.
-Pray just generally for good relationships with the kids to develop!
-We wanted to pray for each other, pray that we’d all be filled up and on fire for god throughout the week so that we’d come to revive pumped and psyched to do some reviving!
-Ian asked if we wanted to get involved in “Power in the Park” an event happening in Ponty, we want to pray for wisdom for deciding what to do about that.
Risca
-Pray that the kids would behave better and listen in the talk.
-Pray for the youth that have bibles, that they would read them and God would be working in them. Help us with coming up with talk ideas and ways to present the gospel message in a way that makes them interested. Pray that we would have some major breakthroughs during the discussion times.
-Also, pray that we would have more boys come, and that if God wants it then that we would be able to reach out to more of the community somehow!!
Troed-y-Rhiw
-Praise God for the continued Bible bible studies we’ve been doing that some of the girls do seem to be repsonding to what we’ve been saying. Pray that we would continue to have faith in God’s work through his spirit, in them.
-Please really pray for the girls who’ve made a commitment in the past that they would really be searching deeper in to God’s heart and that they would encourage each other
-Praise God for Jean and Mary the two ladies from the church. they are such a calming influence on the girls with their life experience that they have.
-Please pray for regularity that the girls would keep coming each week and really grow as a group of sisters.
Deri
-Thanks for the large numbers, pray that we can keep energised and discipline without seeming too much like teachers
-Pray in particular for one guy. He has a really difficult homelife, parents who are very un-receptive to his interest in Christianity, he gets bullied a lot and told us on Friday he wished life was over and done with. Prayer we know how to deal with his situation, and that the bullying would stop.
-Thanks for the fun we have as a team, and with our kids. It’s a really entertaining group and we’re so blessed with that.
-We’re planning a girl/guy evening talking about self-image and sex etc, so prayer for discernment with that.
-General thanks to God, cos he rocks!
“How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent?” Romans 10:14-15
Abertillery
-One guy who made a commitment recently came this week which was great, we had a good chat and catch up with him. He says he in going into the army in 10 days, not sure if thats actually happening, but prayer would be great nonetheless. That he’d read his bible and seek after Gods word and that he’d understand that he can wear the armour of God!!
-Pray for Beth H who is doing the talk this week, that their hearts would be opened to hearing Gods word.
-For their schools that Gods name would become famous and holy, instead of a throwaway swear word. People would want to know the Lord and be saved.
-That we have good discussions this week and that the talk provokes them to ask things they have always wanted to know, that they would desire to know God’s character, and His heart for them
-An outpouring of the Spirit on our team, that we would continue to rely on God for energy when we’re super tired, and to know that when we’re weak God will use us
-That the kids would come to know the Lord!
Grangetown
- Last week was really tough and pretty frustrating because the group didn’t want to listen to us and didn’t get a chance to speak on anything like we’d planned. Prayer they come with hearts ready to listen!
- For the next 3/4 weeks there’s work being done on the church building so we haven’t got anywhere near as much space as we need so prayer that we can use what we have and the kids will still come.
- Met 2 guys after last weeks session and they were asking what was going on and seemed really keen to come! Pray they both come and get stuck in!
- Salvation!
Treorchy
-Pray for Alex doing the talk this week.
-Pray that God would really use this to break into the young people’s hearts.
-Thank God that we had a good week last week, and thank God that so many young people have started coming.
-Pray that we would be able build relationships with them all so that they know that they are loved and valued and welcomed there.
-Pray that they would treat each other with love and that any conflicts would be resolved.
-Pray that they would know how much they are loved by God and that they would turn to him.
Tongwynlais
-Praise God that the girls that fell out before half term are on good terms again.
-Praise God for a good CY group, for their interest and pray that they would all be back this week.
-Praise for a good night and still healthy numbers.
-Pray for more opportunities to get alongside these kids – they’re quite self-sufficient so it’s hard to build relationships with some of them.
-Pray that a potential problem would be avoided with a new boy who came along this week and caused some problems.
-Pray that more of the kids would take an interest in getting to know God and the amazing love that he has for them.
Bargoed
-Last week was a bit of a struggle just because I think they were in a particularly immature mood and didn’t want to know about what we had to say, so prayer for their attentiveness would be amazing.
-Pray that they would really start to care about the gospel and care about what Jesus has done for them
-Pray that we as a team wouldn’t be disheartened about the little numbers or the supposed lack of interest, as we really cannot tell what God is doing in them
-Pray that next week is a change, that they really start to care about a God who loves them, and that we a group can present how exciting and how much of an adventure it is to live for Him.
Risca
-The kids behaved the best they ever have in the talk bit which was amazing, some looked really interested, and the talks are about Jesus and how to get saved and stuff so it’s all looking good there. Praise God and pray that this would continue. But also pray that the kids would be properly listening as well as being quiet.
-With the youth, pray for continued help coming up with talk ideas and ways to present the gospel message in a way that makes them interested. Pray that we would have some major breakthroughs during the discussion times.
-For the church/community, pray that the opening night of the street pastor thing is a success with many people wanting to get involved and the scheme.
Deri
-Thank God for new kids coming, please pray that they would want to return!
-Thank God for building good relationships with the kids, please pray for this is continue and grow.
-Please pray for one girl who has had some false teaching and so has some strange ideas about God, Jesus and the bible… please pray that she would want to come back and that God would reveal truth to her.
-Please pray for consistency of kids coming each week.
-Please pray that God would be stirring in Deri, that the kids and the community would encounter Him and would be transformed!
Trevethin
-Praise God, he is really doing some amazing things in Trevethin at the minute, we are seeing real answers to prayers with several of the older guys who haven’t been around for ages coming back to the club last night! Please pray that it wouldn’t be a one off and that they would be back with the same curiosity about Jesus that they used to have!
-Thank God that we have seen change in the kids over the last couple of years, we now have a regular group of maybe 15 who stay for the talks and actually listen! Pray that the words would take root and we would see them transformed into new creations through Jesus.
Troed-y-Rhiw
-Please pray for our bible study session that we’ve been doing, praise God for it too! Each week at least one or two of the girls have been really interested in what we’re saying, please pray that God continues that and grows it!
-Please continue to pray for one girl we still haven’t seen in a long time and the girls asked us to pray for her a few weeks ago!
-Please especially pray for the group tomorrow that we would be so expectant of God to work even though we are only planning the group tonight, please pray that God would always be our strength and source
Bedwas
-Pray that the youth that have started to drop away from club come back.
-Pray for the team as we think up individual verses to write in the bibles we give them this week.
-Praise God that the youth had a good time on Friday with the Christian Aid guest speaker.
-Pray for more of a response to our talks, that more questions will be asked.
-Pray for salvation
Llangeinor
-Praise God for the number of regular kids we had on friday night, for continued building of relationships and for the way they listened to the talk. Also praise God for Christianity Explored on Sunday night, we’re getting a regular group who genuinely engaged with the questions, especially praise God for the way he enabled us to answer awkward questions on sex and sexuality in a way which really opened some of them up.
-Pray for one lad in particular who lost his dad to suicide a few weeks ago, that he would feel that Revive is a place he can come back to and that we’d be able to support him when he does come back. Pray for the words we speak to not be our words, but His word, and thus have power to save these young people.
Trevethin
-Please pray that we would see breakthrough and healing in the kids lives by Jesus’ power.
-Please pray for one girl who is going through a rough time and desperately needs Jesus.
-Please pray that we would be strengthened as a team and that our relationships with each other would be a real witness to the kids of God’s love.
Treorchy
-Praise God some of the girls went to church last week and enjoyed it and said their going to go every week!
-Praise God we had a really good week this week and had a lot of fun.
-A lot of the young people have been to a church event and say they have made a commitment but don’t know anything about Jesus, some say they don’t believe that Jesus existed, others that they thought he was dead so how come we talk about him being alive? Pray that we could teach them about Jesus and teach them about this amazing God who they have decided to make a commitement to and pray that they would want to know him even more as a result of learning all these things.
-Pray for our relationships with the young people, that they would respect us but that we could have a lot of fun with them as friends too.
-Pray for some of our young people who think church/christians/God is stupid, pray that they would realise that actually God is amazing and church can be fun and that they would really listen to what we tell them about it all and that it would really touch their hearts.
-This week Rob is talking on prayer so pray for him and pray that God would touch the young people’s lives through that.
-Pray that we would see all of them saved, and that as a youth club we would be able to serve and glorify God.
Grangetown
- A group of teens that were coming regularly haven’t been in a while so prayer that they would come back
- Praise God for how he’s working in one kid who was really difficult and hard to control, now is settling down, pray he keeps working in that!
- Pray that God makes it an environment where the kids can really open up with the leaders and we have a chance to speak the Gospel relevantly into their lives!
- SALVATION!
Abertillery
-Nick’s talk was great and clear this week, based on Saving Private Ryan, so pray that they got the message.
-Started giving them the verse from the talk on a little piece of paper to take home with them, pray that they would keep reading it and not just chuck it on the floor. That their family would even read it and questions and want to come to church with their child and be saved!
-Still wondering where one boy is and hoping he’ll come along soon, he needs some discipling. Pray that God’s with him whatever he’s doing, and that he can LIVE the gospel not just believe it.
-Praise God for some fun games this week, that they all had a good times, and they’d know that we want to love them so much and hope that they’ll understand we’re trying to mirror Jesus’ love for us.
-Had a good team social this week, so thanks God for a great team
Tongwynlais
-Praise for a good God slot about how much we’re worth. Pray that the kids would really have taken it in.
-Praise for good numbers and no tensions this week.
-Pray for CY, that more of them would remember to turn up this week and that we’d be able to catch them up from last week quite easily.
-Pray for more opportunities to engage with the kids and have good conversations with them.
-Pray that we’d start seeing more of the kids in church soon and for their salvation.
Deri
-Pray for one particular boy whose parents are ill and that he would be comfortable to talk and possibly pray with the team about it.
-Pray for another boy’s Mum, who is having back problems and that he would continue on his path of discipleship.
-Pray that the girls wouldn’t place great importance in what they eat and weigh
-Pray that one girl would understand how sharp she can be and how it can upset people
-Also pray for exams, pray for walls to be broken down so the kids see the team as older siblings they can chat to about anything and a possible Girl/Guy day
Risca
-Pray that the kids would behave better and listen in the talk and show us some more respect.
-Thank God for one girl’s new wheelchair, thanks that it has meant she now has an opportunity to join in with the kids in the games. She’s loving it.
-Pray for God’s guidance as various members of the church are initiating a Street Pastor type project. Pray for safety and that more of Risca will be touched as a result of this.
-Pray for the youth, that they would continue to read their bibles and be more inquisitive about christian things.
Llangeinor
-Friday night was totally unplanned but it turned out so well, praise God for the night. There were new ones, they had loads of fun and Simon spoke very clearly.
-Pray that they would take in what’s said to them, think about it during the week. Pray for the holy spirit to work..to help them understand.
-Praise God for 7 turning up to CY on Sunday! They were asking questions, being honest about what they think..pray that they’ll keep coming, that a bigger picture would build up for them.
-We met a girl on Sunday for the first time but she’s been involved with the church for years. She made some sort of commitment before…but don’t know where she stands. Pray for her protection, and for her to grow in faith.
-Salvation for them all.
Bargoed
-Prayer for Courtney this week as he is doing the talk and it would be amazing if the kids really cared and paid attention.
-Prayer for two guys especially that they would start being moved by God, and that he would engage with their hearts.
-Prayer for this one boy who was asking some really intelligent questions and seemed quite interested.
-Prayer for lives to be SAVED!!
Troed-y-Rhiw
-Thank God for last week and how well the Bible talk went, they’re really beginning to engage and ask some really good questions.
-Praise God that friendships are being restored with these girls. They had been fighting with one of the girls who used to come to the club but on tuesday told us that they had restored their friendship and even asked us to pray for her.
-Please pray for one girl as she in some sort of struggle, we don’t know what as the girls didn’t tell us but whatever it is please pray that God would really show his power to them in the situation.
-For the girls we haven’t seen recently who used to come regularly
-Please finally pray for the team that our hearts would continually be in a place of surrender to God and that we would be trusting fully in Him.
Bedwas
-Pray for Club 707 on Friday and for whoever’s giving the talk. Pray they’ll speak words from the spirit that will destroy the enemy strongholds and penetrate hard hearts.
-Pray for when we give the youth bibles this week. Pray they’ll read them and ultimately gain living water and eternal life from it.
-Pray for one girl who struggles with responding in group time. Pray for the team to make progress in one-on-ones.
-Praise God that all are willing to stay behind for prayer.
Deri
Please pray that as we seek to make changes that we would be putting God at the centre, and that we would be following His guidance.
Please pray that as we deal with some of the kids causing trouble for the neighbours of the church, that we would be able to deal with the situation in a Christ-like way.
Thank God that the kids are still hungry and excited to read the bible, please pray that this would continue and that God would be speaking to them through His word!
Tongwynlais
We didn’t go up this week either, but pray that the first week of CY would go well this week and that all 9 kids who signed up would come along.
Pray that the kids would have kept safe over half term.
Pray that the tensions among the girls would have lessened with a bit of space apart.
Risca
No club this week as it was half term but pray that the youth with bibles used the free time to read the bibles and want to know more. Pray that good numbers of kids come back after the break and that we can continue things straight away. Pray that we would have more authority over the kids and youth, that they would listen when we are talking to them and they pay attention.
Bedwas
Didn’t have club this week as we had planned, but was almost certainly God’s control that cancelled it. Pray that the team follow God’s guiding in future even when it doesn’t make sense.
Pray for Club in the rock this Wednesday that the youth would respond to the talk with lots of questions.
Pray for real conviction regarding the double lives many of them lead in and outside club.
Pray for big things to happen this week. Specifically that God will speak to them in their dreams, through reading, through school friends… anything.
Pray for the church, that they will be a body that shares the burdens of their ministry to the community.
Bargoed
*That Josh’s talk would go well and we would have the same response in terms of questioning as last week.
*That one guy comes back and this week has been stirred and moved by what has gone on.
*That they really start to engage and love the Bible and know we are telling it to them because we love it and them.
Llangeinor
-On friday Dai Hankey came up but everyone had gone to see some wrestling just opposite, the team popped along and in the end they came over and he shared the gospel with them:)Praise God for that.
-Many seeds have been planted now, pray that they’ll come to fruition…
-Pray for a sustained interest..that they’ll continue to come, engage with us, we’ll get to know them more, they’ll continue to be exposed to the Gospel.
-Praise God for so many blessings there including the church’s support and faithfulness
-Praise God for the 7 who came to Christianity Explored! Pray God saves them.
Abertillery
-We’ve started a new series on exploring where God’s heart is in films, we’ve got a great book called ‘Passion for the Movies’ by J.John. We started this week with Finding Nemo, it was exciting how much of the gospel is in the film, and the kids seems to really relate to it, providing some great conversations about our Lord
-Thanks for the answer to prayer of enthusiasm, as this week was great, all the team were energised and felt more positive
-Please pray that one boy would come along so we can maybe try some discipling, he needs to hear more of God’s plans for him
-Pray for a continuing friendship in the team, that we would grow closer and more passionate about the gospel together
-We had such a great atmosphere with the kids this week, playing games was great fun so thanks to God that we can hang out with them freely, and prayer that this would lead to stronger bond with the kids, and ultimately for them to be saved! Yes please
Troed-y-Rhiw
- praise God for a good week last week, Kate and Breta went up and said their CY session went well with some really good questions and responses.
-Praise God that Courtney is really opening up to us about her difficult home life and all the things it appears that God’s doing in her life (praise Him for those too!)
-Please pray that Courtney will really be drawn to God’s heart and eventually give Him her heart!
-Please pray for the girls who haven’t been recently, that we’d trust that God is so in control of their lives and is doing His good works without us =)
-please pray for Chelsea and Jessica, they have been fighting recently which is really sad to hear but please pray for God’s incredible peace and grace in that situation.
Praise God for what we’re able to do!
thankyou!=)
Treorchy
We have been thinking it would be good to increase the numbers for a while and this week loads of new youg people turned up so praise God for that. It is a challenge suddenly having so many more young people so pray that God will provide and look after us and help us to know what to do.
Pray that the young people will listen to the “God slots” and will take in what we’re telling them and start to think about it.
Pray that in the discussion time they would have lots of questions and that we would have lots of answers!
Pray that God would really put a vission on our hearts for where he wants this club to go.
Pray for a renewed passion for Jesus in all of us in the team.
Pray for the young people and for our relationships with them, that they would continue growing stronger.
Trevethin
Pray for salvation!
Grangetown
Pray for salvation!
LLangeinor
-Praise God for blessing us with an amazing church-so supportive- so much prayer behind us!
-God’s been answering their prayers…Thank him! And please keep hearing us and encouragging them
-After a conversation on friday about seeing spirits/medium one of the girls may have got upset. Please pray God will use the conversation for good, and heal hurt.
-Christianity Youth Explored is starting a week today, hooooray!
Risca:
Thanks for another week with some awesome conversations with the kids, many seeming really interested in getting bibles and finding out more and stuff. Pray that God will keep on bringing these ones back to the club.
Next week we get the privilege of giving the youth talk and actually tell them about Jesus so pray that the planning goes well and that we can keep the attention of the kids and that they learn a lot.
Trevethin:
-Relaunch tomorrow night so please pray for that in general…that youth would come, that we’d all have a lush night and that Christ would get the glory!
-Pray that God would save some of our young people in this next term and that they would go on to do MIGHTY things in Jesus’ name
Abertillery
-We couldn’t go up this week, as it wasn’t on, so prayer that the kids had lovely weeks.
-Nigel (who became a christian just before christmas- ) has said he’s now not going into the army, so hopefully he’s sticking around for a little while longer despite being 18 and technically over the age limit school-years wise. It would be wonderful if he continued to read his bible, which he says he’s been doing. It would be great if we could find ways to hang out with him and talk about his spiritual life without being interrupted by crazy youff.
-For a good team time this week, passionate preperations for thursday nights
-And for a general outpouring of God’s spirit in Abertillery, and being passionate about the river of justice God wants to send into the valleys
Deri:
Please thank God for the kids coming back each week and wanting to stay to chat after the games and talk and stuff!
Please thank God also for their eagerness to get stuck into the bible, please pray that this would continue beyond revive!
Please pray that God would use us to speak clearly to the kids that come.
Please pray for the church, that their witness would be strong and God would use them to reach the community in Deri.
Thank you!
Troed-y-Rhiw
-Praise God for the three girls who came on Tuesday, the relationships we built with them haven’t changed =)
-Praise God that our bible study times seem to be working out and the girls seem keen
-Please pray for tuesday when we go up again for planning and really knowing how to communicate the gospel again in ways that they will understand and we won’t be discouraged when they seem like they don’t want to hear
- please pray that God will always be Glorified through everything we do
Bargeod:
*Please pray that more children come, although we know and trust that God can work through tiny numbers, it would be fantastic to see God moving in the whole town.
*Praise God for everyone’s testimonies (or ‘life stories’ as the kids term them!) that seemed to go down really well.
* Please pray for me and Debbie next week as we attempt ours.
*Pray that they would just develop a basic need for Jesus in their hearts and start to actually care about the gospel!
Treorchy:
Praise God for a really good turn out last week.
Praise God that they listened and were happy to talk afterwards
Praise God for the fun we had last week
Pray that as we’re beginning a series of God slots similar to youth alpha young people would be really interested and come every week so they wouldn’t miss hearing anything important
Pray that God would stir up their hearts to want to know him
Pray that our team would grow in faith and in a passion for telling people about Jesus
Pray that the youth club would keep on growing and developing in whatever way God wants
Tongwynlais:
*Praise God that the launch for CY went really well – good talk, good presentation and 6 girls signed up!
*Praise for a really good turn out to youth – over 20 kids.
*Praise for opportunites to chat to the kids afterwards.
*Pray for others to sign up over the next couple of weeks – that they’d be thinking about it.
*Pray for more consistency with the leaders we have there.
*Pray for the girls who come to club: there’s a bit of a divide at the moment that is causing a few fights; pray that God would introduce His peace.
*Pray the CY would be fruitful.
Bedwas:
Praise God we had higher numbers than usual despite the rugby being on.
Praise God all went so well, the talk, the games. His provisions were so clear.
Pray for a guy who is disruptive; that he becomes less disruptive. And less people follow after him.
Pray for us as a team that the youth can be on our hearts all through the week.
Pray for one lad and for him to make a final step into a relationship with Jesus (and for them to follow soon).
Grangetown
- Pray for God to move in power!
Lets have a desire for salvation in the Valleys at the heart of our prayers this week. God is doing so much in our Revive teams at the moment and we long for Him to bring fruit from all the seeds that have been sown. “Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.” (Romans 10:1)
Bargeod:
*That the numbers will be maintained over the Christmas holidays and that when the team get there, the close relationships are maintained.
*That they are not too hyper and that they care about Courtney’s/Josh’s testimony and that it will touch their hearts.
*That God will move in Bargeod!
Tongwynlais:
*Praise that we have a date for the pizza and pop night.
*Praise for clarity on cell group for some of the young people. Pray for this: launch night for the CY course in a couple of weeks; that kids (and especially those we think would benefit) would come along when we start the course after half term.
*Praise for yet more new girls on Friday night and good numbers still.
*Pray that upcoming God slots would touch the young people.
*Pray that the CY course would transform the lives of those who do it.
*Pray for the leaders and for everything to fall into place around it.
Bedwas:
*Praise God that there were some really good conversations on Friday, especially in the minibus home.
*Pray for club 707 next week (local youth clubs joining together), that the activities and talks happening there will really touch the youths’ hearts.
*Dates for the weekend away have had to be rethought by God’s plan. Pray for God’s providence in the admin.
*Pray for Rodney who’s started coming again. Pray he starts taking the gospel seriously.
LLangeinor:
-Praise God for friday- bibles were given out to everyone there..pray that they will be read!
-3 boys prayed for God to reveal himself to them.. Pray that He will and they won’t deny it! Please pray for God’s protection over them.
-More girls came on friday..praise God! But they are very closed off..pray for building of relationships with them and God to work in them.
-Christianity Explored will be offered to them soon, pray for interest in that, wisdom in presenting it to them.
-Thank God for all his blessings, especially fellowship with the church (they’re amazing!!)
Deri:
*Thank God for a good start up to term, we had a really good eve last Fri with the kids really engaging with going over the talks from last term!
*Please thank God for the church in Deri, for their love of God
*Please pray that relationships would continue to grow between the team and the kids
*Please pray for the continuation of youth alpha, that the kids would continue to engage, that they would encounter God
*Thank God for the way youth alpha’s gone so far!
Abertillery:
*Hopefully returning back this thursday, which is exciting
*pray for those who gave their lives to Jesus last year would come back excited and keen to learn more of him
*Thank God for Helen and all the wonderful work she does for the church, pray she’d know how thankful we are for her help
*And prayer for salvation! And an increased friendship with the church following our sunday morning visit last term
Trev-town:
As we haven’t started back yet (we re-launch on 7th Feb), there aren’t really any pressing things apart just standard stuff so if you could just focus your prayers on kids getting saved this term, that would be LUSH! Thank you.
Treorchy:
*We’re going back this week so pray that goes well.
*We’re starting to do a bit more discussion about God rather than just talking at them so pray that they’re open to that.
pray for our team that we’ll all have recovered from exams and be enthusiastic about going by thursday! most of us dont finish exams until wed or thurs!
*Pray that we would be filled with a passion that they would see and as a result of it would want to know more and ultimately come to Christ.
Troedyrhiw:
*Pray that God would disciple those who made commitments and for fresh energy for the team
Grangetown:
*Pray for salvation
Risca:
Pray that we would start to see more kids and youth coming. My God provide opportunities for the club to grow and reach out to more kids.
Pray that we would start to see more kids and youth coming. My God provide opportunities for the club to grow and reach out to more kids.
Pray for the kids that get bullied. They they would find comfort in the love of God and the bullies would change as well.
Thanks that in the youth they are asking loads of questions, pray that the questions would be more sensible and that we would know how to answer them in a way that they can understand.
As we pray at the beginning of this new term, lets remember that age old truth that unless someone is born again by the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit, they cannot taste the beauty of the Kingdom of heaven (John 3:5-7). Our hope isn’t in techniques or gifts or well-spoken talks or cultural relevance, but in the transforming Spirit of God. Pray in all these situations that He would be poured out for the glory and fame of Christ in the Valleys.
Bargeod:
-Prayer for Courtney and Josh as when we go up next week they are (hopefully- depending on numbers/hyperness etc) going to be doing their testimonies. Pray that the kids would listen and take it in.
-Prayer that after the Christmas break they still come back with the same kind of numbers we had before, with the hope of increasing them further.
-Prayer that the youth club becomes distinctly known as a ‘Christian’ youth club. A place to find out about Jesus.
Abertillery:
- When we go back there will be plenty of people there and happy to see us back(but more importantly excited to hear about JC)
-Those 3 who made commitments last term would come back this term, excited to learn more, and we could think more about ways of discipling
-Continuing transport issue as there are 6 of us and we have one car
-We would see the young people praying for each other
LLangeinor:
-We’re going up for the first time on fri…with Owen! So pray that a good number would know about it to come along, and really hear what he has to say.
-It’ll be ‘Giant Games Night’ so pray we find some giant things.. anyone got space hoppers?
-We want to start youth christianity explored, so pray that God will be preparing us and the youth for that, give us wisdom in presenting it to them.
-Strength for our team, espesh Hannah who drives us up!:
Bedwas:
-Praise God for Arnie’s testimony/gospel message on Friday. The youth really listened and there were a bunch of questions for him afterwards which is awesome.
-Pray for the youth weekend away that’s going ahead. Pray that preparation is to God’s plan and the youth invite their friends.
-Pray that our core group become even more regular and come with a desire to know more about Jesus rather than just hang out with their friends.
-Pray for one girl that to come back to the passionate relationship she once had with Jesus. God’s making some amazing progress with her.
Risca:
-Praise to God for the great club we had on Friday. Not as many youth as normal but still a good number. Thanks that there is little resistance when it comes to assembling for the talk bit and that they seemed to listen well and understand the talk.
-Pray for healing for one of the kids in the kids club who has not healed from a hospital operation as quickly as normal. Pray that he can be back with us soon. Similarly, one of the ‘older’ helpers from the church has also been unwell for a long time. Pray that there is an improvement there.
-Pray that as a team we have an increased passion to see God change the lives of the kids and help us when planning the structure of the next few weeks of talks.
Deri:
-We’re going up for the first time on Fri, so please pray that restarting would be good and that the youth would come back excited to hear more about God!
-There were a number of the youth who had lots of questions at the end of last term, so please pray that they would come back with more, and that we would have wisdom to know how to answer them!
-Please also thank God for the way the team has got on and work together well!
Troed-y-Rhiw:
-Please pray for the girls who’ve given their hearts to jesus that over christmas God really will have spoken to them and in peace into their lives too
-Prayer for the discipleship we hope to embark on.
-For strength for our team in planning and dedication
-Prayer for guidance that we would always first go to God for everything.
-That more and more girls would keep coming along
Tongwynlais:
*Praise for a really good start back to the term with good numbers and a couple of new girls.
*Praise for a (friendly) visit from two policemen, one of whom was a Christian. They’ve generously offered to provide us with a ‘pizza and pop’ night at some point this term.
*Praise for the continued interest in music.
*Pray that music would really become a channel through which we can introduce these young people to God.
*Pray that cell would be successful when we start up again in a fortnight or so.
*Pray that we would choose the right theme for our God slots this term.
Treorchy:
- pray theat when we go back all the young people would be really pleased to see us and that they would all have had really good christmases
- pray that this term would be an amazing term for seeing the young people really start to pay attention to what we’re telling them and commit their lives to Jesus.
- pray that God would really guide us and show us what he wants to do in Treorchy
- thank God that we’re there and that he bought our team together at the beginning of last term and pray for us as a team that we would be exactly what God intends us to be.
Trevethin:
- Praise God for His awesome faithfulness last year, and for knitting the new team together in true Gospel unity.
- Pray that the young people would have had a lovely holiday and that they would come back with questions after thinking about stuff over the break.
- Pray that this term we’d see salvation!
Grangetown:
- Pray that God would move in power.
At our Revive prayer meeting this week, the first of the new year, we re-focussed our hearts on what Revive seeks to achieve; Revival.
“Revival is that strange and sovereign work of God in which He visits His own people–restoring, reanimating, and releasing them into the fullness of His blessing” (Stephen Olford)
We need revival. Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones talked about revival as being the greatest need of the Church. What is revival? Revival is the sovereign work of God to awaken His people (through an outpouring of the Holy Spirit) to a fresh understanding and experience of the reality of His mercy, grace, greatness and holiness displayed in Christ. This leads to power for the proclamation of the gospel, the salvation of many lost sinners and a demonstration of His Kingdom. To put it simply, as Lloyd-Jones did, “A revival is days of heaven upon earth”. This is the urgent need of this generation. Heaven on earth. This is why Jesus taught us to pray “Your Kingdom come” to our Heavenly Father. This is why we, as Revive, exist.
But, the reality is that our lives aren’t always lived in an awareness of how much the Church and the world needs an outpouring of God’s Spirit. We end up going on auto-pilot and getting caught up in the here and now, rather than living for something of eternal significance. How do we fan into flames a passion for revival? I believe Psalm 85 gives us some answers…
1. REMEMBER
1 Lord, you were favorable to your land;
you restored the fortunes of Jacob.
2 You forgave the iniquity of your people;
you covered all their sin. Selah
3 You withdrew all your wrath;
you turned from your hot anger.
The psalmist begins by remembering past moves of God in the land. Many accuse us who follow Jesus in Wales of living in the past, always reminiscing about the 1904-05 revival that swept through the nation bringing salvation to over 100,000 people and propelling Welsh missionaries across the globe. Although we shouldn’t live in the past to the extent of it paralysing our present usefulness, it is good and right that we remember God’s past works and even lament over how far we are from the reality of revival now. Believe it or not, many revival’s in scripture and Church history are born out of this remembering. We need to remember what the Lord has done in our land to stir both faith and righteous grief. A great book to fuel this is GRACE, GRIT AND GUMPTION by Geraint Fielder.
2. PRAY
4 Restore us again, O God of our salvation,
and put away your indignation toward us!
5 Will you be angry with us forever?
Will you prolong your anger to all generations?
6 Will you not revive us again,
that your people may rejoice in you?
7 Show us your steadfast love, O Lord,
and grant us your salvation.
The Psalmist goes from mournful remembering to desperate prayer. He’s longing for God to move in power in his land again. Do we have this urgency in prayer, for the valleys, our lost friends, our nation? We need to cry out day and night for God to revive us, showing His steadfast love and salvation that many may rejoice in Him. We can’t simply stay in the place of remembering God’s past grace; His past grace must compel us to pray for a future outpouring of the Spirit and powerful gospel proclamation.
3. LISTEN
8 Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,
for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints;
but let them not turn back to folly.
9 Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him,
that glory may dwell in our land.
From prayer to listening and trust. In the midst of the evil that surrounds the psalmist, he recognises that if the saints would only stop and listen to the word of the Lord, they would find that He was speaking peace to them, assuring them of His power and His ability to save. This births a willing trust and joyful rest both in the sovereignty of God and the power of God. When we go from desperate prayer to hearing God through scripture we will find an assurance of His desire to move in revival power being stirred in us. We will be able to say “SURELY His salvation is near”. That’s more than vain hope. That’s confident trust, rooted in the word of God. And isn’t that last line our desire – glory dwelling in our land. Imagine Wales FILLED WITH THE GLORY OF GOD, churches full and overflowing.
4. BELIEVE
10 Steadfast love and faithfulness meet;
righteousness and peace kiss each other.
11 Faithfulness springs up from the ground,
and righteousness looks down from the sky.
12 Yes, the Lord will give what is good,
and our land will yield its increase.
13 Righteousness will go before him
and make his footsteps a way.
What starts in remembering will move to prayer. What is carried in prayer will lead to trust. And what trust naturally produces is faith – faith that nothing is impossible for God. The Psalm ends with the psalmist anticipating God pouring out blessing on the land. “YES, the Lord will give what is good”. Such confidence and faith is born out of a life that has remembered who God is and what He has done. We need to be a people in this generation who believe that God can move in power, drawing thousands to Himself as the gospel is proclaimed.
“We cannot organize revival, but we can set our sails to catch the wind from Heaven when God chooses to blow upon His people once again.” (G Campbell Morgan)
We can’t drum up revival. It’s God’s sovereign work. But we can set our sails. Let’s be a people who set the sails of faith and anticipate His wind.