Last November, a few of our teens decided to do something brave. They asked God to make it possible for them to reach every one of the 2766 teens in our local high schools. They knew it was an impossible task. But they also knew that with God all things are possible. So they prayed.
In January, they were presented with an opportunity to put the Word of God into the hands of every high school student in our community by partnering with other local youth groups and an organization call The Life Book Movement.
In April, the prayers of a handful of our teens were answered as Christian teens from our local churches Saturated their high schools with The Life Book in one week.
But that isn’t the end of the story. I had post a blog about our experience with The Life Book as it was unfolding and I received the following comment on that post:
Matt Lawson says:
David,
What a great challenge. I have contacted the guys at LifeBook. Looking forward to getting some info.
Blessings!
Matt Lawson is the High School Pastor at First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Georgia. His church became the anchor church for a Life Book Saturation in Cherokee and Cobb Counties in Georgia.
That Saturation targeted approximately 18,000 students in schools across those two counties!
Recently a teen by the name of Taylor shared an experience she had during the Saturation of River Ridge High School in Georgia:
Hello,
i had always known my friend was a christian, but i felt a push to still give her The Life Book. I gave it to her and hadn’t heard anything back and had figured nothing came out of it. Yesterday, months after i had given her The Life Book she messaged me thanking me for giving it to her.
She had been going through some really hard times and had just wanted to clean things out of her life. She was cleaning out her backpack and had found The Life Book and sat down and started reading it. She proceeded to explain to me that she had always known the stories in The Bible and believed but never realized the depth. The stories in The Life Book helped her and showed her how much there is out there was for her. She realized that being a Christian is more than just believing. One has to follow through, stay in His Word and pray all the time, not just when it is needed.
We now are meeting up to catch up and talk about our faith. We both hope it will help and are very excited. Thank You Life Book for quite possibly saving my friend’s life.
Taylor <3
Romans 8:39 “No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
What an awesome story! I’m praying for Taylor and her friend as they grow in their faith, and I thank God that Taylor had the courage to share The Life Book with her friend and the patience to let God’s Spirit bring it to her attention when she was ready open her heart to His Word.
If you’d like to read more stories about Life Book experiences, check out the Saturate Blog.
You can also share your own experiences at The Life Book Movement website or you can share them right here!
Saturations will be happening across the nation and in some other countries in the coming school year, reaching approximately 1,000,000 teens. I’m happy to say that I have recently started working for The Life Book Movement as a Saturation Manager, helping to keep local churches on track and organized as they join together to put God’s Word in the hands of high school students.
The Life Book is given free of charge thanks to the support of Christians who believe that we need to reach teens with God’s Word. Every dollar given translates to one Life Book given to one teen. $12=12 Life Books to 12 teens. I urge you to donate online and commit to $12 a month to support the mission of The Life Book Movement to put God’s Word into the hands of every high school student in the US and beyond. That’s only $3 a week!
"It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it." –God (Isaiah 55:11 NLT)