Secrets of a Spirit-Filled Children’s Ministry
1. You are the catalyst for a Spirit-filled children’s ministry. It all begins with one person, not a committee. It always begins with one person wanting to see God move.
2. You must be desperate. Desperation is dissatisfaction in motion. This will cause you to do whatever it takes to get what you so passionately desire. Desperation will drive you to your knees, crying out that His touch upon you and your children means more than your very next breath.
3. You must be daring. Daring people become vulnerable and go into areas they’ve never been before. Your passion will cause you to go after God in worship while the children are watching indifferently; or, to begin to pray aloud in your heavenly prayer language while the children are silently watching this newfound boldness. Your sensitivity at times will cause you to put the lesson aside to follow His prompting. Take courage in this truth–children will go where they see you go. Your first steps might be lonely, but soon a room full of children will have tears of joy rolling down their faces as they follow your example.
4. You must be determined. Don’t let go until you get what you want. This is a journey, not an experience. It takes time and faith.
The key word in these secrets is Y-O-U. As your hunger causes the Holy Spirit to saturate you with His presence and glory, the overflow will change the classroom into a Spirit-filled, Pneuma-Force church.