Youth rising: a new American awakening?

Young people were pressing in through repentance and prayer.

February 26, 2025

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Kingdom Friend,

Thank you for standing in agreement prayer! This week … we pray for youth leading the way to revival in America.

Includes link to audio prayer.

⬇️ P.S. — Konstantin Kisin's HILARIOUS and INSPIRATIONAL Speech at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) in London this February.

Before the First Great Awakening (1730s–1740s) swept through the American colonies, something powerful was already unfolding—young people were pressing in through repentance and prayer.

Youth rising—a new American awakening?

Revival doesn’t happen by accident. It starts when hearts are stirred, when people grow desperate for more of God.

That’s what Jonathan Edwards witnessed in Northampton, Massachusetts. Before the First Great Awakening (1730s–1740s) swept through the colonies, something powerful was already unfolding—young people were pressing in through repentance and prayer.

Edwards wrote,

"The first instance of the work was in a young woman," he wrote, noting how it quickly spread among "many of the young people in town."

They gathered in homes, seeking God together, talking about spiritual things, and wrestling with conviction. Spiritual hunger became contagious.

Then, the FLOODGATES OPENED—Edwards wrote how one by one, lives were transformed.

“There were, very suddenly, one after another, five or six persons who were, to all appearances, savingly converted…” (A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God).

What started with a handful of young people crying out to God turned into something much bigger …

The First Great Awakening reshaped the American colonies, preparing many hearts for the Revolutionary War (1775–1783) and laying the spiritual foundation for the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the U.S. Constitution (1787).

As America nears its 250th birthday in 2026, could another great awakening bring a rebirth to the nation?

“When the godly give in to the wicked, it is like polluting a fountain or muddying a spring” (Proverbs 25.26 NLT).

“Those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them” (Proverbs 24.25 NKJV).

Before the First Great Awakening (1730s–1740s) swept through the American colonies, something powerful was already unfolding—young people were pressing in through repentance and prayer.

Youth rising

The young people who prayed at the start the First Great Awakening sparked a powerful movement. Let’s believe for the same conviction and passion in today’s emerging generations.

🦅 Holy Spirit, bring CONVICTION OF SIN (because they do not know the Son), RIGHTEOUSNESS (because the Son has ascended), and JUDGMENT (because the prince of this world has been judged) … to each emerging generations. We pray for true conversions and water baptisms for the remission of sins.

🦅 Father, POUR OUT YOUR SPIRIT on our sons and daughters. Let our young men see visions (Joel 2). Let our sons be as grown up plants in their youth, and let our daughters be as corner pillars in a palace (Psalm 144).

🦅 All-powerful God, we ask for your hand in ensuring GODLY SUCCESS IN ESTABLISHING THE NEW ADMINISTRATION in Washington. 📖"Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream" (Amos 5.24 ESV).

🦅 Let’s join together in prayer for the SENATE’S ROLE IN REVIEWING AND APPROVING APPOINTEES for the new administration. We believe for an administration that SETS A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE—standing firm against lawlessness and incompetence.

Let’s agree as one!

We can draw on America's founding prayers, covenants, documents, and early experiences as "prayer architecture" for today. Adapt the prayer language below to your prayer voice as the Holy Spirit leads.

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Brian Del Turco
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P.S. — Konstantin Kisin's HILARIOUS and INSPIRATIONAL Speech at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) in London this February.