A podcast listener named Lawson writes in with a great question. I love this, Pastor John.

This fall, I entered high school as a freshman. I want to know how can I be a Christ-like

example in my school and among my classmates? I feel that God has called me to minister to them

in some way, but I don't know exactly how to do this. Over the next four years, what are some

practical steps I can take to redeem these years for the gospel? Lawson, as I look back

over my high school days, it was a long time ago, I'm 70. And as I ponder what I see in the Bible

and think about God's calling on your life, expressed in your words, which I'm so thankful for,

six or seven things are come flooding to my mind to suggest for you to pray about and consider

first. Gather a few friends with a similar desire, maybe from your church, neighborhood,

where have you got your Christian friends? I hope it's your church, and set aside with them

some regular time, maybe 30 minutes a week, that's what I do with my friends, or 10 or 15 minutes a

day at the beginning of school, where you read a short passage of scripture, like maybe take one

minute to read a passage of scripture, and then pray for 10 minutes or 15 minutes or 30 minutes

whatever you've planned, that God would help you fill you with your with Holy Spirit, fill you

with boldness, give you guidance, and then go on into your day together as a band of brothers,

and maybe you will call that group, the 429 group. And the reason I say that is because of

429, and now Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to your servants to continue to speak your

word with all boldness, while you stretch out your hand to heal and signs and wonders are

performed in the name of your Holy Servant Jesus, and when they had prayed, the place in which

they were gathered was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and continued to

speak the word of God with boldness. Oh, I wish I had done that as a teenager, had myself a small

group of band of brothers prayed down God's power and been more bold. Number two,

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