In 2019 I had a dream. In the dream I was in a church worshipping with other believers and suddenly there’s a little girl next to me around about 8 or 9 years old. She turns to me and asks, how can I be saved? I pray the salvation prayer with her and she is saved! I remember feeling utterly in awe of God and honoured because I literally did nothing, I turned up and God brought the little girl and did the rest. I just happened to be there. I look to the back of the room and Mike Pilivachi from Soul Survivor is watching and he says, "it's now your turn". The dream ends.
I never wrote the dream down as I thought it was my mind processing the news that Scripture Union was taking over the Soul Survivor festival in Scotland as Mike stepped down. I thought nothing more about the dream and soon forgot about it.
In 2023, I went for a job with SU which I didn't get but I met the amazing Carol Baird who works for SU and she invited me to volunteer to do prayer ministry at the Magnitude festival. (Magnitude is the youth festival that SU started as Soul Survivor ended.) I had the best time watching our young people meet with God at the festival but I didn't personally pray for salvation with anyone. When I was asked back again this year, the answer was definitely yes!
We pray every Sunday that God would reawaken the next generation and wow! This year at Magnitude, I witnessed the next generation on fire for God! It was so different from the previous year. They were filled with fervour for God, having mosh pit praise sessions during worship, not scared to give testimony in front of thousands, pushing to the front of the tent to say "send me God!" The Evangelism seminar was packed out which in previous years would be barely attended. I prayed with young people as they cried out for their family members to be saved. In one of the evening services, there was a call for people to come to the front for prayer about a certain issue. A little girl came to me and I prayed for her about that issue but unbeknown to me she wanted to be saved and so she heads back to her seat and then suddenly turns around and comes running back and she says "no I want to ask Jesus into my life!". She was not settling for anything less that night. If it were me I would have said ‘oh well I tried and she prayed for the wrong thing.’ I don't think I would have been brave enough to go back to the front again. I was shocked at her bravery and also in awe of what God was doing.
I also had the honour of praying for other young women as they gave their lives to Jesus. One girl, as she repeated the final sentence of her salvation prayer, "Jesus will you be king of my life", fell to her knees and wept! There, at the feet of Jesus, she was meeting her King for the first time. It was so special, I didn't want to interrupt so I just stood and watched and thanked God. I remember thinking: I have done nothing for this to happen, it has totally been all God . These young people have come and asked ‘how can I be saved?’, all I did was turn up. God is doing all the work. As I thought this, God reminded me of the dream I had in 2019. During the worship time at the magnitude festival, the dream was being fulfilled and I wept at how good God is!!
Things that I have learned this year:
1. Our prayers for the next generation are being answered. They are on fire for God. Keep praying!
2. Write your dreams down, even if you think they are of no consequence.
3. What is God asking you to do? Be willing to turn up… God will do the rest.
4. God's 'No' (I didn't get the job) meant He gave me something even better (I had the honour and privilege to witness God's salvation power in our young people and a dream being fulfilled).
Angela Street
Re:Hope Southside
Ask God to speak to you in a dream during these 40 days, or to remind you of how He has previously spoken in this way. Write everything down and ask Him to help you know what the dream means and how He wants you to respond!
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