“God is Releasing New Methods and Mandates in This Millennial Generation”

Cindy McGill, Salt Lake City, UT

We are starting to see the early signs of a massive move of God which He is orchestrating. While the signs in the heavens and wonders on the earth are realized, the God of the universe is disarming the evil plots of the wicked one. As the curtain is being pulled back to expose hidden works of darkness, God is positioning those who have sold out to Him in strategic places, so His will can be executed and His power can be known to all.
It is God and Him alone who puts down one and raises up another. In Genesis 40, Joseph, who was unjustly imprisoned for years, was being groomed during that time to, one day, stand before Pharaoh and literally shift the entire kingdom in a moment to save a nation from a horrible famine. What seemed like a total disaster was preparation for a position. This “design” plan of God was completely out of sight of anyone’s imagination.

It’s a Great Day to Align with the Creator of the Universe to Accomplish His Plans

This great awakening that is upon us is designed to usher in the biggest rescue of souls that has ever been realized on this earth. Waves and waves of people will flood in to surrender their old lives and find new ones. Miracles and supernatural events are increasing at warped speed. The Bride is becoming an Army. The days of just socially drifting from one meeting to another are coming to an end. God is assembling an army who will move in unity, power, unfailing love and wisdom.

“God always pulls the gold out of us and causes us to see ourselves in His light.“

Recently, in a dream, the Lord told me His requirements for the coming days. He told me that His Church needs to be thankful, honoring and teachable.
Thankfulness lets our guard down and softens our hearts to hear. Honor is a component of godly character, and being teachable removes pride and develops a higher trust in His ways. There are many things God will teach us that we have not even had access to. His ways have always been higher than our ways and His thoughts are not our thoughts.

Millennials Want to Know Who They Are

People are desperate to find identity and purpose. Our Freedom Lounge theme camp has been to the Burning Man festival, located in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, where over 70,000 people gather for spiritual seeking and live a free expression lifestyle for 10 days.
For several years now, God has retrained us how to act like Him in loving His friends, the lost, as they are referred to. I call them “seekers of Truth (Jesus)”. The Freedom Lounge teams have been present at not only this event, but at porn conventions, New Age events, gay pride events, film festivals, pagan events and I have proof that God’s unconditional love doesn’t fail.
Mercy always triumphs over judgment and where sin abounds, grace abounds much more! That’s a FACT. We have literally lines of people waiting to get into our Freedom Lounge tent where our teams “pull the gold” out of these people and give them the identity God has for them and not what the world or their experiences have told them. (Photo via Cindy McGill)
Last year, on our Burning Man outreach, the most repeated statement heard from our Millennial “guests” was, “Give me hope and tell me who I am and what I’m made to do.” In other words, if there is nothing to live for then why live?
God has spent years since the late 1990’s teaching me how He wants to speak to people. I had to unlearn so many “churchy” ways. The world doesn’t understand church, the songs, the structure, the language, nor can they relate to the “church goers”, but God has a “compelling” factor in how He draws people in.
We are human beings and live in a very dark, broken and visionless world, by and large. God is always, always desperately trying to communicate with those He made and loves. Whether by a dream, a vision, or a trusted relationship with someone who has truth to speak, God creates opportunities for people to hear.

God is Not Boxed In

In Matthew 2, we can read about the wise men who literally followed a star to find Jesus. They were “Maji” or astrologists, but God used what they “knew” and arranged the stars in the sky to guide them to the One who, when they saw Him with their eyes opened, they worshipped. And, bonus, they all had the same dream that completely redirected their path.
Their whole lives were radically adjusted at that moment. God’s not boxed in. He does and will always meet people where they are at in life and lovingly reveal a new pathway for them. I call it the “great LOVE exchange” – where a person exchanges what they thought they loved for the real love who will never leave them or hurt them, and they will be transformed into their real identity and purpose.
There is a way to reach people and communicate Jesus to them. God asked me to call Him everything He calls Himself. He wanted me to identify Him by His attributes. He IS: Love, Mercy, Forgiveness, Absolute Authority, Rescuer, Reformer, Identity-Revealer, Shame-Taker, Wisdom, Knowledge, Joy, Healer, Supreme Power, Purity and a Loving Father who would never ever hurt His kids.
He is: the Safe Place, Just Judge, Restorer of Stolen Things, Provider, The Way, The Truth and The Abundant Life. God always pulls the gold out of us and causes us to see ourselves in His light.
We just have to “follow Jesus” and He will “make” us understand how to “fish for men”. Using old ways won’t work. There is no persuasive speech or shaming someone that will convince a person to accept Jesus. The Bible is pretty clear on this. John 6:44 says, “No one comes to Me unless the Father draws them….” He always draws people by His love and mercy.

We’ve Said This Before But – The Structure of Church is Changing

“Thankfulness lets our guard down and softens our hearts to hear. Honor is a component of godly character and being teachable removes pride and develops a higher trust in His ways.“

The Millennials are leaving church—or not attending altogether. A number of surveyed Millennials actually call themselves “The Nones” meaning, they do not affiliate with any religion. According to Pew Research, statistics find “35% of adult Millennials (Americans born between 1981 and 1996) are religiously unaffiliated. Far more Millennials say they have no religious affiliation compared with those who identify as evangelical Protestants.” The current structure doesn’t relate to them.
Here are some comments I’ve heard regarding their perception of Church:

“Nobody is LISTENING to us. It would benefit us if we learn to listen to hear instead of listening to respond.
“Those who live in different lifestyles are shamed instead of loved. God always looks on the heart of a person and it’s His kindness shown that leads people to change. The Church blames our culture instead of taking the time to understand why they do and think like they do.
“We want to be mentored not preached at (we are desperate for genuine community, not social clubs). We want to be valued and free to express our creativity. We want to discuss issues that pertain to our culture and how to live life. (Photo via Pexels)
“We hear you talking about us because we are not like you. We don’t fit in. Give us freedom to encounter God ourselves.”

We have the world searching for identity, love that is free of condemnation and judgment, and purpose and community where real questions are met with real answers.
This is the greatest harvest time we’ve ever seen. God is in a huge rebuilding program, as He is refining His Church to reflect His true identity.

The World is Watching – The World is Searching

Jesus said in John 13:35, “By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (emphasis mine).
These are the greatest days to be living and great displays of His power and love will be demonstrated in signs, wonders and miracles, but without love we are nothing. The greatest is love.
Cindy McGill
Hope for the Harvest Ministries
Email: dreaminslc@hotmail.com