Perhaps in our business of preparing for COLLIDE, the fact that we are only one small (but significant, yet small nonetheless) part of God’s story slipped through our minds. Its 4 more days to COLLIDE! And really I’m very excited!!!!! haha very excited!! Can’t wait to just see 1000 teenagers gathered under one roof to worship Christ and pray for a generation… I believe there is power when communities of believers from different backgrounds and Churches humble themselves to seek God as one generation… There is power when “all the streams flow as one mighty river!” We don’t gather under the banner of COLLIDE… but under the banner of CHRIST, to join in a story that is far greater than all of us in the room. Thank God for even bringing us to be a part of something so cool!! 
Well i was looking the website of another group of people in another part of the world that are doing things in God’s story like us, and I was very encouraged. These guys have been doing something similar to COLLIDE, for the past 10 years! I was only 8 years old when they started!!! We are like a baby compared to them haha and great things have happened through their ministry all over the world. And they too have a blog! haha and they listed out some prayer needs on one of the entries… here they are… (from 268generation.com)
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Prayer Points For July (from 268blog, 268generation.com)
1. Let’s just stop and thank God. What was a dream eighteen months ago has become sight and we have six incredible World Tour stops to be thankful for.
2. Think back to Kyiv and pray for the churches, leaders and students of Ukraine (and all the nations that were a part of that night). Pray the seed of hope calling people to lives that are about Jesus will flourish even more.
3. Thank God for the glimmering light that shines in Stockholm, and pray for expanded vision for an emerging generation of Jesus followers.
4. Pray for the students of Sao Paulo, that their zeal will translate into action and their hopes for their nation will be realized.
5. Ask God to continue to stir the hearts of a wave of Ugandan students who have seen a glimpse of the future and been called to a deeper faith.
6. Pray for Paris, that the few will become a movement that cannot be stopped.
7. Continue to remember the students who were with us in London, and ask that their influence will grow and sweep through the UK for His fame. Pray that unity will be fostered and oneness will make their anthem louder.
8. Thank God that what was a $3.5 million need is now down to a $1.8 million need. God is providing. We believe. Wow!
9. We are days away from Manila. Ask God to cause the news to reach the nation and prepare the way for a night that will alter history.
10. We are excited about being in Malaysia a few days after Manila. Pray for the church in Kuala Lumpur and those who are sacrificing to make Jesus known there. Pray all we do will build up His Church and inspire a new generation.
11. Ask God to pave the way by His Spirit as we head to Indonesia, the largest populated nation of Muslims on earth. Pray for a supernatural wave of grace and truth to mark all we do.
12. We are excited to get back to South Africa, after a brief stay in the Johannesburg airport on leg one. Pray for Jo’Burg, for the unity of the Church to be strong and for students to catch a vision for what “can be” as God leads this generation to live for His glory.
13. Cape Town is a gorgeous and challenged city, with stunning beauty and stark poverty. Pray our hearts will be impacted and our time there will unleash something so powerful that the fruit of this night will be evident for decades to come.
14. Pray for our staff team and volunteers that are working hard on the above events and on those to come in October. We are seeing strong response in Sydney and Mexico as people have just been able to reserve their spots for these events.
15. While the World Tour is moving full speed, we have many other projects rolling along at the Passion House. Pray for wisdom and multiplication of effort and impact as we seek to influence this generation.
16. Look around you and pray for ANOTHER ministry, team, band, church, staff than your OWN. You’ll find yourself closer to the Kingdom when you pray for someone else and their efforts and rejoice that The Story is going strong all over the world.
Number 16 caught me the most… I wanna encourage everyone, as we prepare for, pray for and anticipate the coming of COLLIDE in 4 days, lets also pray for the needs of these guys as well! I think “we’ll find ourselves closer to the Kingdom when we pray for someone else and their efforts and rejoice that THE STORY is going strong all over the world”. In other words, lets COLLIDE with these guys through praying for them! And remembering that God’s story is way greater than COLLIDE somehow also makes me happy and gives me extra strength to overcome all the busyness in the next few days After all we are part of the same story rite?! 
Let’s pray guys! Let’s COLLIDE!
The STORY is indeed going strong all over the world! Awesome!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!
Cheers
HKG
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