Javaris Wright challenges a generation to stop waiting on someone else and become the answer God is raising up in this hour. Anchoring the moment in 2 Kings 23:25, he points to King Josiah and the power of one surrendered life in the middle of a collapsing culture.

Judah did not fall overnight. Years of compromise, idols, and spiritual confusion stacked up under Manasseh and Ammon, but God responded by raising up an unlikely leader. Josiah was only eight, surrounded by darkness, yet he chose the Lord with all his heart, soul, and strength. God did not overlook the problem and God did not overlook the person. God saw. God chose. God sent.

Javaris calls students to tear down the idols that keep revival at a distance. Lust. Pornography. Premarital sex. Hidden compromise. He reminds the room that the Holy Spirit is not only power to worship, but power to live right. The same God who transforms a nation can transform a home, a school, and a future.

With personal testimony and a clear invitation to respond, he urges every student to move beyond emotional moments and step into real transformation. This is a call to be marked, to live holy, and to carry what God did here back into everyday life.

Eli Bonilla Jr declares that we are living in a God moment and that this generation cannot afford to pretend anymore. In a world filled with confusion, emptiness, and darkness, he calls young people to stop settling for sideline Christianity and step into real Holy Spirit power.

Sharing a deeply personal story from his church in San Antonio, he recounts the tragic loss of a young man named Cross whose final written word was “overflowing.” In the middle of grief, in the back of a crack house, the gospel was preached and hundreds responded. What the enemy meant for evil, God turned for good. The message is clear. Light does not wait for darkness to leave. Light shows up.

Drawing from Genesis 1 and Acts, he reminds the room that the same Spirit who hovered over the waters and raised Jesus from the dead now lives in believers. God is still saying, Let there be light. The call is for a generation marked by audacity, a holy attitude against the enemy, and bold action fueled by the Holy Spirit.

This is not about hype. It is about overflow. It is about becoming light in dark places and refusing to settle for survival when God has called you to victory.

Manouchka Charles challenges Northeast Winterfest 2026 to lean into God’s presence with expectation and to carry what happens in the room back into everyday life. She shares her own Winterfest story and reminds the room that encounter moments matter, but what you do after the encounter matters just as much.

Walking through Acts 9 and Saul’s encounter with Jesus, she explains how salvation can happen in a moment, but transformation is proven over time. The call is to move past emotional highs and step into real evidence, where new habits replace old cycles and a life with Jesus shows up in character, choices, and consistency.

She closes with practical steps to solidify what God is doing: repent with honesty, walk in accountability, witness by sharing your story, and commit to growth through scripture, prayer, and discipline. The challenge is clear. Do not leave with only a memory. Leave with fruit. Leave with evidence.