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.

Justin Graham challenges a generation to wake up spiritually and stop making peace with sin. Drawing from Romans 13 and Revelation 2, he confronts the idea that someone can stay active in church, serve faithfully, and still tolerate compromise in private. Jezebel becomes a picture of seduction, corruption, and spiritual drift, exposing the lie that hard work for God can cover up hidden sin. With urgency and boldness, he calls believers to repentance, not as a word of shame, but as the turning point that breaks bondage and restores intimacy with Jesus. Holiness still matters. The Holy Spirit still empowers. Eternity is real. For anyone stuck in compromise, returning to old patterns, or living spiritually half awake, the call is clear. Wake up. Get out of the enemy’s bed. Run back to Jesus.

In this message from Acts chapter 3, Brian Lindsey challenges students to think about what life looks like after a powerful encounter with God. Just like the man who was lame from birth and carried every day to the gate called Beautiful, many people learn how to survive but never learn how to walk in freedom. This sermon draws a clear distinction between being helped and being healed. It confronts the voices, relationships, and cultural influences that shape direction, identity, and decisions, and asks one honest question. Who is carrying you? Through the story of Peter and John, this message reminds listeners that Jesus did not create them to live dependent, stuck, or spiritually carried from moment to moment. He created them to rise, to walk, and to follow Him. If you have been leaning on the wrong influences, circling the same struggles, or living off spiritual leftovers, this message is a call to stop being carried and start walking in the life Jesus has given you.

In this powerful message from Isaiah 6 and Acts 2, Brittney Parete calls a generation to move beyond casual Christianity and return to a life marked by holiness, reverence, and the fire of the Holy Spirit. Through the stories of Isaiah, Moses, Saul, and the early Church, this message reveals that God’s fire does not come to entertain or impress, but to purify, transform, and commission. The same fire that touched Isaiah’s lips, burned in the bush before Moses, and fell in the Upper Room is still available today to empower believers to live set apart and walk in spiritual authority. This sermon challenges students to stop treating what is sacred as casual, to recover a healthy fear of the Lord, and to respond to God’s call with a surrendered heart. If you are hungry for more of God, ready to be filled with the Holy Spirit, and willing to be set apart for His purpose, this message is for you.

In this message from John 5, Kevin McGlamery teaches from the story of the man who had been lying by the pool of Bethesda for 38 years, waiting for someone else to help him into the water. When Jesus approaches him, He asks a life-changing question: Do you want to be made well?

This sermon challenges students and leaders to stop living from excuses, comfort, and limitations, and to stop waiting on others to move for them. Instead, it calls every listener to respond in faith to the voice of Jesus, trust His word, and take a step forward.

If you have been feeling stuck, discouraged, or comfortable in the same place spiritually, this message is a reminder that healing, freedom, and change begin when you respond to Christ.

It’s time to get up off the mat.

In this powerful message from Luke 15, JC Worley walks through the story of the prodigal son and reminds us of a life-changing truth: sin never ends well, grace is always available, and you can always come home. With honesty and urgency, this sermon exposes how sin promises more than it can ever deliver, how it slowly distances us from our purpose, our relationships, and our identity in Christ, and how repentance is more than regret, it is a decision to change direction. Most of all, you’ll hear the heart of the gospel: there is a God who runs. A Father who sees you while you are still far off. A Father who runs past shame, rejection, and condemnation to reach you with mercy. No matter where you’ve been or what you’ve done, this message declares that grace is for you and home is still open.