Exactly a year ago, I invited readers of this blog to fast and pray for a generation of young people.

This year, we are again calling those who feel that God is calling this generation to serve Him to join with us in a season of humbling ourselves and seeking the Lord. We're asking for more to answer the call to the nations to find their inheritance.

The fast begins today and ends September 5. Gary Black loves to see young people come alive and says this about the thirty-day fast:

"It's the beginning of the journey for a generation to become fully alive in this thing called Christianity.

"They must die to their false view of themselves, to their small egos, to who they think God is, and step into their identity as sons and daughters instead of slaves, fully alive to the fact that they are miracles and they do get to live the mystery of life that Paul was talking about!

"We have a huge trumpet to blow, and it's not about more entertainment or discipleship as we have done it, but a call to the model Jesus gave us: the birth, death, resurrection of ourselves and a whole generation!

"That's the purpose - connecting your heart to the Father. Our expectations are to see a generation become fully alive and take dominion over the earth, who wants the keys?"