Crystal Rivers | Open Book | Dec 16, 2025 A community gathers to contend in prayer and fasting for a children’s immersion—treating it as a shared family assignment where every person “builds their portion of the wall,” trusting that what God pours out in one place can reach hearts and households anywhere. The charge is to begin with gratitude: notice God’s daily protection, provision, healing, and the quiet deliverances you didn’t even see, then thank Him for the faithfulness that has sustained the vision of immersion over the years—kept simple, Christ-centered, and free of agendas. From that posture, pray intentionally for the Holy Spirit to “brood” over every child and volunteer before they even arrive: let hidden darkness, confusion, depression, addictions, resistance, and hardened attitudes soften and surface so they can be healed; speak, “Let there be light,” until truth shines and veils tear permanently. Ask for a grace of full presence—minds undistracted, hearts centered, and a “come up and be there” focus that refuses the pull of phones, fear of missing out, or wandering thoughts. Pray for supernatural understanding of Scripture—minds unlocked to see the Word as if for the first time, with strong memory, practical application, and personal revelation that produces lasting change beyond the event. Cover the campgrounds, journeys, and homes in prayer: declare the atmosphere as “Mount Zion,” ask for angelic protection from accidents and attacks, and insist that what is received will not dissipate when participants return home but will transform habits, media choices, and spiritual climate. Lift up parents and caregivers to partner with what God deposits—raising godly seed deliberately, teaching diligently at home and on the road, and aligning example with instruction so growth becomes a daily lifestyle, not a three-day experience. Contend for love to overflow in every interaction—service, correction, worship, teaching—so the fruit of the Spirit becomes tangible and limitless. Expect God to draw the right people through invites and banners, and trust for deliverance: chains of impurity, addiction, worldliness, spiritual slumber, witchcraft entanglements, and demonic “sickness distractions” are judged, and divine health is declared over every attendee. Then embrace a core revelation: identity must shift from the flesh to the spirit—stop defining yourself by earthly genealogy, curses, or patterns, and “walk out” of them by faith into the reality of the new creation in Christ; labor in the Word until the truth of resurrection life rewrites your self-understanding and your future. Because redemption is by blood, live intentionally with covenant consciousness—use the authority of Jesus’ blood to draw boundaries, resist condemnation and sickness, refuse sin, and enforce the “newness of life” through meditation, declarations, and practice. Where oppression shows up—especially spiritual sexual attacks or tormenting marks—treat it as illegal under the blood, proclaim your body as God’s temple, and insist on freedom through faith-filled confession and communion taken deliberately. The outcome to pursue is a generation immersed not just for a moment, but continually—carrying Christ’s presence home, spreading His love like holy “contagion,” and living from the reality of who they are in Him.