Well, just when you think all hope is lost for
humanity,
or that young people are entitled or rudderless or becoming
more vicious,
something happens to make us optimistic again.
Well, last week, thousands of students gathered for Unite Georgia.
It's a faith event geared mostly toward Gen.
Zeers that brought students and locals together in worship and
prayer,
singing and personal testimonies. And at some point,
the event moved from Stegman Coliseum at the University of
Georgia to a parking lot
and pickup trucks became impromptu baptismal pools,
their beds filled with water.
This is insane. Thousands of cultures getting baptized in truck
beds.
I was atheist until three years ago,
when Christ called my name,
and he showed me that.
The love of Jesus is the greatest love story of
all time.
Joining me now, Tanya Pruitt,
founder of Unite US, Unite us,
Excuse me. And Nate Kearns,
a junior at the University of Georgia.
Nate, now we actually have video of the moment
that you were baptized. Let's watch
now. Nate, had you planned on getting baptized that night?
I had not. No, ma'am.
I just heard the call from the Lord and he
said be obedient.
And I listened to him to
take a step of faith
and let my fraternity brothers watch that.
Wow, Tanya, I know you've organized multiple revivals like this
at schools,
including at Auburn, which we covered last year.
What's going on here among our young people?
You know, First, I just want to say that these
events can only be explained by move of God.
We have thousands of students showing up at these events
and hundreds giving their lives to Jesus,
hundreds getting baptized. We're hearing testimonies from these students saying,
hey, I walked in contemplating suicide,
but I left with the most joy and peace I've
ever experienced.
It's just amazing. And it's moving.
We have universities reaching out on our website every day
saying we're desperate for revival.
Please bring you night to our university.
It's just a work of God.
It's it's incredible to see this and again at a
time where so many people are so down about our
youth.
Nate, what was your relationship
with religion with Christ before last Wednesday?
Yes. Am I?
My experience is is very I I grew up culturally
Christian,
went to church, But there is no intimate relationship with
Christ.
Wednesday I I I had,
I had fully committed myself to Christ
a month prior and I just felt the calling to
obey the Lord.
And I'm here to say that
for you at home, no matter how broken you think
you are,
Jesus Christ, love is is more powerful than that.
And he wants to enter into a personal relationship with
you.
If you call him the name of the Lord,
you will not be forsaken.
Wow. Well, I want to
have everyone tonight watching the angle.
See how your night ended once all the baptism had
actually finished.
Watch.
OK, Tanya. First of all,
I always cry when I hear Amazing Grace.
It just always it's it's one of those
hymns that just it's just I can't,
like I can't. I better not even talk about it
because
that is so beautiful and
something is happening here in this country.
There's a deep, deep, deep desire for something more than
going out,
getting drunk, you know, hooking up and,
you know, doing whatever college kids
do. Tanya, close it out.
Yes. So I think we have college students all over
our nation that are saying,
you know what, I'm hungry for more and I'm desperate
for hope.
And in mentoring college students,
I just heard about all the unimaginable pain that students
are going through and they're seeking for something.
And what we're bringing to them is
just hope and truth. And we offer salvation and freedom
and connection and our prayers that these students will lead
this event and get connected in a local church or
ministry and carry this on as a lifelong
decision. Tanya, Nate, Very, very cool.
I'm so happy we did this segment tonight.
Nate, I'm an Alabama fan,
but tonight I'm a Georgia fan.
All right, great. All right.
Great to see you both.