Gina developed this booklet to teach the four keys to hearing God’s voice to pre- and early teens. She teaches at-risk inner city kids how to hear God’s voice and rejoices to see God take head knowledge and turn it into heart revelation through living, two-way relationships with the children. She meets with them at McDonald’s, at picnic tables, her own vehicle and wherever she can. Gina's ministry was birthed out of the voice and vision of God. Below is a taste of her amazing story, and you can read the rest of it as well as find many more examples of children’s journaling and pictures here.

Taking the Four Keys into the Inner City! – Gina Burmeister

“A new mission field will open up but in a most unlikely place. It will be hard but rewarding, My child. And you will see the salvation of others through the fruit of your labor.” I wrote these words on June 29, 2007 in my journal during my quiet time before the Lord. I saw a picture of African American faces and I wondered... Five months later I found myself on the front porch of an inner city home interceding for friends while they were leading a children’s Bible Club on Saturday afternoons.

“Invest in a generation that seems lost to most.” Before long God was knitting my heart to children in the inner city and He was also stirring up my passion – connecting others to God’s heart through an intimate relationship with Him. Emboldened by God’s words to me through my journaling, I began to ask children if they would be interested in meeting with me for an hour in a small group for several weeks to learn how to hear God’s voice.

“The 'big top' is moveable and you will move as it moves.” Because this is a mobile neighborhood ministry, our meeting location varies. Often we will meet at a picnic table, Burger King, my vehicle or a nearby center. All materials - pencils, small spiral journals, Bibles, books and snacks – are kept and transported in my “portable filing cabinet” each week which is the back of my vehicle.

“Continue to plow amongst the children teaching them to learn to hear My still small voice.” Each week I hold up a sheet of paper with the “Steps to Hearing God’s Voice” printed on it and together we repeat aloud the “steps” and the “special key” as well as doing the corresponding hand motions.

Below are a few of the children’s remarkable testimonies

From a 9 year old boy – A boy tried to hit me at school and just as I was getting ready to haul off and hit him back, I remembered Jesus and the steps. Jesus said, “Don’t hit him. You could hurt him and you could also get suspended again.” I had been suspended before for getting in a fight. Jesus was right so I didn’t get into a fight and instead I walked away.

From an 11 year old girl – …I told Maria we should ask God about [the situation]. So I taught her the steps to hear God’s voice on the playground. I got stuck on the third step and then I started doing the actions and I remembered it was to tune to the flow. We did the steps together and we heard from God what we should do. We went over to the other girl and told her what God wanted us to tell her… We are all friends with each other again.

From a 9 year old boy – While I was at my uncle’s house I shared with everyone the steps to hearing God’s voice. There were lots of us (aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents and my mom). I described a Bible scene just like Gina does that everybody pictured with me. It was of a mountain and Jesus was waiting for each of them at the top.

One of my uncles who used to go to church heard God say to him that if he would appreciate what Jesus had done for him on the cross and go back to church he would able to turn his life around. And guess what??? He told us he wants to do just that!

Everybody heard God speak to them and there was excitement in the room!!! God later thanked me for doing this for Him. Then I saw Jesus give me a great big hug and it felt good.

From another 9 year old boy - I’ve even shared with one of my school teachers how to hear God’s voice, too. She said she had been a Christian all of her life but she had never heard His voice speak to her.

From a 13 year old girl (Names withheld to protect the friend) - This all has brought me closer to Jesus. If I hadn’t met with Gina these months to learn to hear God’s voice, I don’t know where I’d be right now. Gina helped me so much that I was then able to help a friend who was considering suicide. I taught her to hear God’s voice for herself in the girl’s bathroom at school. Once she heard what God had to say to her about how much He loved her and the great plans He had for her life, she decided not to kill herself.

“I have entrusted My children to you for a little while.” It’s been one year since the first small group began. More than thirty children have since learned to hear God’s voice, six children have received Jesus as their Savior, relevant and personal relationships with Jesus have been ignited, many are teaching other children and adults how to hear God’s voice and one life has been saved (through one girl teaching her suicidal friend to hear God’s voice at school)

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