Raising a Forerunner Generation: Children with a Passion for Jesus

Raising a Forerunner Generation is Lelonnie Hibberd's first published work (Kevin Mayhew 2003 UK), all about children with a passion: for Jesus, for His justice and to prepare the way for His coming The 308 page book tackles 30 different themes such as: Hearing from God, Trusting God, Sowing and Reaping, Forgiveness, Responding to Jesus, The Love of God, the Armor of God, the Outward Appearance or the Heart, God's Heroes and many more. The aim of the book is to help parents, teachers, children's pastors, and mentors of children and young teens walk with God in every area of life and as related to each theme.The comprehensive forward and introduction describes some of the philosophy based upon the author's experiences of raising a forerunner generation along with encounters the author had with the Lord and His word that led to the writing of this book.The author has been a children's minister, teacher, mentor and pastor for 50 years and has been on a lifelong journey seeking to pass on the faith to the next generation. "May the children and youth in yours and my care stand upon our shoulders to see farther than we have seen; may they grow closer to the Lord Jesus than we could imagine, go deeper into the knowledge and love of His word in the Bible and succeed in preparing a whole generation for His return "Lelonnie has written 7 years of Bible curriculum, plus 14 other books on children and prayer, which are awaiting illustration. She has also published a book for the whole body of Christ, called simply, The Glory of a Widow. Finally she has published a book called "Adoration Prayers for Children," along with 5 booklets on themes such as, Kingdom Children and Communion, Children and Salvation, Children and the Gift of Tongues, Helping Children Engage in Corporate Prayer, Children and Meditation on the Word of God. She has a blog post on her website childreninprayer.net, where she publishes stories for children on the return of Jesus.