Author and speaker Nick Hall challenges Christians who have been distracted by cultured to focus on Jesus, and will discuss the upcoming event in DC, "Together 2016."
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Nick Hall has been
called the Billy
Graham of the next
generation, and he even
has the blessings of
the evangelist himself.
Well, next month Nick
is going to be hosting
a massive event in
our nation's capital
with one million people
coming together around Jesus.
NARRATOR: Nick Hall became
a Christian as a child
in North Dakota in the 1990s.
Since then he's talked
to hundreds of thousands
of people about Jesus--
on college campuses,
in churches, and in
concerts across America.
One day, Nick came
up with an idea
to gather a million
people in Washington, DC.
In 2013 he talked to Billy
Graham, who said to go for it.
Nick and his team
are now preparing
for the largest gathering of
its kind for this generation.
The one-day event will
happen on July 16, 2016.
Well, Nick Hall is
here with us now.
And Nick, welcome
to the 700 Club.
Hey, so glad to be here.
This is quite a vision.
Talk a little bit
about Together 2016,
and how that whole thing came
to pass in your heart and mind.
Yeah.
Well, we just believe it's
time to come together.
Moments of historic
change are often
marked by historic gatherings.
And so, this generation
really hasn't
seen a united Jesus moment.
And so we started praying
about this about 10 years ago.
And for five years we've
been working towards it.
We are part of some really
big events, but we're like,
you know what?
Nothing's big enough.
We're always in competition
with each other.
So, what would it look like if
we all came together in one day
to seek Jesus.
Gosh, unity!
What a novel idea.
Yeah, totally, totally.
Sometimes we need to learn
from our kids, right?
Yeah.
You know, as I was reading
your book, "Reset," which we'll
talk about in a minute,
I just so related to it,
because I came to Christ during
the Jesus movement in the 70s.
And often when I tell my
children or their friends
about what it was like
then, it's so hard for them
to imagine, because
it swept the country.
Are you looking for that
kind of a movement again?
Absolutely.
I mean, we were students
in North Dakota.
We were praying, and we started
to find all these old stories
of First and Second
Great Awakening,
and Azusa, and the Jesus
people movement, right?
In California,
people finding people
swimming in their backyard,
coming home and saying,
what's going on?
They say, we just got saved,
we thought you had a pool,
let's get baptized.
It was crazy.
We need God to do that again.
Everybody says we need Jesus.
And we just believe, man, it's
time to put feet to our faith.
It's time to gather.
It's what the Bible
calls for time and again,
that when My people
seek My face, right?
When they humble themselves.
And so we're praying for that.
That's what RESET is about.
It's about the second
chance He offers.
And we all need it.
We need Jesus.
I need Jesus.
Everybody.
You know, the world
we live in today,
even more so than
in the 70s, I think,
is so jaded and filled with
stuff that just kind of pulls
you away from what matters.
And there is that
hunger inside of people.
You had a great thing
happen yesterday.
Word that a special
guest is going
to be a part of what
you're doing on the mall.
Yeah, well, Pope
Francis is sending
a video greeting and blessing to
the National Mall, to Together.
And again, we just believe
this is a demonstration of what
God is doing in our day.
This isn't about one
church, or one movement,
or one organization.
This is about Jesus, and this
is about welcoming people
from all backgrounds to come.
And it's about
believers, I think,
all saying, yeah, something
needs to happen here--
something big needs
to happen here.
I know that Billy
Graham has always
been someone you
have looked up to,
and people are
calling you the Billy
Graham of this generation.
But you actually had
a chance to meet him.
What was that like?
It was an honor, obviously.
And anytime you can be mentioned
in the same breath as somebody
like Dr. Graham, it's
incredibly humbling.
I think what people are saying
is that our generation needs
some voices that are just
lifting up the hope of Jesus.
And you know, when I met Dr.
Graham I was so just impressed
and struck by every
question I asked him,
the answer was--
spend time with Jesus.
Pray to Jesus.
Get in the Word.
It was all, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.
And I'm like, man, this
guy is the real deal.
And that's what we want to be.
I mean, we just want to
love Him, and seek Jesus,
and go after Him.
You know, we've just
touched on the fact
that this generation
of young people
has become jaded by
a lot of what's going
on in the world around them.
And distracted, and
technology has invaded.
How do you reach a
generation right now?
Yeah, well, I mean, I think
the time is now to be bold,
and to get into the
places of influence again.
And that's where
this message of RESET
comes in, because we believe
that there's a second chance
that God is offering.
And so this term kind of came
out of us praying and seeing
so many students come to faith.
But they didn't understand.
What does it mean to be a
Christian or a disciple?
Why do I need this?
Totally.
And so we started
talking about, you
know how your phone
needs a reset,
your computer needs a
reset, it gets messed up,
you download the wrong files.
Reset means to get it working
toward its created purpose.
We said, man, Jesus
offers the ultimate reset.
And so it just
started this movement.
And again, we've
just been seeing--
this is from the ground up.
I like to tell parents
and grandparents,
this is an answer
to your prayers.
If you've been asking for
a generation to be changed,
God's doing it.
We've seen half a million young
people in the last few years
come to faith.
And that's in the US.
People always think it's
happening here and there,
but not here.
No.
Man, God is moving now.
And obviously,
you know, the reset
you write so eloquently
about in the book,
is really what
everyone-- we are all
going to blow it--
until we go to Heaven.
I mean, from time to
time we're going to fall,
even after we know Jesus.
But the reset button is
available every day, all day.
Every day, all day.
And that's a message-- I
mean, where else are you
going to get that?
Totally.
You know, we like
to tell people, man,
this isn't a message for
them, whoever they are.
Right?
Man, I say, no, RESET's for me.
Of all the people
that need a reset,
I'm the first one in line.
And so I tell people,
man, if you need Jesus,
you're invited to come too.
Just don't get in front of
me, because I was here first.
Right?
And so this is a
position of humility.
This isn't a position
of we have it.
You know, and even on the
National Mall, it's all, man,
this isn't a gathering
of perfect people.
No, we're gathering as imperfect
people around the Perfect One,
because He's the one that offers
the reset that we all need.
And often, those
of us with faith
are the ones that need that kind
of reset, that restart again.
So, how do people-- I
mean, there's still time.
How do people become part
of the million on the Mall?
They've got to come.
On reset2016.com, they can
tell us they're coming.
I've been telling people,
this is a once-in-a-generation
gathering.
And so whatever you
have planned, it's lame.
You need to cancel it.
And you need to get there.
Young, old, grandparents,
grandkids, college students.
Road-trip it.
Get on an Uber.
There's busways, that you can
sign up for a seat on a bus.
There's no excuse.
Yeah, time to show up and
be counted and be there.
It's time.
And for those who are
walking with Christ,
and who've hit the reset button
and know how powerful it is,
this is the chance to go and
stand next to someone who's
coming for the first time
and declare the power
and the goodness of God.
That's right.
I mean, again,
we're just saying,
what would happen
if we all came?
Just imagine.
People are coming
from all 50 states,
people are coming
from around the world.
What's God going to do when
we come with expectation?
You know, and
obviously there's going
to be Francis Chan, and Hillsong
United, and Ravi Zacharias,
and a lot of great people.
But ultimately we're not coming
to hear from some person.
We're coming to
hear from Heaven.
And so that's what we're
praying, that God's
going to touch Earth that day.
He's going to show up.
He says He will.
Amen.
He says He will.
Just wanted to say that
one of the reasons I think
this is such an
exciting event is,
it's been prayed
over for five years.
It takes place on July
16 in Washington, DC.
Listen, you don't
want to miss it.
You can sign up by
going to reset2016.com.
Nick's also an author.
We've been talking about his
book, "Reset-- Jesus Changes
Everything."
He does.
Be a part of it.
You don't want to miss it.
This book is
available nationwide.
God bless you.
Thanks so much, Terry.
Very exciting.