LIZZIE, Amy and Emmaline are all fourteen and have an enthusiastic and vibrant faith in God. All were brought up in Christian families and all have met God themselves in a compelling way.

Amy knew the security of being surrounded by people who loved Jesus. When she encountered His life changing potency for herself, she found a growing desire to live for Him too. From a young age, she wanted to be filled with His Spirit and when she finally received this amazing gift at 13, after much longing and frustration, she shook, laughed and cried with joy. A new language bubbled up in praise to God.

'I was being filled with the love of God so much', she recalls, 'that I had to express my joy in some way. I didn't want to stop it.' Once she didn't feel adequate to pray, but now she had a new prayer language (speaking in tongues) to communicate with God.

A new boldness filled Amy and soon she was struggling to meet the demand for red crosses among her classmates at school. One friend found her latent faith rekindled as Amy spoke to her about the beautiful promises of heaven.

Lizzie has grown up in New Creation Christian Community: to her, it's been a privilege to be brought up in this way. A combination of loving discipline and the opportunity to know many different types of people has given her a rounded character.

Seeing many healings and changed lives has proved God's reality to her. She also has her own stories of answers to prayer, such as the time she and her older brother prayed every night for a much longed for baby brother. Their mum wasn't planning to have another child, but after about a month, she announced she was pregnant. Nine months later, her little brother George was born. An answer to childlike, faith-filled prayer.

Earlier this year, Lizzie responded to God's emphatic 'Go!' and was powerfully baptised. Emmaline is also grateful for her Christian upbringing. She can confidently relate to people of all types and ages. She is convinced of God's existence through feeling the Holy Spirit from a young age and through the love she's seen in the people around her.

Emmaline knew she had to make her own profession of faith - a second hand faith was not good enough. Her parents had not been able to come to a church meeting that she attended and she was faced with the reality of God's call on her life. She responded and - with her parents blessing - was baptised. 'I have become a different person; I've become more in-tune with the Holy Spirit and I'm longing to play my part in what He's doing,' she says.

God's also brought a new dynamic to the girls' friendships. Emmaline puts it like this: 'It's great to have people that think about you and genuinely care for you, people that you can relax with and feel comfortable with. The friendship is eternal, not fickle like so many friendships without God are.'

As for the future? Serving God is top priority! All three see their future in New Creation Christian Community. Amy would like to use her talent for foreign languages to serve God in the Church. She particularly has a desire to help refugees and asylum seekers.

'I don't know what plans God has,' says Lizzie; 'I want to do what He wants me to do and be what He wants me to be. It's a challenge, but one I'm growing into and wanting to achieve.'

As for Emmaline: 'I want to do everything in my power to build the church. I owe so much to God - I have to do it!'