In this episode, Greg is joined by Kathy Branzell, who serves as President of National Day of Prayer. They discuss the critical importance of prayer as a first priority in ministry and in your personal life. They are joined later by Fransisco Jimenez, a Gospel Advancing Leader born in Spain and serving in Dayton, OH.   About The Greg Stier Youth Ministry Podcast: Being a youth pastor can be a massive challenge on top of everything a youth leader must do today to help their youth ministry. Greg Stier has over thirty years of youth ministry experience and is here to help you with your youth group. The Greg Stier Youth Ministry Podcast is all about helping youth leaders by using biblical analysis, stories from his own life, profiling leaders in youth ministry, and bringing in other experts in the Christian world. This is the perfect resource to learn how to be a youth leader with new episodes dropped on the last Tuesday of every month.   About Greg: Greg Stier is a champion for unleashing this generation with the Gospel. As the founder of Dare 2 Share Ministries, he is driven to help the Church activate Christian teenagers to reach their friends. In the last 30 years, Greg has trained millions of youth leaders and students on how to relationally engage their world with the Good News of Jesus. A much sought-after speaker, Greg is a former pastor, church planter, youth leader, as well as author of numerous books. https://connect.dare2share.org/podcast​ Follow Greg Stier on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greg.stier/​ Follow Greg Stier on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregstier​ Follow Greg Stier on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gregstier/​   About Dare 2 Share: Teenagers desperately need the hope of Christ and their peers are the best possible messengers of that hope. Imagine what could happen in our communities if every teen, everywhere, heard the Gospel from a friend. That’s why Dare 2 Share comes alongside the Church to help equip teens to share their faith and youth leaders to build youth ministries that advance the Gospel. For nearly 30 years, Dare 2 Share has been a leader in evangelism training resources and events, helping youth leaders overcome the challenges of building a thriving youth ministry that advances the Gospel and consistently reaches teenagers with the message of Jesus Christ.   About Kathy Branzell: Kathy Branzell is the president of the National Day of Prayer (NDP) Task Force and has been a longtime member of the NDP Board of Directors. She also serves as the vice chair of Dare 2 Share’s Board of Directors. Other leadership roles Kathy has held include rapid-response chaplain for the Billy Graham Evangelical Association, the national coordinator of LOVE2020, and national facilitator for the Mission America Coalition (now The Table Coalition). In addition, Kathy is a prolific writer. She was the founder and president of Fellowship and Christian Encouragement (FACE) for Educators, where she authored seventeen years of weekly scripture reading, prayer prompts, and devotionals for educators to use in their weekly prayer meetings throughout the school year. On top of that, Kathy has authored or co-authored five books on the topic of prayer. Having raised two children with her husband, Russ, Kathy lives in Atlanta, Georgia.