Charles Finney once said, “A revival is nothing else than a new beginning of obedience to God.” Every ending has a beginning. Every pruning has a new sprout reaching out for light. Every weary cloud has a sun waiting, a silver lining, hidden somewhere inside.And just like anything else, revival can carry us far from where God intended, if […]
One thing about being in Guatemala was that it was hot…really hot. Temperature’s surpassed a hundred, but it was the humidity that left us constantly drenched. We would take a shower, but moments after we would be soaked in moisture. We were close to the equator. And I knew it….every second….except one. One night while standing […]
Many were healed, transformed, and changed as revival struck our congregation. We went from six hundred people up to one thousand in attendance on Sundays. I had only been there, maybe a year. There were outreaches, conversions, discipleship, friendships being made. It was not uncommon to see people with Bibles spread out in every Starbucks, or […]
I remember the night of popcorn praises. It was Friday night and the music alone led hundreds of people to crown the small room before the God of the Universe. Worship seemed to go on continually…whether we were at church or not. For worship was in our heart of hearts. And we were a people in […]
Two young girls walked the darkening streets, looking for whoever God would have them pray for. Revival was spilling out of the doors of the church and no one could stop it. We were drawn to not just kneel and pray, but to carry God to our work, and school, and to our neighborhoods. After all, […]
J.I. Packer once said, “Love and generosity, unity and joy, assurance and boldness, a spirit of praise and prayer, and a passion to reach out to win others are recurring marks of a people experiencing revival.”There was something about giving that unspokenly flowed during revival at our church. People constantly would be seen slipping money to other people. […]