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. […]

“You can always tell what someone loves by how they respond to it.” If you love a football team, you might wave your arms, shout, holler, jump up and down.  If you love your fiance, you might prepare for them the best of what you have in your cupboards, you might run to them with arms […]

She wails big walrus cries.  Her head goes back as water flushed from her eyes.  What did I say? What did I do to make her act this way? I didn’t know. All I did was lay hands on the woman kneeling on the carpet.  All I did was “obey the rules” of how to pray […]

Bowed heads and hunched backs fill the sanctuary. Bowed heads, humble hearts….often the first sign God is moving in a place. Often times, we look at people jumping up and down, or hear laughter and weird sounds…and think that could be revival. Yet, history tells us that when a Holy God meets an un-holy people….there is […]