revival

When the Fire Fades – Reigniting Passion for God

When the Fire Fades – Reigniting Passion for God

Throughout the Bible, we see only one remedy to rekindle a dead spiritual life: revival. Revival is when we till the soil of our heart through brokenness, humility, and surrender via fasting, prayer, and obedience. God responds by rending the heavens with a spiritual downpour and reviving our parched souls.

Large Prayer Event Aimed at Restoring America's Covenant with God to Take Place in Florida

Large Prayer Event Aimed at Restoring America's Covenant with God to Take Place in Florida

Organizers are planning a large prayer event in early January in Plant City, Florida. The goal of the event is to restore the covenant America made with God.

A Measure of Revival in Our Bondage

A Measure of Revival in Our Bondage

The strength of the church is in its purity and spiritual power, not in its numbers. God doesn't need a majority—He is the Majority. Prayer can no longer be a footnote at the end of a sermon; instead, prayer and spiritual power must guide the church in these critical times.

Virginia Church Hosts 10-Hour Consecration Service for 'Transformational Revival'

Virginia Church Hosts 10-Hour Consecration Service for 'Transformational Revival'

A church in Virginia Beach held a 10-hour consecration service on Sunday, during which attendees prayed for "a transformational revival" across the world.

How the Church Can Bless the Culture into Spiritual Awakening

How the Church Can Bless the Culture into Spiritual Awakening

Instead of looking at the world around us and lamenting at how lost they seem to be, what if we shifted our focus instead to asking God how we can best bless the lives of those around us?

Being Controversial Isn't Necessarily Wrong

Being Controversial Isn't Necessarily Wrong

We hold religiously to the written Word because it is our guide—to test what is being said: “The spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets” (1 Corinthians 14:32). The speaker should be careful since his words must be under, or subject to, God’s Word. If those who look to the Word are accused of quenching and grieving the Spirit, we are reminded that Jesus used the Word of God for finality, discernment, and power. We must do the same.

Would You Have Been Embarrassed in the Upper Room?

Would You Have Been Embarrassed in the Upper Room?

Why would we fear encountering God in powerful and profound ways? To be stoic and stiff is fine for a graveyard but not for a dynamic worship service. I wonder if those who criticize charismatic moves of the spirit would be embarrassed if they were in the upper room when the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples in Acts 2?

Handcuffed Emotions – Straight as a Gun Barrel but Just as Empty

Handcuffed Emotions – Straight as a Gun Barrel but Just as Empty

Let me be brutally honest: many who show contempt for profoundly deep and moving experiences with God have never experienced them for themselves. If they avoid prayer meetings, complain about extended and emotional worship, never miss a meal for God, are unaffected by the depravity around them, and are too mature to go to the altar, are these people truly filled with God’s Spirit? 

Embarrassed by the Spirit—Don't Extinguish the Flames of Revival

Embarrassed by the Spirit—Don't Extinguish the Flames of Revival

If you avoid emotional worship, extended prayer, times at the altar, and fasting for spiritual renewal, then you are not running on all eight spiritual cylinders. All these things are marks of Christians throughout the ages.

If We Prepare the Sacrifice, God Will Bring the Fire

If We Prepare the Sacrifice, God Will Bring the Fire

According to the Scriptures, there are five spiritual principles that often spark a spiritual awakening and keep it going. Prayer and fasting ignite the fire, but the following scriptural truths fan the flames: