Deborah
Okalhoma USA… And we here are supposed to be the Buckle of the Bible belt in America… How tarnished is our Buckle today… We no longer shine…

No reason to doubt it though

“Report of the Lakeland, Florida, outpouring (May 4–9) by Shawn Gabie.

WOW!!!!! Is all I can say, these last couple nights and weeks have been wild. This anointing is so tangible and contagious in Lakeland, Florida at the meetings led by Todd Bentley. We have just been in some of the most powerful meetings and it’s been so incredible. The healing explosion that has happened has just been amazing as we’ve seen testimony after testimony of notable, medically documented miracles. Thousands of people are being delivered, saved and healed by the power of God everyday. Even in the market within 48 hours on the street we’ve heard reports of over 400 people giving their hearts to the LORD. It’s breaking out in the market where it is supposed to go…I’m hearing new reports of explosions of His power on the street all the time…This is just some of the fruit that’s being produced from this outpouring in Lakeland. I’ve been under the heavy influence of His glory for a while now and we’re so excited to bring it back to Ottawa and around everywhere we go. It’s transforming us and taking us to new heights in the spirit. It’s not just happening in Lakeland but its already breaking out everywhere around the world. People are holding extended meetings every night and people are getting saved, healed and delivered by the masses. This is truly historic, and is only the beginning of something incredible.”

So what do you think??

I love how you challenge what’s become a cliched call for revival. It sounds like the meaning of the word has been lost somewhere along the way.

The Hebrew word ‘Ruah’ comes into it a lot for me. Something along the lines of breath, an inhaling, this idea of the very breath of God upon a situation in a new, fresh way that inspires and draws others to Christ.

I suppose it happens in the church – in the sense of a community of believers, whether they be two or whether they be five thousand – first, before it happens anywhere else. And the prayer and the living it go completely hand-in-hand – to separate one from the other is to break down the whole thing itself, whatever the ‘thing’ is.

Something I’m already grappling with, trying to mull over. Thanks for the further food for thought:-)

Ultimately, as someone else mentioned waaaay up in the post list, “It’s all about Jesus…” With that as the starting point, the through line, and the end point, it all makes sense. Somehow.

You said, “If the people of God genuinely lived as disciples of Jesus then we would see society transformed.” But if this is not happening then maybe we need to cry out that God would “revive” his church and through us that we would see society transformed.

I also agree with you about the “so-called prophesying” Hamo (and feel the same repulsion) and agree that this was the main thrust of your post and is worth addressing. I hear and understand the call to incarnational mission and agree that this is an ongoing call that needs to be heard and responded to. I also believe though that we need to be called back to persevering and persistent prayer and just like in the early church we should be crying out, “Stretch out your hand to heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus” (Acts 4:30)

I feel it is easy to throw the baby out with the bathwater and that your post was heading in this direction