Do you hear that sound? It is the increasingly urgent cry of people who are desperate for revival! I suspect we will be hearing it more and more in the coming year. You can’t read the news (through the lens of Scripture) without recognizing we are in unprecedented times. The wake-up call is sounding, and the Lord is urging us to return to Him with repentant hearts, eager to see Him move in a powerful, global revival.
I first began writing about revival and spiritual awakening nearly 20 years ago. I knew something more was needed to embolden God’s people to pursue personal holiness and the salvation of those who don’t know Jesus as Savior. The Spirit put it in my heart to long for more, especially the need for true repentance and brokenness among Christians. To be honest, I’ve struggled to be true to that message in various circles. I’ve actually experienced rejection as people have tried to downplay the crisis that we are in as a church and nation.
But the Lord used the criticism of fellow believers to increase my desperation for Him to move in revival. Pain will do that to you. His message to me over and over again has been clear: “God acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.” (Is. 64:4; Ps. 37:7)
So I have waited. And waited. And prayed. And waited and prayed a whole lot more. Many who have been praying for true revival have been waiting and wondering for long time. Will it even come — and if so, when?
But now I’m hearing the whispers of a stirring revival. It is the sound of leaders in the church rising up and saying that we must have revival or we cannot go on. It is the sound of intercessors who are increasingly calling out to the Lord day and night (Is. 62). It is also the sound of skepticism being silenced.
It is the sound of hope. Oh, God — how we need You to send a fresh Christ-awakening!
If you want your heart to be stirred with a vision for revival in our churches and a sweeping global movement of God’s manifest glory, you need the next issue of Prayer Connect magazine. I'm serious. I believe it may just be one of the most important messages I’ve ever worked on in my publishing career. Great leaders and writers who have been praying for years for revival have helped to put this issue together. It’s time.
More to come, friends. Listen closely.
