05/16/2017
It was Father's Day, June 18th, 1995 Brownsville Assembly, Pensacola Florida. It happened. For two years the church had been praying for revival. Little did they know that it would last for 5 years. It was May 24th, 1996 revival hit a little town in Missouri. Smithton, population at that time was 512. Thousands came from around the world for 2 years to Smithton and were blessed.
I've watched hours of videos from those meetings this past week at night. Sometimes hardly sleeping at all. I find myself weeping and praying for the lost as if I was there, even though the meetings have been over for a long time.
We have been praying for revival at The Summit Church in Opp. We don't know when it's going to happen. We simply believe it will. We're not making any plans. We have no program, place nor a time or day. For only God knows that. But we are praying. We know that our hearts are hungry to see a tremendous, life changing, revival to blow into Opp and surrounding town and cities. A revival that will change the very atmosphere of our city. A revival where people would fall on their face in their homes and jobs and streets under conviction. A revival that will welcome the homeless, the broken hearted, the alcoholics, the drug dealers and addicts to Jesus and the drug task force will cease because m**h and ma*****na is replaced with grace and mercy! A revival where the only "high" is on Jesus. A revival that is open to whatever and however God wants to do it. A revival of signs and wonders like we've never seen before. It will center on Him! All for His Glory! Never a man. A revival that will cause the crime rate to cease in our cities and our police will be busy directing traffic as people go to church and all night prayer meetings. A revival that will see people filled with the Spirit, healed and delivered and set free. A revival that will impact our youth and the power of God would fill the schools. And yes they will be able to pray in schools and school functions. A revival that will see our children leading their moms and dad to Christ. A revival that will see all churches filled to capacity. A revival that has no timetable.
Sounds like a dream doesn't it? If you study the great Welsh revivals, Azusa Street, the Argentina revivals that lasted more than 25 years, you will see a similar pattern. It's possible in Christ. When revival came businesses prospered, hospitals had fewer patients because people were healed. Crime stopped. Our prayer is not to be like Brownsville or Smithton or Toronto. We only desire it to be what God wants it to be. Not about a man or woman. Only about Jesus.
You may ask why Opp? My answer is why not? Because it's not about attention for Opp or Elba or Andalusia or anywhere else or a man. If it is it will fail. It's about God and the lost coming to him. It's about the moral decay and climate of our country. The only answer is not great leaders. It's a great God who I have no doubt hears the prayers of the hungry.
I told our church Sunday that it must began with us. Consecrated and committed to repentance first and foremost. A clean and pure vessel. Willing to scrub bathrooms or pray all night or fast for days. Preach if asked to do so. Ready at all times.
This is the season when God says he's taking away the benches from the sidelines. No more bench warmers. No more superstars. It's time. If you are hungry. Get ready.
Will you join us and pray for revival to come to, Opp Alabama and everywhere else in the region?