Revival starts with one person. You. Charles Finney—who shook up nineteenth-century America with his preaching, earned the title Father of Modern Revivalism, and became the forerunner of revivalists like Dwight L. Moody and Billy Graham—knew a thing or two about revival. And he claimed it began not in the emotion of the masses but in the repentance of the individual. This new journal edition of a spiritual classic invites readers to record their reflections, thoughts, and prayers in response to Finney’s fiery words on how to experience revival. As you let his message soak in and interact with your life, you might find revival to be closer to home than you ever expected.
The daughter of one of the South’s most famous Baptist preachers discovers a shocking secret about her father that puts her at odds with both her faith and her family in this debut novel. “Spellbinding…Revival Season should be read alongside Alice Walker’s The Color Purple and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus.” —The Washington Post A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Every summer, fifteen-year-old Miriam Horton and her family pack themselves tight in their old minivan and travel through small southern towns for revival season: the time when Miriam’s father—one of the South’s most famous preachers—holds massive healing services for people desperate to be cured of ailments and disease. But, this summer, the revival season doesn’t go as planned, and after one service in which Reverend Horton’s healing powers are tested like never before, Miriam witnesses a shocking act of violence that shakes her belief in her father—and her faith. When the Hortons return home, Miriam’s confusion only grows as she discovers she might have the power to heal—even though her father and the church have always made it clear that such power is denied to women. Over the course of the following year, Miriam must decide between her faith, her family, and her newfound power that might be able to save others, but if discovered by her father, could destroy Miriam. Celebrating both feminism and faith, Revival Season is a “tender and wise” (Ann Patchett) story of spiritual awakening and disillusionment in a Southern, Black, Evangelical community.
Rebecca's Revival is the remarkable story of a Caribbean woman--a slave turned evangelist--who helped inspire the rise of black Christianity in the Atlantic world. All but unknown today, Rebecca Protten left an enduring influence on African-American religion and society. Born in 1718, Protten had a childhood conversion experience, gained her freedom from bondage, and joined a group of German proselytizers from the Moravian Church. She embarked on an itinerant mission, preaching to hundreds of the enslaved Africans of St. Thomas, a Danish sugar colony in the West Indies. Laboring in obscurity and weathering persecution from hostile planters, Protten and other black preachers created the earliest African Protestant congregation in the Americas. Protten's eventful life--the recruiting of converts, an interracial marriage, a trial on charges of blasphemy and inciting of slaves, travels to Germany and West Africa--placed her on the cusp of an emerging international Afro-Atlantic evangelicalism. Her career provides a unique lens on this prophetic movement that would soon sweep through the slave quarters of the Caribbean and North America, radically transforming African-American culture. Jon Sensbach has pieced together this forgotten life of a black visionary from German, Danish, and Dutch records, including letters in Protten's own hand, to create an astounding tale of one woman's freedom amidst the slave trade. Protten's life, with its evangelical efforts on three continents, reveals the dynamic relations of the Atlantic world and affords great insight into the ways black Christianity developed in the New World.
In Power from on High, Charles Finney boldly uncovers the awful truth that today’s Christians, even Church leaders, are sadly lacking from the critical gift of power, but he offers hope as he reveals the wonderful fact that this power is available to every Christian who dares ask for it in faith.
Could it be that God is giving us one last opportunity to allow His Spirit to be poured out upon the earth before the return of Jesus? This book will stir you to fan the flames of revival in your own heart so you can partner with the Holy Spirit and fellow believers to see a sweeping move of God transform America and the world. Are we living in the last days? Is it possible that God is getting ready to pour out His Spirit on the earth one last time before Jesus returns? In Revival...IF, best-selling author Rod Parsley gives readers a road map for cultivating renewal in their own hearts and minds and for participating in spiritual revival on a national scale. Drawing from over forty years of experience with revival personally and in ministry, Parsley: Clarifies what revival is and what it is not Explains the difference between revival and awakening Includes historical accounts and current perspectives on various revivals While the methods of revival may change, the message remains the same. This book shares timeless, biblical truths that will empower believers to seize the moment and experience true, lasting revival and personal renewal.
My goal in writing this study guide is to revive people's desire for revival, but without resorting to hype or false hope, I want to inspire disciples to dare to expose their hearts to the word of God once again, both by reading the Bible, and by listening to what the Spirit is saying. We need to experience His favor again because it will cause us to submit ourselves more readily to His deep dealings in our lives, then we can experience personal revival. I believe personal revival happens more often than we think, but we don't always recognize it because we are too focused on corporate, regional, or national revival, while looking right past revivals that happen within us from day-to-day.In this book you will learn¿A practical definition of revival¿What I am expecting revival to look like¿How personal revival happens ¿How favor factors into revival¿What blocks it from happening¿How to experience it more often¿How to think seasonally¿How we grow like a tree¿How do find eternal life - zoeIf you stop and think about it, all the big revivals we have read about in church history have all been started because someone experienced personal revival. May this be your story, and may it be your experience.
In this expanded edition of a classic work of spiritual theology, historian Richard Lovelace presents a history of spiritual renewals in light of biblical models. With scholarly and pastoral insight, he offers a powerful vision of renewal that can unify various models across traditions, combining individual and corporate spirituality, social activism, and evangelism.
Since the Day of Pentecost, seasons of revival and awakening have brought refreshing to the spiritually dry, life to the spiritually dead, and miraculous encounters with the Holy Spirit. In this timely and prophetic volume, two bestselling generals of the faith, Dr. Elmer Towns and Dr. Neil T. Anderson, offer collective wisdom, insight, and strategy on how you can experience and release a river of Holy Spirit outpouring into your world! Additionally, Drs. Towns and Anderson have compiled contributions from other key authorities on revival who have encountered the move of God firsthand. Each contributor provides practical wisdom on how you can experience the Spirits touch in your own life, church and even geographical region. Featuring powerful teaching from a diverse range of revival leaders, including: Jack Hayford: How worship releases the reviving touch of the Spirit. Ed Silvoso: How to bless the unsaved and prepare them for God encounters. R.A. Torrey: How to experience the fullness of the Holy Spirit. John Dawson: How to break agreement with generational sin. C. Peter Wagner & George Otis Jr.: How to win battles in the heavenly realm over regions and cities. Billy Graham: How proclamation of the Gospel releases the revival power of God. Henry Blackaby: How cultivating a lifestyle of daily encounters with God brings revival. A fresh move of God is on the way. Prepare yourself to experience Holy Spirit outpouring like never before!
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