Fire blazes from heaven, and a stone altar erupts in flame. So begins a spiritual awakening, the kindling of a revival fire still burning today. Beginning with Elijah and God's tremendous one-day revival of Israel, Wesley Duewel tells stories of revivals spanning the globe from America to China to Africa, all brought by obedience and heartfelt prayer. He illustrates how God has used revival fire through the centuries to revive the church and reveal the glorious presence of the Holy Spirit.
Spanning four centuries, this book features 30 accounts of revivals and awakenings in nineteen countries from six continents. Whilst each revival is different the author reveals the common characteristics and reoccurring experiences which come to the fore during times of God's visitation. Read about the heaven-sent blessings, conviction of sin, conversions, healings, physical phenomena, miracles, signs and wonders, deliverances and more. Learn from the past, be challenged for today and be inspired for the future! The book covers: Revivals in Scripture, understanding revivals and awakenings, the characteristic and fruit of revival, why revival is needed, how to see revival, prayer and intercession for revival, opposition, and why revivals cease, visions and prophecies of revival for the United Kingdom and beyond, our responsibility, repentance and personal holiness. The book features some of the most powerful revivals and awakenings from world history, including: The Great Awakenings (American and Britain), 1859 (USA, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England) and 1904 revivals, Azusa Street Outpouring, Congo, Korean, Indonesian, Lewis and Harris, Pensacola and Argentinean revivals and includes moves of God in Cornwall, Dundee, Kilsyth, East Anglia, North Uist, Ghana, China, Japan, Manchuria, New Zealand, Soviet Union, Nigeria, India and many other places. Read about some of the greatest revivalist's that ever lived: Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, John and Charles Wesley, Howell Harris, Charles Finney, General Booth, J.C. Lamphier, C.H. Spurgeon, Evan Roberts, William Seymour, Jonathan Goforth, Jock Troup, J. Edwin Orr, Duncan Campbell, Tommy Hicks, Mary Morrison, Carlos Annacondia, Steve Hill, John Kilpatrick and many others. The author: Mathew Backholer films and co-presents ByFaith TV (www.byfaithtv.co.uk), which airs on Christian networks around the world. He has travelled all over the globe on Christian missions and has carried a passion for revival for more than a decade. As an evangelist and former staff member of the Bible College of Wales (founded by Rees Howells), he led teams of students for weeks of evangelism, outreach clubs aimed for children, youth camps, and ministered as an itinerant preacher. Mathew continues his world missions, writes for the ByFaith website (www.byfaith.co.uk) and is the author of Mission Preparation Training.
Published to mark the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation, and updated in 2020. For the past five hundred years God has been pouring out His Spirit, to reform and to revive His Church. Reformation to Revival traces the Divine thread of God’s power from Martin Luther of 1517, through to the Charismatic Movement and into the twenty-first century, featuring 60 great revivals from 20 nations on five continents. Walk with George Fox during the Quaker Revival in Puritan England and into America; rejoice with Count Zinzendorf of the Moravian Revival and the great mission advance, and see America and Britain transformed under the preaching of Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, George Whitefield and friends during the Great Awakenings. Discover the depths of the great 1859 Revivals; labour with Jonathan Goforth of China, in Korea and Manchuria and see Wales transformed under the power of the Holy Spirit because of the faith of Evan Roberts. Read about the Pentecostal explosion of the Azusa Street Revival and the great works of God across Britain and America into the twenty-first century. Sixty revivals, awakenings and Heaven-sent visitations of the Holy Spirit in the nations of: Germany, Britain, America, Switzerland, South Africa, Norway, Sweden, Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland, China, Korea, Japan, Ghana etc., Manchuria (annexed by Russia), India, Australia, Ruanda, Argentina and Indonesia.
Updated in 2020. Revival Fires and Awakenings features thirty-six of the most powerful revivals and awakenings from world history, as well as little known visitations of the Holy Spirit. These revivals span eighteen countries on six continents and whilst each move of God is different, the author reveals the common characteristics and reoccurring experiences which come to the fore during times of God’s showers of blessing. Throughout the book there is a watermark and undercurrent of the influences of the British Awakening (1739-1791) and the Welsh Revival (1904-1905) and how Christians were stirred and encouraged by past visitations of the Holy Spirit; or encouraged and inspired by the lives of revivalists, to see the blessing of revival in their own town or nation. Read about the glorious workings of God during times of heavenly visitations: Revived Christians, saved sinners, transformed communities and nations; healings, physical phenomena, conviction of sin, miracles, signs and wonders, deliverance from demons, prayer and intercession. Including visions and prophecies of revival for the United Kingdom and beyond. Learn from the past, be challenged for today and be inspired for the future!
“You will have the privilege to see and to participate in the most glorious and mightiest sweeping revival that has ever been known in Christian history!” —Smith Wigglesworth This revelation was part of a prophecy given in 1936 by legendary evangelist and healing minister Smith Wigglesworth to a young man named David du Plessis. The revival Wigglesworth foresaw was a continuation of the Pentecostal movement into the charismatic renewal that continues to this day. Later, in 1961, God gave Rev. Tommy Hicks a vision of the continuation of that revival: a worldwide movement in which the “Awakening Giant”—the body of Christ—receives spiritual power and authority on such a scale as has not been seen since the book of Acts. This book retells these two amazing prophecies in their entirety and also discusses their implications for the world today. The revival of God’s church continues, but it won’t be complete until every Spirit-filled believer understands his or her unique role in its fulfillment. Study these prophecies and ask God to reveal how He would use you to bring the greatest revival in history to completion.
Minister, revival teacher, and publisher, Larry Sparks, received a life-changing encounter with the Holy Spirit that revealed how Acts Chapter 2—and specifically the Day of Pentecost—is a blueprint for Jesus-followers of all eras, ages, and generations to walk in the revival fire of the Holy Spirit's presence.
An expanded, updated version of FLASHPOINTS OF REVIVAL, with footnotes and revised final chapter on revivals in the 21st century. Using eyewitness accounts, Geoff Waugh takes you inside the hearts and minds of people in revivals spanning the last three centuries. Beginning with the Moravians in 1727, this book gives first person reports of revivals in Europe, America, Canada, Africa, India, Korea, Chile and more, including recent revivals in the 21st century..Foreword by Dr C Peter Wagner Geoff Waugh and I agree that our generation is likely to be an eye witness to the greatest outpouring of the Holy Spirit that history has ever known. Many others join us in this expectation, some of them sensing that it will come in the next few years.Here in America, it seems to me that I have heard more reports of revival-like activity in the past three years than in the previous thirty. This has caused revival to be a more frequent topic of Christian conversation than I have ever seen. There is an extraordinary hunger for learning more about how the hand of God works in revival.That is a major reason why Flashpoints of Revival is such a timely book. Christian libraries are well stocked with detailed accounts of certain revivals as well as scholarly analytical histories of revival. But I know of no other book like this one that provides rapid-fire, easy-to-read, factual literary snapshots of virtually every well-known revival since Pentecost.As I read this book, I was thrilled to see how God has been so mightily at work in so many different times and places. I felt like I had grasped the overall picture of revival for the first time, and I was moved to pray that God, indeed, would allow me not to be just an observer, but rather a literal participant in the worldwide outpouring that will soon come. As you read the book, I am sure you will be saying the same thing.
The Power of God at WorkCharles Finney’s ministry led to some of the most amazing revivals that have ever occurred in the United States or England. In Holy Spirit Revivals, Finney recalls those events, revealing the secrets that led to the mass conversions of lost souls in his meetings throughout upstate New York, as well as in Boston, Philadelphia, and London. Finney was unafraid of offending delicate ears by addressing the problem of sin head-on, and his dedication to prayer, his understanding of Scripture, and his radical reliance on the power of the Holy Spirit are a great template for believers today. This treasured account of one of the greatest Christian preachers in history is an outstanding resource for anyone interested in seeing a revival of faith in the church.
David Matthews was one of the participants of the Welsh revival, and "I Saw the Welsh Revival" is his personal impression of the 1904 revival in Wales. First published by Moody Press, it is published again to recall the mighty days of a century ago when revival fire spread throughout the principality of Wales and beyond. Our present greatest need is revival. I Saw the Welsh Revival will stimulate preachers and churches and encourage spiritually-minded people to continue in prayer for a modern-day outpouring of the Holy Spirit in revival power.
Get Revived . . . and Stay On Fire! “I had such a powerful experience with God. He touched my heart so deeply... and after that one encounter, I wanted to live for Jesus every day for the rest of my life.” Then life went back to normal. Sound familiar? Perhaps you’ve had an encounter with...
