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1992 Revival Revisited
In 1992,
the Ravenna Assembly of God, Michigan, was visited by God in a powerful way. My good
friend, Pastor Richard Williams had invited me to hold a revival in his church. However,
he could not wait and together with his seven year old daughter, drove three hours to be
in one of our revival meeting in Grayling MI.
God manifested His glory to them that night. Pastor Williams stood and wept from deep
within while his daughter lay on the floor and cried and laughed simultaneously for over
two hours. She later crawled across the floor and layed her hands on his feet.
He returned to his church, and Sunday morning, as he preached, all heaven broke out. By
the time we arrived two weeks later, revival was in full swing. We had three weeks of
glory filled meetings. Best of all, revival has never stopped. God has been miraculously
visable in every meeting during the past nine years. Pastor Williams now has a weekly TV
ministry and actively and passionately pursues God's presence and anointing.
Pastor Richard heard I was in the area in June, and invited me to do a Sunday night
meeting on June 8th. I was greatly blessed to minister there and to feel the freedom of
the Spirit. God's presence and power fell as it did nine years ago. It is so good to see
the fruit of revival still remaining so long afterwards. Pastor Richard interviewed me on
TCT television network (to be aired soon ... listen to the broadcast audio on our internet
radio) and we spoke about that great outpouring nine years ago. God bless him as he
continues to be a God chaser.
Visit Ravenna
Outpouring Web Page.
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Hot enough
for you!! Whew, summer is hot in Tallahassee. You come to expect it when you live
in sunny Florida. But when you see cities up north where snow, ice and cold were a part of
the revival you held six months ago, experiencing tempratures in the upper 90's, you
understand the vast fluctuations of weather here in the USA.
It makes you think of revival. People go through hot and cold stages. After a revival,
they are in hot pursuit of God, then six months later, they are cold or frozen in the
spirit. I wish there was a middle of the road, where people would simply pursue God
because they Love Him with all their hearts. Where having revival, did not require us to
press in, but where it became a lifestyle and an every day occurrence. What is the real
meaning of revival?
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 Ps
85:6 "Will You not revive us again, That Your people may rejoice in You? " The
word " revive" comes from Heb. haya =, to "live"). In the Psalm above,
the word is used to signify being "made alive," to be "comforted,
refreshed." The KJV is quicken. So by definition, revival is the manifest
presence and glory of God to refresh, strengthen, comfort and make us alive. So when
revival comes to you, you are made alive, comforted and refreshed. I think we all need
revival daily ... what do your think? When the process of revival described above,
begins to manifest in your life, the result is rejoicing or joy. According to New Ungers
Bible dictionary, Joy "is a delight of the mind arising from the consideration of a
present or assured possession of a future good. " The joy you see in revival meetings
is peoples reaction to God telling them on the inside, that everything is going to be ok.
The collage above, gives us an outward view of the inner work of the Holy Spirit. |
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- Montague, Michigan, Revival
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It seemed like
God wanted to turn back the revival clock. A few weeks after the Ravenna revival in 1992,
(see article on the left) I was invited to hold a revival in another church in nearby
Montague, Michigan. The church met in the old Mouth School on Indian Bay Road. We ended up
doing three weeks of meetings there and saw the power of God touch many lives. Nine
years later, I received a message, that Pastor Garry Kozicki was trying to get in touch
with me. God is a suddenly God. He loves to spring surprises on us. My phone call to
pastor Garry ended up with me flying to Michigan three days later to hold a two week
revival. Wow, what a great time in the presence of God. It was good to see a number of
people who had been in that revival nine years ago plus many new faces. God touched,
blessed and refreshed and poured out His love in the hearts of those folks. The
testimonies were wonderful. One lady testified that God had healed her from childhood
hurts that had plagued her all her life. God lengthened the leg of a little boy, who was
so excited, he ran back to his seat to show his parents. There were a number of other
healings, words of knowledge and just a great time of refreshing and blessing. We will be
back again in August.
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