Do it Again, Lord!
Back in the mid 1990's revivals broke out across the United States of America, and Canada. The most notable revivals were in Pensacola, Florida, and Toronto, Canada. There were others in Kansas City, Kansas, Baltimore, Maryland, but those revivals for what ever reason were less notable. The revivals in Pensacola and Toronto actually caught the eye of the news media. Most of the coverage was objective. In fact, media from all over Europe went to Toronto to cover the revival, and dubbed it the Toronto Blessing. Pastors John and Carol Arnott called it the Father's Blessing. John Arnott actually wrote a book about it that I would highly recommend.
After a few years, things seemed to die down regarding revival. Over the past few decades church attendance was steadily declining. Since around 2019, however, I started getting impressed in my heart that God was about to move again in revival. The impression I received was that the next revival was going to be historic in its magnitude. This revival is going to dwarf Pentecost, The Welch Revival, Great Awakenings 1 & 2, the Azuza Street Revival, the revivals of the 1940's and 1950's, the Jesus Revolution Revival of the late 1960's and early 1970's, which also involved the Charismatic movements of that same period, all combined.
During 2019 I found that many others, well known ministers and some not so known, were sensing the same thing. Many were saying in America it would be the Third Great Awakening. However, this is not only about America. It is believed this next powerful movement of God is going to sweep around the entire world like never before. Some are calling it a Last Day revival. To be honest, although I believe in the Second Coming of Christ, and I do believe in The Last Day in which Jesus is referencing it as the Resurrection Day in the Gospel of John chapter eleven, I do not believe it is a Last Day revival. I believe that this next historic revival will advance the Kingdom of God to an extent the world has not seen before. The influence of the Holy Spirit of that advance in cultures and societies will be incalculable. That, however is a topic for another time.
A praise and worship song that was done by the Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship worship team was titled, Do it Again, Lord. It was a song about God moving the way He did in the book of Acts in the Bible. Rest assured, God is about to do it again, but on a much larger scale.
From February 8, 2023 through February 24, 2023, sixteen straight days of revival hit the Asbury University in Wilmore Kentucky. College students, and people of all ages and backgrounds from all over the country came to Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. Praise and worship went on. Students were confessing and repenting of sin to one another, healings were taking place, people would share testimonies of what the Holy Spirit was doing. People were giving their lives to Jesus Christ. There was no agenda. No known ministers spoke at it, because the people of Asbury University wanted to give liberty to the Holy Spirit of God to move. What I am describing here does not do justice to what the articles that I read about happening in the revival.
Sad to say, eventually the revival waned because of nay sayers, primarily and unfortunately from various circles within Christianity. It seemed like the anticipated revival stalled.
Then came 2024. Revival has been breaking out throughout America on secular college campuses. In Ohio State University, many of the football players on the nationally ranked team accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. They also got baptized. Florida State University, considered the second biggest party college in the nation, have had hundreds of students accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Many of those who accepted Jesus Christ got baptized in a fountain on the campus known for where those who were partying and got drunk, would get dunked. Pastor J.P. Palkuda a Baptist pastor from Waco Texas, is an organizer and speaker for Unite Us that is going on college campuses holding revival events. Other colleges hit with revival are Auburn, and Alabama. To me, it is incredible how the news media has no television coverage on this at all. That should tell you all you need to know about how corrupt our national news media has become.
In October 2024, other revival events have taken place in Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Florida University, and Texas A&M. Arkansas University held a revival in Bud Walton Arena where the Arkansas Razorback basketball team plays. It has been reported that 10,000 college students from 67 different universities came together to worship Jesus Christ. At Florida University 6,000 students showed up and 1,000 students accepted Jesus Christ into their lives.
There is more. This past October 12th, an organization, A Million Women, an Esther Call, founded by Francis Frangipane a few years ago, held a revival event on the Capitol Mall in Washington DC. There was an estimated crowd of 400,000-that's right, 400,000 people that prayed, praised and worshipped Jesus Christ for 10 plus hours. Men, women, young and old, many denominations, white, black, American Indians, Chinese Americans, Hispanics, all races and creeds came together. There were ministers that are known, and ministers unknown that spoke. There were prayers of repentance, prayers for forgiveness of injustices between the races, prayers for America, prayers for other nations. There were prayers for the healing of America and other nations as well. Simultaneously 53 nations around the world also held the same type of revival event. I cannot conceive of how the national television news media completely ignored an event where there were 400,000 participants, and the fact it was also a world wide event. Again, this should tell you of how corrupt the media has become.
We can see that in 2024, revival is beginning to pick up steam. This is just the beginning. This is just the tip of the iceberg. God is doing it again. It's going to blow our minds. And the nay sayers, those who are unfortunately Christian and otherwise will not be able to stop it. Do it again, Lord. Amen.
Love and God bless, Pastor Paul.