When we journeyed to the Telford and Wrekin area of our home county, Shropshire, two weeks ago we did not know what would unfold.
As I recounted in my earlier post “Adventure” we were led to “walk in revival”.
The outcome was very much led by God’s Spirit and we are very close to being able to show you the videos that we made.
“Revival” is an emotive word for the church. We associate it with past great moves of God’s Spirit like the Welsh Revival of 1904 or the Great Awakening in the 18th century led by John Wesley.
signs of hope & revival
Our intention in making the videos was to encourage God’s family. We have all waited so long for signs of people turning to God and we need fresh impetus to our prayers.
When hope’s dream seems to drag on and on, the delay can be depressing
But when at last your dream comes true, life’s sweetness will satisfy your soul.
Proverbs 13:12 The Passion Translation
Yesterday I shared a poem called Repentance. Today, as I was sitting down early with the Lord, I asked Him again about the sort of revival that we might expect. Once again the answer seemed to emerge in a poem. But, please understand that I’m not claiming this as a prophetic poem – just something that unfolded to me.
Revival We see the graves, we hear no sound Those bodies lying on the ground Are they still living, yet asleep? If so, we have no cause to weep But we shall pray with all our might That darkness will be turned to light And sleeping ones be woken now With tongues of flame upon each brow Awake, awake the time is here Revive, o church, Your King draws near And broken souls cry out for God For rescue from earth's weary sod Let's tune our hearts and turn our ears To sounds that we have longed to hear The cries of hungry, thirsty ones The ones who thought all hope was gone This is our joy to be revived So others might now come alive And ask for God's own eyes to see The ones who need His family Awake, o church, it's not too late Jesus is waiting at your gate He's bringing broken souls to you And He will show you what to do To bring His message of salvation To those who weep in condemnation To give them life and hope today And help them walk His narrow way The way that leads to joy and peace So all our barren efforts cease And by the power of God's own Spirit We'll find His life and His true merit So, dearest church, arise and shine New wineskins filled with God's new wine Cry out for souls who die in sin Jesus is waiting to bring them in.
I’ve been trying to use a good audio resource so that you can hear the poem spoken. I’m slightly struggling with the technology! But today I’m going to use SoundCloud as I can easily add a photo. I like the image of the small waterfall trickling over rocks. It’s Cardingmill Valley. Let’s pray the waterfall increases!
I would love to hear your feedback about how we, the church, might walk in revival today.
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