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This blog is dedicated to the subject of praying for spiritual revival. When God sends a revival, it will begin with his people in the church. We will repent and turn back to God; and by his grace, we will be empowered to be the people he desires.
As God’s Spirit is working on the church, people outside the church will be drawn to love and glory of Jesus. In other words, there will be conversions. The words of Acts 1.8 will be fulfilled. Jonathan Edwards reminds us that God’s mission in the world is the salvation of souls…
“The work of God in converting souls out of the hands of
Satan, was begun soon after the fall of man, has been carried
on in the world ever since to this day, and will be to the end
of the world. God has always, ever since erecting of the
church of the redeemed after the fall, had such a church in
the world. Though oftentimes it has been reduced to a very
narrow compass and to low circumstances; yet it has never
wholly failed.”
One of my favorite books on the subject of revival is by Pastor Brian H. Edwards. It is called: Revival! A People Saturated With God.
The title itself is a great definition of revival. His title is based on Duncan Campbell‘s understanding of revival: “a community saturated with God” (26).
I have read this book more than once and I have marked it all up because it is both a history of revival and an encouragement to pray daily for God to revive the modern church. Edwards writes… “In revival things happen suddenly and unexpectedly. Meetings are lengthened, crowds gather, and sermons have to be preached, not because it is all arranged in advance, but because God is at work. People will arrive without warning for a meeting, moved by an unseen hand”(29).
For Jesus Alone!
Bryan
I am Bryan Galloway. I am the Senior Pastor of Harvey Oaks Baptist Church in Omaha, Nebraska. I graduated from Bethel College (now known as Bethel University) in St. Paul, MN in 1982 with a B.A. in Biblical and Theological Studies.
I received a Master of Divinity degree from Bethel Theological Seminary (San Diego campus) in 1985.
I graduated in May of 2009 with a Doctor of Ministry degree through Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, MA.
My wife, Lois, and I were married on August 28, 1982 at Salem Baptist Church in New Brighton, MN. We have two children: Jon (22) and Ali (20).
This is my first post on this new blog. This actually is a continuation of a another blog of mine: Praying for Revival!
I switched to wordpress because of the ease of posting blogs.
This site will focus on praying for revival in our country. The ultimate answer spiritual revival.
“Give yourselves to prayer and the ministry of the Word. If you do not pray, God will probably lay you aside from your ministry, as He did me, to teach you to pray.” (Robert Murray McCheyne)
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