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Disguised Blessings

“What if, maybe, every broken place I’ve been was a Godsend–even though I didn’t know it then, it was a Godsend.”

Riley Clemmons

Check out the song Godsend on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Z_BasdOZT_I

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There is a Name

Acts 8:5-8 (KJV) 

  1. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. 
  2. And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. 
  3. For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. 
  4. And there was great joy in that city.
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Great Awakening #4

Historians have defined three “Religious Awakenings” that have taken place in America. And while it is true that these awakenings differ in a variety of ways, it is also true that they share five common elements:

  1. Intercession: People of faith unite in-prayer for God to forgive
    sins and to send revival.
  1. Revelation: God responds to reveal Himself in a new or
    forgotten way.
  1. Consecration: God’s response leads people to further devote
    and separate themselves to Him, to one another, and to His
    cause.
  1. Renewal: Dormant faith comes back to life and becomes
    fruitful once again.
  1. Expansion: The reach of the church is expanded, new territory
    is gained, converts are one, and believers have a high impact
    on the surrounding culture.

–The Book On Prayer, Ken Gurley

Our God really does move when people start praying. Our prayers do matter!

The noted Bible commentator, J. Edwin Orr, once said, “Whenever God is ready to do something new with His people, He always sets them to praying.”

History bears this out, as believers begin to unite in prayer, spiritual break-throughs begin to take place.

We need a Great Spiritual Awakening. If that Spiritual Awakening is to take place, then the bottomline is this: We need Prayer Warriors!

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A Great Awakening

In his book entitled, The Book On Prayer,” Ken Gurley defines a great awakening as: “a season of revival that sets aside formal religion in favor of personal experience with God.”

One look at our world today will tell you that we need another great awakening.

Globally, there is world-wide political upheaval, economic chaos, religious unrest, and then there’s the global pandemic. That’s just some of the things our modern society is facing.

We’ve tried everything humanly possible to turn the ship around but it seems those things are not working.

It’s obvious to me that what we need is a mighty and miraculous move of the Spirit of the Almighty God. Yes, we need another “Great Awakening!”— a revival that affects not only a local area but is witnessed on the national and global stages as well.

Awakenings begin when old systems break down, in periods of cultural distortion and grave personal stress, when we lose faith in the legitimacy of our norms, the viability of our institutions, and the authority of our leaders… .”

William McLoughlin
professor, Brown University
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Put On The New Man

“But you have not so learned Christ, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.”

Ephesians 4:20-24 (NKJV)
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Unity of the Spirit

I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,
with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,
endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Ephesians 4:1-3 (NKJV)