{"id":3288,"date":"2023-02-19T06:48:13","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T12:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/?p=3288"},"modified":"2023-02-19T06:48:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T12:48:13","slug":"prayer-and-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/2023\/02\/prayer-and-revival\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer and Revival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following was taken from Chapter 16 of my book, <em>The Prayer-Shaped Disciple (<\/em>Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts, 1998<em>),<\/em> and shared here in response to the Asbury University Revival presently in progress, and the need for continued prayer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristian history shows a pattern: first concentrated prayer, often prevailing prayer, and then revival. The first Christian revival came as a result of ten days of united prayer. The 120 believers were praying (Acts 1:14), and God added three thousand people to the church (Acts 2:41). The disciples began to pray again (Acts 2:42), and God &#8220;added daily&#8221; to the church (Acts 2:47). As the disciples continued to pray (Acts 3:1), five thousand more converts were added to the church (Acts 4:4). Continuing further in prayer (Acts 4:31-33), the scripture indicates that &#8220;multitudes&#8221; were continually being added to the church (Acts 5:14). By A.D. 100, it is estimated that somewhere in the vicinity of 5 percent of the Roman empire had become Christian. This could largely be attributed to the faithful praying of the early church . . . Led by the example of that first Christian revival, whenever revivals have occurred or spiritual awakenings have taken place, their beginnings have been found in the ministries of spirit-filled believers who were also mighty prayer warriors. Often, God has responded to the prayers of believers by sending revival that not only revived the church but awakened society.\u201d In my book, I trace significant revivals and revival movements beginning in A.D. 303 through the mostly collegiate revivals of 1995, illustrating each with examples of prayer for revival.\u00a0 I then conclude, \u201cIf we have another significant spiritual awakening and revival in the world, it will come as God&#8217;s people pray, and it will continue as God&#8217;s people continue to pray. Prayer and <em>revival<\/em> are inseparably linked in the Word of God, in the human experience and, in Christian history. Behind all effective <em>revival <\/em>is regular, faithful prayer.\u201d \u00a0So, what about Asbury 2023?\u00a0 Pray, my friends, pray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following was taken from Chapter 16 of my book, The Prayer-Shaped Disciple (Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts, 1998), and shared here in response to the Asbury University Revival presently in progress, and the need for continued prayer. \u201cChristian history shows a pattern: first concentrated prayer, often prevailing prayer, and then revival. 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