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Scotland Saw His Glory
When praying for revival and spiritual awakening in our land, can we do anything else after we pray? Richard Owen Roberts has a response based on the centuries of revival and awakening stories from Scotland in his book: “Scotland Saw His Glory.” “Note the frequency with which the Holy Spirit came to Scotland at Communion occasions. Without question, revival comes when God sends it, but there is some relationship between what His people do or don’t do and His coming. One of the most treasured questions which has ever been asked me was this: “Having prayed for revival, is there…
Claude V. King
Week One: Taking Your First Steps as a Follower of Jesus Christ
Revised Edition 2017 (FREE download below) Week One is a 7-day devotional booklet designed to help a new believer establish some fundamental understandings and practices as they begin their new life in Christ. I’ve designed the booklet so a church could give it to people making a decision for Christ with encouragement to “start today.” And I built in a coaching process so they can discuss questions with a more mature believer. Ideally they will move immediately into a connection with a Bible study group and continue growing as a disciple. Some churches have taken their congregation through the week-long devotional as…
Angola Prison Testimonies from Experiencing God DVDs
God has been working to transform the Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola Prison) over the past two decades. This bonus footage from the course Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God DVDs (2007) includes interviews from John Robson and inmate ministers involved in the seminary program at Angola.They are used by permission from LifeWay Christian Resources. Go to Lifeway.com for more information about Experiencing God. Watch the full story or view smaller segments. Click “Read More” below to watch individual segments: Part 1: John Robson, Director Part 2: Dannie Johnson, Inmate Minister Part 3: Kyle Hebert, Inmate Minister…
Experiencing God: Bob Dixon Testimonies
Bob Dixon tells amazing stories of God’s activity through the ministries of Texas Baptist Men. You will be inspired and encouraged as you hear Bob tell of God’s activity. These 54 minutes of testimonies come from the DVDs in Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God by Henry & Richard Blackaby and Claude King. They are used by permission from LifeWay Christian Resources. Go to Lifeway.com for more information about Experiencing God. Watch the full story or view smaller segments: 1. Matthew 24 Ministries 2. Mexico City Earthquake 3. Peru Cholera Epidemic 4. Hurricane Fifi 5. Saragosa Texas Tornado…
Introducing Prayer Boot Camps
Recent response to War Room indicates that God is calling His people to prayer, and God’s people are responding with a hunger to learn to pray more effectively and strategically. Developed by Claude King, Prayer Boot Camp is a flexible prayer training experience to provide basic training in prayer and to introduce the weapons of our spiritual warfare. It is not just learning about prayer. It is learning to pray by praying together. The content is based on The Battle Plan for Prayer by Stephen and Alex Kendrick, developers of War Room. The Prayer Boot Camp utilizes a learning map…
3 Principles for Developing the Mind of Christ
When the world around us grows darker, the primary problem is not with the darkness. Dark can only be dark. That is its nature. The real problem is with the light. When light shines into darkness, it dispels darkness. Let’s decide by an act of our will to allow God to transform us into the image of Christ. In The Mind of Christ T. W. Hunt describes three stages. 1. The Beginning Stage or the Will Principle (Colossians 3:1-2) 2. The Growing Stage or the River Principle (Romans 12:1-2) 3. The Qualified Stage or the Readiness Principle (1 Peter 1:13-16)…
Experiencing God Restoring Life and Vitality
While helping start a new church, I watched a church experience God restoring life and vitality. The senior adults at New Hope had been trying to hold on to life, and they were dwindling away. When they began to give themselves to help start a new church, they began to experience a restored life and vitality! Jesus talked about that principle in Luke 9:24: “Whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it” (NIV). Is your church focusing all your attention on yourselves trying to hold onto life? Seek the…
Experiencing God Who Sees Me
I knew God is “the God who sees me” when I read Hagar’s story in Genesis 16. When you seem to be at the “end of your rope” and all hope seems to be gone, He is the God who knows where you are; and He cares. But on a Saturday morning I experienced God as “the God who sees me.”
Great Georgia Revival of 1827
The Great Georgia Revival of 1827 began in prayer and impacted a region in the revival of God’s people that led to a spiritual awakening in communities across the state. Adiel Sherwood was pastor in Eatonton, GA where over 100 were converted. Revival struck a crowd of 4,000 at the annual meeting of the Okmulgee Baptist Association where Sherwood spoke. Others pastors, churches, and denominations became involved in preaching and sharing Christ. During the season of revival over 16,000 were added to Baptist churches. In Sandtown, GA every person of accountable age was saved, and they renamed their town Newborn,…
4 Preparations to Pray with Power
James 5:16 explains that the fervent prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. If we want to pray with power and effectiveness, we need to prepare ourselves to be the kind of people who receive answers to their prayers. Let’s go after: 1. Entire Consecration 2. Wholehearted Love 3. Complete Obedience 4. Full Surrender