“Awake, O sleeper!
Rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you!” (Ephesians 5:15)
My family and I spent 4 years at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore. Ky. 7 days ago at Asbury University in Hughes Auditorium the school had its weekly noontime Wednesday service for its students. At noon today that service will be going on for 9 days, 192 hours straight. Like happened in 1970, again God in his holy Spirit has decided to descend and rest on that campus and an awakening, a revival is taking place. A friend of mine John and I got up early this past Monday morning and drove the almost 5 hour trip from Madison to Wilmore, Ky to enter into the revival. We got to Asbury around 12:40pm and walked into Hughes Auditorium and into the presence of the Holy Spirit. A tangible sensing of the Holy presence of God enveloped us and we were caught up in the ongoing worship and prayer. I was “wrecked” by the presence and brought to tears at times. So beautiful to witness the hundreds of college-age young adults worshipping, hearing the testimonies shared and witnessing lives being changed. Listening to testimonies shared from people who like us were drawn to Asbury from Alabama, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, North Carolina, and numerous other states. The awakening is spreading.
Leaving Asbury around 9:00pm after an amazing 8+ hours of prayer and worship. John and I wish we could stay longer but we had the 5 hour drive back to Madison. When we left Hughes auditorium was filled to capacity. So they then also live streamed the gathering into Estes Chapel which is across the street at the seminary. That filled to capacity so they also live steamed it to McKenna Chapel. That filled to capacity so 150-200 people gathered on the steps outside and in the lawn. Around 2,000 people had be drawn to tine Wilmore by the Holy Spirit. TV news crews were setting up.
God’s presence is still moving, active, and alive today and falls on those who earnestly cry out to Him. All of us who are in Christ have the DNA of revival in each of us. A forest fire can burn through and ravage and destroy a whole forest. However the singe seed of a tree, that survived and is sprouting beneath the ashes, contains the DNA to re-grow a forest. In each of us is the DNA to revive and awaken our community.
This world, The Church, needs and awakening and movement of God. At 8:35pm Monday evening while I was raising my hands in prayer and worship witnessing the Holy movement of the Holy Spirit move through that campus and bless the students; at the same time on the campus of Michigan State a man was raised his hands with a gun in them and was killing college students and that campus was experiencing a movement of fear and evil. The Church needs to repent and awaken from its slumber and reclaim it’s cities for God! Darkness flees when lights come on. The presence of prayer and the goodness and love of God in His people drives out fear and evil, in Jesus’ name.
My family, I pray this morning each of you claims you have the DNA of a revival, an awakening, a movement of God in you! I claim YOU personally will cry out to God and begin a gathering of prayer in you home, your church, your community and lay the tracks of prayer for the Spirit of God to roll into. Please pray the same for me. God bless you my Friends!
Below I have attached some photos I took of the awakening in Wilmore. I have more photos and videos posted on my Facebook page and you can Youtube “Asbury Revival 2023 live steam” as well.
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