DAILY FIRE: TYPICAL REVIVAL

TYPICAL REVIVAL  TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire" (Matthew 3:11).  DAILY FIRE! O Lord, send Your revival, and start the work in me.  The 18th century saw the birth of what has been called “evangelical Christianity,” although evangelical truths have always been woven into the tapestry of Christian faith. Evangelicalism arrived on the religious scene with extraordinary marks, and for nearly two centuries, powerful emotional and physical occurrences—such as prostration, anguish of soul, and outcries—were part of the responses that accompanied the new evangelism. Special times such as these are identified as “revival.”  Today, revivals are being idealized. They are considered to be God, and the Christian faith, at their peak. A revival atmosphere, in the classic sense, is sought as the sign of a God-blessed church. Some preachers minister as “revivalists”—itinerants fostering revival-type reactions, warmth and fire, in churches. A revival, such as is recorded in the work of Wesley, is taken as the answer to the ancient cry of the soul for God to come forth from the “hiding places of His power.” Israel cried out for God to display His reality by destroying their enemies…but now Christians cry out for God to draw them to Himself. The motivation is different—but “revival” is the desired response.  Taken from Daily Fire Devotional: 365 Days in God’s Word by Reinhard Bonnke. Copyright © 2015 by Reinhard Bonnke. Use by permission of Whitaker House. www.whitakerhouse.com

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