The Spirit told us what to
do, by Cari Lawrence
Argentina Revival, by Guido Kuwas
Australian Reports
Global Reports
Baltimore Revival, by Elixabeth Moll Stalcup
Smithton Revival
Mobile Revival, by Joel Kilpatrick
Book Review: 2000 Years of Charismatic Christianity by
Eddie Hyatt
Editorial: White for harvest
Jesus said: "Open your eyes and look on the fields. They are white for harvest" (John 4:35). Jesus emphasised the point: "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Pray the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest field" (Matthew 9:37-35).
We can all do that. We can pray.
The greatest harvest for God's kingdom in all of history is being reaped right now. Also, more people than even in history are now obeying Jesus' command to pray for him to send workers into his harvest field.
What we see depends on where we look, and where we stand. Evil abounds; God's grace abounds even more. We may focus on the evil and the darkness, or on God's mighty deeds and the light, as in the couplet:
Two men looked through prison bars;
one saw mud, the other stars.
This issue of the Renewal Journal focuses on a little of the enormous harvest currently being reaped around the world. Much of this harvest is being reaped at great cost in personal sacrifice and even martyrdom. Often, the most faith-filled and faithful church is the church suffering persecution, precisely because of the persecution.
We live in a time of harvest. The fields are white, ready for harvest. One aspect of this growing harvest is the increase of revival around the world. Revival has many expressions, and varies from culture to culture. The constant elements of revival, however, remain the same everywhere, as summarised in 2 Chronicles 7:14 - God's people getting humble, praying, seeking God, repenting, and God moving in grace, forgiveness and power, bringing multitudes into his kingdom and healing brokenness in people's lives and in the community. God can do in a moment what we can never do with all effort.
As we look on the harvest we can all participate in vital ways:
We can ask God for a great harvest as we pray. Often. Alone. Together.
We can believe God. He is able to do far more than we can ask or think about.
We can commit our way to God who is the Lord of the harvest.
Global Reports
This issue of the Renewal Journal is full of stories of the current harvest. Two teenage girls in China saw astounding results in two years which they recount in their testimony "The Spirit told us what to do."
The Argentine Revival continues to reap untold thousands right now. Australian reports include stirrings of revival in the Kimberleys, and in the national expressions of reconciliation with Aborigines and the British. Accounts of individual churches
Renewal Journal #12: Harvest
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