Any student of revival has studied the great Azusa Street Revival that was led by William J. ("Daddy") Seymour, a black one-eyed preacher. Seymour "had the funniest vocabulary," records John G. Lake, "but there were doctors, lawyers, and professors listening to the marvelous things coming from his lips. It was not what he said in words; it was what he said from his spirit to my heart that showed me he more of God in his life than any man I had ever met up with up to that time. It was God in him who was attracting people." (John G. Lake, Adventures in God, pp. 18-19).Thank God for our...

Let me set the scene of how many children's workers abandon their pursuit of revival. You've heard the word of the Lord and are convinced that God wants to pour out His Spirit upon your children's ministry. You've prayed and even fasted for this move of the Spirit. Time goes by and you are seeing little change. To make matters worse, some of the parents or even your staff are misinterpreting your pursuit. After a while, a new attitude sets in. Why fight the indifference. You begin to take the easy road of just picking a curriculum and providing a spiritual nugget each week and then send the...

I recently came across this prayer which concluded the sermon The Pentecostal Wind and Fire preached by the preacher's preacher, Charles Spurgeon, on September 18, 1881. This prayer summarizes my passion and desire."May God send us a season of glorious disorder! Oh for a sweep of wind that will set the seas in motion and make our ironclad brethren now lying so quietly at anchor to roll from stem to stern! As for us, who are as the little ships, we will fly before the gale if it will but speed us to our desired haven! Oh for fire to fall again—fire which shall affect the most stolid! This is...