Awesome Video: 1857 United States Revival Goes Global

2 Chronicles 7:14

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¹⁴ if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Hi,

If you are a Christian perhaps you've been saddened by some of the negative changes that have taken place in this country, and through-out the world over the last several decades.

Perhaps like me you long for a sweeping revival to take over this land...and return this nation to Godly principles, and the Godly Blessings that allowed the United States to prosper and thrive.

I just found an interesting video that describes a Christian "revival" that took place in 1857.

Begun as a business men's prayer meeting with only 6 in attendance it soon flooded across this nation until it was necessary to hold meetings out-doors to accommodate the mass of people wishing to attend.  And then revival began spreading around the world

God often uses difficulties to turn us to Him...and in 1857 it was no different.

The US had suffered through a devastating Stock Market crash and rumors of civil war between the states could be felt in the air.

It was against this background of turmoil...that God began moving in a mighty way.

Perhaps we can see this kind of revival once again in this wonderful nation.

I pray so!

2 Chronicles 7:19-22

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁹ “But if you turn away and forsake the decrees and commands I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them, ²⁰ then I will uproot Israel from my land, which I have given them, and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples. ²¹ This temple will become a heap of rubble. All who pass by will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ ²² People will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why he brought all this disaster on them.’”

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Gospel Music Video: Jimmy Swaggart - What Do Ya Know The Lord Accepted Me

At one time, televangelist Jimmy Swaggart drew huge audiences and was well known for his fiery gospel preaching...through-out the US if not the world.

Then some unfortunate scandals rocked his ministry...and some might say Jimmy compounded them by his subsequent actions...and his ministry disappeared (at least from my radar).

But in the last year his SonLife Network has begun broadcasting across the US.  When I first found it on on Channel 22.3 in Phoenix and saw Jimmy again I immediately thought of the scandals.

But then, as I wrote on this blog before (11-30-12), I remembered 1 John 2:19

 

¹⁹ They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

And so it appears Jimmy has remained a faithful during many years of exile from popularity (as I wrote above...at least as far as I've been aware of).

Born in 1935, Jimmy is 78 now, and like any one his age his face and body are showing the miles.  And in my opinion, close-ups on him reveal "sadness" burned into his face.

But the "evangelist" in him is still there, tirelessly doing his work for the Lord to this day.

One of the best things in my opinion about his ministry is the music.  It has a great old tent-revival, gospel sound...and his band and singers are some of the best I've seen.

So it might not come as a surprise, if you don't already know, that Jimmy has a musical pedigree and can claim both rock and roll piano legend Jerry Lee Lewis and country musician Mickey Gilley as cousins.

A while back I saw Jimmy performing a gospel song called "What Do Ya Know The Lord Accepted Me"...and recently I was reminded about it and found a version of it on YouTube you'll find below.

The beginning slowly winds up...so if you want to skip ahead to 1:30 or so...that's where the song heats up!

Hope Jimmy's music Blesses you!





John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Romans 5:8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.


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