Jesus came with a revival in His time.
Jesus is the standard, in ministry, in life and in spirituality for the christian believer.
What is revival?
A revival in it's simplest form is amove of God.
Revive means to come alive.
There have been moves of God in divers places at different times that have been memorable.
The Welsh revival of 1904 was one of them. It was one of the greatest revivals ever.
What should we expect from revivals?
1) With revivals come restoration. Isaiah 38:16
2) With revivals come strength. Judges 15:18,19
3) With revivals come improvements. 1 Samuel 14:27
4) With revivals come life. John 14:6
5) With revivals come spiritual awakenings.John 8:32
6) With revivals come power. Acts 1:8
7) With revivals, signs, wonders and miracles can occur. Hebrews 2:3,4
8) With revivals come joy. Acts 8:5-8
All these and much more can occur during a move of God.
These all happened during the Welsh revival which God used a young man by the name Evan Roberts to start.
Evan Roberts was the man God used to set the whole of Wales on fire.
Any good thing we see in the ministry of Jesus is what a God inspired revival can offer.
The Welsh revival brought these things.
What was the nature of the Welsh revival?
1) Over 150,000 were converted and added to churches in Wales.
2) Lives were transformed and lifestyles changed.
3) Homes and families were healed.
4) It was a revival lasted for a year, but the impact of it is more far reaching.
5) Churches became packed and on fire with fervour and zeal
6) Within 9 months over 100,000 came to Jesus.
What triggered the Welsh revival?
It was triggered by young people who began to experience the reality of God's divine power.
There were teams of young people who travelled the country revolutionizing the churches. One of such teams was the team of Evan Roberts.
The revival in Wales came about by fervent prayer.
Prayer is the key to any and every revival there has been.
Fervent prayer and passionate singing were the major happenings during the Welsh revival. People found that when revival broke out in Wales they disregarded the clock, the didn't care about time.
This revival sparked spiritual fires in more than a dozen other countries.
Wales became known as the land of revival because there had been a previous revival of 1859 led by a revivalist called David Morgan.
Over 100,000 converts were added to the churches during that revival.
It's been noted that each revival in Wales has had its own special emphasis, distinctives and hymns that seem to sum up the experience of the move of God in the life of the nation
In 1735 there had been another revival in Wales known as the methodist revival. It flourished in England under the ministries of George Whitfield and John and Charles Wesley
Note: Not everyone understands the nature of revivals
Jesus is the standard, in ministry, in life and in spirituality for the christian believer.
What is revival?
A revival in it's simplest form is amove of God.
Revive means to come alive.
There have been moves of God in divers places at different times that have been memorable.
The Welsh revival of 1904 was one of them. It was one of the greatest revivals ever.
What should we expect from revivals?
1) With revivals come restoration. Isaiah 38:16
2) With revivals come strength. Judges 15:18,19
3) With revivals come improvements. 1 Samuel 14:27
4) With revivals come life. John 14:6
5) With revivals come spiritual awakenings.John 8:32
6) With revivals come power. Acts 1:8
7) With revivals, signs, wonders and miracles can occur. Hebrews 2:3,4
8) With revivals come joy. Acts 8:5-8
All these and much more can occur during a move of God.
These all happened during the Welsh revival which God used a young man by the name Evan Roberts to start.
Evan Roberts was the man God used to set the whole of Wales on fire.
Any good thing we see in the ministry of Jesus is what a God inspired revival can offer.
The Welsh revival brought these things.
What was the nature of the Welsh revival?
1) Over 150,000 were converted and added to churches in Wales.
2) Lives were transformed and lifestyles changed.
3) Homes and families were healed.
4) It was a revival lasted for a year, but the impact of it is more far reaching.
5) Churches became packed and on fire with fervour and zeal
6) Within 9 months over 100,000 came to Jesus.
What triggered the Welsh revival?
It was triggered by young people who began to experience the reality of God's divine power.
There were teams of young people who travelled the country revolutionizing the churches. One of such teams was the team of Evan Roberts.
The revival in Wales came about by fervent prayer.
Prayer is the key to any and every revival there has been.
Fervent prayer and passionate singing were the major happenings during the Welsh revival. People found that when revival broke out in Wales they disregarded the clock, the didn't care about time.
This revival sparked spiritual fires in more than a dozen other countries.
Wales became known as the land of revival because there had been a previous revival of 1859 led by a revivalist called David Morgan.
Over 100,000 converts were added to the churches during that revival.
It's been noted that each revival in Wales has had its own special emphasis, distinctives and hymns that seem to sum up the experience of the move of God in the life of the nation
In 1735 there had been another revival in Wales known as the methodist revival. It flourished in England under the ministries of George Whitfield and John and Charles Wesley
Note: Not everyone understands the nature of revivals
- There will be distractions and sometimes challenges to revivals.
- Some people will be confused by revivals.
- Some people will be frightened by revivals.
- Satan makes an effort to quench the spirit of revivals.
The distraction Evan Roberts faced in the form of wrong doctrines made the Welsh revival wane.He was deceived into believing the doctrines of a certain lady minister who many churches of that time found heretical. The Welsh revival of 1904- 1905 had this tragic twist to it.
Every minister has to look out, so as not to be distracted by the Jezebel spirit.
Olutosin Ogunkolade, a Teacher Pastor taughtfrom London UK.
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