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GOD IS DOING IT AGAIN! ASBURY UNIVERSITY CHAPEL AND BEYOND BREAKS OUT IN REVIVAL FEBRUARY 2023

God is doing it again! Asbury University Chapel Breaks Out in Revival February 2023, similar to what God did in 1970. It was the spark for revival in America in 1970! Let’s believe God for it being the spark for revival for America TODAY in 2023!

Update 02.03.23 on Asbury Revival. They are moving outside of the Asbury University Chapel and Campus to buildings off campus in hopes that it will continue to spread to college campuses around the nation, and the world. God is also sparking revival in the hearts of many around the nation and world. “This is God, GET IN!” were the first words that were spoken by Pastor John Kilpatrick at the Brownsville Revival Father’s Day 1995. This is the next level of God’s Glory Outpouring that will spark such a hunger in the heart of many that they will so aggressively run to God, if you get in their way, you’ll not stop them, but they will run over you. God is blowing His whistle and the harvest of the nations are gathering. Get Ready, get ready, get, get, get ready! This is God, GET IN!

The Asbury College Revival of 1970 was a pivotal moment in the history of American Christianity. It marked a resurgence of spiritual fervor on the campus of Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky and sparked a wave of revivals across the country. This revival is widely regarded as one of the most significant religious events of the 20th century, and its impact is still felt today.

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Asbury College, a small Methodist institution, was experiencing a period of spiritual drought in the late 1960s. The students and faculty were disillusioned and lacked a sense of purpose. However, all of that changed in the spring of 1970 when a revival broke out on the campus.

The revival began when a young man named Nick Dawson, a student at the college, experienced a profound spiritual transformation. He was filled with a deep love for God and a passion for sharing the gospel. Nick’s newfound zeal for the Lord was contagious, and soon other students were caught up in the excitement of the revival.

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One of the most significant outcomes of the Asbury College Revival was the renewed emphasis on the importance of personal spiritual experience. The revival challenged the traditional views of the church and inspired many to seek a deeper, more meaningful relationship with God. This revival also gave rise to the charismatic movement, which emphasized the power of the Holy Spirit and the importance of spiritual gifts in the life of the believer.

The Asbury College Revival of 1970 had a profound impact on American Christianity, and its legacy continues to inspire people around the world. Today, Asbury College is widely regarded as a birthplace of the modern revival movement, and its revival remains a source of inspiration and hope for countless people.

In conclusion, the Asbury College Revival of 1970 was a pivotal moment in the history of American Christianity. It marked a resurgence of spiritual fervor and sparked a wave of revivals across the country. Its impact is still felt today, and the legacy of this revival continues to inspire people to seek a deeper, more meaningful relationship with God.

We’ll it is looking like God is sparking the fires of revival again in America in February 2023, as He did in 1970.

When The Holy Spirit Comes HE TAKES OVER!

In the 1960’s and 1970’s God poured out His Spirit in a mighty and powerful way during a sovereign move of God that was known as the Jesus Movement. It seemed as if overnight, suddenly God moved. God spoke to Greg Lancaster, “It’s going to be the 1970’s again”. That next week after receiving that word from the Lord, America pulled out of Afghanistan just like what took place in the 1970’s when America pulled out from Vietnam. It was a confirmation of the word of the Lord. Despite the things that took place in the negative, God was doing some amazingly awesome things! Many people were overcome by the presence of the Lord as Jesus Christ was being revealed to thousands upon thousands. Jack Hollis was one of those men and he recently sat down with Greg to talk about his exciting journey of walking with the Lord.

God was moving so mightily, and so powerfully, that Jack would hold a weekend retreat and invite whoever would want to come. Nearly two hundred people would come and his wife, Shelly, would cook camp stew for everyone, which they all loved! During those moments of so many people gathering together, Jack would lead a few people to share testimonies of what the Lord was doing in their lives. One particular testimony involved two Methodist ministers that had been baptized in the Holy Spirit, but had never been water baptized. These two men brought other ministers down to see Jack. They had asked Jack to take them down to the nearby creek to be baptized in the water.

People were lined up in the water, waiting to be baptized. As Jack shares, “when I baptized them, when they come up, they would come up speaking in tongues. The one behind him, the next one up is looking at me with eyes this big, and I’d grab him and baptize him, and he’d come up speaking in tongues. It happened with all of them.” This is what God did in the Book of Acts when the Lord was moving upon ALL people, even to the surprise of Peter as he was sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Peter was a Jew and thought only Jews could be saved. Even after receiving a vision of the Lord that he didn’t understand, he was led to a Gentiles house to share the Gospel. Suddenly, it was the Holy Spirit that showed up mightily. If any Gentile doesn’t believe the baptism of the Holy Spirit, that’s what brought us all in!

Jack recalls how the Holy Spirit was moving mightily upon so many of those that were hungry for Holy Spirit when he was invited to teach Charismatic Bible in a Catholic Church in Panama City, FL each of the Charismatic references in the Bible. People were so hungry for this truth that Jack was invited to come back every week. After so many moments together of learning the Word of God, a lady came up to Jack expressing how many ladies were having difficulty seeing Mary, the mother of Jesus as being a part of this. As Jack recalls, “you know this upper room experience they had, where they all spoke with tongues? All the women are nodding their heads in agreement as Jack is bringing their attention to this important moment. “Mary was up there. She was in the middle of that” he continued. “They all just grinned from ear to ear and took off!” It’s so important to remember that this is what the Lord does. As Greg points out, “when the Holy Spirit comes down, He breaks all the dividing walls that men create and all the division. And He says, ‘I love everybody, and I want everybody to filled with My Spirit’, and when He does that, He takes over”.

Recalling the powerful work of the Holy Spirit in his life, Jack recalls a time when he was gathering at an old TV shop for a few years. One fateful day, a particular lawyer in town came up to him. “I just wanted you to know that me and [two other lawyers], we have been trying to put you out of business, behind your back, for two years and we can not make one inch of headway. And we just want you to know that we’re leaving you alone.” Jack didn’t have a clue that they were even doing that at all! This is what God does. As Greg shares, “God definitely protects us from a lot of things.”

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Testimony of Jack Hollis Birthed in the Jesus Movement

In the 1960’s and 1970’s God poured out His Spirit in a mighty and powerful way during a sovereign move of God that was known as the Jesus Movement. It seemed as if overnight, suddenly God moved. God spoke to Greg Lancaster, “It’s going to be the 1970’s again”. That next week after receiving that word from the Lord, America pulled out all of their military forces from Afghanistan just like what took place in the 1970’s when America pulled out from Vietnam. It was a confirmation of the word of the Lord. Despite the things that took place in the negative, God was doing some amazingly awesome things! Many people were overcome by the presence of the Lord as Jesus Christ was being revealed to thousands upon thousands. Jack Hollis was one of those men and he recently sat down with Greg to talk about his exciting journey of walking with the Lord.

Jack Hollis vividly remembers that moment when the Spirit of God was moving through Marianna, Florida and he recognized it was the Lord. “This great powerful move of the Holy Ghost was going around. All of a sudden, in the late 60’s…and some of that great wave of the Holy Ghost came down to Marianna, Florida. And when that flood came through here, I looked at it and nobody was getting in. I went in and dove in, head first. We just told God then we’ll do whatever you want to do.” Jack doesn’t forget where he was when the Lord found him, as he highlights the importance of giving thanks the Lord. He was an alcoholic for 7 years, to which he almost lost his son and wife, he points out. “But when the Holy Ghost came to me in the middle of the night, and revealed Christ to me, I mean I got born again right there.” Jack recalls that fateful night lying in bed when he heard something in the bedroom. Not knowing what it was, he pulled his pistol that was under his pillow and drew the light on just as fast as he could. When he looked at where the sound came from, nothing was there. “You talk about weird, I felt weird.” Wanting to get away from whatever that was, he went and sat in the living room on the couch. It was at that moment that Jack realized what just happened. “I just honest to goodness realized that it was Him. It was a revelation.” It was the Lord Jesus Himself!

From that moment, Jack knew he had to make a decision, and he responded to the Lord. Burying his face in a nearby chair, he started talking to the Lord right then and there. “I’ve failed everything I’ve tried to do. And if I’m gonna fail at this, don’t take me. Don’t even, just leave me alone. If you’re gonna walk through it with me, I’ll do anything you tell me to do.” It was only a matter of time before Jack started hearing and learning about the Holy Spirit and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. Jack wanted that in his life. He took his tongue in his fingers and said to the Lord, “this is yours and you do whatever you want to do”. There was such a hunger for the Holy Spirit in his life and he was baptized in the Holy Spirit. In those days there was such an overwhelming hunger for the presence of God. As Jack shares, this is what God is doing our present day. What the Lord did in the 1970’s, He is doing again. “The 70’s was years of hunger.” What’s important to remember is that just as the Lord was moving mightily, so was the devil. Jack talks about how the enemy was doing all he could to fill the void anywhere God’s presence was not. “Satan was filling this void of hunger. Witchcraft and everything. You could go anywhere and get into a seance, or whatever else. It was everywhere.” Jack continues to talk about the importance of choosing what you decide to fill a void that presents itself. “When you have a void, somebody, something is going to fill it and God has made the offer. God doesn’t push Himself on anybody. You just open your mouth and I’ll fill it. You just open your mouth and I’ll fill em’. Open your heart and I’ll fill it. Open your hunger up and fill a table before you.” As he talks about Psalm 23, Jack talks about the importance of recognizing how the Lord prepares a table before us. “I do the Psalms a little bit different, He prepares a table before me. Period…then He says, ‘in the presence of my enemies He anoints my head with oil and my cup runs over’”. As Jack points out, the Lord puts us in front of our enemies to fight AFTER He prepares a table for us.

Jack recalls how people were coming to the Lord and the revelation of the Lord was coming instantly to people that were being saved. While he was in a Bible school, he couldn’t help but share the exciting testimonies with others of what the Lord was doing. Surprisingly, not everyone wanted to hear about the Lord. Even at a Bible school. He was shocked to hear the ultimatum that he was given by a handful of religious leaders. “If you want to keep your ordination with us, you have got to quit preaching in Pentecostal churches; quit talking about Pentecost; you’re gonna have to renounce speaking in tongues.” It was a simple response for Jack. “In order for me to be what you’re saying for me to be, I’ve got to quit being what I am.” He even asked to clarify if that is what they were asking of him. He knew he couldn’t, nor would he do that. “I don’t want to be identified with something that rejects the thing that actually gave me more love for Christ, and more understanding of the Bible, more boldness to preach the truth. Why would I throw that away in order to learn three points and a poem?” Jack’s son laughingly recalls that moment as the day he was “de-ordained”.

Jack talks about his decision to choose another pastor, Tyler Ford, to take his place of head pastor. With his iconic hilarious sense of humor, Jack points out that Tyler is 6’ 4”, while he is 5.3”. “I wanted a man that I could look up to.” He highlights that Tyler originally was a Baptist and understands there are differences between Baptists and Charismatics. “It’s quite a change to go from that to a Charismatic Pastor.” Jack knew that the Lord was doing something, and he was following however the Lord was leading. “We’re changing leaders here because God wants to change something in the ministry. You need to get out of the box. You need to get out of the box.” Tyler didn’t exactly understand what Jack was sharing with him as he quickly responded, “how did you get out of the box so easy?” Jack said, “Tyler, they dumped me out of the box”. Jack continues to share about the memorable moment when he appointed Tyler to take over leadership. Tyler was instantly shocked and reminded Jack of all the reasons why he’s not the best suited for that responsibility. “You realize, first of all, that I’m a Baptist, second of all that I’ve got an artificial valve in my heart; I’m a diabetic, and I just had a defibrillator put under my arm…” Jack stopped him and reminded him what mattered most. “I don’t need to know all that. The One that created and re-created all that, knows all that. And that’s all that matters. And He’s the one that put you on my heart.” Jack continued to encourage Tyler with these words. “You’re in for a ride now, so go ahead a get a good grip.” Interestingly enough, those words are indicative to the sticker Jack used to have on the dash of his old truck, “Shut Up. Sit Down. Hold On.”

Jack points out that’s what we all need, for Holy Spirit to just get a good grip on each of us. This is the truth that we need to be teaching our children, to our churches, that most are not hearing about. This is so vitally important to remember, because it was this very topic of the Holy Spirit that many were saying needs to be stopped, which was part of the Time Magazine article written in 1968, “Is God Dead?” Little did they know, three years later, the same Magazine would be dedicating their front cover to Jesus Christ and The Jesus Revolution.

As Jack Hollis is sharing these exciting stories of the Lord, behind him, In the background, is an aged photo of dozens upon dozens of people gathered together in front of a small building. Jack describes how he was sharing the Gospel at Troy University that resulted in some of the people coming to the Lord. Two weeks later, Jack was invited to come again to this small little abandoned school house, and thirty people came to the Lord. Through all the faithful obedience to the Lord, his wife Shelly has faithfully been married for 58 ½ years and been by his side through all these years. He was once a man that drove 100+ mph anywhere he went, now his heart has been so softened by the Lord that he’s unable to even take the life of an animal in the sport of hunting.

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Christmas season is filled with exciting moments and times as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We can be walking through department stores and nodding our heads, listening to the Christmas music broadcasted in these stores, but do we listen to the lyrics in these songs. Many of the songs are joyfully declaring the exciting moment that we are celebrating while some lyrics are talking about sharing “figgy pudding” with each other and a “drummer boy.”

What exactly is figgy pudding? Did you know it’s a real British dish that people would eat? According to USA Today, “is traditionally made with suet (which is raw beef or mutton fat), eggs, brown sugar, breadcrumbs, spices, dried fruits and, last — but certainly not least — brandy”. Not to be confused with bread pudding, which according to some local sources, there is a premiere of bread pudding available in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Unfortunately, it said to costs $14.00 per slice and one hundred dollars at the gym to burn it all off. Reportedly. The next time you start singing about figgy pudding, now you know what it is.

Greg was freshly saved, having given his life to the Lord Jesus. He was so excited about the Lord and wanted to learn everything he could about Him especially at Christmas when we celebrate the Birth of our Lord. He was listening to a song and having “a moment” of astonishment that there was a drummer boy that showed up at the time of Jesus birth. The song says, ‘the boy had nothing to give to Jesus, but he did have a drum and that he would play his drum for Jesus.’ He was so amazed, so he went right away to look into the Bible to see more about this “drummer boy.’ After much research, “reading”, and looking through references books he was shocked to find out, there is no drummer boy! Yet, it’s a good song and tells the story that it’s not about what we give as a gift to our Lord, but that we do give what we can, what we have, to Him for His glory.

Humor Moment: Is it a Copyright Infringement Name Your Child Luke Skywalker?

It is such a beautiful and celebratory moment to find out that someone is having a baby. When you find out you’re having a baby, immediately the ideas start to come as to what you are going to name the baby. Greg shares how he was recently in a local business and had a conversation with someone who shared that they named their baby “Skyler”. As the conversation continued, Greg learned the baby’s middle name was “Lucas”. After thinking about it for a moment, a connecting the two names together, Greg instantly knew: STAR TREK! Star Trek, or Star Wars, aren’t they the same thing? We’re kidding. Only to confirm his thoughts when the mother tells him that Star Wars is the baby’s father’s favorite movie. Now that’s a fan for sure!

What Does HARK! Really mean? What were the Angels Harkening?

In this exciting season of celebrating Christmas, joyful music is in the air. Many may casually hum along, walking through department stores, completing their Christmas shopping, but do we pay attention to the lyrics of these Christmas songs? Have you ever actually listened to the lyrics of “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”? Sometimes, we can be humming along and not even realize what is playing in our midst. What exactly does “hearken” mean? According to Dictionary.com, it means listen. Angels are calling attention to all those present because they are delivering a message. Luke 2:8-13 reveals what this exciting message is,

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them,

“Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.””

Think about this! Imagine you are a shepherd just quietly going about your life, tending your sheep, in the middle of the fields, at night, and suddenly the heavens rip open. This something that not only you’ve been doing for all your life, but generations before you had done. It’s at that point we all figure we got this thing figured out. What can and cannot happen. Yet, all they knew was about to be shown to be very little. The night’s sky rips open showing angels harkening. What was once a dark night, where the stars of heaven could clearly be seen, now the entire sky is emblazoned with the glory of God emanating from the angelic host that is now declaring a message directly to you! This is what we are celebrating this moment! There was 400 years of silence from the voice of God. BUT SUDDENLY! This is what The Chosen declared in their phenomenal rendition of this very moment when the shepherds in the field were awestruck at the Good News that was being declared to them.

We take it so lightly when we sing a nice Christmas song. This was a momentous occasion! God had sent His angels to declare to the world that His Son, Jesus Christ, who takes away the sins of the world, had just been born! Now THAT is headline news! He lived a sinless life, He was tempted in every way, but didn’t sin. He was crucified for our sins so that we could have a relationship with God the Father! This is what John 3:16 is all about! “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” Don’t be surprised when you see darkness increasing across the land in America. Satan understands that his time is getting short and he is doing all that he can to distract people from the Good News of Jesus Christ. Remember, Jesus is coming back! There is going to be an appearing in the sky when Jesus calls His Church home, into heaven, to be with Him, FOREVER! THIS IS GOOD NEWS! THIS IS WHAT CHRISTMAS IS ALL ABOUT! If you want to know more about God and find out how you can know Jesus as your Lord and Savior, go to Know God. We have wonderful things waiting for you there that will bless you on your adventure to Know God.

The Great Resignation! ‘38% of Pastors Have Thought About Quitting Ministry’ says Barna Group as Gross Darkness Is Increasing in the Land

It doesn’t take long to look around the daily events happening in our world in order to recognize that gross darkness is taking place. It’s getting darker and darker as each day passes. This is why we are here right now, talking to you on the Greg Lancaster Show, to bring light to you, and encourage you. God has called those who follow Jesus as their Lord to be the Light of the World. We’re even called “Children of the Light.” The darker things get, the brighter you, as a believer, get. Be sure not to catch yourself screaming at the darkness, instead of Lighting a candle and “being the Light” that Kings will come to. We knew this day was coming and now it’s here. This is a moment in time when we have to recognize and ask ourselves the question, “was God the God of someone else’s life, or is He God of my life?” “Am I serving darkness while claiming to be “the Light, which God showed Greg in a prophet dream?” This is an important eternal question for us to ask. Everyone is feeling this pressure upon them. Even pastors.

According to a recent study conducted by the Barna Group, “38% of pastors have thought about quitting full-time ministry in the past year.”

This is a staggering reality. Remember, pastors are people too. They feel the same pressures you’re feeling. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and governments over reaching response, is causing many to suddenly walk away from their jobs, which is being known as the “The Great Resignation”. We’re seeing Pastors walk away from their churches, shepherds walking away from their sheep. We understand the heaviness of this hour, but DON’T QUIT!

David Kinnaman, President and CEO of Barna Group, highlights the reality that pastors are feeling the same effects that many millions around the nation are feeling as well, and how the pandemic has caused many Christians to walk away from their churches. ‘During and after the pandemic, about a third of Christians, practicing Christians disengaged, from their congregation, just sort of stopped showing up.’ As CBN News reports from this same study, “4,000 churches closed in 2020 and 20,000 pastors left the ministry”. In addition to those staggering realities, “50% of pastors say they would leave the ministry if they had another way of making a living.” If the difficulties of these days are not enough, many are also experiencing the troubles and divisions of the heightened opinions regarding the vaccines and mask mandates.

Do you feel like there is a constant heaviness of demonic, oppressive, sad, weight upon you? You are not alone. Everyone is feeling this right now. It’s a demonic strategy of the adversary. What we are witnessing is a demonic strategy to keep people constantly changing the popular narrative, to create their desire outcome, which is division, polarization. It’s Rules for Radicals. People are trying to define success in this present environment where the very definition of success is constantly changing. There is no “finish line” in this current demonic happening, outside of turning to Jesus. As Marshall Ganz says, “Community organizers have to be well-integrated schizoids.” Someone who has schizophrenia is someone who has lost their mind. This isn’t a logical argument. God is not limited by the presence of increasing darkness in the land. In the 1970’s, the Lord poured out His Spirit sovereignly upon an entire generation and a nation. He is about to do it again! There were horrific tragedies taking place in the 1970’s. Rebellion was everywhere. What is different about today? If you’re feeling all these things taking place, don’t put your focus on this life. Focus on the Lord! Just as the Lord moved right in the middle of darkness and tragic headlines in the 1970’s, He can and He is about to do it AGAIN! GET READY! As the old hymn says “Turn your eyes upon Jesus and the things of this world will grow strangely dem” including man’s feeble attempt to remove the knowledge of God from the earth.

“GAZILLIONS” of Hippies on the Beaches Flock to Beach Preacher & Listen for Hours! The Jesus Revolution! Part 10

During the 1970’s, horrific tragedies were taking place across the nation as the daily news cycle and media were declaring continual calamities and heartbreak. Interest rates were steadily climbing, ultimately peaking in 1981 at the highest they had every been in our nation. Gas lines would stretch for miles. The Vietnam War was taking place. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. It was as if increasing darkness was over an entire nation. BUT GOD! It was during these realities and events that the Lord poured out His Spirit sovereignly upon an entire generation that ultimately swept across the entire nation. This was the Jesus Movement! God did it then and He is about to do it AGAIN!

Can you feel the same oppressive heaviness in the land today? Everybody is feeling it. You are not alone. It’s a demonic strategy of the adversary because he knows his time is running out and the Lord is about to do great and mighty things again in such a holy and powerful way that it will dwarf what took place in the Jesus Movement. Pastor Jeff Johnson of Calvary Chapel Downey shares how the Lord touched an entire generation. “The Lord just chose, for this time, to pour out His Spirit upon this troubled youth”. David Guzik, Pastor of Calvary Chapel Santa Barbara shares how the Lord moved upon Chuck Smith, founder of Calvary Chape, to be the catalyst that would reach these young people. “What Pastor Chuck did was he brought these lives that were being changed in this outpouring of God, that is often being called The Jesus Movement, and he really connected them to church.” It’s incredibly important to understand how many perceived what the “Church” was and how Chuck Smith helped people overcome mindsets. Pastor Guzik continues, “Many expressions of the Jesus Movement were ‘anti church’.  They were sort of ‘anti-establishment’, but Chuck brought these lives that were being changed and he really brought them into the Church, and he really brought them into ministry.  He brought all the fruit down to the place simple enough to where we could receive it.” Nobody had in mind what the Lord was about to do, or what He was doing. Not even the hippies who were being drawn to the Lord Jesus Christ knew what God was doing. Only the Lord did! No man or religion could have worked up a sovereign move of God like this. It was the power of the Holy Spirit!

When we truly begin to understand that God loves us and has a plan for each and every one of us, and that begins to impact our hearts, there’s no telling what the Lord will do in our lives. It’s not about religion. It’s not about

working something up or living a life of works in hopes of being acceptable before God. That’s exhausting and that’s not what God has called us to. That’s why He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, into the world. The Lord knew we couldn’t do it, so He sent His Son to live the perfect life FOR US! God never wanted you to live a life full of defeated mindsets. He called you to live full of liberation and freedom!

Pastor John Henry Corcoran, of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, was one of those hippies that was radically touched in the sovereign move of God during the Jesus Movement. As he remembers, “Gazillions of hippies crawled off the beaches of Southern California to come and listen to God’s Word being proclaimed by Pastor Chuck Smith.” There was such a hunger in the air to learn about Jesus Christ that people would listen attentively for hours. Pastor Corcoran continues, “the studies would go on for over two hours. He’d teach the Bible for hours.” These were the people that society deemed to be the least likely that could be brought to the Lord. But God had other plans. How could these people who were anti-establishment, anti-government, anti-God, be so hungry to learn and listen to the teachings of the Word of God for hours? IT’S GOD!

This is what it looks like when people are hungry for God! What is the number one sign of a healthy baby when they are born? They are hungry! You don’t have to remind them to eat! They are eating all day long! If this is true in the natural sense, would it be any different in the spiritual sense when someone is born again in Christ? Chuck Smith declared the simple truths of the Gospel: the Cross, the Blood, the Kingdom of God, repentance, sin and salvation. When people are hungry for God, just share the truth of the Good News of Jesus Christ and watch Holy Spirit convict hearts and draw people to Himself. When a sovereign move of God comes, it’s not going to be like it is now. Distractions and drudgery is everywhere in this present environment. When the Lord pours out His Spirit sovereignly, HE IS THE TOPIC. HE IS THE SUBJECT. ALWAYS. EVERYWHERE. When we begin to get a sense of what that looks like we suddenly realize the incredible urgency of preparing now so that we can be a part of what the Lord is doing. Are you preparing now?

A sovereign move of God will take everyone by surprise if you’re not ready for it. This is exactly what happened on Father’s Day 1995 at Brownsville Assembly of God, in Pensacola, FL. Evangelist Steve Hill was preaching that day on the Wonders of the Lord for Pastor John Kilpatrick. As Steve Hill was talking to everyone who was listening, every one is attendance was already referring to previous messages, thinking this was just another day. But everything changed when Steve Hill started praying. The presence started increasing, gradually, more and more, and there was sudden awareness God was here. Pastor John Kilpatrick declared, “GET IN! THIS IS GOD!” Imagine you knowing that God is coming, and you can take this time now to prepare for this great sovereign coming move of God! This is that! GET READY! GET READY! GET READY! GOD IS ABOUT TO DO IT AGAIN!

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HUMOR MOMENT: Marine Defeated by Box of Cereal

We are so incredibly grateful for our men and women servicemembers who lay down their lives to fight for and defend our nation. They selflessly stand in the gap against our nation’s enemies. But what about a box of cereal? In this humorous moment, Greg reminds Steve of the humbling moment of how he began one fateful morning, like every other morning, preparing breakfast and eating his breakfast at his kitchen table. As Steve recounts it, he recalls making his bowl of cereal and setting it on his high-top kitchen table, and attempting to sit in a high top barstool type chair. “I just went to sit down, and I twerked just the wrong way… and AHHH UHHHH…I like pulled a muscle or something in my lower back”, and that was it. He was down for the count. Who would have thought? Attempting to enjoy a bowl a cereal, and now he’s on the floor, in the fetal position, in excruciating pain. What has the training of our military forces come to? Is this really America’s finest fighting force! The good news though, he had eggs for breakfast this morning, and he got rid of the high-top barstool chairs.

HUMOR MOMENT: The Dangers of Changing Your Eye Contact While Driving

Have you ever had the luxury of enjoying a casual cruise in a travel destination part of the world? Every part of the cruise, from the food to the sights and entertainment is top notch. The interesting part of the living quarters on the cruise is that every time you leave your room someone is there to tidy up your room and place another interestingly folded towel in the shape of some random animal. This random folded and contorted towel-animal is exactly what Greg felt like when he was driving down the road and one of his contacts suddenly decided to contort itself into a folded towel-animal while it was still IN HIS EYE. Not exactly the best of scenarios to find yourself in while driving. Even after pulling off on the side of the side of the road to adjust his contact, he kept having problems with his contact lens! What’s the point of contact lenses anyways? Greg decides to simply take it out of his eye and flick it to the floor. NOW HE CAN’T SEE OUT OF ONE EYE! The realization suddenly dawns on Greg, I NEED THAT TO SEE! Now he’s driving on the freeway with one eye squinted shut. All of this was taking place as he was headed towards a barbeque at the local sheriff’s office, as Greg was a former Escambia County Sherriff’s Deputy. Arriving at the barbeque, he is talking with the chief deputy exchanging a phone number. Suddenly Greg is reminded again of the importance of having BOTH contact lenses because he couldn’t even read his own phone to put the number in. He was so grateful that his nephew, Patrick McGlothren, was able to be there at this crucial hilarious moment!

IT WAS A SOVEREIGN MOVE OF GOD! The Jesus Movement Part 8

In the 1970’s, The Lord powerfully poured out His Spirit across the nation of America in such a mighty way that it was known as The Jesus Movement to many who witnessed it. This mighty move of God had such a tremendous impact that its effects are still being felt in America and across the nations of the world to this day. Charles Simpson was one of those who not only witnessed The Jesus Movement, but he was a part of it. Those who were in the world knew it was The Jesus Movement, but those who were in the Lord at that time, knew it as The Charismatic Renewal Movement. It’s one thing to have an opinion about something that happened, but it’s another reality to sit down and listen to those who actually experienced it. Greg was so incredibly grateful to be able to sit down with Charles Simpson and hear his perspective of what the Lord did during those unforgettable moments. As a spiritual father to Greg, Ken Sumrall talks about those moments when he was “compelled by the Lord” as when “God grabs you by the scruff of the neck and says, ‘you better do this thing’”. That’s exactly how Greg felt to have that meeting with Charles Simpson. It was so crucially important. After Greg was able have this incredibly interview with Charles Simpson, the Lord spoke to Greg in a dream and said, “It’s going to be the 1970’s again”. Initially he was very sad about that reality because many of the events that transpired in the 1970’s were horrific. But, amidst those moments, it was a powerful, sovereign move of God.

So what does it look like when a sovereign move of God begins to manifest in your nation? God begins to get a hold of people in all walks of life, even professional baseball players. When Albie Pearson was young, he went to Aimee Semple McPherson’s Four Square Church. As he got older, he was a professional baseball player for three different teams. During that time he was the short MLB player. While on an active MLB roster, the Lord speaks to Albie, “you can never play another game for another team, you’re on My Team”. When recalling the tremendous testimonies of the Jesus Movement, Bill Johnson and Lou Engle recount this incredible story. Albie didn’t realize just how significant that moment was as he still decided to play the next game. As Lou Engle shares, “he slides into third base and breaks his back.” You can imagine the excruciating pain that Albie Pearson is experiencing at this moment. The Lord speaks to Albie again, “they’re going to come to your door, sovereignly, to pray”. Hippies just started coming to Albie’s door to pray over and over. As Lou Engle describes it, “it was sovereign evangelism by God”. This is what a sovereign move of God looks at. All these years later Albie Pearson is still ministering for the Lord with the Father’s Heart Ranch. So many people are used to toting heavy water in their daily routine of drudgery. Sometimes you have to do that, but not when a sovereign move of God.

As the story goes, Bob Weiner was one of those young men who was sovereignly led by the Spirit of God to show up at Albie Pearson’s door to pray for him. Just as how the Lord moved in Albie Pearson’s life, the Lord did the same in Bob Weiner’s life as he is still ministering for the Lord today. Bob Weiner founded Maranatha Campus Ministries, with over 150 campuses, and has trained over 50,000 youth in Russia for ministry. He is known for a rapid church planting movement. When people were coming to the Lord so incredibly, he would point people to be water baptized in bathtubs! When God moves suddenly, and powerfully, like He did in the Jesus Movement, the “way church was done” just goes out the window. What God did and what God is about to do again isn’t going to fit into a building.

The stunning reality about this sovereign move of God is how easy it was to share the Gospel. This is not the time to write a book about one’s ministry’s efforts. Instead, you’re just trying to survive it. Bill Johnson and Lou Engle recount the testimonies of The Jesus Movement and describe it with these words; “The most stunning result, or manifestation in the Jesus People Movement was the conversions and how easy it was to get people saved. You could almost, you know, “Mary had a little lamb or something, and people would just want to know Jesus.” Bill Johnson continues to describe the tangible atmosphere of this move of the Lord. “It was in the air. It was people just had an awareness of their need for God.” It doesn’t matter how well intentional our efforts to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We always have to remember that it’s only by the Spirit of the Lord that God draws people to Himself. When God’s Spirit is poured out upon the entire land, people can easily get saved. This is so powerful!

In those days, people would stand on the side of the road, sticking out their thumbs looking for someone to pick them up and give them a ride to wherever they wanted to go. It was called hitchhiking. It was commonplace. Bill Johnson continues to talk about how hitchhikers would encounter the Gospel everywhere they went. “There was this presence where they knew they needed God.” After Bill Johnson shared the Gospel to one hitchhiker, he left and went an hour North only to hear someone else share the same encouraging message of Jesus to him. “Everywhere I go people want to tell me about Jesus. So, he got saved, you know, an hour North of here. It was just that era. It was just an amazing period of time.” This is incredibly powerful. Can you imagine an atmosphere that is so tangibly impregnated with the presence of the Lord, that any mention of Him causes people to immediately recognize their desperate eternal need to have Him in their hearts and lives? It’s important to remember that we also cannot fall to the religious lie that we’re the one doing it. It’s only by the Holy Spirit.

Founder of International House of Prayer-Kansas City, Mike Bickle, went through a time in his younger years while at University of Missouri, where he felt it was his duty to minister to 10 people every day. One particular night while laying in bed, he realized that he only witnessed to 9, so he stomped out his dorm room and told one more person before heading back to bed. It’s not like that. It’s God Himself that draws people to Himself. On the flip side, we can also see how a culture is affected when there is a lack of the Spirit of God moving upon an entire generation. Looking around today, where is the Presence of God? Where is the oil? When the Holy Spirit is not moving, we can clearly see the results of not having a Sovereign Move of God. Across all areas of culture, there is an increasingly noticeable presence of darkness in the land. There’s a demonic move of darkness moving over the globe. If you don’t think is effecting the Church, think again. In a recent Barna Group Study, nearly 50% of pastors said they would leave pastoring if they could find another vocation. Truth of the matter is, the ministry is not a vocation. These are God’s people. We cannot simply leave them when things get difficult and trying.

This is exactly how it was in the 1960’s and approaching the 1970’s. It was a real difficult environment. There was immense tragedy taking place in our nation. Suddenly, God began to pour out His presence and that was the only thing that people were looking for! During the days of The Jesus Movement, Kathryn Kuhlman was a woman who was anointed mightily by the Spirit of the Lord to share the Gospel. She was so committed to share the Gospel to as many as she could encounter, that she would sleep in chicken coups in order to do whatever it took to be where she needed to be. She recognized that she was witnessing and a part of a sovereign move of God.

During those days, Kathryn Kuhlman also had her own television show where she would share the Gospel and interview people. On one particular episode, she was talking with Chuck Smith, founder of Calvary Chapel, and a spiritual father to many thousands of young people who were coming to Christ in the Jesus Movement. While many across the nation were witnessing this sudden presence of God was taking the nation of America by surprise, people thought it was a “fad”. It was this particular opinion that Kathryn Kulman asks Chuck Smith about, “and millions are wondering whether it’s just a fad, or whether they’re just on another kick.” As Chuck Smith replies, “If it is a fad, it began, like I said, 2,000 years ago you know.” Chuck Smith continues to talk about the indescribable testimony of what the Lord was doing in their midst.

“The beauty, the glory of the whole experience as the beaches just lined with thousands of people singing the choruses and praising the Lord, then walking out into the water and bearing the pass, and then when they realize that all of the past is gone; that it’s all been buried, that God has absolutely nothing against them. The slate is clean. It’s a brand-new life now with Jesus. Not only that, even as the Spirit descended upon Jesus after His baptism, their hearts are open and they just receive the power of God’s Spirit to live that new life that the Lord wants them to live. And it’s indescribable.”

If we have any question about the fruit of Chuck Smith’s life, all we have to do is look at the many who are still faithfully serving the Lord today. Chuck Smith was a man that loved people and he loved the Word of God. It was the Word of God that strictly taught from when sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with people. This was definitely not a fad! Isnt’ it amazing how quickly people can become critical of a precious move of God!

We cannot be caught up in being critical of such a mighty move of God. People who were hippies one day, burning their draft cards and throwing Molotov cocktails at police one day, were being radically saved by the power of the Holy Spirit and following Jesus Christ in the Kingdom of God the next day. God is still the same, yesterday, today, and forever. “It’s going to be the 1970’s again”. When we look at America, and the nations of the world, do we not see the same spirit of rebellion marching in the streets today burning down buildings? If God did it then, He is fully able to do the same thing again in our generation. Those in Antifa today, can be walking with Jesus Christ in the Kingdom of God tomorrow! Can you see it! Do you believe God for it? God can do these miraculous things IN A DAY!

Chuck Smith was a spiritual father to so many in this generation. This is what Paul was writing about in 1 Corinthians 4:15-17, “Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. Therefore I urge you to imitate me. For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.” When Kathryn Kuhlman interview Chuck Smith on her show, she highlights how so many people waste their lives on insignificant things. But, for Chuck, he poured himself into an entire generation, “literally thousands and thousands of teenagers call you Daddy Chuck”. This is so beautiful! Chuck Smith was such a beautiful man to imitate. You want to live your life under someone that continually teaches the Word of God.

Chuck Smith talks about his journey in The Jesus Movement by recalling the days when they had to move to a new building due to the increasing size of the crowds, and while preaching the Gospel hippies just started to come in and sit on the floor, listening to his message. “I was there teaching and suddenly things got real quiet and I looked up, and here were all of these young hippies coming in and sitting on the floor”. What was so beautiful about these moments is how these new incoming hippies started showing up to help with whatever building project was taking place under Chuck Smith’s leadership. At first, he didn’t have the best perspective of these hippies. As he describes it, “my attitude was, dirty hippies, why don’t get a bath, go out and get a job and make something of their lives… you’d see them stoned, on drugs, and so forth and I had a very negative reaction towards all of that”. Interestingly enough, it was his wife, Kay Smith, whose heart was soft and broken towards these hippies. It was her brokenness towards these hippies that started to soften Chuck Smith’s heart towards them as well. You see, Chuck and Kay had their own kids who were the same ages as these hippies in their community. If they didn’t reach them for Christ, their kids could easily end up in the crowds of hippies that they were seeing in their streets.

Kay Smith would insist on driving to the beach with Chuck so that they could reach these hippies. Upon arriving at the beach, Chuck would be grumbling, sitting in the car next to his wife. “I would be mumbling about, ‘why don’t they make something of their lives, dirty kids and all’, and I’d turn over, and she’d be weeping”. Their daughter was reminded of her mother’s desire to want to know why these hippies were living the way that they were. One instance, she headed to the Laguna Beach Hotel, to leave their children in the car, in order to share the Gospel with some hippies. “It was the Holy Spirit that put this on my mom’s heart. She began to pray and God began to answer her prayer, and started bringing these hippies into the Church”. Chuck Smith began to notice what the Lord was doing in their midst and he made up his mind to follow the Lord in whatever he was doing. As their daughter recalls Chuck’s words, “I didn’t want to direct the Holy Spirit. I just wanted to find out how the Holy Spirit was moving and get in the boat, and move with Him.” This is what it’s all about. There was such a brokenness for these young people to know the love of Jesus, and to reach them with the Gospel. Chuck Smith began to understand what these young people were looking for, and he had the answer. “Their search was for love and their search was for peace, and what better message than the message of Christ. It’s a message of love. It’s a message of peace. And so they just took to it, you know like ducks taking to water…” In order for the lost to come to Jesus, we have to go out and be amongst those who don’t know Him so that they can hear and know of the One who does love them. Maybe the Lord is going to move in such a sovereign, and powerful way, that is going to remove the veil of darkness that is over their eyes so that they can see and understand their need for Jesus!

Can you imagine how many souls would have been lost in that generation if Kay Smith had not cried out to the Lord for His burden for the young people in their own hometown? Because she cried out, thousands upon thousands of souls came to Christ, and are still walking with the Lord today. We have to have God’s heart for the lost in our generation. Imagine how many souls can be impacted in our generation if we cry out to God, and ask Him to break our hearts and give us His burden for today’s generation. If we have to lean in and push through the wounds that we may have experienced in this life.

Greg recalls being at a unity meeting where pastors were talking about coming together in unity. While the meeting was taking place, Greg asked the question, “wasn’t it your church that didn’t accept his church?” Interestingly enough, after asking that simple question, it shut down the entire conversation. The reality was, unity really wasn’t the topic. What was going on at that time was that people who professed to be Christians were saying ‘you can’t come in my church’. 1 John 4:20 clearly states, “Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.” Think about it. During World War II, people professing to be Christians were saying that about the Jews, and today people are saying that about African Americans. The exciting reality is that, when the Holy Spirit began to move in the Jesus Movement, He fixed all of that. When Charles Simpson was pastoring a Church in Mobile, Alabama, his congregation was primarily white people. But when the Lord began to pour out His Spirit, the Church began to be mostly African Americans, and he was totally okay with it. “This is what God wants to do”. God breaks down the color walls that we put up in our minds because He loves everybody! This was not God’s plan. Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr once said that the most segregated hour in America is Sunday morning at 11 o’clock in the morning. There is segregation in America because there is segregation in the Church. The Church is supposed to be the ones letting everyone know that everyone can come to Jesus! Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated for standing up for truth! We cannot overlook the pain and brokenness that was taking place during these moments in history. But God! God moved amidst all this pain and brokenness, and poured out His Spirit, sweeping across the entire nation! It was a sovereign move of God!

When we look around at the events taking place in America, there is constant division and pain. This is the working of the adversary. This is the devil’s plan because he knows his days are coming to an end, and Jesus is coming back soon! We are in the last days. That is for certain! In past moves of God, they may have carried on for decades at a time. With the way things are looking today, this last move of God’s Spirit may be a suddenly! A rapid explosion of God’s Sovereign presence to bring in as many souls as possible before the Second Coming of Christ. If you feel so bogged and overtaken in your daily life, just looking for another opportunity to escape into the myriad of insignificant entertainment that is easily accessible at your fingertips. The engineers decide these technologies KNOW THIS! God is OUTSIDE of media. Think about it! In the Jesus Movement, people were all over the streets, on the beach, and God was moving! That’s where Chuck Smith would go. He would go to the beach and preach for hours, and people would listen, for hours.

You don’t have to be distracted or find escape in media. You can press through all the distractions and heaviness, and seek after the face of the Lord. God has clearly said, “it’s going to be the 1970’s again”, and He confirmed it. We can either focus on the devastating things that took place in the 1970’s, or we can focus on the miraculous movement of God, and decide in our hearts that we will be a part of this great coming move of God’s Spirit! As Tommy Tenney says in his book The God Chasers, “God has this idea that Church is about Him”. Think about that. Is your experience of church about, programs and organizations, or is about Him? The enemy is doing everything he can to cause people to walk away form God. This is a purging that is taking place. The same thing happened to Jesus when He simply preached the truth to all of those who were listening. As John 6:66 reveals, “From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.” After the people turned and left, Jesus didn’t move. Instead He turned to His disciples and asked them the following question in John 6:67, “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.” They knew there was nowhere else to God. Jesus is the answer! This is not a religious experience. Understand the Creator of the Universe loves YOU and He wants a relationship with YOU! If God has called you to Himself, and called you to connect and relate to His body, don’t be surprised when the devil attacks with every imaginable attack to get you to leave your place. Hold on to God! You need to stay there! Yes, this is a very difficult season right now. Many people are leaving the Church right now. It may be smaller compared to previous days, but the Church is going to be stronger. Be encouraged today knowing that the Lord loves you. He has an awesome and mighty plan for your life. He wants YOU to be a part of this mighty coming move of His presence.

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Those Saved in the Last 100 Years Can Be Traced Back to Azusa Street Revival! The Spiritual Heritage that Birthed the Jesus Movement

There was a mighty move of God’s Spirit that took the entire nation by surprise. It was as sovereign move of God that drew millions of hearts and souls to the Lord. It was so sudden, and so mighty, that even Time Magazine dedicated on their front page magazines to recognizing the “Jesus Revolution”. There was such a mighty presence of Lord’s Spirit, that people were simply aware of God and turning their hearts to Him overnight. This understanding brings us so much encouragement and hope when we realize the recent words the Lord recently made known to Greg Lancaster, “It’s going to be the 1970’s again!” What is incredibly impactful to realize, is the spiritual heritage of what took place BEFORE the Jesus Movement occurred.

When people share about the exciting miracles that took place in the Jesus Movement, it’s not long before someone brings up the name, Lonnie Frisbee, the hippie who was radically touched by God, who played a significant role during this move of God. Well, it was also Chuck and Kay Smith that were ministering the California area, who welcomed Lonnie Frisbee into their home to share the Gospel with him. Chuck and Kay Smith, the founders of Calvary Chapel, was impacted mightily by the ministry of Aimee Semple McPherson’s Four Square Church, which was birthed out of the Azusa Street Revival. This is so significant to note. When Bill Johnson and Lou Engle were recently talking about the miracles of the Jesus Movement, Bill Johnson shares this notable reality, “every move of God that we read of, around the world, since 1906, is somehow an offshoot of Azusa Street, if you track the people involved, if you track the manifestations, the display of power of the Jesus People Movement”. Bill Johnson continues to highlight the hallmark characteristics of what took place in the Azusa Street Revival, “the faith that was released, the gifts, the church growth, the conviction for sin, the manifestation of God’s presence”. Johnson culminates his point by stating, “missy-ologists trace the amount of people that have been saved in the last 100 years, so much of it is traced back to what was released in Azusa Street”. Think about the significance of this reality! To know this history, to know what God did, and to know that God has said that He is going to do it AGAIN, you can prepare now for this coming move of God’s presence. Can you imagine seeing an entire stadium filled with men who are on fire for the Lord.

Greg Lancaster, VFNtv · 113021HL – 4 Those Saved In The Last 100 Years Can Be Traced Back To Azusa Street Revival!

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IT WAS LIKE AN EXPLOSION! The Jesus Revolution! Part 7

There was a mighty move of God’s Spirit that took the entire nation by surprise. It was as sovereign move of God that drew millions of heart and souls to the Lord. It was so sudden, and so mighty, that even Time Magazine dedicated on their front page magazines to recognizing the “Jesus Revolution”. There was such a mighty presence of Lord’s Spirit, that people were simply aware of God and turning their hearts to Him overnight. This understanding brings us so much encouragement and hope when we realize the recent words the Lord recently made known to Greg Lancaster, “It’s going to be the 1970’s again!”

When we look around at the things happening in the nation today, crazy decisions being made in leadership, while people rioting in the streets of America, this happened the same in the 1970s. Today it’s ANTIFA, but in the 1970’s it was the hippies filling the streets. When you remember the moments of what the Lord did, as chronicled in the Time Magazine article, young people proudly wore the words, “Jesus is my Lord”. Chuck Smith, founder of Calvary Chapel, is seen carrying a paralyzed man to be water baptized. Lonnie Frisbee, who was mightily touched by the Lord, can be seen going after the Lord. Lonnie Frisbee was the hippie that was welcomed into Chuck and Kay Smith’s house, was like a match head that sparked what the Lord did in the Jesus Movement. It was during the Jesus Movement that people witness a Charismatic move of God that was sweeping over Catholics as one image captures a Catholic being baptized in the Holy Spirit. Messianic Jews were coming to Christ. Athletes were gathered in the middle of a 50-yard line, on the field, to come together in prayer. People are demonstrating repentance, clothing themselves with sackcloth and ashes. One woman can be seen in a building that was previously a strip club. How powerful is that! These were the days when Jesus Christ Superstar was being released. In the same Time Magazine Article, the question is asked, “Would Jesus Carry a Draft Card?” Would you be surprised to know that the military draft is coming back again? Jim Bakker prophesied that he saw the draft coming back and many young people crying, not wanting to be drafted. Imagine this powerful moving of the Lord happening AGAIN! Imagine a sovereign move of God that just TAKES OVER with no barriers and no boundaries! When a flood comes, there’s no stopping the water. Wherever it can move, that’s what happens.

Considering this mighty move of the Lord’s Spirit, would you be surprised to know that much of the “church” actually rejected what the Lord was doing? There was so much going on that people didn’t what to make of it. God was doing such a radical new thing, many weren’t sure how to approach it. As Greg recalls, Jack Hayford commented to “the Church itself was losing its place in general”. You have to understand the unprecedent events that were unfolding during these days. As Greg explains, “people that were in the Church were called ‘The Charismatic Renewal Movement’, and people that were in the world called it “The Jesus Movement”, because of the hippie movement. But the reality is, it was just a sovereign move of God that was going on”. So many people were getting saved in these moments, the traditional church rejected them. This is why we are coming to you this very moment, because we want to prepare our hearts and not reject this coming move of God’s Spirit. It easy to look over someone that has beat you, bruised you, and burned down that which is important to you. Do they hate the country? Do they hate what America stands for? Sounds familiar. But, these are the people that Jesus loves. It’s incredibly crucial that we have the Lord’s heart for the lost. As Greg underscores this important truth, “you can be hurt and you can miss the call because you don’t believe that God can actually save those people that hurt you.” Be encouraged not to let your heart be hardened. Ask God now the soften your heart to that which the Lord’s heart burns and years for. Take the time now to prepare for this coming awesome sovereign move of God!

John Ruttke was another one of those men who personally witness and lived through the Jesus Movement. He was one of those hearts that was mightily and powerfully transformed by the love of Jesus Christ. As a man who has experience and wisdom in his voice, he cries out to those who want to be a part of this next coming move of God, how to avoid the pitfalls and mistakes that his generation suffered and witnessed. “We’ve learned enough to go, ‘DON’T GO THAT WAY! GO OVER THERE! THAT TOOK TWO YEARS OF OUR LIVES!’” Ruttke continues to express what it was like when thousands upon thousands of people were coming to Christ. “In the Jesus Movement, if you read both the New Testament and the Old Testament, you were now the leader.” As people chuckle in response, he continues to recall the types of exchanges that people would seriously have; “Did you actually read the Book of Revelation? Okay, well then you’re an elder”. When Holy Spirit is fully present, things happen to simply work themselves out.

So many people have a deep heart cry to be a part of what God is doing. Imagine only have one gallon of gas in your car. How far would you go? Now imagine having ten gallons in your car. Imagine how much further you would go. If you know the Lord, you can hear His voice, and have given your life to learn about Jesus His commandments in His Word, you’re like the one with ten gallons of gas in his car! When we are the ones that have a history with walking with the Lord, we can help those don’t know Him yet. There are those who have to endure the pain of growing in their character. That’s a normal part of growing in maturity.

Think about this national sweeping, consuming, sovereign move of God happening AGAIN and you already know the Lord! How incredibly encouraging is this considering that one of Jesus’ last words to His disciples was to make disciples. As Matthew 28:19-20 reveals, “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” So many people are going to be consumed with a hunger to know who Jesus is. If you are on who is walking with Jesus Christ today, you have answer within you right now and can be one of those leading people to Jesus and raising them up as disciples, just as Jesus commanded us all to do.

Helping to recall what it was like to find yourself in the middle of the Charismatic Renewal Movement, as Charles Simpson shares in his interview with Greg Lancaster, “it was like an explosion”. It’s so easy to have an opinion about something that we have never experienced. But, when we consider the words of those who have gone before us, and experienced such a sweet, sudden, outpouring of God’s presence, it helps us to shift outside of our limited mindsets of today. You don’t have to be caught by surprise when this coming move of God is here. Good surfers are always looking with expectancy that waves are coming, and when they see the wave coming, they start immediately paddling! Jesus said in John 8:31, “To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.” If you find yourself in the middle of an explosion, all of your sensory perception goes out the window, and you simply rely on what you’ve been trained to do. Jesus commanded His followers to make disciples. For those who found themselves in the middle of Charismatic Renewal Movement, like Charles Simpson, Ken Sumrall, and so many other, that’s what they began to do.

Greg Lancaster, VFNtv · 113021HL – 3 IT WAS LIKE AN EXPLOSION! The Jesus Revolution! Part 7

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THE JESUS REVOLUTION! DO IT AGAIN GOD!

There are so many interesting things taking place in the world today. As the Lord just said to Greg Lancaster, “What is about to happen is going to be like the 1970s.” Amos 3:7 reveals, “Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.” Some of the most tragic events in America’s history took place during this decade. You can look back at what took place during that time and see some of the things that are on the horizon coming to America. Isn’t interesting how we just witnessed American military planes suddenly departing the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan? With no warning whatsoever, American military forces are suddenly pulling out. This is exactly what took place when American forces left Vietnam in 1975. This is just one of the things that took place.

In the 1970’s, America was experiencing the worst recession, oil prices were going through the roof as gas lines were filling news headlines. Are you noticing the price of gas reaching unprecedented levels today? The price of food and cars doubled in the 1970’s. When America left Vietnam, it created a horrific vacuum of a lack of American military presence that allowed Pol-Pot to come in and bring mass devastation of the killing fields through Cambodia. In the 1970’s, America saw the minimum age for voting decrease from 21 to 18. The Watergate Scandal rocked the integrity of the nation. The Supreme Court Case of Roe v Wade shocked many when it became law in America to murder life within the womb. President Nixon was the very one that opened the door to America working closely with China. It’s all about money and the insatiable focus on greed and power. All of these things that took place in the 1970’s, what the Lord is saying, is going to be again.

Amidst all these horrific atrocities taking place, God poured out His Spirit mightily in America that changed the understanding of how the young generation sought Jesus. Remember Woodstock and the hippie generation? Those that seemed lost and forgotten by their parents, and elders, began to be mightily touched by the Power of God. This was the birthing of the Charismatic Renewal Movement that shook the nation of America. Five years before this, Time Magazine, titled their 1966 edition “Is God Dead”. Five Years Later, June 21, 1971, Time Magazine covered the front page of their magazine with the face of Jesus Christ and “The Jesus Revolution”. THIS IS AMAZING!

Charles Simpson was one of the men that found themselves amidst the amazing wave of God’s glory during the Charismatic Renewal Movement. What people found out was that religious people didn’t want anything to do with the presence of God. Simpson was shocked when he suddenly realized the people that he once assumed was for him, were not, and those he thought was his enemy, were his best friends. “I had people that I loved, who didn’t love me; and people that I didn’t love, they loved me”. What is sad to witness is to see the religious people turn their backs on God.

As Time Magazine recounts it, “Jesus is alive and well and living in the radical spiritual fervor of a growing number of young Americans who have proclaimed an extraordinary religious revolution in his name. Their message: the Bible is true, miracles happen, God really did so love the world that he gave it his only begotten son. In 1966 Beatle John Lennon casually remarked that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ; now the Beatles are shattered, and George Harrison is singing My Sweet Lord.” This is such a mental shift! Think about how powerful this is that Time Magazine is sharing the Gospel of the Good News of Jesus Christ! “It is a startling development for a generation that has been constantly accused of tripping out or copping out with sex, drugs and violence. Now, embracing the most persistent symbol of purity, selflessness and brotherly love in the history of Western man, they are afire with a Pentecostal passion for sharing their new vision with others.” The people that were main-lining, drugs and rock and roll, the drug addicts roaming the streets, are now the people that Jesus is reaching for His glory, to show His love to America! This is what a move of God does!

Over night, culture and cities were changed by the power of God. “Christian coffeehouses have opened in many cities, signaling their faith even in their names: The Way Word in Greenwich Village, the Catacombs in Seattle, I Am in Spokane. A strip joint has been converted to a “Christian nightclub” in San Antonio. Communal “Christian houses” are multiplying like loaves and fishes for youngsters hungry for homes, many reaching out to the troubled with round-the-clock telephone hot lines.” In this mighty move of God, people saw the Gospel of Jesus Christ covering the nation and the world. “Says Founder Bill Bright of the Campus Crusade for Christ: “Our target date for saturating the U.S. with the gospel of Jesus Christ is 1976—and the world by 1980. Of course, if the Lord wants to work a bit slower, that’s O.K.”

Be encouraged when you see the landscape of America being a dry unloving land. It looked the same in the 1970’s, and look at what the Lord did then! He is about to do the same thing again! What do you do when Holy Spirit invades your church? This mighty move of God saved many denominations that were absent of Holy Spirit. What is exciting to realize is how so many different churches were birthed from this Move of God’s Spirit. Be hopeful and lifted up in your spirit remembering the wonders of the Lord imaging what God is about to do again in our generation, in our midst.

Greg Lancaster, VFNtv · 83121HL – 3 THE JESUS REVOLUTION! DO IT AGAIN GOD!

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