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For 20 years, people have been sticking their gum to the walls of an alley by Seattle’s Pike Place market. The market estimates that there are as many as one million pieces of gum on the wall. The “gum wall” as it is known, has become a popular landmark, and people have left pictures, cards and other…

A woman has developed incredible mental abilities after suffering a brain injury in a skiing accident. The unnamed woman has been diagnosed with ‘savant syndrome,” an extremely rare condition which leaves people with amazing musical, artistic, or mathematical abilities. Doctors believe it is due to the…

A South African businessman was surprised when the police called him about his 1988 Toyota Corolla. Derick Goosen was surprised to learn that the car had been recovered at a vehicle roadblock in the northern part of the country. Goosen hadn’t thought about the car in years because it was stolen in 1993…

Despite going through two years of hardship, a church in Cape Cod Massachusetts has plans to rebuild after an arsonist burned their old building to the ground. The church broke ground on a new and larger building exactly two years after the old building was destroyed. Pastor Myron Heckman told a local…

In 2013, an unknown arsonist set fire to the Palmetto Presbyterian Church. Fortunately, the damage was limited to some soot on the exterior of the building and damage to the church’s Gothic mahogany doors. While authorities search for the person responsible, church members are celebrating a transformation.…

In his book, Leading on Empty, Wayne Cordoro writes, “Solitude is a chosen separation for refining your soul. Isolation is what you crave when you neglect the first.” –Jim L. Wilson Wayne Cordeiro, Leading on empty : refilling your tank and renewing your passion. (Minneapolis, Minn: Bethany House, 2009),…

Gypsy Smith was once asked how to start a revival. He answered: “Go home, lock yourself in your room, kneel down in the middle of your floor. Draw a chalk mark all around yourself and ask God to start the revival inside that chalk mark. When He has answered your prayer, the revival will be on.” —Missionary…

The story of the Moravian Brethren is a similar one. When the Christians of various and disparate traditions—Roman Catholic, Calvinist, Lutheran, Anabaptist, and many others—gathered together on the Von Zinzendorf estate in Moravia, in the early 1700s, they saw themselves as pilgrims in spiritual unity.…

Back in 2000, the FCA leaders of Pearl River Central High School in Carriere, Ms, were discussing plans for the remainder of the school year. "Everyone was writing down goals and plans when suddenly a teacher suggested we reach our school for Christ," said Cary-Anne Dell, a member of the FCA's leadership…

Sometimes pastors and missionaries experience unbelievable fruitfulness; other times they beat the soil for years with no results. Why? Because sometimes the Word of God "runs" and sometimes it does not. Dafydd Morgan (1814-1883) was a Welsh Calvinistic Methodist pastor who was used greatly in the Welsh…

In 1958 John Stott was leading a university outreach in Sydney, Australia. The day before the final meeting, Stott received word that his father had passed away. In addition to his grief, Stott was also starting to lose his voice. It was late afternoon and within a few hours the final meeting would take…

Last Monday, Wanda Murfin sent a note from Silverhill, Alabama, asking, "Did this happen? I read about the revival in New Orleans with Billy and Franklin Graham, but somehow I must have missed this." She forwarded an internet article showing photos of Billy Graham and a French Quarter scene. The reporter…

by Dr. Paul Chappell “If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified,…

When Fiorello La Guardia was the mayor of New York City (1933–1945), he hung above his desk in City Hall, a pronouncement by Abraham Lincoln. Interestingly, General MacArthur had a copy of it hanging over his headquarters desk during World War II, and Winston Churchill had a framed copy of it on the…

"A true revival means nothing less than a revolution, casting out the spirit of worldliness, making God’s love triumph in the heart." Andrew Murray

"If God has visited His people before, He can and will do it again" James McQuilkin

* 1. They were hungry for the Word vs.1-4a, 5 2. They were humble in their Worship v.6 3. They were holy in their Work vs. 15-16 Source: Unknown

And what happens when you repent of your disobedience, fear God, understand your sin, and stop making excuses? Well just consider W. P. Mackay. He writes: My dear mother … had been a godly, pious woman, quite often telling me of the Savior, and many times I had been a witness to her wrestling in prayer…

"A genuine rival without joy in the Lord is as impossible as spring without flowers, or day-dawn without light." Charles Spurgeon

"Revival is the church falling in love with Jesus all over again." Vance Havner

Subject God bless the church From wagardner Sent Friday, October 12, 2007 7:54 AM Usually when God intends greatly to bless a church, it will begin in this way: Two or three persons in it are distressed at the low state of affairs and become troubled even to anguish. Perhaps they do not speak to one…

"A revival means days of heaven upon earth" D. Martin-Lloyd Jones

Revival After Nehemiah and his workers completed the rebuilding of the wall in Jerusalem, Ezra stood on a high wooden platform to read from the sacred scrolls to the people. Early in the morning on October 8, 445 BC he opened the scrolls, and began to read. When he did the audience rose to their feet.…

Purpose As I look into my rear view mirror, my greatest memories of church life are times when the church was unified toward a common goal. When I was a child our small church in Edmonson, Texas had a revival I don't mean a revival meeting, I mean a revival. We extended the meeting over a several week…