It was October
of 1904. Evan Roberts had delivered a
message God had placed on his heart and an awakening was in progress. He had asked to speak to the entire
congregation but was allowed to speak only to those who would stay after
services to hear him. Seventeen people
stayed. God moved. The great Welsh revival was happening.
Roberts preached
four simple points: Put away unconfessed
sin. Put away doubtful habits. Obey the Spirit immediately. Confess Christ publicly. History tells us that within two months
70,000 people came to Christ. Within six
months, over 100,000 were saved as a result of that simple message preached to
a small crowd who stayed after to hear young Evan Roberts. Wow.
God began to do
amazing things. Anthony Jordan described
it like this: “Bustling taverns
were closed for lack of business.
Policemen were idle for lack of criminal activity. People made restitution with others. Perhaps the most dramatic change came in the
mines. Miners had trained their mules to
respond to their commands laced with vile language. After the miners were converted, their
language changed so the mules had to be retrained to respond to non-cursing
commands.”
I pray each week
for God to move in the churches where I preach…and I pray for the people to
respond. O that God would speak and we
would hear and respond in such a way that no one could deny the presence and
power of God at work in us. ...That bars
would be empty and churches filled. That
hatefulness would be replaced with kindness.
That our churches be revived, our faith restored, and our mules
retrained.
Lord, send a
revival…
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