Shake the City: A Revival Story

 While I was away on my annual prayer and writing retreat, I wrote another book that has rattled in my spirit for several years. I've preached and testified on many occasions about the revival that happened in Seminole, TX back in 2010. I've wanted to write a book about that revival to preserve what God did in print. That is what God helped me to do last week. 

The retreat was not living in luxury. No television. No radio. No internet. There was lots of praying, reading and writing. I can't believe how God brought the book together. It is divided into three sections. The first is about how God moved us to Seminole and where the vision for the revival began. That section leads up to the first revival meeting. The second section includes the nightly blogs I wrote after each service. They are my first hand accounts of what God did while it was fresh on my mind. The final section is the 40 Day devotional material I wrote for FBC Seminole in preparation for the revival. 

My hope is that God will use this book to encourage people to believe God for revival and offer some hope. Maybe God will use that book as a catalyst for revival in multiple other places. The book is far from going to print. At this point all I have is a rough draft. The hard work of proofing is the next step. Next, we will shop it to publishers. There is a lot of work still to do before this book will ever get into the hands of readers. 

Writing that book was a labor of love. It brought back so many fond memories of wonderful people and a profound move of God. I recalled incidents I had long ago forgotten. It was a wonderful trip down memory lane. You can help by praying for an open door with a publisher to get this book into print. 

I am already praying about what book God wants me to write next. He has something in mind and I will wait until He reveals it to me and inspires it to be written. I pray for anointing to capture His heart onto the printed page communicating His truth. 

Storm Approaching

 Yesterday afternoon we started getting reports that a severe storm was approaching. One of our families from the church drove through it and sent out warnings that it was headed our way. The local weatherman kept breaking in the program we watched to give additional warnings. We could see on the radar where the storm was and where it was tracking next. 

I walked outside to look at the sky. Sure enough the clouds turned dark. I saw neighbors out looking at the sky as well. The winds howled and suddenly the temperatures dropped dramatically. The signs gave every indication the storm would be a big one. I prayed for protection for our family, property, and for others before going back inside. 

There is a much more severe storm coming in the future. That storm will be the worst in history. It will not last for hours or days. The storm is the Great Tribulation and it will last for seven years. The storm will come in the last days. Days that appear to be at hand. Days where the full fury of God will be unleashed on planet earth and those who rejected His repeated offers of love and mercy. In a series of pounding judgments increasing in severity, a good portion of the world's population will be wiped out in cataclysmic events. 

God has warned of this coming storm through the Bible, preachers, prophets, and signs in the sky. Most refuse to heed the warning. They will ignore the warnings until it is too late. They will find themselves in the middle of a storm they cannot escape nor find shelter. The only shelter is a relationship with Jesus Christ through faith believing for salvation. [John 14:6] It is the only refuge from this perilous storm to come. 

Mockers mock such warnings as this one and scoffers scoff. They refuse to heed these attempts to save their lives from impending peril. Fools say there is no God. Others look to history and refute that many have warned before and nothing happened. They fail to see that we are on time clock ticking down to the end. Every second we inch closer to the end. The approaching storm ripe with the fully fury of God draws closer. God's delay is His compassion to keep giving people chances to heed the warnings. [II Pet 3:3-10]

People take precautions when a severe storm is approaching. We did last night. Others did as well. Why do so many not take the predictions of a far worse storm that will doom them to eternal condemnation seriously? They are lulled to sleep by a godless society who espouse these storm warnings as unreliable or fictitious. Mark it down readers. No matter where you live, no matter your connections, no matter your economic status, and no matter how prepared you think you are, if you have not put your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ for pardon of your sins and the purchase of your salvation, YOU ARE DOOMED until you have done so. Nothing else and no one else can save you from that coming storm. You have been warned.