In 1677, twenty-seven-year-old Henry Scougal wrote this to a friend: “The worth and excellency of a soul is to be measured by the object of its love” (The Life of God in the Soul of Man, 20). It is among the most penetrating sentences in the English language (or any language). It is a devastating sentence. It lays us bare. For, as John Piper … [Read more...]

As I have been praying for a heaven-sent visitation of God and for people to have a heart to pray for one, the Lord spoke to me four reasons why we do not pray for revival. But first, a short description of what revival means to me: Revival is God, in His love and mercy, invading earth with His glorious manifest presence, intervening in lives in a … [Read more...]

Madam Guyon wrote her Classic book on “Experiencing Union With God Through Inner Prayer and The Way and Results of Union With God.” It was formerly titled, A Short and Easy Method of Prayer. The writer would highly recommend it to be an excellent book on prayer and meditation for those who want to seek the deeper life and ultimate union of your … [Read more...]

In his devotional commentary on Genesis Matthew Henry wrote that man was dust refined, but woman being taken out of man, was dust, double refined.” In thus saying, Henry sensed the purpose of God creating the nature of a woman that He could use her to refine His people. One of the most famous and influential of God’s Refiners was Madam Jeanne … [Read more...]

Graham Lacey – speaking at the Day of Prayer for Britain, London 8 September 2017 This morning David Hathaway burned our hearts with his Declaration over Great Britain. He struck a chord with all of us because we are too well aware of the times in which we are living. The Times recently published an article in its Comment Section written by … [Read more...]

Pentecostal Persecution The separate black and white streams in Azusa Street Revival movement were not the way it began, and obviously was not the way that the Lord wanted it. The spiritual battle that began to rage against the baptism in the Holy Spirit itself was probably the most fierce persecution that Christians had experienced at the hands … [Read more...]

Over the last two millenniums, the church has experienced many revivals, renewals and reformation movements. Like the Welsh Revival, some have been used to spur entire church to spiritual advancement. In its far-reaching impact on the world and the church, none have equalled the Azusa Street Revival which began in 1906. One hundred years later its … [Read more...]

This is Part 4 of some of the reports that were first published in 1925, under the title, "How Pentecost Came to Los Angeles." Bartleman put the book together from his journal, written during the days of the revival, as well as from news articles. Later he condensed these articles, and his diary notes, into that book. He wrote numerous diary like … [Read more...]

As we’ve chronicled in our previous posts here and here, Frank Bartleman became one of the key players in Azusa Street Revival. He was a man of passion and deep burden. His prayers literally opened the heavens, and his messages were withering to all that was of the flesh. Everything that stood as an obstruction to the full exaltation of Jesus … [Read more...]

Frank Bartleman was born in eastern Pennsylvania, was converted in 1892, and was licensed to preach by a local Baptist church shortly after that. Although he attended a year at a night school run by his church, and briefly attended Moody Bible Institute, and read many books by religious writers, it appears most of his knowledge and doctrine came … [Read more...]