I have had a very eventful day recently and I just want to share with you guys what God did in my heart. I finally finished a book that I've been reading for a while but I haven't been able to find the time to finish it. The Book is called 'The God Chasers' by Tommy Tenney. It's a really great book but I've read great books before... This was the first book, however, that has made me cry. It's not a sappy romance novel and I am not a sappy kinda guy, but something in this book stirred me to the point of tears! It's all about a passionate pursuit of God's Glory and the revival that will follow such a mission. I wept as Tenney wrote of the lack of 'fresh bread' that haunts many churches today. The body of Christ was never meant to live off of crumbs! He spoke of past revivals and what the glory of God looks like when it becomes so present, so manifested, that it breaks out of the church building and flows out onto the streets!
When I finished the book I felt the God speak to me and tell me to fast lunch, my first fast. I had been meaning to go on a fast for a while but I wasn't really sure what to pray for... That day though, I listened to worship music for a while and sang along; and then prayed hard for God's glory to fall! I have never felt that kind of conviction before, I couldn't go on unless God showed up! He did. I was weeping and shaking and crying out to God to birth a fire in a generation. This was something I had never done before but will definitely do again! God broke me, that's the only way I can describe it.
Reinhard Bonnke said it this way:
I'm not going to pretend like I'm some bible scholar or a world class preacher. I'm just a kid who loves God and want to see his kingdom come! I don't really understand what God did in my heart that day but I did learn this: the greater the hunger that God births in your heart and the more broken you are, the more powerfully he will show up! I've never been so desperate for God's presence and he has never showed up like he did that day. I would encourage you to take the time to pray hard to God and ask him to birth a hunger in you. You won't regret it!
Jack, the church kid.
When I finished the book I felt the God speak to me and tell me to fast lunch, my first fast. I had been meaning to go on a fast for a while but I wasn't really sure what to pray for... That day though, I listened to worship music for a while and sang along; and then prayed hard for God's glory to fall! I have never felt that kind of conviction before, I couldn't go on unless God showed up! He did. I was weeping and shaking and crying out to God to birth a fire in a generation. This was something I had never done before but will definitely do again! God broke me, that's the only way I can describe it.
Reinhard Bonnke said it this way:
"Intercession without evangelism is like an explosive without a detonator. Evangelism without intercession is like a detonator without an explosive."
I'm not going to pretend like I'm some bible scholar or a world class preacher. I'm just a kid who loves God and want to see his kingdom come! I don't really understand what God did in my heart that day but I did learn this: the greater the hunger that God births in your heart and the more broken you are, the more powerfully he will show up! I've never been so desperate for God's presence and he has never showed up like he did that day. I would encourage you to take the time to pray hard to God and ask him to birth a hunger in you. You won't regret it!
Jack, the church kid.
Amazing blog Jack! So challenging. Believe it or not Tommy Tenney showed up at Bible College of Wales in January and I spent a whole morning with him. He's still chasing God!
ReplyDeleteKeep the fire Jack. Our generation depends on great people like you!
Very blessed by your words buddy!
Mark
Thank you so much! Wow, Tommy Tenny? Awesome! Will look forward to visiting and seeing those 'Bonnke pins' someday! Hahaha!
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