Recovered In Christ

For as long as I can remember, I have had something to say. For years  I have tried to figure out what that something was…whether it was through making something up or simply getting lost in the details of my own mind and life… (The unfortunate fate of many writers). But nonetheless I have always known I had something to say. I have tried to move away from that many times in my life, opting for a hobby or a calling that was much less dangerous to my reputation and Facebook friend count!!! But God has other plans!

The people in my life who know me the best, who truly know my heart, know that I am telling the truth when I say, that The Lord has truly changed my heart, he has put such a burden on my heart and spirit for the underdog, he has inflamed my heart to see people set free from oppression and bondage and the snares of the Devil. I mean that with all my heart and will.

I say this, because in the last 5 or 6 days I have witnessed some truly deceptive and demonic attacks come to pass on people I sincerely love and who have now set themselves against me, being driven by pride and demonic harassment to believe I am their enemy.

I could do nothing, I could – retreat, I could spare myself the drama…and yet…..I have something to say. And I have learned the hard way, over the years, that if there is one thing I know for sure about God, He is relentless in calling you to that which he burdens you with. And the burden on my heart is to talk about the deception and spiritual pride that has swept through the revival among some of my friends as it has many times in the past, in the history of the whole Church of Christ.

We’re going to start a series of blogs on the basics of some of the pitfalls and sidetracks of revival – starting with spiritual pride.

But first, we’re going to start with a great introduction on the subject through the work of Jessie Penn-Lewis and most importantly, prayer.

“The Holy Spirit is still in those who were baptized with the Spirit, during the last Revivals. The mistake at the time of the Revival in Wales in 1904 was to become occupied with the effects of Revival, and not to watch and pray in protecting and guarding the cause of Revival. The Spirit baptized souls, at present locked up in spirit, or side-tracked through Satanic deceptions, are still those who would be the instruments through whom God could work, were they but set free. Useless now, but priceless in maturity, and experience and knowledge for the guiding and guarding of a Revived Church, when they are once more liberated for true co-working with the Holy Spirit of God.

How, then, should the Lord’s praying ones pray at the present time? They should pray

(1) Against evil spirits now blocking and hindering Revival.

(2) For the cleansing and delivering of those who became possessed through deception during the time of later Revivals.

(3) That when Revival is once more given it may be kept pure, and

(4) For the preparation of instruments for Revival, trained and taught of God to guard against further inroads of the powers of darkness.

In brief, let all who pray for Revival, pray for light to reach those who HAVE BEEN ENSNARED INTO BONDAGE TO THE DECEIVING POWERS OF DARKNESS, that they may be set free, and once more become usable in Revival service; then will the forces of evil be beaten back from the ground they have regained, which still belongs to God.

The Baptism of the Holy Spirit is the essence of Revival, for Revival comes from a knowledge of the Holy Spirit, and the way of co-working with Him which enables Him to work in Revival power. The primary condition for Revival is, therefore, that believers should individually know the Baptism of the Holy Ghost. This term being used as a convenient expression for describing a definite influx of the Holy Spirit which thousands of believers throughout the Church of Christ have received as a definite experience. Such an infilling of the Spirit was the cause not only of the Revival in Wales in 1904-5, but of all other Revivals in the history of the world.

The fact that the counterfeiting work of Satan follows Revival through such an opening of the spiritual world as enables the evil spirit-beings to find access to believers under the guise of the Divine Spirit, must not hold back the children of God from seeking the true flood tide of the Spirit, for the bringing about of pure Revival, and the emancipation of the Church of Christ from the bonds of sin and Satan.” War On The Saints, Jessie Penn-Lewis.