A COMING REVIVAL
Take the time to read a scripture in Malachi 4: 1-3 AMP It says, “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant (proud, self-righteous, haughty), and every evildoer shall be stubble; and the day that is coming shall set them on fire,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. But for you who fear My name (with awe-filled reverence) the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go forward and leap (joyfully) like calves (released) from the stall. And you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I do this, says the Lord.
I am not saying that the Coronavirus pandemic is a fulfillment of this prophecy, but the principles are the same. Notice that after a terrible time of judgment there would be a wave of healing released. I grew up on a ranch and have seen calves released from a chute gate or coral gate after they were penned up. I’ve seen them jump and cavort, leaping around for the joy of being released. Now we are all penned up like the calves in this scripture. When we are released, I am believing it will begin a great world-wide revival.
I sense that this whole thing is preparation for this revival. The whole world is thinking about what really matters, about their mortality, and probably wondering what would happen to them if they die. I don’t know how long we’ll be penned up, but I believe we are supposed to be ready to come out with joy and evangelize the world.
God is calling us to get ready and live in Holy expectation. Mark Taylor wrote a prophetic word in his book THE TRUMP PROPHECIES where he said the Lord told him gasoline would go down to $1 a gallon. He also said the Lord told him that America would be used greatly in a great world-wide harvest of souls—one billion souls being saved—that Trump would be re-elected and put three more justices on the Supreme Court. He said America would be made to prosper again. I know someone can speak prophetically and be right on, then speak on their own and be off. I heard an interview with Mark Taylor and thought he was saying a few things that sounded kooky to me. But who ever would have dreamed that gasoline would sell for $1 a gallon again? Today on the DrudgeReport I saw a picture of a gas station in Ohio that was selling gasoline for 99 cents a gallon! That certainly gives credence to these things he says God told him.
In Ecc. 10:10 it says “If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but skill will bring success.” What if a logger had to be shut up for a couple or three months like we are? He could at least sharpen all his axes and saws and be ready to come out of lockdown well prepared! God is urging me not to waste this time—but to use it to GET READY. I feel God wants me to write a Teacher’s Guide and student workbook for my new book GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT, make a DVD set of me teaching through it, write two new evangelistic tracts and write a booklet or small book on deliverance.
I’m also working to get my book on forgiveness, 21 WAYS TO FORGIVE into the hands of chaplains in the prisons and jails of America. We’ve given away about 900 books so far to chaplains in OR, WA, CA, ME, NM, and IL. I’m looking for sponsors. We discount the books to $4 each for those who buy a box of 25. That’s $108.50 with shipping. We discount the books to $3 each if someone buys 80 books. With shipping that’s $259. Our prisons are ripe for harvest—they know how dangerous it is to be in prison at a time like this.
Lastly, I’ve been praying that God would make President Trump a “Pastor Trump.” This means, I’m praying he would be like a shepherd to other nations of the world. Today, March 30, 2020, I heard him saying how the USA is sending medical equipment, masks and other things to Italy and other nations in need of help. I believe God is going to use our nation to help the world physically and then spiritually in a great revival.
But don’t expect the your world to go back to the old normal. I think we must draw close to God and stay close. As we approach the return of Christ these “birth pangs” remind us this world is not our home—and we have work to finish (the Great Commission).
I love you. God bless you.