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“This is a work of God in the most unlikely place. Isn’t it just like our God to do something extraordinary like this so that no man can share in the glory? Community leaders would have to work for decades to bring peace to this community. Our God desires to bring the peace of Jesus into individual lives and this community now.”
(Jena, La.)—Baptist Press (BP) has reported on a revival that’s broken out in the small town of Jena where, on Sept. 20 of last year, more than 20,000 people from across the nation gathered to protest an outbreak of racial tensions at the local high school. The outbreak of spiritual revival started on February 17 at Midway Baptist Church in Jena; the most unlikely church, according to the report, for revival to happen since the church was in a state of transition and didn’t have a pastor at the time. Much prayer preceded the meetings. At first everything went along as normal. But then something “spectacular” happened.
“There was a sense that the Holy Spirit chose to visit this church,” said interim pastor Bill Robertson. “We had a sense of the awe and wonder of God at work but we were too amazed to do anything about it.”
As the meetings continued, the racially mixed crowds grew. One night a woman stepped forward to repent of her disobedience to the Lord; soon the altar was flooded with people doing the same. Another night, Robertson asked an African American pastor, Jimmy Young, to come preach and bring his church’s choir. And the crowds continue to grow.
“It’s amazing to watch the work of God during the invitation,” said Craig Franklin, editor of the local newspaper, the Jena Times.
“There are people present who don’t know why they are there. At invitation time, you can see the power of the Holy Spirit breaking over their lives and they are miserable … and lost. Yet they keep coming back.”
“This is a work of God in the most unlikely place,” Robertson said. “Isn’t it just like our God to do something extraordinary like this so that no man can share in the glory? Community leaders would have to work for decades to bring peace to this community. Our God desires to bring the peace of Jesus into individual lives and this community now.”
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please lets all pray for revival in our louisiana, it is needed so bad .Gods river is flowing through the us lets be part of the river .It’s been many years since we had such a flow . Jesus is calling up his bride all you christians lets join in all pray in 1 accord for revival let the living water flow through our thirsty state again all beleive and pray as 1 amen
please lets all pray for revival in our louisiana, it is needed so bad .Gods river is flowing through the United States. Lets be part of the river .It’s been many years since we had such a flow . Jesus is calling up his bride all you christians lets join in all pray in 1 accord for revival let the living water flow through our thirsty state again all beleive and pray as 1 . W e need to be set on fire for God again . Not ot be surface christians Let it penatrate our souls BRING YOUR FIRE LORD WE STAND FOR YOU LORD FILL OUR STATE AGAIN LORD . WE ARE HUNGRY FOR MORE OF YOU FILL US WITH YOUR FIRE. SEND HOLY GHOST PREACHERS TO LOUISIANA. WE THURST FOR YOU . I ASK IN JESUS NAME AMEN