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Graves into Gardens at the Asbury Outpouring

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Earlier I posted about my favorite time at the Asbury Outpouring (3:00 a.m.). Here's a worship song from that hour that we used for a recent service at Westchester Chapel Church of the Nazarene: 


Pray revival keeps breaking out around the world, and report it if you're a part of it!

This ...
03.15.23 01:30 PM - Comment(s)
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Love: The Engine that Powered the Asbury Outpouring

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Here's an article Joyce wrote for Intercessors for America about the chapel message that launched the Asbury Outpouring: 
Lord, pour Your Love through Asbury to Your people, and to the nations, and back again to You in worship and adoration.

At times, hushed whispers of adoration. At other ti...
03.12.23 01:20 AM - Comment(s)
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When Government Does Harm

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Joyce's was the lead article in today's The Informer, sent out through Intercessors for America...
Lord, when government is dangerous, we look to You in Your temple; You test the righteous and hate the wicked (Psalm 11:4–5). 

Analysis. What are we to do when the government’s actions harm cit...
03.11.23 10:30 AM - Comment(s)
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‘Jesus Revolution’ Grosses More than Four Oscar Nominees…Combined

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John Nolte points out how well Jesus Revolution is doing at the box office when compared to films nominated for best picture at the Oscars Sunday night: “ Nolte: Jesus Revolution Grosses More than 4 Oscar Nominees…Combined.”

Lord, continue to draw people to yourself though this amazing film about ...
03.10.23 09:56 AM - Comment(s)
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The Diary of Perpetua Is Now Streaming

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Last night -- on the 1,820th anniversary of Perpetua's execution --  The Diary of Perpetua was streamed, and we got to answer questions from the audience as cast and crew: 


Find out more about this wonderful project and how it's an answer to my prayer from 1991 by clicking here.

03.08.23 12:16 PM - Comment(s)
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The Dead aren’t Prideful: Overcoming the Spirit of Offense

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This article by Joyce was posted to www.HeadlinePrayer.org on February 14, and I forgot to share it in the excitement of the Asbury Outpouring! 

Lord, convict us of self-focus causing us to be sensitive to offense. Bind the spirit of offense away from us. In Jesus’ name. 

IFA: 
Th...
03.06.23 12:24 PM - Comment(s)
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Revival in Egypt Too: A Testimony

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Lord, thank you that You are pouring out your Spirit around the globe! Keep bringing people into the Kingdom and setting them on fire for You! 

While reporting from Asbury University’s outpourin...
03.05.23 11:00 AM - Comment(s)
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The Thorn in Theaters Monday and Tuesday

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What started as a dramatic presentation of scripture to a youth group has blossomed into a compelling piece of theatre captured on film that gives Cirque du Soleil a run for its money!...
03.04.23 10:53 PM - Comment(s)
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Revival Is Going Global!

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We're so blessed every time we hear how revival continues to spark around the world! Our prayers are being answered! Let's continue to press in! 

Here are a few examples:

Revival Goes Nationwide, Hits Theaters After 'Jesus Revolution' Film as Well as ORU, Portland, Ohio State
The move of G...
03.03.23 02:31 PM - Comment(s)
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Lena Horne and The Horse and His Boy

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We were so blessed to see The Horse and His Boy at the Museum of the Bible! I gave some of our impressions in this video I recorded outside the Lena Horne Theatre on Broadway...


The Horse and His Boy closes on March 4. They added a show because that matinee sold out. 

I got permission to s...
03.02.23 08:13 PM - Comment(s)
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Hears the Story: Boaz in Ruth

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Last week I played one of the narrators and a messenger of the Eternal One for the story of Samson in the reading series  Hears the Story. As Providence would have it, I got to be in a scene with Christ Over Career founder, Cameron Arnett (actor in Overcomer, I Still Believe, Running the Bases...
02.28.23 08:40 AM - Comment(s)
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Asbury Revival! Daily Updates

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We're still trying to figure out when the last of the worshipers from the Asbury Outpouring left Hughes Auditorium (post a comment if you know), but we connected with two people who left at midnight after the Collegiate Day of Prayer service ended, so that seems to have been the official close. Tha...
02.27.23 12:09 AM - Comment(s)
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Declare God's Salvation

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Joyce opens with Communion, referring to Jesus Revolution. I give testimony centering on the Asbury Outpouring of Feb. 2023

Rachel Taylor presents a message from  2 Peter: 3: 15, with a focus on the first part of verse 15, as she continues the series "What Happens When a Created Peop...
02.26.23 12:00 PM - Comment(s)
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Collegiate Day of Prayer Is a Taste of Revival

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On Friday I posted about the Collegiate Day of Prayer, but we were watching Jesus Revolutionwhile it was being streamed Thursday night. Friday night we watched the CDOP service. WOW! It's a real taste of the Asbury Outpouring! We had revival break out in our living room! 

They included many ...
02.25.23 05:56 AM - Comment(s)
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Jesus Revolution Opens with Collegiate Day of Prayer

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The team at Jesus Revolution chose to open on the same weekend as the Collegiate Day of Prayer (on a date set 200 years ago), but neither group knew they'd be drafting on the Asbury Outpouring!

Intercessors for America posted four articles I wrote about the film: 

02.24.23 02:21 PM - Comment(s)
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Join Us for Jesus Revolution

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Joyce and I have just returned from the Asbury Outpouring. If you're not on our prayer team, you may not have heard, but Asbury University's February 8 service still hasn't ended! As I write it's been going for 277 continuous hours! Joyce and I were reporting on it, and you can see our articles and ...
02.20.23 09:00 AM - Comment(s)
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Pray and Obey

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Joyce shares her message on 2 Peter 3:14 from Asbury University as the Outpouring continues. She uses clips from interviews with Jeannine Brabon, who prayed for revival at Asbury University as a freshman in 1967. In 1970 a revival went for 185 hours in the same chapel where the current Outpouring ha...
02.20.23 12:34 AM - Comment(s)
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My Favorite Moment at the Asbury Outpouring

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This morning Intercessors for America posted what I wrote about my favorite moment at the Asbury Revival, at the top of their Asbury Revival! Daily Updates:

Lord, continue to meet those at Asbury in powerful ways! 

 From Rich Swingle, IFA Contributing Writer and Prayer Leader: My favori...
02.18.23 04:46 PM - Comment(s)
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The Flame Kept Burning

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Yesterday on Intercessors for America's Pray with America's Leaders Joyce and I reported again from the campus of Asbury University, where the outpouring continues, in its 214th hour as I write. They closed down Hughes Auditorium for for eleven hours for a deep clean and inspection of the 96-year-o...
02.17.23 11:31 AM - Comment(s)
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Live from Asbury Revival

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Joyce and I reported live again today from Asbury University at the 170th hour of last week's chapel service: 


We interviewed Emma Elliot, who drove with her husband Robert (who gave me permission to say he was too emotional to be on camera) five hours twice from Ohio to be here. They're bo...
02.15.23 07:51 PM - Comment(s)
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