I’m guessing that quite a few of you have heard about the Asbury Revival 2023. I don’t know a huge amount about it, but from what I understand, the Asbury Revival 2023 has been going on for about 10 days now. It just seems to be running continuously, which must be good, especially when young people are worshipping God. Several people have mentioned the Asbury Revival to me, and from what I can see, it does appear to be genuine.
You can see another one of my recent posts here entitled,. “how to be sharper than a two-edged sword”
I am someone that in the past, has run to big meetings with big names. There’s nothing wrong with looking forward to going to large meetings and seeing some other large ministries and the gospel greats out there. It’s a good thing to be hungry for God and to want more of him and to worship him; that has to be a great thing.
Links
You can see the links here that I used to create the video. Here is the testimony link with the young man speaking. Here is the live broadcast which I was sharing on my screen, which I believe is still running. And here’s the final video that I showed from Fox News of how it’s also bringing more business to the area.
One thing we have to remember is that we don’t have to be in a large meeting to know or feel the presence of God. I believe that when Jesus died on the cross, and he said that it is finished, that he meant it, and it is finished! He has done it! We can call on his name at any time. I think too many of us think that we have to go to big meetings to be in the presence of God.
Young People
I appreciate that there are lots of young people here at the meeting, which is great. I’ve been a Christian for 25 years, and I am still learning huge amounts; I am nowhere near there yet! But I’m hungry to know more. We have to remember that we are all at different levels in the faith; some have more biblical knowledge than others which we gain with experience and time.
I was a very new Christian at one time, and I had a lot to learn, so have to be sympathetic to young people who are just starting out on their Christian journey. As I mentioned in the previous paragraph, I am still learning. It’s always a pleasure to dig into God’s word and to attend a Bible study and learn a bit more about the wonderful truths of the Bible.
The fact is that the good thing is that these young people are worshipping God. There are no flashing lights, no smoke machines, no famous Christian speakers etc. It generally seems that it is good from what I can see, and we thank God that these young people are worshipping the creator. Please feel free to comment, I’m always open to learning and hearing other people’s opinions etc., providing it lines up with Scripture. Let’s pray that it really is what it appears that it is!
I have this YouTube video open, which is coming live from Asbury Revival; there is some great worship coming out from there! It’s great to see those young people worshipping and the fact that this revival has been going on for ten days.
I was looking at Twitter earlier and I carried out a search for the Asbury Revival. Lots of things were showing up, and I have noticed that it’s also been trending on Twitter, which means a lot of people are looking at the revival. Apparently, there has been a ½ a mile queue of people waiting to get into the Asbury Revival. They have also been a lot of people coming out with great testimonies of the revival.
2 Corinthians 3:17
So we have a look at the word here in two Corinthians 3:17, it reads.
“17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom and liberty.”
I believe that the spirit of the Lord is at this revival, and it looks like these young people are calling on the name of Jesus, which is fantastic.
Hebrews 13:8
If we have another look at a Scripture in Hebrews 13 verse 8, which reads.
“8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”
So we can go to these large meetings and have a great time and maybe in the next day or so, that feeling of the presence of God wears off. However, if we know what the word says, this hunger and excitement to have more of God should not wear off.
Jeremiah 33
Let’s move on to that famous Scripture, Jeremiah 33:3, which reads.
“3 ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and [b]mighty things, which you do not know.’”
So when we call on the name of Jesus, he will answer us, I firmly believe that and I know it happens when we believe.
John 16:13
And finally, in John 16:13, it reads.
“13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth for. He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.”
I pray that these young people are being led into all truth. When people come together and worship I believe that there is power. I remember when I was in Bible school, I guess there were about a hundred people in the class worshipping. The Principal asked if there was anyone in the room who couldn’t speak in tongues! It appeared that I was the only one in the room who could not speak in tongues. I had tried several times and asked several times for the gift of tongues; however, it hadn’t happened! Due to the number of people worshipping in the room, the principal did not see my hand go up to say that I could not speak in tongues!
However, I prayed at that moment and immediately, I started to speak in a new language of tongues! I believe this was because there was a strong anointing in the room and people wanted the kingdom to come. I was also very hungry to speak in tongues and I believe we hungry for God, he will see that hunger, when we reach out to him.
So, I believe that when people come together there can be an atmosphere to stir each other up in faith. God sees that hunger to be stirred up in the spirit and the spirit comes. So I have experienced that type of thing; iron sharpens iron.
A Testimony Of A Man At The Asbury Revival
I found this video on YouTube of a man who has been at the Asbury Revival, I don’t know who he is, but it certainly looks like something’s happened..