Are you hungry for revival? Are you desperate to see a move of God in your city? If so, you are in good company. Great revivals of the past can be traced to the ones who preceded revival, the ones who heard God’s call, the ones whose hearts burned to see God’s kingdom come in their cities. What a privilege it is to respond to God’s call and enter into His dream to see people set free and to see cities transformed by His power and love!

God is drawing you into His dream for your city. You have an integral role to play. Your voice is needed. Your desire for revival and awakening is God’s desire. His love for your city is so great that He is drawing you into His plan for your city’s transformation. He longs to move through You to pray, to encourage, and to love your city. He is searching the earth to find those He may strongly support. As you receive His heart for your city, He will give you ideas and strategies to move into. He will open your eyes to receive His dreams for your city. God invites you to dream with Him. 

The effort, the perseverance, and the struggle are worth the prize. Jesus, for the joy set before Him, endured the cross. What joy we have set before us as we press in to see lives redeemed and communities transformed by the power of God!

Cultivating Unity through Acts of Service: An Interview with Bryan Watt, founder and director of One Heartbeat and Project Backyard, and director of Contemporary Worship at First Presbyterian Church of Thomasville, Georgia.

Keys to Revival and Awakening:

·       Holy-Spirit led

·       Unity in the body of Christ

Avenues toward Unity:

·       Community worship and prayer gatherings

·       Local community service projects

·       Intentionally building relationships: Be a bridge

·       Unite over the essentials of the faith

Tips for seeking unity and revival:

·       Be willing to change directions and follow God’s lead.

·       Ask: what is my role in His story of uniting His people?

·       Embrace the love of God for your city.

·       Persevere: this is a marathon, not a sprint.

To learn more about Bryan Watt and the organizations that he leads, check out:

Oneheartbeatinc.org - One Heartbeat, Inc. exists to ignite PASSION for the name of Jesus, promote UNDERSTANDING of who we are in Christ and what defines us as Christians, and cultivate UNITY among believers.

Projectbackyard.com - Project Backyard is committed to creating awareness for local needs and providing consistent opportunities for Christian believers to unite through serving those in need in their own backyard.

Redhillsworship.com - Red Hills Worship exists to create a place for people to unify around the presence of Jesus, on earth as it is in heaven. We believe that the table of brotherhood is the place of communion, or common union, whether that union be the breaking of bread or in the singing of songs. 

Seeking Community Transformation through United Prayer: an interview with Doug Silvis. Doug is the founder and chairman of the board of Community Transformation Inc, an association of pastors and ministry leaders who have been facilitating prayer in Thomasville, GA since 2000. Doug is a respected Christian attorney with a calling from God. He has a heart to pursue revival and awakening.

Doug recognized that he was called by God at a young age, but God shifted the focus of that calling through the years.

As a non-clergy leader, Doug has been effective in bringing pastors and marketplace leaders together for prayer. Along with his board of directors, Doug has led the National Day of Prayer event in his city for 29 years. Cultivating unity across races and denominations, Community Transformation Inc. has been a significant force to help the city through several potential crises. Quarterly prayer summits, monthly pastor lunches, and weekly prayer have forged unity in their diverse group of community leaders.

Key points:

·       We should expect revival and awakening to affect every sector of a community.

·       Do not to despise the day of small beginnings (from Zechariah 4:10) A guiding word from the Lord for Doug has been “Be faithful in small things and I will make you ruler over much” (from Matthew 25:23).

·       True unity begins with one-on-one relationships.

·       “It’s great to say that I’m in unity with you; but if I don’t eat with you and don’t do things with you, are we really in unity?” – Doug Silvis

·       Jesus speaks of the importance of unity in John 17:21, when he prays that we all may be one “so that the world may believe that you have sent me.”

·       Every believer needs a prayer partner. 

Moving Forward in Unity: an interview with Pastor Ricky Monroe. Pastor Ricky is a spiritual leader in the city of Thomasville GA. He is District Elder and pastor of Mount Sinai Apostolic Church of Thomasville GA. Pastor Ricky has a passion for unity in the body of Christ. He is a leader in worship, ministry of the Word, and the love of God for the city.

Key points:

“Unity is the great power that moves the church, that moves a city, and moves a nation.” – Pastor Ricky Monroe

“We supply the unity and [the Lord] supplies the Spirit and the Power to go forward.” - Pastor Ricky Monroe

It is particularly important “to see the leaders [of diverse church congregations] connecting in relationship, in unity as friends,” because it shows that all of us are a part of the body of Christ. This unity is a testimony to the community and the world.

Unity begins in small groups.

“Even in these times, revival is still ready to break out. Even in these difficult times, in these changing times that we’re in, God is still wanting to do something magnificent. And He is going to do something magnificent through everything that we’re going through.” - Pastor Ricky Monroe

“The thing that puts us on the cusp of revival is repentance… Repentance keeps you in the presence of God” - Pastor Ricky Monroe

“In repentance, … I get rid of everything that is keeping me out of the presence of God, that’s keeping me out of fellowship with my brothers and my sisters. So, I’ve let the devil know that I’ll not allow him to cause superficial things or carnal things to keep me from the greater spiritual thing: which is revival for me, which is revival for my church, which is revival for my city, which is revival for my community, which is revival for the nation; so then, the Lord can see that He has a people who can re-remember who He is and [He can] come in a do a great thing.” - Pastor Ricky Monroe

Vision for Revival: An Interview with Pastor Jamie Nunnally. Pastor Jamie is a musician, songwriter, speaker, writer, and spiritual leader in Thomasville, GA. He is the visionary lead pastor of Victory Fellowship Church, where they are experiencing revival with evidence of healings, salvations, and rededications. Pastor Jamie pursues revival and awakening by pursuing Jesus. He has a love for his city and insight for all who are willing to make revival a way of life. 

KEY POINTS:

Revival is a person. His name is Jesus.

“Revival is Jesus Christ working in and through His church” – Jamie Nunnally

We experience revival in personal relationship with Jesus.

You can listen to Jamie’s song Revival here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDCEO6XjbuM

To bring revival in your sphere of influence, you should get in an environment of revival. Travel if you need to; it is worth the effort.

“So much of the kingdom of God is caught, not taught” – Jamie Nunnally

Ask God to give you love for your city.

Unity pleases God. We can experience joy in the Holy Spirit as we pursue unity in the body of Christ.

True unity requires a personal commitment.

Ways you can connect with Jamie:

https://www.facebook.com/jamienunnally/

https://jamienunnally.com/

http://www.vfcthomasville.org/

Praying for a City: An Interview with Tara Wentworth. Tara Wentworth has been a bi-vocational minister and businesswoman for most of her life. She is also an author and missionary, having served in international missions for many years. She is a founding board member of Community Transformation Inc., a multi-racial, multi-denominational group of men and women who promote prayer, partnership, and unity within the body of Christ. Tara is community leader with a passion for missions, prayer, and revival.

KEY POINTS:

Tara encourages listeners concerning:

The significance of a life of prayer.

The sustaining personal impact of a revival experience.

Supernatural experiences of healing and deliverance in revival.

Her call to minister in her hometown.

Leading prayer in a city.

Journaling in prayer.

“Informed praying is good, but you can go a step further and get into a place of intimacy, which is just incredible.” – Tara Wentworth

The way you develop your prayer life to become more effective is through intimacy and through abiding in Him.” – Tara Wentworth

Effective prayer involves “communing with God in such a way that you are feeling his heart”. – Tara Wentworth

“Awakening is when the church begins to realize who they are.” – Tara Wentworth

Tara has authored:

Love Never Fails: The More Excellent Way – available on Amazon at https://smile.amazon.com/Love-Never-Fails-More-Excellent-dp-B08B39QPDV/dp/B08B39QPDV/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1594880296

The LORD of ANGEL ARMIES – available through Tara at taratville@gmail.com.

Carrying Revival: An Interview with Kris Kildosher. Kris Kildosher is a close friend of Jesus. Kris ministers powerfully through God’s love. He has over 12 years of experience as a traveling missionary, preacher, church planter and ministry school founder. He trains, equips, and activates believers to demonstrate the love of God in practical ways.

Key Points:

Kris shares stories of revival and encounter with the love of Jesus.

Revival is returning back to the one who bring life, Jesus.

“When we get overwhelmed and fall madly in love with the One who’s been in love with us from the beginning, the one who died for us… Falling in love with that Savior is revival.” – Kris Kildosher

“Revival is centered around the revelation of Jesus Christ in our day.” – Kris Kildosher

“We are called to make disciples of individuals… and we are called to transform culture.” – Kris Kildosher

“Revival looks like reform in culture, like laws changing because people’s hearts’ desires have changed. It looks like an openness to the gospel. It looks like people coming out of drugs and addictions… and crimes diminishing.” – Kris Kildosher

“Everything that we do must be motivated by love.” – Kris Kildosher

Jesus call us to love. To love Jesus is to obey Him.

“Love is connected to obedience.” – Kris Kildosher

“We can only love to the degree that we know that we are loved.” – Kris Kildosher

“We miss out on something personally when we don’t partner with His love for people.” – Kris Kildosher

You can follow and connect with Kris at Kriskildosher.com or on Facebook.

Justin Allen carries the heart of God for individuals, cities, and regions. He is a former associate evangelist with Global Awakening. Justin is a prophetic voice who teaches and equips the body of Christ to hear God's voice and release the kingdom of God on earth.

Justin Allen's Testimony and Calling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooO14_w2PNU

Justin's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHq_YCb1QjiyETcclYXe5HQ

Justin's Ministry webpage - Perpetual Springs Ministries: https://www.perpetualsprings.com/

Justin's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/justin.allen.5895

Key points from the podcast:

People don’t need to see you. People are looking for God in you.

Get the heart of God for your city.

Go after what God tells you to go after.

Scripture memorization is important. There are spiritual disciplines and habits that move you forward.

“What you fill your life with will come out.” – Justin Allen

“If you don’t know the fellowship of His sufferings, I don’t think you can fully know God” – Justin Allen

Intimacy grows quicker in hard places.

“You haven’t known God until you’ve wept at His feet.” – Justin Allen

“If He is your portion in the dark night of the soul, then you know that the best that the world has to offer will never satisfy, because He has already satisfied.” – Justin Allen

“God is still God in the delay” – Justin Allen

“The prize was not the Promised Land. The prize was Him.” – Justin Allen

“The delay is qualifying you for the thing that you can’t yet steward.” – Justin Allen

Little things matter in the big scheme of what God is doing.

We can expect to see these things in revival: Focus on Jesus; Repentance; Healings; Miracles; Manifestations of the Presence of God; the Apostolic and the Prophetic working hand in hand.