The World On Fire: The Welsh Revival and Its Lessons for Our Times

The World on Fire: The Welsh Revival and It's Lessons For Our Time

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The World On Fire: This book is about the Welsh Revival, arguably the greatest revival ever.

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What happened in Wales so captivated the world that the front pages of virtually every major newspaper carried the story. This is not just a history of that most remarkable time, but it contains lessons that we need for our own time. Kindle Edition , pages.

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One of the first revival movements I ever heard of was the Welsh Revival of Wales has duly been called the "Land of Revival" and the "Land of Song. The awakening was reported around the world. The land was set ablaze by the Moody-Sankey meetings in the late 19th Century. In God again visited this small but significant locale. One of the earliest signs of a growing awakening came in the ministry of pastor Joseph Jenkins at New Quay, Cardiganshire.

In November, , he began a Young People's Meeting to battle their growing worldliness. Jenkins was visited by a shy young girl following an evening service in January, The following week, the first Sunday in February, Jenkins asked for testimonies during the Young People's Meeting following the morning service. Then, he asked for responses to the question, "What does Jesus mean to you?

Her sincere, earnest confession had the effect of a lightning strike of the Spirit in the congregation. Person after person arose and made full surrender to Christ. An early eyewitness of the revival said: Evan Roberts was the person most recognized in the Welsh Revival. He came from a humble, religious family. As a child, the devout lad took a Bible with him everywhere. Early in his life, he dreamed of revival. While a young coal miner, a page of the Bible was scorched, the page at II Chronicles 6 where Solomon prayed for revival.

Perhaps Evan saw this as prophetic, for when he became world-known, the Bible was displayed in photographs around the world. Roberts heard an evangelist named Seth Joshua speak at Blaednnannerch.

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The Thursday morning service closed with Joshua praying, "Lord Roberts began to go to various towns to speak of his changed life. We must get a little band and go all over the country preaching. Social impact was similarly reported. Judges were presented with white gloves signifying no cases to be tried. At times hundreds of people would stand to declare their surrender to Christ as Lord. Restitution was made, gamblers and others normally untouched by the ministry of the church came to Christ.

In fact, esteemed G. Campbell Morgan recalled a conversation with a mine manager about profanity. The manager told him, "The haulers are some of the very lowest. They have driven their horses by obscenity and kicks. Now they can hardly persuade their horses to start working, because they have no obscenity and kicks. Do you long to see God move like that in our day?

What if, one hundred years later, God so moved in our nation that hundreds of thousands of people, even millions, flooded the churches? If so, remember there is never great, widespread revival without personal revival. Do you seek a personal, deep, Spirit-led movement of God in your life? Then consider these aspects of personal revival taught by Evan Roberts, known as the Four Points:. You must put away any unconfessed sin. You must put away any doubtful habit.

You must obey the Holy Spirit promptly.

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The World On Fire: The Welsh Revival and Its Lessons for Our Times by Rick Joyner

Henderson, who is president of the It's not as though we didn't see it These honourable men they are all Bishop Samuel Rodman presided over Fredrick Fogle When a true revival, initiated by God occurs in the hearts of Christians, the Holy Spirit will help them to understand that it is real. In Evan, "prayer and poetry became a beautiful blend, communion with God and music became practically synonymous" Ellis As a young minister, Roberts brought to his pulpit a disciplined knowledge of the Scriptures as well as an unusual level of spiritual dedication.

Reid I believe the world is upon the threshold of a great religious revival, and I pray that I may be allowed to help bring this about.

Then consider these aspects of personal revival taught by Evan Roberts, known as the Four Points: May God raise up a generation of people with this passion. The bars were not the only places to be emptied.

Dance halls, theaters, and football matches all saw a dramatic decline in attendance. The courts and jails were deserted and the police found themselves without any work to do. The story is told of policemen who closed their station and formed a choir to sing at the Revival meetings. Long-standing debts were repaid, church and family feuds were healed and a new unity of purpose was felt across the denominational divides. Perhaps the most dramatic change that took place was that worked in the hearts of the miners.

Coal mining is far from the romantic occupation it is often portrayed as.

These men did back-breaking toil in cramped conditions with the constant threat of roof-collapse and explosive gases. Yet when the Holy Spirit touched them, He transformed their lives to such a degree that the pit-ponies could no longer understand instructions given to them, so accustomed had they become to receiving blows and being sworn at! The men worked with a renewed vigor that set production figures souring.

When work was done they would hurry home for a quick meal and a bath and then be off to the chapel until the early hours of the morning, singing hymns as they went! There was a new excitement about eternal things. Family devotions and public prayer meetings were started and continued regularly for years. The sales of Bibles increased to such a degree that the shops sold their entire stocks. Everywhere there was a new spirit of prayer and an urgency to preach the Gospel. The effects of the Revival were not confined to the Principality. Reports of the events in Wales were distributed internationally in newspaper and magazine reports and the Holy Spirit repeated what He had done in Wales from America to Australia.

The results of the Revival cannot be measured by the countless chapels that lie deserted on the Welsh hills today, but in the multitude of changed men and women who went on to effect the course of the twentieth century under the guidance of the Almighty. The Pentecostal nature of the Revival of is undeniable. Although he restricted the use of tongues because they could so easily misunderstood, Robert's himself often exercised the gift of a word of knowledge during the meetings.

His emphasis was constantly on the baptism in the Spirit. The form of the services remind us strongly of the pattern of those described in the New Testament letters. It is important to learn from the mistakes made during the Revival. Roberts was no expositor of the Word, and this was a weakness that was passed on to the new converts, who relied heavily on emotion and not upon Scripture.

In a sense the revival was based upon the preaching of a previous generation of ministers and Sunday School teachers, whose efforts finally bore fruit in When the Revival began to decline the established churches found it difficult to disciple the new converts, which is what they desperately needed.

Dare we ask for a Revival when we cannot care for the new spiritual children? Evangelical Press, ,

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