the Glory in the united kingdom
By Terrence Clark Excerpt From Partner Letter
The following letter is published with permission from John Shiver Ministries. Dr. Shiver is an author, missionary, evangelist, and professor. An Indiana Jones of the gospel [my declaration] who not only teaches on and writes about Atmospheric Revival in Church & World history but travels all over the globe igniting it. The purpose of publishing this and previous letters is to remind us as the Church to stay focused on the real assignment of the body of Christ. It’s in praying for each other mission, we together in Christ, may call sinners to repentance and hasten the return of our Lord.
Dear Prayer Partners, Thank you so much for you prayer for Glory In The City in London! God met with us in every meeting. To Him be all glory and honor for everything! Sorry for the delay in writing, we were connecting in Boston and the extremely high winds that came with the snow storm had every flight stopped. We didn’t get home to Tampa until 2:30 Tuesday morning. The U.K. is in great upheaval and uncertainty because of their decision to break free from the European Union. Islam is spreading rapidly. Many, many people are praying across the land. This is an environment that is ripe for revival! |
Upon our arrival, the owner of the television network invited Pastor Robin and me to do a one hour unscheduled live broadcast on revival that went all across Europe and Africa! There was a potential viewer ship of 45 million households. The presence of the Lord was so powerful during that program, and we know that God did and will do something with the program for His purposes!
We began on Thursday morning hosting a breakfast for pastors in the east London area. It was a good time of fellowship and prophetic intercession. The first meeting began on Thursday night with people traveling from many areas around the city and beyond. It is hard to describe, but London is so vast and far-flung that it takes hours to get places within the city. Many of these folks traveled 1--2 hours to come. God is not going to disappoint hungry people!
Psalm 133 had been promised to us through a word from God:
1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
This was the hallmark of the meeting. It is not an "ecumenical thing," it was a God given, Holy Spirit-brought unity that has to come for revival to come and grow and flourish. There were many churches represented throughout the weekend and pastors from different streams. The power and fire of God was on the gatherings day and night. God's purpose was not just to bless people and meet their needs, but to raise up harvesters with the fire of God to carry the gospel back to their communities.
We began on Thursday morning hosting a breakfast for pastors in the east London area. It was a good time of fellowship and prophetic intercession. The first meeting began on Thursday night with people traveling from many areas around the city and beyond. It is hard to describe, but London is so vast and far-flung that it takes hours to get places within the city. Many of these folks traveled 1--2 hours to come. God is not going to disappoint hungry people!
Psalm 133 had been promised to us through a word from God:
1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
This was the hallmark of the meeting. It is not an "ecumenical thing," it was a God given, Holy Spirit-brought unity that has to come for revival to come and grow and flourish. There were many churches represented throughout the weekend and pastors from different streams. The power and fire of God was on the gatherings day and night. God's purpose was not just to bless people and meet their needs, but to raise up harvesters with the fire of God to carry the gospel back to their communities.
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The emphasis on Saturday morning was that God wants to get His presence out of buildings to reach the lost. That is true revival and what Glory In The City is all about! John and Jenny Shiells from Scotland did a brief evangelism training session on Saturday afternoon. Twenty-five people stayed for the training, had lunch, and then 14 went out on the streets. None of these people had ever led anyone to Jesus before. They were completely blown-away when they saw the Holy Spirit come and orchestrate divine appointments and then use THEM to lead people to Jesus. It was life-changing! Thirty-five people were saved that afternoon, and one was healed. Some of these were very dramatic salvations! Also there were nine salvations in the Friday night meeting! God is so good!
Sunday morning Evette and I went to a church that we had never met the pastor until this trip. He is very hungry for revival in the U.K. God gave him a vision years ago of cities ablaze with the glory of God, and he has prayed to that end ever since. God met with us in a wonderful way, and 60 people came forward for salvation and rededication!
We have never seen souls saved in Glory In The City like this before. But that is what Glory In The City is ALL about--GLORY in the city. That is the cry of our hearts to see His presence come in the meetings, light fires in the hearts of His people, and then see that presence and glory go outside the meetings to the lost. It is happening NOW in a wonderful way.
From the bottom of our hearts, we are so thankful to each of you who prayed for us! We had tremendous spiritual opposition on this trip, greater than in India, but God saw us through because of His faithfulness and your prayers! We are all in this together. As you pray or help financially, you are there. We simply cannot do what we do on our own.
We love you all! John and Evette
Sunday morning Evette and I went to a church that we had never met the pastor until this trip. He is very hungry for revival in the U.K. God gave him a vision years ago of cities ablaze with the glory of God, and he has prayed to that end ever since. God met with us in a wonderful way, and 60 people came forward for salvation and rededication!
We have never seen souls saved in Glory In The City like this before. But that is what Glory In The City is ALL about--GLORY in the city. That is the cry of our hearts to see His presence come in the meetings, light fires in the hearts of His people, and then see that presence and glory go outside the meetings to the lost. It is happening NOW in a wonderful way.
From the bottom of our hearts, we are so thankful to each of you who prayed for us! We had tremendous spiritual opposition on this trip, greater than in India, but God saw us through because of His faithfulness and your prayers! We are all in this together. As you pray or help financially, you are there. We simply cannot do what we do on our own.
We love you all! John and Evette
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