It didn't start with a microphone. It started with prayer. Revival is not far away. It's not complicated. It's not

unreachable. It is as close as your heart and my heart is ready and willing and wants God.

Well, it has been a minute since I've been on this mic, and I just have to say,

wherever you're listening from, maybe you're driving, you're folding laundry, or you're walking the dog. Thank you for being here. It's also not your imagination that I haven't dropped

a new show in a while. I have been living life off the mic, which I have really needed. And

thank you for giving me that space to do that. I highly recommend it, by the way. I'm so excited

to be here, though, for the next four weeks and bring you four brand new shows

on something that a lot of us have been talking about in the evangelical world as of late,

but also it's something that is not a new subject, that of revival.

What do you think of when I say that word?

Big stadiums, crowds of people worshipping, lights, and a big production,

perhaps. When we hear the word revival, a lot of those images might pop into our minds,

maybe tent meetings, fiery preaching, packed out churches, miracles, salvations, the whole thing.

And those moments are beautiful. God

absolutely uses them. And I think those elements are often present. But here's the thing.

If you think about what really happens in revival, revival is never first and foremost a public

event. It's a personal encounter. And that may happen

publicly or it may spill out into a public space, but it doesn't have to and certainly doesn't

even almost always start that way. Before the world hears the sounds of revival.

God hears the cries of a hungry heart.

Before a crowd gathers, someone prays.

Before fire falls publicly.

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