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The Unfolding

Page 152: Stories from Asbury: Why So Many Traveled to Be There

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9867 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

 

The Outpouring at Asbury University began with a small group of students who stayed after chapel to worship and pray.  Over the course of the next 2 weeks, some estimate as many as 50,000 people came to Wilmore, Kentucky to be a part of it.  On February 23rd, the university officially stopped hosting public services.  If you weren't among the 50,000 who experienced it, today's show will give you a glimpse.  In this episode, we talk with people who came from hundreds and thousands of miles to visit Asbury.  Why did they go?  What were they hoping for? Guests from Ohio to Ontario share their stories.  

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0:00.0

Page 152 of the unfolding is Stories from Asbury.

0:05.3

We're just excited about what God's doing in this younger generation, and we feel like it's time.

0:09.3

It's time for a fresh outpouring of the spirit and just so thankful to be standing here.

0:13.8

We want prayer and worship to continue, but it's going to be to an empty auditorium.

0:18.7

And so when I was like, oh, it was like a worship to an audience

0:21.7

of one. She's like, yeah, like, would you be willing to do that? I just kind of hear in my spirit

0:26.2

from Jesus, I'll be there. And it really kind of messed me up. Now, I've got 21 and 22 year old

0:33.5

kids. So my heart is broken for this generation and my wife and I have been praying and praying

0:38.9

for this generation. So this is huge encouragement for us. And I want to bring some of this home to my

0:45.8

kids. That's why I'm here. God's story has been unfolding. Since the beginning of time.

0:56.5

He invites you to be a part of it.

1:02.7

Another page in the unfolding. Hey, this is Meredith Foster. On February 8th, Asbury University's regularly scheduled chapel service never ended. What started with a small group of students who worshipped and confessed sins and prayed for each other just slowly grew.

1:31.1

Over the course of the next two weeks, some estimate as many as 50,000 people came to Wilmore, Kentucky to be a part of what the university called an outpouring.

1:41.6

On February 23rd, the university officially stopped hosting public services.

1:46.7

If you weren't among the 50,000 who experienced it, today's show will give you a glimpse.

1:52.8

Nine days after the chapel that started it all, I traveled with some friends to the Asbury

1:57.5

campus. I wanted to capture stories from those who were there. If you missed it,

2:02.3

go back and listen to last week's episode, page 151, and hear the stories from the students themselves,

2:08.8

because the student stories, they're the beginning of what happened. So this week, we're talking to

2:14.5

some of the thousands who traveled to Wilmore to be a part of it.

2:18.7

Why did they go? What were they hoping for? And what was their experience? First, we hear from

2:25.0

Daniel. I saw a post that you shared on Facebook and I was super intrigued. Now, I saw this

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