Ready to Preach, Pray, or Die: Lessons from George Whitefield

Revive Our Hearts

Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

“Be ready to preach, pray, or die at any moment for the gospel.” A Great Awakening by Sight & Sound Films depicts the life of a man who took those words to heart. George Whitefield was on fire for the Kingdom. Would you embrace this same passion?

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0:00.0	Want to make a difference in the world? According to Kim Miller, the key is letting God work on your heart.
0:06.5	When God can impact the soul and he can impact the heart of a person, then we are positioned
0:14.0	and postured to fulfill and carry out governmental work, ministry work, business work, family work, right?
0:23.8	This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Brokenness,
0:29.4	The Heart God Revives. For March 26th, 2026, I'm Dana Gresh.
0:46.7	If you're reading through the Bible with us this year, today we're reading 1st Samuel chapters 19 and 20, where it tells the story of two very unlikely friends, David and
0:51.8	Jonathan.
0:52.5	It describes their loyalty to one another and how Jonathan saved David
0:56.7	from his angry father, King Saul. I hope you're taking this journey through the scripture with us.
1:01.7	To sign up and dive right in, head to revive our hearts.com slash Bible 2026.
1:08.4	Today we're going to talk about another unlikely friendship from the pages of history. It's one
1:13.3	that's portrayed in a moving new film coming out next week. That unlikely friendship was between
1:18.5	American founding father Benjamin Franklin and the revivalist and preacher George Whitfield.
1:24.4	Mr. Franklin. Reverend Whitfield?
1:29.7	Please, call me George.
1:32.4	It is an honor to finally meet you.
1:34.9	Your reputation precedes you in England.
1:38.3	Oh, which one?
1:45.0	As you know, Revive Our Hearts is passionate to see God move in the lives of individuals. We long to see Him awaken people to their desperate need of a Savior, and we plead with him to purify and breathe new life into his church.
1:54.0	That's something he does in the hearts of individuals all the time.
1:57.0	It's something he's done in sweeping ways at various points in history, and it's something
2:02.1	we're asking him to do again. The movie is called A Great Awakening. It's coming out Easter
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