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The local church in America needs all the encouragement it can get. I know that no church is perfect. I know sometimes churches have problems. But, remember, spiritually speaking, the church is on the front lines. It is a spiritual battleground.

Sometimes we tend to drop the word spiritual and just make it a literal battleground. This is wrong. Church is meant to be a place of healing, help, and hope.

I urge you, encourage your church leadership. Pray for your membership. Promote the gospel ministry. Regardless of foibles, flaws, or failures, the church is still the means by which Jesus Christ is reaching a lost and dying world.

I remember when I was a youngster people debating if the Lord would revive America. I am not going to try to give a final answer to that question. What God does in nations is in His plan. However, I will say this. We must never give up on revival in the church. Regardless of conditions in the nation, the church in America can, and should, be revived.

This ministry is intended to be a help to the local church. I want to be used as an encouragement to the people of God in the body of Christ. I am an evangelist, but I think of myself more as a ‘revivalist’ than anything.What is a revlivalist? Revivalism is about seeing the people of God revitalized. The goal is for God’s people to be renewed, refreshed, and reinvigorated. The Holy Spirit accomplishes this ministry. And, when the church is revived – evangelism follows. That is my firm belief. A healthy church WILL reach the lost. Revival always leads to an uptick in evangelism.
It is my prayer that I can partner with Pastors to come alongside and encourage congregations to live as authentic Christians. A good revival speaker doesn’t come to give the people something the Pastor cannot. Instead, a revivalist helps by restating what the ministers of the church have already been telling the people. He serves as confirmation that the message of the need for renewal in God’s people is not unique to the Pastor or other ministers of the church.

The new website is ready to go! Praying for 10 meetings this year. Asking for prayer partners.

My Pastor at Grace Baptist Church made this statement today. “There is no room for joy in a heart full of sin.” I think the converse can also be true. If your heart is full of God’s peace, joy, love, and hope, there will be no room left for sin. Live that abundant life that Jesus gives His disciples, and sin will find it hard to rent room in your head.

So excited about the new Revive US Today website!