World Prayer Journey for America

Hello friends,

It is our desire to see massive, large-scale revival and awakening in the United States!

We have been praying for another historic move of the Holy Spirit to sweep our land and awaken a generation to wholehearted love and surrender to Jesus! 

It is about a Christ awakening, where the Spirit of God uses the Word of God to bring awakening the people of God back to the Son of God for all that He is! 

We want to enter into the power and pleasure of being obsessed with the majesty of Jesus. He is the dominant personality in this age and in the age to come!

We are longing for a Gospel Explosion, a revival tsunami that will crash onto the shores of our nation for the spread of His fame, the extension of His kingdom, the increase of His gain, and the honor of His claim to what rightfully belongs to Him, from coast to coast. From sea to shining sea!

"For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea" (Hab. 2:14).

In the words of the Moravians : "May the Lamb who was slain receive the due reward for His sufferings." Let us pledge our allegiance not to the 'stars and stripes' but to the 'scars and stripes' of the worthy Lamb!    

Desperate need for revival...

We have a desperate need for revival in the United States. Many of our churches do not pray and are plagued by pride. Many of our homes and marriages are broken. It is said that believers tithe only 2 percent of their income in one of the richest nations in the world.

Overall church growth in the United States is stagnant. With over 40,000 denominations in the United States, the church and its leaders are struggling to walk in the unity of John 17. 

Our nation is divided politically and socially. As we know, only a united church can heal a divided nation.

Yet, I have hope for our nation

The United States has had a rich history of sending missionaries to take the Gospel to nations around the world. Wherever I travel across the globe, I hear gratitude from other nations for American missionaries. And yet, today, I believe we need the Lord to send missionaries to our own nation.

I believe we must humble ourselves and ask the nations to help us, to intercede for us. 

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After hearing from many world leaders, we have decided to call for 7 Days of Prayer culminating in a World Day of Prayer for America on Sunday, September 22, with an online gathering taking place from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. (ET)..

We will have key leaders joining us and leading in prayer and worship from every continent in the world!

Please join us online as you are able, and consider organizing a prayer party on behalf of your city or your nation.

Register for updates and watch www.gdop-america.org

Can we see a transformative revival in the United States?

A key question we must ask ourselves is this: "What would it take to see a genuine move of God initiated and sustained in cities across the United States?"

It is not enough to just see a revival, we want to see a transformative revival in the families, communities, and cities throughout our nation before Christ's return!

George Otis Jr. describes a transformed community this way...

• A neighborhood, city, or nation whose values and institutions have been invaded by the grace and presence of God.
• A place where the divine fire has not only been summoned, but has fallen.
• A society in which natural evolutionary change has been interrupted by invasive supernatural power.
• A culture that has been impacted comprehensively and undeniably by the Kingdom of God.
• A place where Kingdom values are publicly celebrated and passed on to future generations.

Samuel Davies reminded us from his perspective of the Second Great Awakening, "there are times when only a great outpouring of the Spirit can produce a general public reform." He witnessed firsthand how revival and awakening brought cultural change that nothing else could achieve. The pastor of St. John's-Wood Presbyterian Church stated after the Welsh Revival, in which 100,000 people came to Christ in nine months (1904-1905), that "the mighty invisible breath of the Spirit was doing in one month more than centuries of legislation could accomplish."

Could we see such an awakening again in our day?

As George Otis reminds us, "the process of transformative revival in nations is triggered when our appetite for God's presence outweighs all other hungers." This hunger is ignited and fanned into flame through the Gospel of God's glorious grace!

As Leonard Ravenhill wrote: 

"The only reason we don't have revival is because we are willing to live without it." 

He was famous for exposing our idol-driven lives when he stated:

"Are the things you are living for worth Christ dying for?"

The true revival experienced by many throughout human history has always been accompanied by an extraordinary conviction of sin, fear of God and His judgment, revelation of God's love and mercy, confession, deep repentance, and people asking, as on the day of Pentecost: "What must I do to be saved?" (Acts 2)

God is especially drawn to an atmosphere of humility, brokenness, desperate spiritual hunger, repentance, grace-empowered obedience, and urgent united prayer. Duncan Campbell, the great preacher during the Hebrides Revival of 1949-52, summarized revival well when he wrote: 

"Revival is when men in the streets are afraid to speak profane words for fear the judgment of God will fall. When sinners, conscious of the fire of God's presence, tremble in the streets and cry out for mercy! When (without human publicity) the Holy Spirit sweeps through cities and regions with supernatural power and holds people in the grip of terrifying conviction! When every shop becomes a pulpit, every heart an altar, every home a sanctuary, and people walk carefully before God! This, my beloved, is truly HEAVEN-SENT REVIVAL!" — Duncan Campbell

Revival is Jesus-centered! It is Gospel-driven! (Acts 19:10, 17.) Revival challenges the status quo and changes the spiritual atmosphere until a community is 'Saturated with God'.

Extraordinary Prayer

Needless to say, prayer is the incubator and furnace of revival. As AT Pierson wrote:

"There has never been a spiritual awakening in any country or locality that did not begin in united prayer."

Revival is preceded by extraordinary prayer. As Matthew Henry noted:

"When God intends great mercy for his people, the first thing he does is set them praying!"

Edwin Orr, one of the great scholars of revival, was once asked:

"Does prayer make revival happen? He replied: 'No... but it makes it possible'"

As A.W. Tozer wrote in an article titled, "No Limit to Revival,"

"There is no limit to what God could do in our world if we dared to yield to Him with a commitment that says, 'O God, by this I surrender to you, I give my family, I give my business, I give all that I possess. Take it all, Lord, and take me! I surrender myself to such an extent that, if it is necessary for me to lose everything for you, let me lose it. I am not going to ask what the cost is. I will only ask that I may be all that I should be as a follower and disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ.'"

May the church in America bring our minds and hearts before the all-consuming fire of the Son of God, the Lord Jesus, asking for a greater revelation of who He is, where He is headed, what He is doing, and how He is blessed. Let us pray for a glorious explosion of the Gospel to erupt in this nation for His renown! 

Thank you for helping us spread the word about this important gathering.

All glory to the Lamb!

Dr. Jason Hubbard – Director

International Prayer Connection