The Shaking of Nations - A Harvest Tsunami Is On Its Way....
the rise of a divine peace that changes the spiritual
atmosphere.
Such a committed minority, in a given sphere, 27 when trained
to be transformative Kingdom agents under Go d’s favor , will
become “salt and light” in altering the character of a city and
nation. Is it so hard to believe that God is still raising up Daniels,
Josephs, Nehemiahs, Esthers and Pauls who impact kings and
empires? Remember, God takes ordinary people and makes
them extraordinary. Such God-touched and favored people can
do remarkable things through the Holy Spirit’s power. You add
to such leaders the prayer and ministry of “God’s awesome few”
(the ekklesia) in each sphere of influence, and nothing will be
impossible for them.
The transformation of nations and cities certainly happened in
the life and ministry of the early church. The city of Jerusalem
(Acts 5:16, 28) was reached by the early church. The whole city
was turned upside down, with thousands coming to believe in
Jesus and respecting the early church (Acts 21:20). Even many
priests were converted to Jesus as their messiah because of
the prayer and witness and power of the church (Acts 6:7). Did
27 By sphere of influence I mean the sphere of education, government, business, entertainment, science or social services. The culture of a city or nation is made up of these contributing spheres of influence. We will cover this more fully later in the chapter.
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