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I have never written at a time when I felt greater urgency.

Life Action is not an alarmist ministry. But there is no doubt we live in a season unparalleled in America’s past—and that is alarming. The prophet Jeremiah would be shouting urgently from the rooftops!

How unusual are the times in which we live? The economic outlook is certainly bleak. The rapidity of moral and social descent is almost surreal. Perhaps most startling are the claims that Christianity is inherently evil. Popular secularists now declare evangelicals to be the primary cause of the problems our nation faces ...

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Fifty-three communities this year experienced a measure of revival and a renewal of authentic Christianity. Souls were saved. Marriages were rescued. Families were restored. Whole churches were reconciled and transformed. In many lives and homes, the downward spiral was halted and reversed. The Lord has been wonderfully faithful! The following are a few of the amazing stories from this past year.

My name is Lisa.  God found me struggling in a marriage I wasn’t sure I wanted to be in anymore.  My husband does not go to church.  He believes in God, but it stops there.  I have prayed ...

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I attended the Life Action summit these past few weeks at my church, and God got a hold of my heart. A few months before I became a Christian (4 1/2 years ago), a few of my friends and I did several thousand dollars worth of vandalism at my school just weeks before graduation. I remember the school saying that they were going to find who did it and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law. This has been haunting me for the past five years—not that I would get caught, but I had a guilty ...

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Read Life Action's summer newsletter, Ignite. This issue includes practical encouragement for experiencing a revived life, stories about real people changed by revival, and timely updates on Life Action's ministry outreaches. (Read Update)

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One of our staff revivalists, who has experienced more than 30 years of seeing God work mightily in churches across our nation, recently wrote the following: Sunday was one of the most incredible mornings I have ever seen. We preached four separate services, attended by a total of 1200 adults and teens. In every service there was a spirit of conviction and receptivity that was followed by obedience. Over 100 people asked for prayer concerning genuine salvation, and over 80 of them went to the prayer room to meet with God. Many of those were hopefully converted. We have never ...

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Launch Revive Media ChannelWelcome to Life Action’s new Revive Media Channel, your go-to place on the web for revival media content. Here you'll find free video messages, testimonies, historical accounts on the topic of revival, and more. Be sure to check back often for newly released videos! Launch Media Player Now

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From 16 days ago to now, I have grown considerably. I have learned to truly forgive. I was not expecting to face bitterness and hurt from an issue with my husband. Sixteen days ago, my husband confessed moral impurity, looking at pornography. I forgave him when he told me, but I still felt shocked, hurt, and betrayed. I was having trouble completely reconciling with him and feeling completely open with him. I know that it is only the truths I have heard this week, prayer, and the power of the Holy Spirit that have helped me forgive my husband completely ...

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The list reads like a modern-day soap opera: a parent's adultery, haunting doubt, a spouse's string of affairs, addictions, womanizing, loneliness, depression, bitterness, spouse abuse, divorce, failing in leadership, mental and emotional abuse, failure to meet personal responsibilities, lust, temptation, unforgiving spirit, marriage and family out of control, victimization by murder . . .

The above isn't the product of some secular writer's keyboard; it's a list of genuine, specific concerns written down for one of our teams recently as they opened a summit . . . in a church that's probably a lot like many of ours.

Each night ...

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I was seeking the Lord, and Clint was occasionally visiting church on Sunday mornings. Clint hunted and worked, and I raised the kids. We communicated very little . . . just the bare minimum. I took the kids to church. Most attempts to reconnect our family quickly became arguments. We truly lived separate lives. He did his thing. The kids and I did ours. My heart was tough . . . not much tenderness toward Clint.

About two years before Life Action, the Lord revealed to me that I should meet Clint at his level, find a church of his choice. I resigned from my ten ...

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Read Life Action's new quarterly report, Ignite. This issue includes practical encouragement for experiencing a revived life, stories about real people changed by revival, and timely updates on Life Action's ministry outreaches. (Read Update)      

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Why would a person who has never come to salvation through Christ bother to keep up the outward appearance of being a Christian? Why would such an individual serve as a Sunday school teacher, deacon, pastor, or pastor’s wife?

There could be many reasons: to impress others, to please someone else, to enjoy the benefits of a believing community without the spiritual cost, because they really don’t understand the gospel of salvation by faith in Jesus, because it’s a commitment they’ve put off so long that it’s now a false lifestyle, because it’s what ...

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"If I was disobedient, they'll be disobedient." This was the realization of a husband and father when he heard his wife pray prior to the summit, and he acknowledged his impact as the spiritual leader of his home. For the first time in his mar­riage, he knelt beside his bed and prayed over his wife and family. He shared with us how he has cleared his conscience in past and current relationships, and he admitted his great need for accountability from godly friends. Although the process of revival has been exhaust­ing, he finished by rejoicing in the ...

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James 4:6 says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” Our staff evangelists like to describe God’s grace like an ambulance. When we see ourselves as we really are without His power, humbled and grieved by our un-Christ-likeness, and cry out to Him for His sufficiency, His “grace ambulance” rushes to the scene, providing all we need for life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3).

Following are several phrases used by various people in a recent Life Action summit, describing how God has revealed their need for Him and His grace:

“I have tried for ...

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DOUGLAS — Let us begin 2009 with a brief look back at 2008. The year was filled with important news stories, several of which could be considered Story of the Year. South Georgia College welcomed a new president. An armed robbery epidemic has plagued the community all year. Related to that, community leaders gathered at the Weir Center during the summer and discussed what many believed to be an increasing crime rate — a meeting that resulted in little, if any, meaningful change. Additionally, the November election sparked historic local turnout, Vince Dooley visited Douglas in October, Fleetwood announced the closing of ...

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When God's Spirit is at work in a congregation, He not only speaks to corporate issues, but He also deals very personally, specifically, and lovingly in individual hearts. One of the evidences of this work is people's willingness to be honest, to tell others what God is confronting and how He has found us out. Following are phrases shared in current Life Action summits, written by church members who are being truthful, repentant, and willing for God's power change them. Can you identify with any of these? "I need to be a mother who models God's ...

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Many of you have been praying for God's provision at the end of 2008. Thank you! In addition, hundreds of you have partnered with us by giving a financial contribution. As of Friday afternoon, December 31, the $250,000 was matched, and an additional several thousand dollars has been contributed.
Beyond the $250,000 matching gift campaign total, our prayer goal for all December donations was another $420,000, or a total of $920,000. As of Friday afternoon, we had received just over $607,000 of that total. We realize that some gifts are still en route, and ...

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The economic downturn could be an unprecedented opportunity for widespread revival, as people get serious about seeking God! That's why I'm excited about the mission of Life Action Ministries this season. We are seeing more interest in revival than at any other time in our 37-year history. Churches that prior to the economic crisis were struggling to get people interested in one extra service on a weekend are now eager to set aside protracted times for renewal and revival. By Gods grace we want to respond by being fully prepared both spiritually and financially for ministry in 2009 ...

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One of our summit revivalists reports on a recent service:

There was an unusual sense of God's sweetness in our midst Sunday morning. At the end of our praise time, I asked the church to express praises to God out loud.

This was different than any other time I remember. For eight straight minutes there was continuous praise to Him.

It was very moving, and we decided that God would be glorified more if we adjusted our service to continue in a testimony time instead of the message. For the next 40 minutes, we began to get more of ...

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When God is at work in a church, His "fingerprints" are obvious. Examples of renewed life are evident as people respond in obedience to His Word. One of our staff revivalists reports that the four summits he participated in this fall have the marks of God all over them and are the best four back-to-back summits he's experienced in his time with Life Action. Here are some of the corporate ways God has worked:

  • Incredible night-after-night attendance at the meetings--a very high percentage of the Sunday morning congregation; church staffs pleasantly surprised (even shocked) at the good turnout during ...

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For the past two weeks, one of our teams has been planted in the exact community where God moved in dramatic fashion 130 years ago. What God did during that year was truly amazing . . . a superb account of what He longs to do again!  The following edited version of the account tells the story:

Sunday meetings were held and a thousand people were in attendance. On Tuesday forenoon the wheels of the scale factory were stopped, and men crowded into the machine shop where the voice of prayer and song superseded the hum of machinery. In the evening there were ...

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God does not speak in generalities.  "Lord, forgive me of all my sin" is not a prayer that reflects the work of God's Spirit.  This revival reality was evident in the two weeks our team spent in one church near the campus of University of Alabama.  Though the make-up of the congregation was older in age, there was an unusual youthfulness about their eagerness to respond to the Lord . . .in specific steps of obedience. God dealt deeply with in many people's hearts in repenting over bitterness, and learning how to forgive.  Many cleared their consciences including: -          A father ...

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GOD MOVES AMONG CHRISTIAN LEADERS

 
 
If there is a single ingredient in every recorded revival, it is that God’s people become desperate enough to “cry out” to the Lord for deliverance. Recently, over 350 leaders gathered at the Billy Graham training center in North Carolina for the sixth Heart-Cry for Revival Conference. Life Action has been a lead sponsor for several of these conferences. Each time God has visited in powerful ways. Our staff along with James MacDonald, Sammy Tippit, Richard Owen Roberts, Crawford Loritts, Bob Bakke, and numerous other leaders banded together to seek the Lord in a ...

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I am writing from Florida, where Sue and I are with our Revival Conference Team, attending one of our four-day THIRST conferences being hosted by Cornerstone Church just outside Orlando. Some 700 individuals have been filling the auditorium every service, and today around 200 women attended the Seeking Him, Together ladies' luncheon. But the great response numerically from this church is of disinterest to those who are having their dry and thirsty souls refreshed by God’s presence. To a heart being touched by God, nothing else really matters. When you sense God’s amazing presence, everything else fades in ...

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        I am writing from Charleston, SC, where 700 people are beginning a twelve-week journey of going through the Seeking Him study in small groups. I had the privilege last night of speaking at the launch of this church-wide emphasis on revival. East Cooper Baptist Church is a great work of God where body-life seems to be flourishing through community groups. They are engaging deeply in the process of seeking the Lord for individual and corporate revival. The pastor is preaching on the Seeking Him themes and spending time each week with his leadership to ensure they model the message as ...

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I am writing from Charleston, SC, where 700 people are beginning a twelve-week journey of going through the Seeking Him study in small groups. I had the privilege last night of speaking at the launch of this church-wide emphasis on revival. East Cooper Baptist Church is a great work of God where body-life seems to be flourishing through community groups. They are engaging deeply in the process of seeking the Lord for individual and corporate revival. The pastor is preaching on the Seeking Him themes and spending time each week with his leadership to ensure they model the message as ...

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