God is Raising up Pastors With a Heart to See Revival and Awakening: A Report on Atlanta

God is up to something special in America. As I leave our prayer gathering, I am convinced more than ever that the Lord is stirring up men of God all across this nation.

What I witnessed

I witnessed several hundred pastors and ministers:

• Crying out to God for revival and awakening
• Lying on their faces in humility, pouring out their prayers not just for others, but for their own spiritual condition
• Praying for one another
• Interceding for the churches of America
• Developing a growing burden for the world to be reached for Jesus Christ.
• Worshipping with all their might
• Pleading with God for spiritual awakening in America

Words cannot describe all we each witnessed in our time together. If you want to read more reports than what I am able to give here, search Twitter for #prayingpastors.

Why I am encouraged

The only answer in the church and in our nation is a major move of God and He is placing a strong burden and growing desperation in our midst. While I saw this in our Dallas gathering in the fall, God intensified it in Atlanta this week. This is occurring because of extraordinary prayer.

When the men of God gather to pray, faith is developed and hope is restored. As the song says, we begin to “believe again.” Jesus said,

“And he did not do many mighty works there, because of their unbelief.” Matthew 13:58 (ESV)

God is raising up a generation of pastors who are biblically-based, theologically-balanced, spiritually-empowered, and are committed to see revival and awakening in their generation. We are the revival generation.

What’s next

Many pastors were asking, “When is the next prayer gathering? What is next?” We have no plans for another gathering at this point. We did not when we left Dallas. You have to understand, we were just gathering a few pastors together to pray, and the Lord blossomed it beyond our expectation. The Atlanta gathering was twice as large as the Dallas gathering.

What I have encouraged pastors to do, is to go home and pray. If they believe God wants to do something in their region, they know the principles that have been taught them. Therefore, if God creates the burden in them, lead it in their own region and state. God will see them through just as He has us.

We need a spiritual movement to arise in every state in our great nation, led by pastors, to move God’s people to extraordinary prayer. God is doing something. Therefore, if you are a pastor reading this today, pray and lead. God will see you through.

We must

We must reach this world for Jesus Christ. The hour is critical. The time is short. This is why we need to practice extraordinary prayer.

Yours for the Great Commission,

Ronnie W. Floyd