In early 2014, I had a dream. I was in a large meeting room, like a community room at a library. Maybe 20-30 people had gathered for prayer. We were all in little groups of three, interceding with God, praying for our churches. The lights were soft, the voices were quiet but earnest. Desirous of God to move in our…
Belong — Be Known — Be Encouraged — Be Sent Out Empowered. Missional. Kingdom Minded. Christ-centered. Spirit-filled. Holistic. There are a lot of adjectives pastors can add to describe the community they are trying to build. These words add focus or clarity to the vision of the community. At Revival Valley, we foster the creation of Life Groups, the…
Pursuing revival, and acting in the calling & vision God gives each of is like launching a ship (a visionary task or calling), as was describe in An Invitation Beyond Revival. Each one of us has specific callings or a vision that He is asking us to pursue, or to join others in their vision (each person doesn't need to…
"The vision was of wave upon wave of young people like me, missionaries still in their teens and early twenties, marching onto the shores of all the continents" ~ Loren Cunningham, found of Youth With a Mission For many years, even a few decades, the picture of waves upon waves of people coming into the Lord's Kingdom, and then waves…
Lastly, in this sequence of Revival Topics, looking at old topics through newer, revival lenses, we want to look at spiritual gifts. Having already looked at loving God or loving others, we want to look at spiritual gifts in such a light as well. It might be considered odd to cover loving God and Loving others without touching the great…
Last time we looked at a different way to look at loving God, and now we want to check in on loving each other, but from a different angle. The parable of the Good Samaritan found in Luke 10:25-37, has rightfully been considered the marquee text for loving others, and we too be looking at this text. When Jesus told…
He answered, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" ~ Luke 10:27 Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first…
The provision to get you to the mountain of God, is rarely the provision to get you up the mountain of God! That God provides for His people, His children, is such a sure promise from Him, it is one of names He gives for Himself, Jehovah-Jireh, "the Lord provides" (Genesis 22). The key is to not become attached to…
A few weeks ago I was challenged by a fellow minister to really define revival. Not in an academic sense. Not in a cover all the bases and opinions way. But in the 'what did God mean for me/us to pursue revival in Silicon Valley, at this moment in time'. How will we know if we are answering the call…
Just as Dr. Luke documented the miracles and testimony of Christ, and as he witnessed and spoke of the miracles of the apostles and of Paul, so too will the Medical School of Healing partake in, and testify to, the miracles of Jesus Christ in Silicon Valley and beyond.