Day 3 - A Harvest-Producing Rain

"Ask the Lord for rain in the time of the latter rain. The Lord will make flashing clouds; He will give them showers of rain..." Zechariah 10:1

Most of us who are attuned to God's Spirit have come to believe that a great harvest of souls is on His immediate agenda. Throughout history, great outpourings of the Holy Spirit have been accompanied by a great harvest of souls. The first such outpouring took place, or course, on the Day of Pentecost. That day, people were refreshed, revived, empowered, and filled with joy. Soon thereafter, 3000 souls were saved, and this great harvest of souls continued in the fledgling Church on a daily basis. As the harvest grew ever larger, people in the affected areas became alarmed and persecution broke out against the Church. Consequently, the disciples needed another wave of empowerment so they could remain faithful to God.

Taken from "Living in the Glory Every Day" - David Herzog

My thoughts:

Ex 16:10, "While Aaron was speaking to the whole Israelite community, they looked toward the desert, and there was the glory of the LORD appearing in the cloud."

The glory of God can be manifested in the form of a cloud. Hence, the phrase 'Glory Cloud' is used at times.

One thing I found interesting in the book "The Mysteries of the Glory Unveiled" by David Herzog was that you can see the glory cloud but we need to know how to get the cloud to manifest rain - the harvest-producing rain. That happens when we have 'knowledge of the glory', knowledge of that cloud, to get it to rain. Hence, we need the 'knowledge of the glory' to see the heavens opened and the mysteries of the glory unveiled!

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

Day 2 - A Revival of Signs and Wonders

"...tell John... that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them..." Luke 7:22-23

God seems to package revival in such a way as to attract only those who are desperate for Him. The hungry are somehow able to see what God is doing through strange new circumstances, rather than judging by outward appearances. When people are expecting God to bring revival in the way they have known in the past but it actually comes in a totally different form, it seems easy for them to reject it. It is sad that they keep waiting for something else to come along when something new is already happening. In the days ahead we will see many of the same miracles that accompanied Jesus, and these signs and wonders will also be too many and too diverse to be recorded.

Take from "Living in the Glory Every Day" - David Herzog

My thoughts: Mark 16:17-18, "And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

Acts 14:3, "So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders."

Romans 15:18-19, "I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done— by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ."

The gospel is power - Romans 1:16. Signs and wonders indeed follow those who believe! May we see a restoration of the things the first church experienced!

Day 1 - The Spirit of Elijah

Malachi 4:5, "Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord"

We are seeing the restoration of the spirit of Elijah upon the Church. In this new move of God, there is not only an increase in signs and wonders, but there are also unusual creative miracles (including resurrections from the dead), angelic visitations, and the restoration of key revelations, mysteries, and truths that have been lost through the centuries. Some of the things we are experiencing are familiar, but many things are brand-new - another wave of greater glory. It has been more than 50 years now since the last great miracle revival took place and 50 years since Israel became a nation. God ordained that Jubilee, the restoration of all that has been lost, occur every 50 years. This is the time of restoration.

Taken from "Living in the Glory Every Day" - David Herzog

My thoughts: I like the word restoration. It means we had it before, and we lost it - now God is restoring it back to the Church. In the days of the first church, there were miracles, signs and wonders happening at an unimaginable magnitude, and the disciples had all things in common, no one lacked anything. Isn't the time ripe for a restoration of all these? The Spirit of Elijah is already resting on us. The Holy Spirit now lives IN us! May we move with God's Spirit and see a restoration of the things the early church experienced.