Spiritual

2 Corinthians 3:16-18 “But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

 

I first heard about a movement of God and spontaneous spiritual revival that was being experienced in the atmosphere of a university campus chapel ion Kentucky on a news program, then started receiving text messages from Christian friends on the presence of the Lord. 

 

I read that the growing event started as a routine chapel service at Asbury University, a small Christian college in Wilmore, Kentucky, according to university employees. “The first day we had a very ordinary service, I would call it unremarkable,” said university President Dr. Kevin Brown. Following a morning service on Feb. 8, a multicultural gospel choir sang on stage. At the tail-end of the meeting, a couple dozen lingering students assembled informally in a gathering and by evening more and more had trickled into the sanctuary creating something special, said Brown. That’s been going now for nine days straight, 24 hours a day. 

 

The article is right that the setup is simple. No projector screens or high-tech integrations (it’s not a show), just wooden sanctuary chairs filled with people, and an open altar call with an invitation to prayer that still hasn’t ended. The phrase “spiritual revival” can carry different meanings; in Christianity, they generally refer to a resurgence in interest in the church from believers and nonbelievers. Many attendees of the Asbury gathering say they were drawn by a spiritual presence they felt was at the event. The Spirit of the Lord is there and there is freedom in the soul. Halleluiah – praise be to God! 

 

In John 3:8 Jesus explains “The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

 

The church is a physical building. It is the real presence of the Lord genuinely experienced that makes it a Sanctuary in the House of the Lord in spiritual revival. The Spirit is felt in the ambiance and penetrates to the soul’s core of mind, will and emotion. In soulful prayer of surrender, life’s burdens on the mind are lifted and authentic healing of the heart taking place in intimate relationship with our loving Maker, our Savior, and our Lord. Life's are inwardly transformed in pure faith. The heart cannot help but worship and rejoice in unspeakable joyful and gratitude. People truly desire to be where the presence of God resides. The soul yearns for God. May everybody seek, find and experience Lord. 

 

In Christ, Brian