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It doesn’t matter what kind of manifestations you see in a so-called revival.

It is
not a true move of God unless it is focused on the harvest! Holy Ghost rains
always fall to produce an ingathering of souls.

God poured out His Spirit at Pentecost to soften and prepare the ground for the
gospel seed to be sown. Spirit-filled believers were sent out from the Upper
Room into the entire world to make disciples of Jesus Christ.

After almost two thousand years of sowing and growing, it is now time for
harvest! All who died in Christ up to now represent the first fruits or the early
harvest. The Lord has been waiting patiently for His final, mighty harvest.

“Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the
farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it
receives the early and the latter rain” (James 5:7).

“And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the
Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced”
(Zechariah 12:10). This passage speaks of the promised latter rain that must
precede the final harvest.

Many so-called Holy Ghost movements have vanished quickly because they
were man-centered — focusing on gifts, self-improvement, happiness. But if a
move is truly of the Spirit, it will result in a hunger to reach a lost and dying
world. In fact, Jesus tied the harvest to lost souls when He said, “Pray the Lord
of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest” (Matthew 9:38).

Any true outpouring of the Holy Spirit will focus on this prayer of Jesus. The
very few revivals documented as genuine all were blessed with great harvests
of souls. There is no true revival without a great ingathering of lost souls!

https://worldchallenge.org/devotion/what-true-revival

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