‘We’ve never seen spiritual hunger like this before!’ Revival is here. Here are 4 ways you can steward it

Revival isn’t coming, we’re already living in it everyday, says Eric Rafferty. This is your call to wake up to a new spiritual season and learn how to live in the everyday transformational movement of God

Just as flowers emerge from the soil every spring and thunder announces the arrival of an oncoming storm, we believe we’re seeing signs of a new season at hand across Europe and around the world. 

• Researchers are tracking sharp increases in those who profess to follow Jesus, especially among younger generations. 
• Arenas typically reserved for sporting events or rock concerts are being transformed into sacred spaces of worship and prayer. 
• University campuses often filled with secularism are now overflowing with stories of mass public baptism. 

Earlier this month, at a conference called the Awakening Project organisers took a risk and planned an all-night prayer vigil as the culminating experience of the conference — an audacious hope to somehow fill a venue 1,300-capacity venue. To their surprise, more than 2,000 people showed up and spent all night in worship and prayer to God! 

Reports like these testify to the “new thing” God is doing in our midst. They stir our faith to believe that God is on the move in our day. Stories like these also provoke curiosity – inviting us to consider questions like “What now?” and “How can we steward what God seems to be doing so that these moments of breakthrough become a movement of revival?”