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UNITY AND REVIVAL
UNITY
AND REVIVAL
Psalm 133:1 (NKJV), “Behold, how good
and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”
Mark 29:18 (NKJV), “If a kindom is divided
against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.”
Unity is ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT in the kingdom of God. Jesus Himself, as well as the devil, fully understands the power of unity. Unity is so important, even satan strives to maintain unity in his own ranks while attempting to destroy it in marriages, families, relationships and churches. The word of God states in Matthew 12:25-28 (NKJV), “But Jesus knew their
thoughts, and said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.”
In Genesis 11:1-9, the people of the world united to build a city and tower (the tower of babel). They were succeeding to such a degree, it concerned God Himself. So much so, He came down and confused their languages so they couldn’t communicate to complete the tower. Why? Because they were doing it for selfish, demonic and evil purposes. Now, if godless, sinful, evil people can unite and succeed in doing such a great thing for godless, sinful, evil purposes, how much more will God cause us (the Church) to succeed when we unite to pray, intercede, praise, worship and do the work of the kingdom.
When the early church (the church of the book of Acts), were united in spirit, mind, vision, purpose, prayer, intercession, praise and worship, the Holy Spirit moved through them on the day of Pentecost to bring the first, greatest revival to Jerusalem, Israel and the world (Acts 2:44, Acts 4:32). Notice, in Genesis 11:1-9, God confused the languages of the people so they could not be united to build the tower. However, in Acts 2:44, God gave the Church one language (the gift of tongues) which united them to preach ------- the Gospel.
Psalm 133:1-3 (NKJV) states, 1 “Behold, how
good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. 2 It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, running down on the edge of his garments. 3 It is like the dew of Hermon, descending upon the mountains of Zion; for there the Lord commanded the blessing - life forevermore.”
Jesus said in Matthew 18:19-20, 19 “Again I
say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered together in
My name, I am there in the midst of them.”
The Lord said His perfect will is for the contemporary New Testament Church to be like the Church of the book of Acts and greater still. He is now moving to bring this to pass through (united) praise, worship, prayer and intercession.
The Word of God reveals unity always precedes a move of God and revival.
Exodus 19:1-25 reveals before the Lord manifested His presence on Mt Sinai, He commanded Moses and the Israelites to unite and consecrate themselves for two days, then on the third day, the Lord manifested His presence on the mountain in a cloud of glory.
2 Chronicles 5:11-14 tells us when God’s people united to praise and worship Him, His presence manifested in the temple so powerfully, the priests could not stand to minister.
2 Chronicles 20:1-30 states when King Jehoshaphat and the people of Judah, after discovering that a great army had assembled against them, united to fast, pray and seek the Lord, He spoke to them through a prophet who gave them specific instructions on how to defeat this army, which was to go out against them in battle, not with their best soldiers, but with praise and worship. When God’s people obeyed Him and united to do so, He moved to directly intervene and threw the enemy armies into confusion so that they turned on and completely slaughtered each other.
In Acts 1:12-14 and Acts 2:1-4, when the apostles, believers and Mary the mother of Jesus united in the upper room to pray, the Holy Spirit moved on the day of Pentecost in a mighty way to bring the very first revival through the Church.
Jesus Himself prayed in John 17:11, “Holy Fa-
ther, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are
one.” Here Jesus prayed for unity among the Church.
You cannot have true, genuine, lasting revival without unity and persistent, Holy Spirit anointed prayer and intercession.
The Lord spoke to me and said He is raising the greatest prayer movement in Sydney, it and the world has ever seen, which will usher in the greatest revival in Sydney and Australia as a result of it.
On the second day of February 2011, while on holiday at the Central Coast with my family, as I prayed on the beach, the Lord spoke to my heart about Sydney, NSW and Australia and said,
“I have chosen Sydney (NSW) as a prayer and intercession capital (center). I have, am and will raise armies of mighty prayer warriors and intercessors from you”
The Lord continued,
“That is why no natural disasters have come upon you with as much severity or frequency as the other states and cities of Australia because as these natural disasters occur in different parts
The Church is called to be a house of prayer
of Australia and the world, I require a people to be praying and interceding in Sydney, NSW and anywhere a praying people can be found. Every time a disaster comes, if My people here rise in prayer and intercession, the situation will be changed. It will be through such I will change the course of these disasters, thwart the plans of the enemy and bring the new move of My Spirit and revival that’s coming. You will be to Australia as Abraham and Lot were to Sodom and Gomorrah” (Genesis 18:16-33, Genesis 19: 1-29, 2 Chronicles 7:1-16, esp, Vs 1-3).
The Church is called to be and should be a house of prayer (and intercession). Matthew 21:13 states, “And He said to them, “It is written,
‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of theives.’ ”
2 Chronicles 7:13-15 states, 13 “When I shut up
heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, 14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 15 Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place.”
THE VISION
Proverbs 29:18 (NKJV), “Where there is no
revelation the people cast off restraint; but happy is he who keeps the law.”
Proverbs 29:18 (KJV), “Where there is no vi-
sion, the people perish...”
Habakkuk 2:2-3, 2 “Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision and make
The Bible reveals we will have whatever we say
it plain on tablets (communicate it), that he
may run who reads it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will
not tarry.” (Parenthesis added).
When the Lord started Light of the World Ministries Church in July 1997, one of the first things He said to me was, “This ministry will be established on prayer and intercession.” Not long after,, He told us to start the monthly intercessory meetings at Toongabbie hall every first Tuesday of the month. Sometime after, He told me about the revival coming to Sydney and Australia and this monthly intercessory meeting becoming the catalyst for or means by which He will prepare the atmosphere, people’s hearts and the nation for this coming move of God and revival – in other words, prayer and intercession must come before this revival and will actually help bring it. He revealed to me that as we obey Him to continue holding these meetings and praying and interceding, He will begin to bring the people and will continue bringing more people until there are so many, we will have to hold these meetings in a stadium (stadiums). Then I saw a vision of the stadiums filled with people (Christians) praying and interceding for the city and the nation and as they did, God released the revival and visited the nation in a similar way as, and in an even more powerful way than He did in the book of Exodus.
Basically, the Lord is raising this prayer movement to prepare the way – the atmosphere, people’s hearts, the Church, the nation and the world for the coming move of God and gretaest revival to date. - Richard Pace
“ “ The Lord is raising a prayer movement in Sydney and Australia
