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God Strikes Again - World Revival Church
April 20, 2002

Saturday, April 13,2002 At WRC

by Casey Lohman & Kim Happs

Some were completely paralyzed... hundreds bolted from their chairs... but no one could deny that one of the most unusual, deeply convicting, soul-searching moments of this outpouring was upon us... heaven itself was demanding a response.....how were we going to answer??!!!

Responding to the greatness and magnitude of His presence, a cannonball of power threw me back and left me pinned to the floor for hours... I could hear the call of Heaven, "NOW!!! NOW!!! NOW!!!" That sound shot through the room, ricocheting off every heart, penetrating the desperate, and revealing the crossroad of the hour... the question that demanded an answer, "Will You Respond Now?" the title of Pastor Steve Gray's sermon on this unforgettable Saturday night.

"I was completely immobilized, totally unable to move..." said one 22 year old on Monday, still visibly shaken by Saturday night's events.

Others could not stay back as a stampede of exploding hearts rushed past obstacles to answer the cry going off in their souls.

I tried desperately to ignore the intense impulses my body was experiencing while pinned to the ground by the weight of His presence. I wanted to focus on the glorious presence of the Lord rather than the physical condition of my body. Everything in me ached to change my position... to line myself up in a different way... to adjust my body to fit what I wanted... He simply would not let me... Somehow I knew the Lord was telling me something terribly vital to what was coming... I strained to hear the sermon, my soul shouting "YES! YES! YES! Pastor Steve was preaching the script of Heaven! I pounded the floor in full agreement with the Word coming forth and soon was able to pull myself up. I was shocked at what I saw... bodies everywhere, many knew this question being asked of us was vital... critical to the next wave of His glory and His move... and all of Heaven was watching...

As one pastor put it, "It was as though God turned a page this weekend," and by the power of the Holy Spirit and the absolute grace of God, World Revival Church was going to be on it.

In his final words... with throngs of people pressed into the altars, Pastor Steve continued to speak and the crowd continued to respond. There was no holding back these servants of God who had grasped this divine moment and responded with their entire being.

"Who Will Respond NOW?"... the question of the hour... We will... we will... and we will do it now!

Additional report by Kim Happs

Anyone accustomed to a more traditional church service might have been a bit unsettled by the flow of this meeting. Instead of following a prescribed order, the congregation found themselves in a spiritual interaction, following the lead of the Holy Spirit and responding to each change of pace or direction. Twice people had surged toward the altar in response to the stirrings of the Holy Spirit...and the sermon hadn't even started.

Even though people took their seats to listen to the Word, the interaction still had not ended. Pastor Steve Gray opened his Bible to John 5 and spoke about a lame man who got healed when he responded to the command of Jesus. After his healing, this man was warned by Jesus that if he chose to go back to a life of sin, something even worse might happen to him. Jesus is always there for us, but this passage gives the indication that the command is a one-time thing. As Pastor Steve Gray listed other times where faith demanded a response, the movement of the Spirit on the inside of people burst out.

One man near the front sprang from his seat and bounded to the front when he heard the comment, "God needs people who will respond to the command now." By his uninhibited response, he set off a chain reaction in the Spirit. People ran for the front, some literally diving for the altar, not waiting for an invitation. Others dropped to their faces at their seats, a crumpled heap beneath the seat in front of them. Sounds of muffled weeping mingled with gut-wrenching prayers as people grabbed hold of this "now moment".

This might have looked like the end of the service to some, but it was merely the end of that dance. As the prayer time wound down, a new move of the Spirit picked up. Only a few prayer warriors remained in front, but many people came up for more prayer in response to the lead of the Holy Spirit. Two hours after that first man jumped up, the stragglers still remained on the floor, wishing that the last interaction with the Holy Spirit of the night could go on forever.


Location: Kansas City, MO, United States
Website: http://www.worldrevivalchurch.com/