Live radio OneCry Prayer Summits launched May 3rd on the National Day of Prayer and are continuing every Thursday in May! These summits have united thousands across the country in prayer for spiritual awakening and have been carried on more than 500 radio stations.

Christian leaders from coast to coast have participated. Here’s a sampling of powerful OneCry truths and prayers that were a part of this unique prayer-cast:

Erwin Lutzer – “Repentance means that we are honest about our sin and we do whatever God asks us to do by His Spirit to deal with that sin.” Father, we ...

England at the beginning of the eighteenth century was a spiritual cesspool. Drunkenness was rampant, and gambling was so extensive that one historian described England as “one vast casino.” Newborns were exposed in the streets, and 97% of the infant poor in workhouses died as children.

The divine remedy was the spiritual awakening that transformed England and America in the 1730s. This revival cut across denominational lines and touched every class of society.

One of the primary leaders in the awakening was John Wesley, who organized thousands of converts into what he called “societies.”

Wesley’s societies were characterized by ...

Why would anyone really want to repent? Repentance is that Spirit-wrought change of mind that ushers in a change of direction.

But most people like the direction they’re headed. Our best hope is to get a right view of repentance ourselves.

Do you know how to get an old bone away from a hungry dog? It’s not by reaching into the territory of its mouth—neither the bone nor your fingers will be returned! But put a juicy steak beside the bone, and repentance is guaranteed.

Making the Turn

Repentance is turning from something to something more valuable ...

A fair and valuable question has arisen now that OneCry has officially begun.

“Is OneCry a movement or just another program? And what’s the difference?”

Such an important discussion to have here at the beginning, and then continually along the way. Reality is, none of us need any more programs, weighty to-do’s, or forced group participation requirements that don’t really add any value to our lives in the end.

First, let me define the two words:

PROGRAM: a set of guidelines, schedules, procedures that everyone involved must follow

MOVEMENT: a group of people with a commonality or ...

Since coming on staff in the summer of 2010, Pastor Charles Fowler, senior pastor of Germantown Baptist Church, has shed many tears over his flock. Broken relationships, church divisions, and a damaged witness to the community were defining his congregation and hindering God’s work. It looked like there was no end in sight to the “fight” the church was engaged in.

This past December, Pastor Fowler was greatly impressed that the way forward was to confront the past by seeking and applying grace. This led to a service in which he called the entire church body to confess, forgive ...

Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, whose Spirit has been given to us,

       You who formed the nations and who knows people’s hearts,

We confess that we have not been a faithful people.

We confess that in our own strength we have labored to do Your work,

       forgetting that neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything,

              but only You alone make things grow.

Remind us once again of Your grace.

Soften our hearts to Your guiding;

       help us to do in faith that which You have called us to.

Grant us, O ...

When I asked an American friend why her Albanian husband’s relatives were considering moving from America back to Albania, she gave me this reply:

“Until 1990, Albania was ruled by Communists, the official national religion was atheism, and there were fourteen known believers in the entire country. My relatives are seeing the same socialist mindset take over America.”

Reeling, I asked, “How can that be!?” She said, “In America, you are not allowed to mention God in your public schools. That was foundational in Communist Albania.”

Just twenty-two years after Albania was known as the most spiritually closed country ...

(Read Part 1 Here)

Removing Bunkers (Part 2)

I know a sure way for you to leave an enduring legacy: Start some type of program (anything will do, even if not effective) in a church. It will last forever!

Every good sea captain knows that the ship he is responsible for must be hauled into dry dock periodically to scrape off the barnacles that attach to its hull, slowing it to a crawl. He must continually work to see that impediments are eliminated and his vessel’s sails are set for the powerful wind to enable it to sail the ...