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The Coming Revival: America's Call to Fast, Pray, and "Seek God's Face"

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..."...As I have said, the promise of the coming revival carries one condition. Before (it takes place), believers by the millions must first humble themselves and seek His face in fasting and prayer..." Bill Bright; p.157; The Coming Revival...

Written by one of the greatest spiritual leaders ever(?)- maybe his best & most exciting book- Bill Bright has had a unique place in my heart as a believer from the very start of my Christian life. His simple yet dynamically impacting presentation of spiritual truths will easily stand the test of time, even to the fulfillment of the Great Commission (Mt 28:18-20).

This is an excellent work on fasting and prayer! Emphasizing revival in 2000 & beyond- Endorsed by many of today's top evangelical leaders, it cuts right through many of the divisive issues in the church to the heart of spirituality, which is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. But why is the church seemingly so impotent today? Why has our relationship with Jesus not been impacting our country in many obvious ways? Is it real, or is our relationship with God completely out of touch with the needs of the world around us? How exactly do we get 'in touch' with God anyway? What does it all mean, and how can it all start with me? What's my part in all this?

Bill Bright explains, in his wonderfully simple way, that it's all about drawing near to God by humbling ourselves, praying, seeking God's face and turning from our wicked ways: then, and only then, will God hear our prayers and heal our land. The power of fasting and prayer in relation to all this is what this book is about- 2 Ch 7:14 is still valid today! Packed with information from start to finish- the Appendixes 40+ pages may actually be the best part. The *physical details* in fasting are also included- This is truly an incredibly great book!

It's definitely the best book on fasting relating to prayer I've ever read, and it's certainly true that in giving instructions on fasting Jesus said 'when' we fast and pray, and not 'if'. Fasting has already been a blessing to me, but I'm not anywhere near a forty day fast... yet. My only *slight* criticism, and the reason for my originally giving it a slightly imperfect rating, is that I get a little uncomfortable with language that seems to tie our nation *too* closely to the Christian faith. I say it with the deepest sense of humility though(!), because I've been greatly blessed by Bright's teachings in my life. More specifically, my complaint is in regards to when he says that failing to vote is a sin against our country, suggesting it be included in confession (p.130). I believe in the right not to vote, as well as the right to vote- I can't see 'not voting' being worthy of confession. But I want to be absolutely clear on this: I'm practically nit-picking here! Ultimately, we are not just citizens of this world, and our kingdom is not to be considered an earthly kingdom- Mt 7:21; 18:3. Bill Bright, being one of the greatest evangelical leaders of our time, surely understood this point. It's just that I like to hear more about the salt and light of believers, and a little less about the role of the United States in the world. Having said that though, I still think it's a 5 star work! It's not easy uniting more than 600 influential Christian leaders, representing more than a hundred denominations & religeous organizations, together at one place in time for a common cause. And yet Bill Bright has succeeded in doing just that! The common cause is fasting & prayer for America & the world: the book is exactly about this. Praise God for the leadership of Bill Bright, and his work on fasting and prayer! (First Reviewed December 6, 2002. Bill Bright passed away July 19, 2003, at the age of 81. He's still one of "today's" greatest spiritual leaders!).

The Coming Revival: America's Call to Fast, Pray, and "Seek God's Face"

The book is about revival and fasting and Bright goes into detail about various types of fasts including the ultimate 40 day ones with no solid food.

The book is good, but much inside is in my opinion is too indepth on fasting (and not revival) and thus the main title should be 'fasting' with the subtitle as 'revival' - but that would not sell as well.

In saying this this, it is a good book and Bright was calling forth 'X' amount of people to fast and pray for 40 days for revival for America to avert judgment on the nation.

Whilst Bright has since passed away, the book is good and goes into the various biblical types of fasts and how to handle larger types of fasts - preparing yourself, before and after and a general humbling of ourselves in the eyes of Mighty God.

Wrong. Sounding strangely like a Y2K book, Bright predicts a coming world wide revival by 2000 (like many of the late 80s and 90s), they sell books, but lose credibility as anyone can look back and see that this book was a false prediction. Maybe if we brought back the Mosaic law which required the stoning of false prophets (Deut 18:20) people would make less of them. It must of also been long periods of going without food that led Bright to come up with the "carnal Christian" heresy. Bill Bright was one of many who led multitudes of college students (Campus Crusade for Christ)to accept Jesus as Savior and made Lordship optional.

Had an excellent experience with the service I received ordering this book. Response to question on the order was immediate and the book arrived sooner than quoted. I recommmend the vendor highly. Plus the book is a must read.

The author took 2 Chronicles 7:14 out of context. Specifically, he mistook, "my people" to mean any saved Christian. However God was talking to the rebellious Jews, not saved Jews. On top of that, he implied that the people of a country (if the saved persons in it prayed and fasted) would be forgiven AND that the pollution(?) of that country would also be removed from the land.

Well, despite the prayer and fasting gathering the author held in Orlando, Florida In 1994, who (big surprise) invited persons from denominations whose doctrine teaches that you can lose your salvation (like the Assembly of God), there has been no revival, and despite the author claiming (on page 29) that "America AND THE REST OF THE WORLD, BEFORE THE YEAR 2000, will experience a great spiritual awakening... The Holy Spirit gave me this assurance during a forty-day fast".

Well apparently, as I suspected so many times, many Christians who think God is talking to their brain or audibly rather than to their spirit (if they have one), like Charles Stanley, whose books I also reviewed, are hearing themselves, or their own hallucinations, or demons.

Thank God the antichrist didn't show up just before 2000 to take advantage of this heretical book.