THE FLORIDA REVIVAL

Todd Bentley prays for a miracle

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WHAT'S GOING ON ?

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For over 70 nights now Todd Bentley has been holding meetings in Lakeland Florida where thousands gather to worship God and seek a miracle ! It seems many have been miraculously healed of a variety of conditions in what has been called an ‘outpouring’ or revival. The strange phenomena at the meetings, Bentley's tattooed body and his emphasis on angelic messengers have all engendered much debate amongst believers and loads of controversy. As the nightly meetings are going out live over GOD TV the revival is having repercussions globally with similar meetings starting up around the world. I have no definitive word on the Florida Revival but I have watched it with a mixture of scepticism…interest…challenge and genuine awe at times. I’ve tried to sum up my evolving reaction in the poem below...

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Signs and wonders, oh my God
Miracles on faiths demand…
The lame are walking and the blind see
Touched by a tattooed hand.

Through his lips secrets revealed
The very spot in which you ache
By Divine knowledge imparted
Yours for the asking just reach and take.

Oh the glory oh Gods glory
Drips like honey from heavens throne
Those below are rapt in awe
Lifting hands and hearts to God.

My heart and head strain to believe
That Gods spirit has come as fire,
Seeing these strange acts unfold
Searching out my true hearts desire.

As Gamaliel said long ago
This is either God or man
The one will surely one day fold
And the other will forever stand.

Can any good thing come out of Nazareth ?
They said before of the King of Kings,
We need to look beyond the visible
To lay hold of Godly things.

Like David young and small selected
To fight Goliaths mighty power,
The little lad with stone and sling
Was Gods anointed for that hour.

Or Moses stuttering with passions stirred
Who killed a man in a fit of rage
Was chosen by God above all his peers
To free His people and see His face.

We dare not despise what God calls clean
We are not in the place to judge
Only the Shepherd knows His sheep
Only He will bring them home.

Lord above melt my heart
Remove all stony soil of doubt
Breathe your warmth and fire within
To cast all sin and hardness out.

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Gerard O'Shea