The flames of revival are being felt again on the campus of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where students participated this week in 72 hours of continuous prayer and worship, leading to the baptisms of 20 people Wednesday night.
Many have referred to it as a potential new Great Awakening in U.S. history, or an outpouring of the Holy Spirit started on the campus of Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky, in February, where thousands of Christians gathered for two weeks of Spirit-led worship, prayer, and repentance.
Since then, the outpouring has spread around the country, especially among young people. Baylor’s Office of Spiritual Life, in partnership with multiple campus ministries and local churches, hosted FM72, a gathering of college students for 72 hours of continuous prayer March 19-22, on Fountain Mall.
“The purpose of FM72 is to stir a passion for Jesus Christ in the Baylor community,” the chaplain and director for Campus Ministries at Baylor, said in a statement.
“It is a time to take inventory of one’s own journey, to linger in prayer, and to recalibrate towards what is most important: our shared faith in Jesus Christ.”
“Simply put, the goal is that every person experiences a clear, caring, and compelling invitation to know Jesus and to find a discipleship community where they can grow and flourish,” he added. FM72 is not the first revival event at Baylor.
In 1945, Baylor students prayed for renewal for 90 days, and the impact of it was felt worldwide, igniting ministries like the Passion Conference and Journeyman Mission program. FM72 is a reminder of what we yearn for, of spiritual promises yet to be fulfilled.
Students become mindful of what God has done in the past and hope that they too can carry forward the torch that is entrusted to them,” he said. “As I heard one student pray, ‘Lord, we ask for a forest fire, not a grass fire.’
“That is a movement that will transform the trajectory of this generation from being one trapped by anxiety and fear, and instead released to the wide-open spaces of joy and freedom in Christ and experiencing the delightful surprise of the peace and presence of the Holy Spirit.”
A four-day revival event at a local church in Hammond, Louisiana last year has blossomed into a multi-week of revival, and it shows no signs of stopping. The revival is now in its 20th week.
James 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Psalms 145:3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
1 Chronicles 29:11 Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Psalms 150:1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Psalms 150:2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
Psalms 150:3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
Psalms 150:4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
Psalms 150:5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Psalms 150:6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.
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