#289 - Is this Really Revival? part 2

Continuing the series, Lynn Green revisits YWAM's founding season with a key correction from Darlene Cunningham: the real theme of those early revivals wasn't revival itself, but the revelation of God's nature and character — the true common thread from Jonathan Edwards through Charles Finney to the Hebrides. He shares a striking eyewitness letter about a 1973 youth revival, traces the hidden intercessors (Peggy and Christine Smith, Mabel White, Joy Dawson) behind history's great awakenings, and closes by previewing next week's topic: why revival so often provokes opposition from church leadership.

Chapters:

▶️ (00:00:00) — Correction: It Was Never About Revival Itself
Recapping last week's story, Lynn shares a key correction from a call with Darlene Cunningham and Marty: the early YWAM founders' formative teaching sessions weren't actually themed around revival, but around the revelation of God's nature and character — a thread running through the First Great Awakening's Wesley, Whitefield, Edwards, and Finney despite their theological differences.

▶️ (00:17:12) — A 1973 Eyewitness Account and the Pattern That Repeats
Lynn reads a lengthy letter from a former YWAM student describing a spontaneous 1973 youth revival at a Baptist church — complete with spontaneous unified singing, healing, and over a hundred conversions — that was ultimately shut down and pushed underground by cautious elders, echoing his own Eagle Grove story and revealing another hidden intercessor behind it.

▶️ (00:20:59) — The Hidden Work of Intercessors Across History
A survey of the unseen prayer warriors behind major revivals: Peggy and Christine Smith in the Hebrides, Mabel White in Iowa, Joy Dawson's international intercessory ministry, and Father Nash's practice of praying ahead of Charles Finney's preaching tours — all illustrating that sustained, often obscure intercession consistently precedes visible moves of God.

▶️ (00:29:21) — Setting Up Next Week: Why Revival Gets Opposed
Lynn closes with his own story of praying "concerts of prayer" with Graham Kendrick in early-1980s London (which later fed into March for Jesus), reflects on why cautious local church leaders often resist revival's disruption, and previews next week's topic: why revival is so often opposed by those responsible for others' spiritual wellbeing, especially in today's safeguarding-conscious environment.

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