Comments on: THE WRONG QUESTION

By: Alli Inwards

Alli Inwards — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:27:41 +0000

Having made my post yesterday, I’ve just read this on the web about the Lakeland revival. It does raise the question of whether this is the real thing but with some really sensible points. I’d revise my optimistic comment about and say that I think the jury’s out on the Lakeland revival at the mo. For more info see http://davefaulkner.typepad.com/dave_faulkner_life_spirit/2008/05/welcome-to-todd.html

By: Alli Inwards

Alli Inwards — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:23:40 +0000

When the first major outpouring I’d ever encountered hit the UK in the mid 1990′s, I wasn’t personally in a good place with God. I was also a bit freaked by some of the stuff I saw. I couldn’t believe that God was in it. But then, my mum told me in one of the meetings she’d been to (at Stoneleigh Bible Week) a deaf woman (noticeable because she was being signed to) was laughing in the Spirit. Hmmmm, I thought. The clincher was that I saw a girl I knew (but hadn’t seen for a while) who had been going to revival meetings – for want of a better phrase – and to say she was different was an understatement. God had very clearly done something in her. It was the change (or if you want to sound like a Christian, ‘the fruit’) in her life that made it clear to me that I’d dismissed something as being not of God, that totally was of God. When the Jews were looking for the Messiah, most of them missed Him because His appearance and behaviour didn’t meet with their preconceived ideas of what Messiah should be. Do yourself a favour and even if it’s a bit scarey, don’t write off something as not being a work of God. Ask Him to protect you. Ask Him to reveal if His hand is at work in any given situation. Ask Him to help you make any adjustments you need to. Whatever you do, don’t miss out on something that could seriously turbo-boost your relationship with Jesus. Anyways, that’s what I think, for what it’s worth.

And hey – I totally loved reading Anthony’s blog. It’s full of great stuff in my opinion. Nice one, Anthony!

By: heatlight

heatlight — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:40:45 +0000

My God still does those sorts of things today. I appreciate your blog – very good things to consider. Still, I have my doubts about Todd, both because of his approach to the miraculous (seems like a show), but also because of the doctrine behind his miracles (lot’s of new age stuff in there, and not nearly enough Bible), and the attention, which he seems to revel in. I’m being VERY cautious about this one, personally…

By: rahabsplace

rahabsplace — Sun, 11 May 2008 08:00:56 +0000

By the way, if you are interested, you can read about my experience in Lakeland at rahabsplace.wordpress.com.

By: rahabsplace

rahabsplace — Sun, 11 May 2008 07:57:00 +0000

Very well said, indeed.

My current position is that when you have seen a million souls won to Christ in your ministry and are consistently seeing the sick healed, then I might listen to your concerns about this revival.

To read the blogs, you would think Todd has horns and fangs. I read one that stated his love of Harley’s proves he’s demonic – that and the fact that he listens to CHRISTIAN heavy metal.

I was in Lakeland last week and had my life changed. The miracles and stuff were cool, but the presence of JESUS in the meetings was what won me. His presence was so overwhelming and all you could do was love and worship HIM.

Todd prayed for me, Denny Cline prayed for me, the girl who had led 1,000 people to the Lord since this began prayed for me, a group of the most amazing teenagers I have ever met prayed for me. I got impartation from everyone and their brother and that is cool, but what I really got was an encounter with the Lord Jesus to take back to my city.

By: Holly Heap

Holly Heap — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:54:29 +0000

Very well said!