我相信如果上帝的子民擺上更多禁食禱告的劬勞，另一個阿蘇薩復興今天可能就出現在這裡。~ Craton修女1906年

為期10天的合一禁食禱告，從3月30日到4月8日，直到4月9日，阿蘇薩街復興的110週年為止。

主題：Lou Engle所寫的關於”Azusa Now”聚集的公開信
日期：2016年3月30日
作者：Lou Engle

親愛的弟兄姐妹們，

這封信我是寫給世界各地，與4月9日將在洛杉磯紀念體育場所舉辦的Azusa Now這聚會有關的基督的身體。我很少見到如我現在所看到的攪動起來的期待。這其實不是關乎在一個體育場所舉辦的聚會。相反的，世界各地對神的國度抱持希望的男女們，認為Azusa Now這聚會可能將是一個集體的爆發點。偉大的代禱者Frank Bartleman曾在1906年阿蘇薩復興就要爆發前寫道這樣的時辰。來看看他在聖靈開始澆灌的幾個月前所寫的：

“復興的電流正從我們的門前橫掃。我們將會把自己投入這強大的懷抱中，搭乘上這輝煌的勝利？能生活在這有著神美好奇妙可能性的一年，值得過上一百年平淡無味的生活。”五旬節“正在我們的門口敲門。我們國家的復興不再是一個問題。緩慢但堅定地，這浪潮一直在上升，直到在不久的將來，我們相信救贖的洪水將會勢如破竹橫掃一切。威爾斯的復興將不會長期成為單獨一件為我們的基督的輝煌成就…雲正在迅速聚集，巨大強力的降雨，除了少數以外皆不斷降下。英雄將會從困難和鄙視的塵土中興起，他們的名字將被印上天堂永恆的英雄榜裡。聖靈再次在我們的土地上蘊量如同創造那時的黎明，而神的命令發出。“要有光”。弟兄姐妹們，如果我們都相信上帝能夠，你知道這將會發生什麼？我們許多在這裡的人們活著不為別的。大量帶著信心的禱告日夜上達寶座。洛杉磯，南加州和整個美洲大陸必發現自己正在神的聖靈和能力所帶來的巨大復興的陣痛之前。“

在Franklin Hall很棒的“禁食禱告”這本書中，他寫道：

“是的，在1906年臨到阿蘇薩的第二個五旬節就像是第一個五旬節。這後來的聖靈澆灌是從一個10天的禁食禱告開始的，正如前次120位“同心合意地恆切禱告”這大致相同的方式。一些人在1906年來到洛杉磯，開始了為期10天的禁食禱告而聖靈降臨…Craton修女說道，“在聖靈的能力降臨在阿蘇薩之前所完成的第一件事就是合一的10天禁食禱告。如果曾經有任何的宗派主義，禁食將之打破了…我相信如果上帝的子民擺上更多禁食禱告的劬勞，另一個阿蘇薩復興今天可能就出現在這裡。“。

有了這樣的聖經和教會歷史在我們身後咆哮，我們能不被鼓舞，在我們這一代人身上注入那已經先去了而現在驅策我們要進入成為信心的偉人的這些人身上同樣的信心？

他們的召喚打動我們的心，聽入我們的耳，當神要帶領一場聖靈全球性的大澆灌時，我們呼籲大家來進行一場為期10天的合一禁食禱告，從3月30日到4月8日，直到4月9日，阿蘇薩街復興的110週年為止。William Seymour，那偉大復興的催化劑，在1913年曾預言，在約100年後另一個比阿蘇薩街復興還更勝一籌的復興將會臨到。Seymour的預言早就逾期了…或者正準時而來。因此，讓我們“禱告在後來降雨的時候降雨”。誰知道呢？也許就像那些原來在使徒行傳2章中樓上房間的人們，我們會受聖靈的洗，說道，“這就是William Seymour這先知所說的！”

誠摯的，

Lou Engle 


"Letter From Lou Engle About Azusa Now"
by Lou Engle
Mar 30, 2016

Dear brothers and sisters,

I write to the Body of Christ around the world, all who are connecting with the Azusa Now gathering at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on April 9th. I have rarely seen such a stirring of expectancy as I am seeing now. It's really not about a stadium event. Instead, everywhere, men and women are laying hold of the Kingdom in such a way that Azusa Now may be a collective flashpoint. The great intercessor Frank Bartleman wrote of such a time just before revival broke out at Azusa in 1906. Listen to his words, written just a few months before the outpouring began:

"The current of revival is sweeping by our door. Will we cast ourselves on its mighty bosom and ride to glorious victory? A year of life at this time, with its wonderful possibilities for God, is worth a hundred years of ordinary life. 'Pentecost' is knocking at our doors. The revival for our country is no longer a question. Slowly but surely the tide has been rising until in the very near future we believe for a deluge of salvation that will sweep all before it. Wales will not long stand alone in this glorious triumph for our Christ... The clouds are gathering rapidly, big with a mighty rain, whose precipitation lingers but a little. Heroes will arise from the dust of obscure and despised circumstances, whose names will be emblazoned on Heaven's eternal page of fame. The Spirit is brooding over our land again as at creation's dawn, and the fiat of God goes forth. "Let there be light." Brother, sister, if we all believed God can, you realize what would happen? Many of us here are living for nothing else. A volume of believing prayer is ascending to the throne night and day. Los Angeles, Southern California, and the whole continent shall surely find itself ere long in the throes of a mighty revival, by the Spirit and power of God."

In his wonderful book, The Fasting Prayer, Franklin Hall wrote:

"Yes, the second Pentecost on Azusa in 1906 came about just like the first Pentecost. This latter rain outpouring of the Holy Spirit started with a ten day fast and prayer season in much the same manner as it did upon the 120 that 'continued with one accord in prayer and supplication.' A few people came to Los Angeles in 1906 and started a 10-day fast and prayer season and the Holy Spirit fell... Mother Craton states, 'The first thing that was done before the power ever fell on Azusa was a united ten-day season of fasting and prayer. If there was ever any sectarianism, fasting broke it down... I believe another Azusa could be here today if God's people would get to travailing in much prayer and fasting."

With such Bible and Church history roaring behind us, should we not take encouragement to inject our generation into that same Hall of Faith, where those who have gone before now urge to enter?

With their beckoning resting on our hearts and ears, we are calling a 10-Day season of united prayer and fasting as God leads for a global outpouring of the Holy Spirit, March 30 to April 8, leading up to Azusa Now on April 9, the 110th anniversary of the Azusa Street Revival. William Seymour, the catalyst of that great revival, prophesied in 1913 that in roughly 100 years another revival far eclipsing Azusa would come. The fulfillment of Seymour's word is overdue... or right on schedule. Let us therefore "pray for the rain in the time of the latter rain." Who knows? Maybe like those who were baptized in the Spirit in the original Acts 2 upper room, we will say, "This is that which was spoken by William Seymour the prophet!"

Sincerely,

Lou Engle 
Co-Founder of TheCall, Inc.
Founder, Bound 4 Life