One coalition that is promoting collegiate prayer is Campus America,  a bold network of young people who believe that a great awakening is coming to the college and university campuses of America that could lead this nation into a much needed reformation. Their focus on 24/7 Prayer Rooms is a global strategy that we're instituting this year at our new YWAM headquarters in Port Orchard. Campus America is really on to something, because as Jonathan Goforth said over one hundred years ago: "What is the secret of revival? There is no secret. Revival always comes in answer to prayer."

Here's their story and vision to encourage you--and accelerate your own prayers.

Though possessed with a brilliant mind and great breadth of knowledge, Nietzsche was an immoral man, engaging in numerous adulterous relationships. His lustful heart molded a deceived intellect that was the first to say, in the modern era, that God is dead. His concepts of "supermen" and the "will to power" greatly influenced both the rise of Nazism in his home country and Marxism in Russia. In 1869 he had a breakdown and ultimately went insane. He died on August 25, 1900, of syphilis. Though brilliant in mind, his impure heart had driven him to error, insanity, and finally death.]]>http://www.usrenewal.org/home/rss-comments-entry-6906833.xmlCharacterDavid LIvingstoneFear GodMissionsWork HardUS RenewalFri, 19 Feb 2010 11:50:36 +0000http://www.usrenewal.org/home/david-livingstones-secret-of-a-successful-life.html290375:2963348:6748564Some people are household names in their generation. George Whitefield, the famous British evangelist  was probably the most famous celebrity of the 18th century (even more so than George Washington).

Billy Graham is arguably the most well-known and respected personality of the 20th century because of his evangelistic ministry that spanned the globe. Mother Theresa is probably the 20th century's most famous woman.

These three all possessed two similar traits that were secrets to their earthly success.

Do you know who was the most famous person of the in-between century--the 19th century (1800-1900)?

In many different decades, God answered those prayers and helped direct the destiny of our nation through spiritual awakenings on campus.

On the last Thursday of February--February 25--many of us will be reviving that great and important tradition. The First Thursday in May is now firmly established as the National Day of Prayer. We want to re-establish the Last Thursday in February as the Collegiate Day of Prayer--a sacred day to pray college and university students.

Will you place February 25 on your calendar as the Collegiate Day of Prayer and gather with your friends to seek God's face?

Here is the full story to inspire your praying...

Though we don’t fully understand the whys of prayer, we do know that God has designed the moral universe around its efficacy. Without prayer, God doesn’t act. Through prayer, people’s lives are changed. It might be said that prayer gives an impartial God a reason to be partial in someone’s life. ]]>http://www.usrenewal.org/home/rss-comments-entry-6450570.xmlUS RenewalFri, 22 Jan 2010 11:50:12 +0000http://www.usrenewal.org/home/2010/1/22/still-longing-for-a-right-to-life.html290375:2963348:6390526Today we remember that infamous day of January 22, 1973 when the United States Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade put every conceived child in America at risk of premature death.

Fifty million of them have met that cruel fate in the past thirty-seven years.

They say the currently-debated health care bill will affect one-sixth of our economy. The abortion industry has already done so. In the past four decades we have killed over one sixth of our population. That' the staggering consequence of a very bad law.

Over one hundred thousand people died recently in the Haiti earthquake. We were stunned, wept, donated money and sprang into action to care for the dead and help the living. But fifty million fellow Americans have been slaughtered by abortion on demand at the shrine of convenience and sexual promiscuity during the last four decades--and we've hardly blinked an eye.

There are basic principles that apply to all human culture. Most of these you may not have learned in your normal sociology class.  A culture makes a nation. A culture forms the boundaries and creates the distinctives of any group of people.  If we are to understand what Jesus would have us to do to see whole nations changed by the proclamation and demonstration of the Gospel, we must understand what He wants us to do with human culture.  A good  place to start is the following premise:

However, it is important to understand that it is not majorities that set the agendas of nations--it is always a dedicated minority in that society.  To disciple a nation will not necessarily mean that all of the people or even the majority of the people will give their hearts to Jesus Christ.  But what will happen in the nation is that Christians, as true salt and light, will begin, through servanthood, to give direction to the values and focus of the people and culture. 

After the food and fellowship, they began to show me around their home which was a stunning collection of antique furniture, beautiful decor, breath-taking art, and loads of books.  In every room Verna and Rosalie gave me a free lecture on aspects of America's history and heritage as seen through the artifacts,writings, and memorabilia that they have painstakingly collected. I was fascinated by their presentation. After this had gone on for an hour, Verna turned to me, and asked me some questions.  One of them I will never forget.