Fire From Heaven : New Audio Teaching Available

You’ll love this teaching on Fire From Heaven… if for nothing else than to hear people being FREE!

One man was on the floor at my feet throughout the teaching just praying in tongues… he was transformed powerfully! Another was slain in the Spirit at the entrance to the auditorium. What a welcoming committee she was!

Head on over to www.detroitrevivalchurch.com/teaching!

**You can also listen to our discussion on order in the church and manifestations of God’s presence from Monday night’s radio show at www.detroitrevivalchurch.com/radio.

John

Drunkenness and moves of God : Online radio show TONIGHT!

TONIGHT at 8pm EST (in about 30 minutes!) we’ll be discussing extreme moves of God.

Head on over to www.detroitrevivalchurch.com/radio and listen in!

And, if you’d like to participate in the show, please call (646) 478-4408.

We are preparing for a massive move of God, and we are in the beginning states of that outpouring here in Detroit.

Let’s pray with passion, declare the plans of God and talk about what God’s up to!

See you in a half-hour!

John

 

Extreme Breakout : ElijahList : John Mark Pool

FIRST- Have you seen the Brit Hume video where he at the Fox News desk suggested that Tiger Woods become a Christian? It’s amazing. Check it out here.


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Now, check out this prophetic word by John Mark Pool for the new decade, and how some key issues that we’ve been proclaiming here in Detroit are in the report.

You can see the original article on the ElijahList by clicking here.

Here’s some portions from the word that hit home here in Detroit along with some of my comments:

However, God does not want His own family to reside in the "natural" mind that is at war against our spirit being.

Last night at Revival Church the call to move into a continual supernatural life was burning in me. We must learn to see, walk, hear and operate in the invisible realm.

…there are three main components the Lord told me we will overcome in the year 2010:

We must possess and abide in a land we have conquered.
We must occupy our land by "title deed" ownership rights.
We must realize our identity in God to rout our enemy.

This issue of authority has also been very prominent with us. As we advance within the realm of our apostolic authority, we will possess, abide and occupy. We’ll rout the enemy over Detroit… but only as we continually initiate change through obedience and prophetic declaration.

2010 is the year to breakout of the ‘naturally minded' wilderness.

We are being repositioned into the vision of perpetuating our eternal purpose spiritually.

Now we will allow the Lord to change our hearts into hunger for the supernatural destiny. This means we will indeed become more "super" natural beings than carnally existing citizens dwelling on earth as though it were our only motivation for living.

Be prepared to have strong supernatural desires overwhelm your natural mind.

Amen!

America is About to Be Financially Restored. God wants the economy to be restored to the Christians whom He had to know He could trust! World financial leaders will become astounded how much Israel will now play into this "financial restoration" of the USA.

Yes!! I’ve been saying a lot recently that there will be reports that the economy of Detroit and Michigan restored due to biblical principles. God and His Church would receive the recognition for the coming great turn around.

Detroit—will be moved by Hollywood as never before. Detroit will begin a new dance and a new sound from Heaven. It will glorify God in the streets of the city and spill into other major city streets across our country. Motown is going to become God's town!

That sounds familiar!

Let’s get into position and intentionally advance according to God’s design!

“This has the makings of an outpouring”-Jeff Garvin

“This has the makings of an outpouring.”  During an unusual and weighty flow of worship last night at Revival Church, Jeff Garvin walked over to me and said that.  The feel of a legitimate outpouring was flooding the church.

Words cannot describe the new sound and the supernatural Force that was engulfing the church last night.  God was moving—and it wasn’t until midnight, five hours later, that we finally made it out of the building.

I’d encourage you to arrive early TONIGHT, at 5pm, for a powerful release of prophetic declaration at the pre-service prayer meeting.  Then, we’ll move into a third and final night of ministry with Jeff Garvin at 6pm.

Forward this to everybody in the Detroit region that you can.  Encourage pastors, leaders, intercessors, the lost, the hungry and every other person you can to be in the building TONIGHT! 

Come very expectant… Revival Church is a ‘whatever’ church, and this is a ‘whatever’ season.  God has full liberty to move us, heal us, deliver us and impart into us at any point of the service.  Whatever he wants.

Get ready for the surprise of your life!

PRAYER- 5pm

SERVICE- 6pm

www.detroitrevivalchurch.com

Meeting in the First United Methodist Church building at 24036 Greater Mack, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080

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Birthing prophetic words : Jeff Garvin tonight at Revival Church

First, DON’T MISS Jeff Garvin TONIGHT and TOMORROW at Revival Church!

Last night was OFF THE HOOK.  Jeff ministered in power at IHOPE… it was standing room only and we were there until after 11pm trembling in the presence of God!

Visit www.detroitrevivalchurch.com for directions.  It all starts at 7pm tonight and 6pm tomorrow.  PRAYER (hard core, Spirit-fueled prayer!) starts one hour early each night– everybody invited!

Second, we are developing a prophecy news and analysis community.  You can get a sneak peek at www.propheticpulse.com.  Let us know what you think of the design.

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THE MIRACLE OF BIRTH

Wednesday night at Revival Church during a prayer meeting the prevailing theme was ‘birthing’.  We have moved into the very late stages of the pregnancy, and the birth is coming- and fast.

Then, this word arrived:

"Shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?" says your God.  Enter IN to the birthing process, and bring a full delivery, the full manifestation of His purpose NOW.

The above picture is me delivering Jet.

Here’s the story:

We had lost four babies in a row to miscarriage and were pregnant again.  We started to receive some semi-generic words about the baby and revival.  Then the words started to get a bit more specific.  The last word was something like, “John, when you are in the delivery room something is going to happen that will be symbolic of how God will use you in revival.”

So, the day came, and the last thing I was thinking about was prophecy!  The baby was almost here when the doctor, who had delivered the four losses, looked at me and asked, “John, do you want to deliver the baby?”

I had probably 30 seconds before the baby was to arrive.  I didn’t have gloves on.  I was just dressed in jeans and didn’t even have time to wash my hands.  I moved into position as the doctor moved to the side.  He gave me a 20 second lesson on how to deliver a baby.  How to pull the head, how to catch the baby, to prepare for it to be very slippery, etc.

So, in the next seconds it happened just as the doctor said.  It was spectacular.  The nurse said that was only the 2nd time in her 15 years at the hospital that she saw a doctor let the father deliver the baby.

Afterwards God got my attention.  He said, “John, revival is coming, and, just as your miracle baby was delivered into your hands, revival will be delivered into your hands.  It’s precious.  You will be trained by the Holy Spirit in the moments just prior to its arrival.  You won’t be ready, but I’ll make you ready.  It will be messy and slippery.  Meaning, don’t try to grab it too hard.  Keep your hands open and carefully hold on to it.

Well, then a few years later something else happened.  I was at an amazing service at IHOP where God was breaking out.  Someone, who had been on the platform throughout the service, came down to me during the ministry time.  I had never seen him before.  He said, “I was watching you from the platform, and, though I’d never seen you before, you were in a dream I had recently.  I saw caravans of revival moving out into the cities of the earth, and then back again.  I saw you in the midst of that.”

I thanked him, and then about 15 minutes later, someone else whom I had never met came over to me.  He had just been at Lakeland.  He asked if he could prophesy over me, and he proceeded to do so for about 30 minutes.  The heart of his message was, “I see the fire of revival in your hands, and you are carrying it to the cities of the earth, and then returning home again.  Then heading back out.”

Revival is coming.  We MUST be in position!

This email was sent to me today:

As I was driving home tonight I began praying in the Spirit and had some mild groanings but then my body began to bear down and start pushing like I would in labor. 

The Lord reminded me of my first few births where I got very nervous about pushing and sort of  "freaked out" and would ask my doctor/midwife to coach me along because I didn't feel I knew how to do it without them.  The last midwife I had, I told her how I wanted her help and didn't like the pushing process very much but she forgot I had asked that and left me to listen to my body to know what to do.

So the Lord said to me, do not rely on man when it's time to push.  He said do not "freak out" my Spirit will lead you, my Spirit will lead you, my Spirit will lead.  My Spirit WILL NOT fail you, it will not fail you, it will not fail you!  My Spirit is one with the Father and we are to keep FOCUSED, we are to persevere and not grow weary.  As we remain connected to his Spirit, the Spirit will bring forth the delivery at the right time. 

My doctor intervened in the birthing process to try and bring the baby forth quicker but my midwife showed me how to use the PAIN for my benefit in bringing forth the baby without intervention.  His Spirit wants to show us this.  He wants to use all the moanings, all the groanings, all the shouts, all the declarations, all the prayers, all the tears, all the laughter for his purposes in bringing forth a FULL delivery.  None of this is in vain but all part of the birthing process.

The Lord said in the birthing process we MUST drink of his Spirit.  We must remain full of HIM.

So our eyes are completely FIXED on Him because He's our teacher and we're to be CONSUMED with Him, because He's the source.

There’s more, but for now that should be enough to move us into position.  We must be alert… God is coming in power!

Jeff Garvin Friday-Sunday

First, a new audio teaching has been uploaded- it was quite a powerful night at Revival Church this past Sunday.  At one point people were groaning and crying out, “Jesus!”  The anointing was heavy, deliverance was happening suddenly in the middle of the teaching.  Head over to www.praytherevolution.com/teaching.  It’s titled Six Enemies of Fulfilled Destiny Part 3.

I BELIEVE you very well may experience spontaneous personal deliverance, suddenly, as you listen to this message. I think it's funny when I get engulfed by the Holy Spirit when I listen to my own recorded teachings- and this happened as I was listening as I was lying in bed late Monday night.

It’s almost time!  Jeff Garvin will be with us for THREE NIGHTS beginning tomorrow, Friday, December 4th!

Invite everybody you know who needs a powerful breakthrough into the presence of God.  Jeff operates in a very strong anointing of prophecy and healing.

Jeff will be at:

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Interesting prophetic insight : Detroit, Michigan : Time Magazine

The week of a key ministry event with Chuck Pierce, Barbara Yoder and other prophetic leaders in Ann Arbor, I received a strong prophetic word regarding DetroitTime Magazine just reported on an element that I mentioned in the prophecy.

Here’s the word I received:

“Now, now, now! The church must arise and strategically contend for reformation and restoration in Detroit and throughout Michigan.”  The Lord revealed that there is a “race of rooms” in this region.  There are strategic and brilliant secular people gathering in a board room, strategically thinking, brain storming, discussing and making plans for the new economic structure in Detroit.  I saw them in suits and ties sitting around a large board room table.  I also saw another room.  It had no table, but the walls were covered in LCD screens and white boards.  There were several people on their knees groaning and crying out for breakthrough, for revelation from Heaven.  This was a war room. 

The race of rooms is between these two gatherings.  Which new wine skin, new strategically developed foundation will be implemented?

Church Pierce mentioned something similar as he was sharing.  He mentioned that those represented by the board room will ‘win’, will establish for a time.  But, the church will initiate reformation shortly thereafter.image

I just read the latest Time Magazine article on Detroit.  Check out some of it and notice the similarities to the prophecy I received:

What do you get when you mix 60 Millennials, a dozen of Detroit's brightest thinkers and lots of coffee?

The potential to solve some of the city's policy problems.

This past weekend, I attended a conference that sparked some incredible discussions about Detroit, the region's significant challenges and what they both need to do to create lasting change.

The regional workshop is part of a year-long initiative, in which Roosevelt Institute members from across the Midwest will focus on creating actual public policy proposals for Detroit and the surrounding cities.

About 60 MSU students came together in suits, ties and dresses to talk about Detroit.

Detroit was a “magnificent middle-class society. Detroit has been devastated. People did this. It was not an act of God.”

Read more: http://detroit.blogs.time.com/

Rick Joyner and Larry Jackson will be here this weekend to help give direction to the church, to intercession and strategic advance in Detroit.

Many people are converging here.  One of my intercessors saw four large (the size of a 747) eagles, each one looking different, but they each had a serious, determined look in their eyes.  The flew from the four corners of the nation and converged in Detroit.  These are prophetic/apostolic people that God is gathering to bring the sledgehammer to the demonic strongholds in Detroit.  Reformation and revival is coming.

The times we are in are more important than any of us realize. 

So goes Detroit, so goes the nation.  This call is for every person to contend, pray and declare the Word of the Lord over this region.

John’s interview on the Miracle Channel : Watch tonight

image I was interviewed back in October on Canada’s largest Christian television network, The Miracle Channel.  It was an awesome experience. 

I talked about my book Revelation Driven Prayer on an hour long episode of The Bridge.

You can watch the show as it airs tonight at 10pm Eastern.  Head on over to  www.miraclechannel.ca and click the ‘Watch Us Online’ banner on the top right.

You will also be able to view the archive starting tomorrow by going here: www.miraclechannel.ca/thebridge

Let’s pray that this message of encountering God reaches millions of people and impacts them powerfully.image

ALSO: I’ll be preaching tomorrow (Friday) at IHOPE at 7pm.  Come on out for a night of intercession, prophecy and fire!

 

A “Whatever Church” : TONIGHT Live Radio Broadcast

image First- TONIGHT, Monday, November 2nd at 8pm Eastern (just over two hours from now)  I’ll be live on blogtalkradio.com along with several other Revival Church ministers, revivalists and hungry people from all over the nation and around the world. 

We’ll be praying, declaring and releasing fire into Detroit at 8pm sharp, and will then move into discussion on the topic of strategic revival.

You can participate by:

Also, a NEW teaching from yesterday’s service will be uploaded to www.detroitrevivalchurch.com/teaching SOON!  It’s part two of Six Enemies of Fulfilled Destiny.

A WHATEVER CHURCH

I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling a bit raw, incredibly desperate.  I am craving a revival and move of God in our region- and I’m certain that church as usual isn’t the appropriate structure. 

There are over 19,000 cities in America, and none of them are experiencing revival.  Something’s wrong.

There are hundreds of thousands of churches in America, and few are experiencing revival.  Something is very wrong.

We can’t continue with the same structure, the same model of ministry.

Last night was an unusual night at Revival Church.  Prayer started as it always does at 5pm.  Then, at 6pm, when we were to launch into worship, our worship leader was having an encounter with the Lord.  Several people were around her, praying, warring, interceding.  Banners were being waved over her as she contended under a veil.  It was powerful.

I leaned over to a friend and said, “Do you think it’s time to give the announcements and take the offering?”  He laughed.

Yet, in many churches, the activity of the Holy Spirit would be stopped to ensure everything remained on schedule.

Well after the normal 6pm starting time, our worship leader shared about her encounter, about how fire was all over her hands.  She remembered an encounter she had of going to heaven a year ago, and that the trembling is intense in her yet again.

I want that kind of person leading worship at Revival Church!  I’m losing interest in all of the ‘supposed to’s’ of church planting.  I am raw, and I want a raw move of the Holy Spirit.

I want a place where people tremble as they walk through the door. 

Last night someone was praying and declaring on the microphone and she collapsed under the glory of God.  She was still there as I started to preach.

A strong prophetic atmosphere kept increasing throughout the night, and several were impacted by revelation from God at the altar. 

After it was all done, someone said, “Revival Church is a ‘whatever’ church.  Whatever God wants to do at any time during the service just happens.”

I like that.  I think we need a lot of “Whatever Churches” in our nation.

A new partner in revival : many resources available to you

FIRST- Be sure to listen to a clear message on revival strategy.  I believe the fire of God will erupt in you as you listen.  If you want to know what Revival Church is all about, you’ll find out as you listen to this message.  We’ll use it for leadership training in Revival Church as we call people into position for the coming move of God.  It’s titled “Intro to Revival Church- The Joshua 3 Mandate.”  Listen now at www.detroitrevivalchurch.com/teaching.

SECOND- I want to take loads of people with me as I minister at Revival Nation Church in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada on Sunday morning, November 8th.  Let me know if you want to go!  (You’ll need your passport.)

Revival Church is deeply focused on impacting your life with the message of legitimate revival.  The Lord burned in my spirit recently a call: Hope & Hype- We must move beyond unfulfilled hope and man-made hype. 

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We are seeking new ministry partners locally and around the nation and world to infuse Revival Church financially.  The Detroit mission is demanding, yet we know that success here will result in a domino affect through the nation and around the world. 

You can give your tithe or special offerings on our new giving system at www.detroitrevivalchurch.com/donate

Additionally, you can set up RECURRING donations on the same page.  A monthly recurring donation would be a wonderful way to plant seed into this fertile soil all year long.

Here are some of the ways you can stay connected to our ministry:

  • NEW internet radio show at www.detroitrevivalchurch.com/radio. You can pray with us, listen to prophetic insights and vision casting and, if you would like, call in to the show and participate.  Every Monday at 8pm sharp we'll start with focused prayer for an outpouring in Detroit and then we’ll move on to discussion.
  • FREE teachings. You can listen to the messages from Revival Church every week, and also enjoy a vast archive of past teachings at www.detroitrevivalchurch.com/teaching.  Be sure to listen to The Joshua 3 Mandate and Six Enemies of Fulfilled Destiny from this past weekend.
  • Subscribe to our email updates.  I regularly share prophetic messages, insights and teachings on a variety of topics.  You can also be alerted to new sermons that are uploaded, special events and other news items.  www.detroitrevivalchurch.com/subscribe.
  • Podcasts on the go. I regularly call in from my cell phone and record quick, punchy podcasts.  If the Lord is burning in me on a certain topic, I just pick up the phone and share.  It’s instantly added to the site at www.detroitrevivalchurch.com/podcast.
  • Articles. You can read articles on revival, prayer, prophecy and other topics at www.johnburton.net/blog.  Be sure to subscribe to the RSS feed!
  • Books.  I’ve written five books, and am convinced that the Holy Spirit will impact you powerfully as you read through them.  www.detroitrevivalchurch.com/resources.
  • Facebook.  Become a FAN and follow along with everything that’s going on in the church.  http://facebook.detroitrevivalchurch.com.  Also, send a friend request to my personal profile at www.facebook.com/johnburton.
  • Twitter.  I update to Twitter several times a day.  Follow me at www.twitter.com/johneburton.
  • Personal ministry site. Head over to www.praytherevolution.com and see booking info, my bio, video and other info not on the Revival Church site.

Thank you for your support of this ministry.  Your donations are very meaningful and will go a long way toward enabling ministry in Detroit and beyond!

www.detroitrevivalchurch.com/donate.

John