A New Era In Evangelism


There is a fasting and prayer conference occurring in Washington, D.C. this week (Feb 22-24). Multitudes of Christians are praying for our nation, the church, for a new Jesus Movement, and also praying in behalf of the millions of unborn babies that are being murdered in the womb through abortion.
In response to the passing of Billy Graham, whose death came the day before the prayer conference in Washington, and in praying for the prayer objectives of the conference, my wife Laurel felt a strong sense of the Lord speaking to her the word given below.

A prophetic word from Laurel Long.
February 21, 2018
This is what the Holy Spirit spoke to me.
"It is not insignificant that my faithful servant Billy Graham passed away a day before this conference and the call for a 40 day fast. The church has been held in the grip of *evangelicalism. Today I will usher in a new era of church history. I will raise up a new generation of evangelists like Phillip (Acts 8:5-25), true evangelists who will call cities to repentance with miracles, healings, and deliverance from sorcery. Signs and wonders will be done in the name of Jesus. Apostolic teams will enter and pray for them to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. Cities will be filled with the joy of the Lord; and the fear of the Lord will fall on our nation.
And 'I will do a work in your day that you would not believe it even if I told you.'”  (Habakkuk 1:5).                                                                                                            
*A note from Billy: 
Laurel and I appreciate that the Evangelical church has faithfully preached the Gospel of salvation and the Lordship of Jesus Christ. The reference above to "the grip of evangelicalism" refers to the fact that the evangelical church has not preached the Baptism in the Holy Spirit and the gifts and power of the Spirit that followed. The word given above tells us that in the days ahead we will see evangelists like Phillip preaching the Gospel of Salvation with the sick healed and demons cast out. And those new believers will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit in the same way as those converts in Samaria (Acts 8) to whom Phillip preached.   ---Billy Long




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