In this track, Pastor Bill Elliff from Little Rock, AR describes what he senses God desires to say to the Church in America. He also says what it will take for us to experience the revival and spiritual awakening that we have been praying for. He is cautiously optimistic that we WILL experience such a powerful move of God. He also shares how God is already moving in our nation for His glory.

In light of COVID-19, what is God saying to the America, and the American Church in particular? Randy and Marcia of Grand Awakening examine this question from the perspective of both Scripture and what they sense the Spirit is saying.

Brian Alarid is President of America Prays, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His groups vision is "to unite and equip 40,000 churches in 24/7 prayer for a national spiritual awakening. Our global vision is to unite and equip 5 million churches in 24/7 prayer for a global spiritual awakening."

In this podcast, Brian tells the amazing way in which God called him to lead this ministry, how God is causing it to grow worldwide, and why prayer is so essential to our impact on our world as well as our own families.

Evangelist Andrew Palau, son of Luis Palau, is an unlikely person to be sharing the Gospel around the world and drawing thousands to the Savior year after year. By his own admission, Andrew was a rebel, living totally for himself until the age of 27 when he surrendered his heart and life to Jesus. He shares his story here and, with emotion, shares his love for those who don't yet know the Lord. He also talks about his father Luis who was recently diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. Finally, Andrew has some good words for parents of prodigals.

Bill Brownson is the President Emeritus of Words of Hope where he was the radio pastor for that worldwide ministry for many years. He also served as President of the entire Reformed Church in America in 1984-85. He has been a seminary professor at Western Seminary in Holland, MI and a pastor. He has authored 26 books. At age 89, Bill loves competing in the Senior Olympics where he throws the javelin and runs the 100 meter dash. But what really makes Bill stand out is his love for God and prayer: he has been praying fervently and expectantly for revival and spiritual awakening in West Michigan for over 50 years!! You will love hearing Bill's heart on this podcast.

Originally from Florida, Harvey Hampton now serves as an itinerant pastor in West Michigan. As he tells in this captivating account, after his parents divorced for the second time, Harvey as a 15 year old succumb to the pain-numbing features of illegal drugs. Soon he began selling them himself, making thousands of dollars weekly. So how could he ever find Jesus? Listen to this amazing story of how Jesus led him to salvation as a young man and how his love for Christ continues white hot to this day, 40+ years later.

Jim Samra is Senior Pastor of Calvary Church in Grand Rapids. In this program, Jim shares his view that the church of West Michigan, while it can always stand improvement, is growing in cooperation and unity. He is encouraged that the Luis Palau Festival is coming to West Michigan in 2018 which, Jim believes, will accelerate the process of churches cooperating and working together to win the lost in our area for the glory of God.

Jim also shares his view on why millennials are leaving the church and the only thing that can keep them is the very Presence of God, nothing less will work. 

Jim tells us how he has seen some of his high school friends come to Christ in recent days due to Bible studies that he is holding in his home.

Jim wraps up the program by leading us in prayer.

Intro music “Moving Forward” by Scott Holmes http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/

Jim Samra is the Senior Pastor of Calvary Church of Grand Rapids. In this program, Jim talks about his background as a mechanical engineer who was ultimately called into ministry. You will be amazed at how he totally credits God with his ability to graduate from the University of Michigan as an engineer. It was at U of M that Jim learned about the power and incredible privilege of prayer. He clearly sees prayer as two-way communication with God and that God cares about everything that we care about in our lives.

Intro music “Moving Forward” by Scott Holmes http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/

Artie Lindsay has been the Teaching Pastor at Tabernacle Community Church in Grand Rapids for fifteen years. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan (Political Science) and Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. He describes his call to ministry and then shares his heart for seeing God move powerfully in greater Grand Rapids through prayer, evangelism, discipleship, service, sacrifice and collaboration among the many congregations in our area.

Intro music “Moving Forward” by Scott Holmes http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/

Joel Beeke is President and Professor of Systematic Theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, MI where he is also Pastor of Heritage Reformed Congregation. He has authored nearly 100 books. In this podcast, Joel describes his heart for prayer and how God uses prayer in His people to usher in revival. Being a devout Calvinist and Reformed leader, one might wonder the importance of prayer to Dr. Beeke. But he is adamant that we need to be people of prayer much more than we typically are. Interviewer Randy Hekman also shares his perspectives on praying with persistence based on Luke 11 and Luke 18 in Scripture. You will love this podcast and be encouraged in your own prayer life.   

Intro music “Moving Forward” by Scott Holmes http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/