Praying for the Rain of Revival in California (and the Nation)

Praying also for the rain of revival that comes when people have a spiritual awakening/repentance deep in their hearts. Yesterday I wrote a prayer “Please give us rain, God” in CA (because of drought), and I awoke to strong rainfall this morning — and I’m THANKFUL for that — but my heart longs to hear a different kind of rain in CA and America. Here’s a pic below of the miracle rain (haha) that just came down this morning. Now I pray in Jesus’ Name that a spiritual rain falls across the red, white, and blue of America:

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Prayed for Rain, and It's Here! (Video)

Yesterday morning I wrote the following plea/prayer about the CA drought: “Give us rain, God.” This morning I awoke to a loud sound, and I looked outside to see this:

I walked outside and stood in it, just soaking up the coolness and refreshment. Thank you, Lord!

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Heavy Clouds, No Rain

If only these clouds could be rain clouds (taken from Costco parking lot in Goleta, CA).

I wonder sometimes if this horrific drought in California doesn’t provide an accurate picture of America’s spiritual state. I’m not even referring, necessarily, to the moral collapse of a nation. I’m referring to the lack of hunger for God and the lack of unified, fervent intercessory prayer in the church. When the church prays, spiritual awakening comes to the land. Give us rain, God. Help us pray with greater hunger and also with greater action outside the walls of the church that finds its fuel in our reliance on You.

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Heavy Clouds, No Rain

If only these clouds could be rain clouds (taken from Costco parking lot in Goleta, CA).

I wonder sometimes if this horrific drought in California doesn’t provide an accurate picture of America’s spiritual state. I’m not even referring, necessarily, to the moral collapse of a nation. I’m referring to the lack of hunger for God and the lack of unified, fervent intercessory prayer in the church. When the church prays, spiritual awakening comes to the land. Give us rain, God. Help us pray with greater hunger and also with greater action outside the walls of the church that finds its fuel in our reliance on You.

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Heavy Clouds, No Rain

If only these clouds could be rain clouds (taken from Costco parking lot in Goleta, CA).

I wonder sometimes if this horrific drought in California doesn’t provide an accurate picture of America’s spiritual state. I’m not even referring, necessarily, to the moral collapse of a nation. I’m referring to the lack of hunger for God and the lack of unified, fervent intercessory prayer in the church. When the church prays, spiritual awakening comes to the land. Give us rain, God. Help us pray with greater hunger and also with greater action outside the walls of the church that finds its fuel in our reliance on You.

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Heavy Clouds, No Rain

If only these clouds could be rain clouds (taken from Costco parking lot in Goleta, CA).

I wonder sometimes if this horrific drought in California doesn’t provide an accurate picture of America’s spiritual state. I’m not even referring, necessarily, to the moral collapse of a nation. I’m referring to the lack of hunger for God and the lack of unified, fervent intercessory prayer in the church. When the church prays, spiritual awakening comes to the land. Give us rain, God. Help us pray with greater hunger and also with greater action outside the walls of the church that finds it’s fuel in our reliance on You.

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Why Guardians of the Galaxy Is A Great Kevin Bacon Movie (Even Though He Wasn't In It)

Okay time for a pop culture time-out. Kevin Bacon should be feeling very flattered right now because he got some serious love in the latest Marvel movie Guardians of the Galaxy. Bacon was not in the movie, but, and I won’t give away any spoilers, his name somehow made it into some of the best lines of dialogue in the film. In a symbolic way, in the way that writers use motifs almost as characters in a script, Kevin Bacon kind of WAS a character in the movie. How on earth does that happen in an outer space movie? You’ll just have to see it to find out — though read my review of it first on RockinGodsHouse.com on Friday if you’re thinking of taking the family. I wouldn’t recommend taking kids under 13 to see it.

My friend Josh Belcher just interviewed Kevin Bacon. Too bad the movie didn’t come out sooner. I could’ve asked Josh to ask Kevin if he knew about his notable presence in the new Marvel movie!

So, anyways, congrats Kevin Bacon on your smash-hit movie that came out this weekend!

(And it really was an amazing movie.)

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