Thread: A New Great Awakening is Unlikely? More Unlikely Than Donald Trump Being Elect President?

A New Great Awakening is Unlikely? More Unlikely Than Donald Trump Being Elect President?
The Election of Donald Trump Tells Us That Anything is Possible
By Michael Brown Published on February 5, 2017
https://stream.org/election-donald-t...hing-possible/

We are often too rational for our own good, not willing to believe in the seemingly impossible because, well, after all, it seems to be impossible. But are some of the things we're afraid to dream about any more unlikely than the election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States?...


...of course, an awakening "is absolutely essential" to our nation, but are we really supposed to believe that "the stage is set for the next great spiritual awakening"? Are we really supposed to believe that the moral and spiritual climate of our nation can be changed? Absolutely....


...The Unlikely Surprise of Donald Trump

History tells us it is possible and the unlikely events we're witnessing before our eyes remind us that anything is possible.

From the perspective of history, if you'll study past awakenings, you'll see that they all came after a season of steep spiritual decline, often leading to hopelessness, with many feeling as if "things will only go downhill from here."

But if God awakened us before, He can do it again and, from the perspective of current events, is it really any harder to believe that God can send another great awakening than it is to believe that a man like Donald Trump could become our president?

Just think about it.

Let's say I asked you this two years ago: Which is more likely to occur? There will be a spiritual awakening in America or Donald Trump will win the Republican nomination, defeating senators and governors along the way, and then will defeat Hillary Clinton in the general election, getting 81 percent of the white evangelical vote. What would your answer have been? Which would have seemed more likely?

Let's take it one step further. What if I asked you two years ago, which is more likely to occur? There will be a spiritual awakening in America or Donald Trump will become the darling of the pro-life movement, nominating a solid pro-life conservative to replace Antonin Scalia within two weeks in office?

Certainly a spiritual awakening would have seemed far more believable than what has happened already with President Trump. What stops us, then, from believing for the former if the latter is happening before our eyes?...

That was good. I believe we're in the middle of a Spiritual Awakening right now. Lester Summerall once said (paraphrasing), "oftentimes we don't realize a spiritual awakening is taking place until it's over."