GOD'S COMING REVIVAL
IN NEW ENGLAND
By John Paul Jackson

On February 15, 2004 at 2:02 A.M., I had a powerful vision and rare encounter with the Holy Spirit. In the vision I found myself standing at the back of a stage with musicians and vocalists during a worship conference or church service. The Lord kept saying to me, There are parents here tonight who have a sick child and I want to heal that child.

What happened during the remainder of this vision brought me to my knees; I was hardly able to breathe in the thickness of Gods weighty presence. The impact of what I saw awakened me, and for forty-five minutes, while still gasping for breath, I continued to lie in bed weeping from the power and beauty of what I had just witnessed. The Lord continued speaking to me, often audibly. When He did not speak, He opened my mind in some heavenly way that branded or etched an understanding of many things deep within me.

I saw that prayer will increase at exponential rates and will permeate New England. The Lord showed me how He was going to create a new bond of unity among New England pastors who are seeking more of His presence. Churches would grow by the hundreds in a two- or three-week span of time.

The Lord showed me how He was going to change the understanding of all the gifts He has given to us, and how He will use humility to demolish the walls separating the gifts. Then He showed me the beginning of another season of healings, miracles, signs, and wonders. I understood that Gods greatest desire is to flow through us.

I was heartsick as the Lord showed me how the Church is guilty of pride, pretense, position, prejudice, and politics. The Lord showed me how even low levels of pride multiply and spread to contaminate others. However, the Lord told me not to be disheartened. Through the prayers of His people, God will be justified to bring the fullness of His plan for New England into being.

God let me know that we are standing at a very important time in the history of New England, and that we must be on guard for the hidden ploys of the enemy. Speaking against the men and women He has put in place will not be tolerated as the Holy Spirit begins to kindle the fire again.

Simultaneously, God will release a fresh wind of worship to musicians and vocalists. A sharpened spiritual awareness will permeate worship teams and the Holy Spirit will touch percussionists who will often sense the coming of His presence. This profoundly increased presence of the Spirit will release His glory cloud, healings, miracles, deliverances, salvations, and increased intercessory prayer.

This is an invitation to begin the process of preparation. It is not a guarantee, nor is it to be construed as a prophecy that any certain church or denomination or group of churches will be the recipient. It is merely a statement of what the Lord has shown me about a few attributes and aspects of what will be seen in a great move of God that will come again to New England.

Excerpted from ASPECTS OF A COMING MOVE OF GOD IN NEW ENGLAND: A Vision from God Given to John Paul Jackson.