August 21, 2025

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Aug 21
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Introduction

As I mentioned yesterday, we are making a few adjustments to the GH15s for the remainder of this week and early next week. Ceci had hip replacement surgery on Tuesday, and I’m playing nurse. She is doing well, and prayers for her speedy recovery are appreciated. I have asked some trusted friends to write the posts for these few days, individuals who have done so in the past. Today’s post from Larry Sparks is OUTSTANDING.

Larry is a bestselling author, the publisher of Destiny Image, and an anointed revivalist. He is confirming that revival has begun, and we should claim it for our family and city. His title is: “Claim the Rain.”

Here’s Larry.

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Claim the Rain

There is an end-time alarm clock going off in the spirit right now. When you hear or see the Holy Spirit moving somewhere, that is your prophetic invitation to claim the rain of revival for yourself.

End-Times Context and Promise

Zechariah 10:1 provides a striking prophetic instruction: “Ask for rain in the time of rain.”

This Scripture gives us a model for how to respond when we see or hear reports of revival. Sadly, many believers have been conditioned to associate end-times language with doom and disaster—especially the warnings Jesus outlines in Matthew 24. But recently, while helping a community navigate end-times concerns, the Lord dropped a phrase into my spirit that recalibrated everything:

“Matthew 24 is the context. Joel 2 is the promise. Claim the promise. Claim the rain.”

Yes, Matthew 24 describes the shaking—wars and rumors of war, earthquakes, famines, deception. But Jesus didn’t invite us to claim those events; He was giving us context for the age in which we’d be sent. Joel 2, however—later quoted by Peter on the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2—is the divine promise for that very hour:

“In the last days, I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and daughters shall prophesy…” (Acts 2:17)

This is what we’re called to claim—an outpouring of the Holy Spirit on all people, especially the sons and daughters who are part of God’s prophetic end-time agenda. And in this present moment, I’ve never been more convinced that we’re beginning to see that promise unfold.

Lightning Struck in Dublin, Ireland…

Everything shifted for me personally at a church in Dublin, Ireland, in May of 2024. The church met—of all places—in a boxing ring. I was ministering alongside my dear friend, Tommy Evans, in a spiritually charged atmosphere. There was energetic worship, hopefully solid preaching, and then an unexpected call to respond.

We felt prompted to invite all those 30 years and younger to come forward. They began to gather on the platform. What happened next can only be described as a divine interruption.

The lightning of God struck. As we began to pray, some fell under the power of God. Others crumpled to their knees in tears. Many lay prostrate on the boxing ring floor, overcome by the weighty presence of the Holy Spirit. All across the auditorium, families prayed together, embraced one another, and turned their seats into sacred altars of encounter.

From that moment on, we’ve seen an intensification of Holy Spirit activity—across generations, across nations.

And here’s what’s so encouraging: the most explosive outpourings are happening in places many have written off as too hard, too dark, or too secular—nations and territories labeled as spiritual graveyards. Evidently, the Holy Spirit did not receive that memo.

If you go into a territory with the Gospel and the Glory—the bold proclamation of truth coupled with the tangible demonstration of God’s power—no stronghold can stand. No region is unreachable.

So when people ask me, “Larry, where are the revival hotspots?” I can now say confidently: Southern California. The Pacific Northwest. New England. Ireland. The United Kingdom. These are places I minister regularly, and we are witnessing an overwhelming spiritual hunger rising alongside unmistakable outpourings of the Holy Spirit.

And this is not just anecdotal. Look at the data—begin with what’s happening in the United Kingdom. The “new atheism” movement failed to deliver purpose to a generation, and now, we are seeing young people turning to the church in record numbers. Revival is real—and it’s measurable.

Showers and Storms

So what exactly is happening?

Jennie Allen—bestselling author and founder of the IF: Gathering—has been at the forefront of a university campus awakening movement called UNITE US, alongside Jonathan Pokluda and Tonya Prewett. Recently, she had a conversation with Pastor Greg Laurie, who hosted a massive evangelistic crusade in Southern California where approximately 45,000 people attended and around 6,500 made professions of faith in Christ.

Laurie’s insights struck me. As Jennie recounted what the Lord was doing, Laurie—himself a leader in the Jesus People Movement—said it sounded just like that historic revival. He described a pattern: First, there are scattered rain showers. People hear of revival breaking out here and there, at this place and that place. Then, it simply starts to rain. Moves of God start erupting everywhere. But his last statement is what caused my heart to burn. Then… it starts to storm. Laurie was not speaking of some kind of storm of destruction, but a storm of revival outpouring where the move of God becomes an unstoppable territorial awakening that ushers multitudes into the Kingdom of God and produces cultural transformation.

I believe we are entering that final stage. The showers are turning to storms. And not storms of destruction, but storms of divine visitation.

Watchmen of Revival

As I continue to travel, I’ve made it my mission to be a watchman of revival. And I want to encourage you to do the same.

Now, when we hear the term “watchman,” we often think of someone looking out for threats—demons, darkness, and deception. And yes, we must be alert and discerning. But I believe the Lord is raising up a different kind of watchman in this hour:

Watchmen who are God-preoccupied, not devil-obsessed.

Watchmen who are alert to what the Spirit is doing, not just what the enemy is scheming. These are men and women who have set their hearts to seek and recognize the movement of God wherever it manifests.

Right now, I pray that kind of anointing over you. May you be like Elijah in 1 Kings 18:44, who, in the midst of a long drought, celebrated the small cloud “the size of a man’s hand” as if it were already a downpour.

Celebrate the cloud. Claim the rain.

Celebrate the little signs of breakthrough in your life—the smallest shift in your marriage, the prodigal child asking a provoking spiritual question, a glimmer of healing in your body. In a microwave, fast-food culture, we’re trained to expect instant, massive results. But heaven celebrates the seed as much as the harvest.

It’s Time to Claim the Rain

The rain is falling. We’re not waiting for God to move—He already is.

So the question is: Will you claim it?

When you hear about revival in California, New England, Ireland, or across your social media feed, don’t just cheer it on—lay hold of it in faith. If it’s raining anywhere, it can rain everywhere. Because Joel 2 wasn’t just a local promise—it was a global one.

The last days’ outpouring is not reserved for special people in special places. It’s for all flesh. It’s for your family. It’s for your city. It’s for your church.

So lift your eyes. Bend your ear. Tune your heart. The Holy Spirit is moving. He’s pouring out His Spirit.

Ask for rain in the time of rain. And don’t just ask—claim it.

For additional practical teaching on how you position yourself to experience personal revival, please download my free e-book, Outpouring, at larrysparksministries.com/claimtherain

Pray with me:

Father, Your great end-times promise is Holy Spirit outpouring. We will not be afraid of the shaking, of chaos, of world events and news headlines. Those things will not move us. We are aware of them, but unafraid because our eyes are on what You are doing. We build our lives on the outpouring of the Spirit that will impact all flesh.

We believe that this outpouring is bringing in an unprecedented harvest of youth and young adults. Even those who were considered the “hard to reach” ones–those who were under the influence of atheism, secularism, and the occult–we see a shift taking place where their resistance is turning into hunger.

Lord, as we see genuine moves of Your Spirit breaking out across the Earth, we continue to wildly celebrate what You are doing, while we continue to boldly cry out and contend for the fullness of everything You desire to pour out, in Jesus’ Name.

Our decree:

We decree that we are watchmen of revival, with eyes trained to see what the Holy Spirit is doing, so we can pray into His movement and partner with His activity in our everyday lives.

About Larry Sparks

Larry Sparks has spent over two decades in ministry, igniting hunger for the Holy Spirit and calling the Church into revival and awakening. A Master of Divinity graduate from Regent University and mentee of Pentecostal historian Dr. Vinson Synan, he served as publisher of Destiny Image for 13 years. Today, Larry travels globally—preaching, teaching, and sounding a prophetic call for the Church to return to Book of Acts-level prayer, presence, and power. He is the bestselling author of Pentecostal Fire and serves on the Apostolic Council of Prophetic Elders, led by Cindy Jacobs. He lives in Texas with his wife and daughter.

Link to Free E-book, Outpouring: https://larrysparksministries.com/claimtherain

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