December 4, 2025

Introduction

As I have been stating, I am coming to the end of a long, very demanding travel schedule. This is the final week of the stretch and I will be on the road the entire week. To help me out, I have asked some of our favorite Give Him 15 guests to write posts. They are outstanding. Today’s and tomorrow’s posts by revivalist Larry Sparks are inspirational exhortations on - you guessed it - revival! Today’s title is: 

Will You Make Room? 

Let every heart prepare Him room.

Christmas. I love this time of year. While I thoroughly enjoy the festive decorations, mass quantities of sweet treats, and the overtly Christ-honoring carols blaring over speakers in shopping malls and coffee shops, there is a profound revelation captured in the Christmas story… about how we can welcome and receive more of the move of God in our lives, churches, and nation. So prepare for an unusual Christmas perspective!

A verse in the Christmas story that challenges me to this day is Luke 2:7: 

And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn (ESV).

I want to highlight the last phrase, no place for them in the inn, and come back to that.

Right Now…

Prophetically, I am convinced we are living in the days of Ezekiel 47. I’ve shared this with the amazing Give Him 15 audience in times past about how this portion of Scripture gives us a stunning illustration of the different levels, depths, and dimensions of the river of revival. Every week, we are witnessing thousands turning to Christ through major evangelistic outreaches (Greg Laurie’s Harvest crusades), Unite US gatherings held at public universities, and the incredible work that local churches across the world are doing, day after day, to see a harvest of souls brought to Christ. God is moving, the river is flowing. 

Wild Celebration… but Thirsty for More

When I consider that Oceanside, California, hosted the largest water baptism in American history this year, I celebrate wildly (and that it involved multiple churches and ministries working together). When I review the thousands coming to faith in Christ through Greg Laurie’s Harvest crusades, I am overwhelmed. When I am bombarded on social media with reports of the thousands of students who are attending the Unite US college gatherings, and the hundreds and thousands who are turning to Christ, getting water baptized, and experiencing genuine transformation, I am filled with thanksgiving.

These are only three examples of the spiritual activity we have witnessed just this year, and the only response we should offer is wild celebration… with no “buts.” What I means is, I don’t want to be a revival connoisseur (thank you Tommy and Miriam Evans for this colorful designation) where I “tip my hat” to what God is doing, but I cannot get too excited because I am either being overly cautious, or worse, I refuse to celebrate until the move of God taking place suits my personal preference. I wonder if this is how people have missed revivals, awakenings, and moves of God in times past: they refused to celebrate what God was doing because it did not look like their idea of a move of God.

My encouragement: wild celebration will position you to appropriately pray and cry out for more. God is a god of stewardship, and He is searching to and fro throughout the Earth for those who will recognize what He is doing, celebrate it, and steward His activity.

So, I celebrate wildly what the Lord is presently doing, but until we see people overshadowed by the Holy Spirit to such a degree that their shadow releases healing and deliverance (according to Acts 5), I’m crying out for more. Until I see people so saturated with the Spirit that their everyday clothing releases healing and deliverance anointing (Acts 19), I’m crying out for more. Until I see notable miracles break open entire cities and territories for the expansion of the Gospel (Acts 9), I’m crying out for more. There’s always more of God for us to experience, but please understand, to experience more, we need to make room for the more.

Not a Tame Lion

We have been gloriously experiencing the beginning stages of Ezekiel 47, where the prophet describes being ankle deep, knee deep, and waist deep in the River of God (see v. 2-4). We’ve been witnessing a beautiful measure of God’s move in our nation right now, and while we celebrate, we recognize there are deeper dimensions accessible to us. 

Are we waiting for God to do something sovereign? I am convinced the Sovereign Lord has extended an invitation to us, basically asking, How deep do you want to go? I believe we are at a threshold. When you are standing in a river up to your ankles, knees, or even waist, you can still control the environment. You still have your footing on the ground. It’s stable, it’s safe. You don’t run the risk of the river completely consuming you and thrusting you into its wild current.

But there is a dimension of God summoning us that is wild. It’s where we experience the wildness of the Lion of Judah. Perhaps one of the most iconic and appropriate descriptions of this expression of our Great King is the conversation between Susan and Mr. Beaver in C.S. Lewis’ iconic masterpiece, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. In describing the lion Aslan, a type and shadow of Christ, we read this conversation between the characters: 

“Aslan is a lion– the Lion, the great Lion.” “Ooh,” said Susan. “I’d thought he was a man. Is he-quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion”...“Safe?” said Mr. Beaver …“Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.”

In the same book, Mr. Tumnus notes, “He’s wild, you know. Not a tame lion.” These descriptions are not meant to frighten, but invite us into deeper encounters with the Living God. For centuries (even back to the days of Jesus), a religious spirit has sought to put God in a box. Sadly, this same spirit is alive and well today, and it might be the primary enemy of the Spirit’s move in our lives and world. It’s a perspective that demands God Almighty to fit in a box of expectation and comfort. But we all know that Yahweh has never fit in any box.

A funny, but practical example of what this might look like. My pastor and spiritual father, Dr. Norman Benz, recounts the season of unusual spiritual outpouring in their Florida church in 1997 (sustained for several years). When people were touched by the Spirit’s power, they would shake, fall, and weep. They would also laugh… uproariously. Pastor Norman recounts, “I didn’t like the laughter... but I know it was God.” That’s a sign of maturity, where we welcome God on His own terms. We cannot judge a move of the Holy Spirit by our personal preferences. Maybe our preference is a few quiet tears are shed, when in fact, the wild River of God wants to touch someone radically with holy laughter and liberate them from decades of fear and depression. 

Will We Make Room for the Wild River?

…there was no place for them in the inn.

I don’t want this to be said of my life. Oh, I long to be a place where the Spirit can rest and do His unrestrained work. But an unrestrained mighty work of the Holy Spirit demands that we have an absolute and unwavering trust in His control. His way, His plan. When we make room for the Spirit’s work in our lives and in our midst, no matter what it looks like or what reproach we might receive, we are truly entering the realm of the Wild River—the next stop on Ezekiel’s journey.

“Again he measured a thousand, and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the water had risen. It was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.” (Ezekiel 47:5)

Pray with me:

Father, every time Your Holy Spirit moves with power, it’s a confirmation that Jesus died, rose again, and received everything He prayed for.

Jesus prayed to You, Father, that we would experience the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. So in this season, I ask for a fresh outpouring of Your Spirit on my life. My family. My city. My nation. Send Your Spirit, Lord, for Jesus’s sake!

Lord, send Your Wild River of revival that we cannot control---that floods the Earth with salvation, healing, deliverance, and supernatural transformation.

Our decree: 

We decree that we will make room for the move and presence of the Holy Spirit, no matter the cost.

Click on the link below to watch the full video.

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For additional inspiration on how you position yourself to experience personal revival during this Advent Season, please download my free e-book, The Glory Has Come, at www.larrysparksministries.com/gloryhascome

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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 under Cindy Jacobs. He lives in Texas with his wife and daughter.

References:

Lewis, C.S. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

December 3, 2025

Introduction

As I stated yesterday, I am coming to the end of a long, very demanding travel schedule. This is the final week of the stretch and I will be on the road the entire week. To help me out, I have asked some of our favorite Give Him 15 guests to write posts. They are outstanding. Today’s inspiring post by our friend, Cheryl Sacks, which I’ll be reading, points out the incredible speed at which God is moving us into revival, and challenges us to “keep pace with what He is doing!” Cheryl’s title is:

Racing into Acceleration

I was seated in a bobsled at the top of a gleaming ice-carved track, poised at the edge of impossibility. The course shone brilliantly white, majestic, and alive with activity. Endless bobsleds stretched before us—filled with athletes, all waiting for the race to begin. Then, without warning, we were catapulted forward.

The acceleration was instantaneous—a breathtaking surge that tore the air from my lungs. We hurtled down the track, slashing around razor-sharp curves, plunging into valleys, then shooting up blinding inclines. The sled tilted and lifted, threatening to break free from the ice. My heart pounded, caught between exhilaration and sheer terror.

It was a dream the Lord gave me thirty years ago—one He has brought back to me with an urgency I cannot ignore—because the acceleration I saw then is what we are entering now.

In the dream, we weren’t steering; we were being carried—drawn by a power far greater than human strength. The wind roared, the ice shook beneath us, and it felt as though creation itself was trembling. This wasn’t just speed—it was divine momentum. Heaven’s purposes were racing toward fulfillment.

Then I woke up. Instantly, I knew the Lord was unveiling a time of divine acceleration—when events on earth would unfold with breathtaking speed. You and I are stepping into a spiritual hour unlike anything this generation has ever witnessed.  We are living in the fulfillment of what the prophet Amos described:

“Things are going to happen so fast your head will swim, one thing fast on the heels of the other. You won’t be able to keep up.” Amos 9:13 (MSG)

Yes, darkness is spiraling quickly, but God’s movement is advancing even faster. What looks like chaos is actually divine momentum. This is the hour when shaking and awakening collide—when disruption jolts the Church awake and draws multitudes to the Truth. We must be ready.

I hear the Lord saying, “What you have now cannot contain the magnitude of what is coming. Now is the time to prepare for the masses of lost people who will run toward truth in this shaking hour.”                                                                                          

The Time Is Now

If you want to see what divine acceleration looks like in real time, let me share the story of my friend Des Wadsworth, pastor of Grace Community Church. Once a thriving megachurch, the congregation had dwindled through five pastoral transitions. When Des moved from the U.K. to take the reins, he found a faithful but weary flock—mostly older believers—and only fifty students in the college ministry, despite being located beside a major university.

After five years of laboring with little fruit, Des came to the end of himself. He cried out to the Lord for direction. Just before the New Year, the Lord answered with a single word: “PRAY!”

Des realized he had been a man who prayed but was not yet a praying man. And Grace was a church that prayed, but not yet a praying church. That revelation pierced him. Everything was about to change.

He announced to his elders, “We are going to become a praying church!” From that moment, things shifted. Every meeting—children’s classes, board meetings, worship rehearsals, Sunday services—was preceded by prayer. Des began leading the Monday night prayer meeting, and every church leader started attending.

Almost overnight, the prayer meeting surged—from a handful of intercessors to ninety—and then climbed past 350. The college ministry began to grow, too—fifty students became five hundred. Then it grew by five hundred every week. Students filled the 1,200-seat sanctuary every Thursday night for worship, prayer, and Bible study. They packed every inch of standing room, then filled two overflow buildings, linked by livestream.

Des’s son, who leads the college ministry, said, “Dad, students won’t think watching a livestream in another building is cool.” But there was no option—the hunger was too great.

That night, when they gave a simple, old-fashioned call to accept Christ—inviting students to stand and come forward—young people rose to their feet everywhere, even in the overflow buildings. There is no elaborate setup. No big-name speakers. No hype—and yet they keep coming. Last week, 1,800 Gen Z-ers poured in—desperate for God.

Des said they never asked God for a larger church or a bigger college ministry. They simply prayed the Lord would bring in the lost. And that He did—so powerfully they can’t contain the numbers coming.

Today, the church that was aging and dwindling is alive—bursting at the seams with young people passionately pursuing God. The older generation isn’t just sitting in pews—they’re discipling the younger ones.

What’s happening at Grace Community Church is not an isolated story—it’s a prophetic picture of what God is releasing across the land. Nowhere is this more visible than in Gen Z. A generation once lost in confusion is running toward truth. The same move of the Spirit transforming Grace is breaking out on university campuses. And it’s spreading nationwide. Large-scale ‘UniteUS’ college gatherings are igniting worship, prayer, and the proclamation of the Gospel. Thousands of students are accepting Christ and being baptized.

Gen Z’s foundations are shaking. They are searching for something real—something unshakable. Many are discovering the only answer is Jesus. The assassination of Charlie Kirk sent a shockwave through Gen Z, intensifying a movement already stirring and confronting many with the seriousness of the hour. A generation is waking up—right before our eyes. The harvest is massive. How will we disciple them?

The Book of Acts gives us a clear model: believers gathered in the temple and from house to house. Healings and miracles broke out in the streets. Thousands were born again every day, and homes became places of discipleship and encounter. We are seeing this pattern again—believers ignited with holy fire, homes transformed into revival centers because the harvest is so great.

In places such as San Francisco—where many might never set foot inside a church—believers like our daughter and her husband are opening their doors. They are inviting neighbors and families from their kids’ sports teams into their home. As conversations unfold and friendships form, hearts open. People notice God’s peace and presence; they ask questions, and before long, they’re being discipled around the kitchen table. This is the kind of grassroots discipleship that will enable us to steward revival and sustain the harvest.

This is not the hour to retreat or wait for things to settle. The shaking around us is not subsiding—it’s escalating. Comfort zones are being dismantled, and the Church is being summoned to the front lines. This is an all-hands-on-deck moment. Every believer is needed—every prayer, every act of courage, every voice that will speak truth and hope into the chaos.

It is no longer a question of if revival will come; revival is here. The real question is: Will we be able to keep pace with what He is doing? We are being carried forward by a move of the Spirit, accelerating with undeniable force. I hear His urgent call: Where are the ones who will rise to contend in prayer for the lost, get ready to disciple the harvest, rebuild the spiritual altars of our homes, our churches, and our nation?

Is it you? Will you say, “Here am I, Lord, send me”?

Pray with me:

Heavenly Father, we say “yes” to Your divine acceleration. Empower us to build altars of prayer in our homes and churches. Pour out Your Spirit upon our campuses and cities. Let revival flow from home to home, heart to heart, until the earth is filled with Your glory.

Our decree:

We decree that this move of God cannot be contained; it cannot be stopped. The harvest will come in. Churches will overflow; college campuses will be aflame. Our homes will become revival centers, our families will burn with holy fire, and the sound of awakening will thunder across this land!

Click on the link below to watch the full video.

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Cheryl Sacks and her husband, Hal, are leaders of BridgeBuilders Int’l, Phoenix, AZ. Their newest books, Fire on the Family Altar: Experience the Holy Spirit’s Power in Your Home and Unshakable: How to Prepare for Uncertain Times, will equip you for the days ahead.

December 2, 2025

Introduction

I am coming to the end of a long, very demanding travel schedule. This is the final week of the stretch and I will be on the road the entire week. To help me out, I have asked some of our favorite Give Him 15 guests to write posts. They are outstanding. Today’s post by my friend, Greg Hood, is a very encouraging message on The Victorious Church. Enjoy. 

The Victorious Church

Hello and welcome to Give Him 15. I am Greg Hood. I am honored to be filling in for my friend Dutch today. The title of today’s post is “The Victorious Church.”

There is some confusion regarding the assignment of the Church. Many think our only job is to witness, save the lost, and get them into heaven. Let’s plunder hell and populate heaven—great idea, but not complete.

Yeshua never assigned us only to offer people heaven. That was not His goal. We are to bring people into the Kingdom of God. I know what you’re thinking. Isn’t the Kingdom of God in heaven? Well, yes and no. Actually, our destiny is not in heaven; our destiny is in the Kingdom of God on earth.

Matthew 6:10 makes this very clear. It reads, “Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” (NKJV)

We are assigned to the earth to expand the Kingdom of God. Now, let me clarify. When you die, you go to heaven if you’re born again. But it’s a short stay. We will return with Yeshua to a new heaven and a new earth.

Yeshua did not promise us a religion; He promised us a Kingdom. We need to distinguish between religion and Yeshua. We must learn to discern:

• What is God? What is not God?

• What is His will? What is not His will.

• What is His assignment? What is not His assignment?

Bringing the Kingdom of God to earth is Yeshua’s assignment.

The enemy wants to stop our momentum. Yet the enemy’s resistance will not catch us off guard if we position ourselves and prepare for the enemy’s retaliation as we take ground. That’s why Paul said in Ephesians 6: “and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm therefore.” Then he lists what we need to do so.

As the Ekklesia, we must be aware of the counterattack of the enemy. Fights are rarely easy. Most are lengthy struggles. As we are wrestling with the enemy for territory, we must expect pushback when we fight.

Just as Yeshua has a body—the Church—so does the enemy. Have you ever thought about that? The enemy has an Ekklesia working in the earth on his behalf to produce the will of the Kingdom of Darkness. Fortunately, the enemy’s governmental structure has been defeated through the death, burial, and resurrection of King Yeshua, and the arrival of the Holy Spirit to earth to take up residence in us.

We are the most dangerous force on the planet. Conversely, we are the least significant when we are off the planet. Why? Because we were not created to operate in the unseen realm alone, even though we have authority in the unseen realm, we must operate from the seen realm. That’s where our authority resides.

Ephesians 2:6 says, “God raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.”

When we operate from the seen realm, we can pull things from the unseen realm into the seen realm that need to be here. But it takes effort. This is not like going to Wal-Mart and filling our buggies. We have to understand: We’re in a fight. This is not a Church social or a Sunday School picnic. The goal is not our comfort. It’s a fight for our lives. It’s a fight for the nation.

When Jesus was choosing disciples, some would-be disciples proclaimed: “Hey, we’re willing to follow you.” Jesus replied with a sobering reality regarding the fight in which he was engaged. “Birds have nests, foxes have holes, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head” (Matthew 8:20).

Sadly, the modern-day Church is lethargic, weak, and complacent. It sees its goal as coexisting on the enemy’s territory rather than turning that kingdom into the Kingdom of God. Set this mentality before you: We are in a war. Not only can we win this fight, but we have already won this fight. We have to walk it out. The fight is fixed! Why? Because we’re more than conquerors, Jesus won. Jesus, conquered. Romans 8:37 (NKJV) says, “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” What does it mean to be more than a conqueror?

Let me tell you a story! There is a great Filipino boxer named Manny Pacquiao. The only reason Joan and I owned a TV in the early days of our marriage was so she could watch him box. Manny trained in Big Bear, California, where he ran every day, no matter the weather: rain, wind, or snow, he ran and sweated and shadow-boxed. His sparing partners were matched to resemble his upcoming opponents, and he insisted that they fight realistically. The results were cuts and bruises, just like a real contest.

When each fight came, he entered the ring fully prepared to defeat his opponent. Most of the time, he won (unless they cheated, according to my wife, Joan). When the referee raised Manny’s hand, he was a conqueror.

Now, the story continues. Most people don’t know what happened when he left the ring. Yes, he was a conqueror, but he encountered “she who was more than the conqueror.” Her name is Jinkee, his wife. Why is she more than a conqueror? Even though Manny won the fight and got the prize money, she got to spend it. She never ran, never bled, never bruised, never had to get up early, never had to watch her diet. Yet they shared the prize of the fight. This is the meaning of Romans 8:37.

There is no division between the conqueror and the “more than the conqueror.” They are married. They are one. They are together for life. What’s his…is hers. And what’s hers is hers. Yeah. Something like that. Everything Manny won, they shared. The same thing applies to the Church. Jesus won the fight, but He shares the prize with us.

Now, modern Christianity says that the gospel is all about the individual—our personal relationship with King Yeshua. Yes, we must be born again individually, but Yeshua did not die solely for the individual. He died for the corporate body as well, which He created to legislate on earth in His name. Our salvation and our walk with God are not just about you or me. It’s about us…all of us. As the Ekklesia, we must shift from individual Christianity to a corporate Ekklesia.

It’s not the ministry’s responsibility to preach “Seven Ways To A Better You.” Of course, if you need seven ways, or seventy-seven ways, God will get those to you. But it will always be to build you for the kingdom.

In Ekklesia gatherings, our assignment is to look past our personal lives and come together to execute rule and authority. As we read in Psalms 149:9, “To execute on them the written judgment—This honor have all His saints. Praise the Lord!” We are the legislative body of the kingdom of God on earth. We are the Ekklesia of the Father. We are His victorious Church!

Pray with me:

Father, we thank You for making us more than conquerors through Yeshua’s death, burial, and resurrection. We ask that You would empower us by the help of Holy Spirit to make a greater shift into our victorious position to legislate on behalf of Your government, the Kingdom of God.

Our decree: 

We decree that the Church, the Ekklesia across the nation, is becoming more aware of the battle at hand for our country and that the Church, His Ekklesia, is causing the kingdoms of this world to become the kingdom of our God and His Christ.

Most of today’s post came from my new book Ancient Evils, Present-Day Manifestations, Volume 1- The Rise of the Ekklesia. You can find this book at GregHood.org.

Thank you for joining me today.

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