Sid: Red hot could be the middle name of my guest Peter Whitehouse; he’s the director of the Capital Region Prayer and Healing Center in Albany, New York. And he spent a life time literally of prayer for revival and they’ve had prayer in his region now for 5 years. But the last 9 months has been not your regular type of prayer it’s been such a prayer with fervency that 3 times a day, 5 days a week he’s prayer room is flooded with pastors from different denominations. And the thing that got me so excited Peter on yesterday’s broadcast is that you were talking about they’re beginning to see a lot of angelic activity going on and then you shared a prophetic word from our mutual friend a prophet by the name of Bob Jones. Which he saw the same angels that release revival in a man I interviewed Benson Idahosa throughout Nigeria have now come to the United States to release revival. You said that you’re prophetic understanding of those that are praying from your region is that it’s a foregoing conclusion we’re going to have a gigantic harvest. But how are we going to be prepared to handle this harvest, explain what you’ve been shown in your region.
Peter: You know Sid for years we’ve prayed with hopeful expectation for revival but some months ago we broke through into a new place and I would like to think that was the ascension position you know where we’re seated with Christ in heavenly places. All of a sudden there was a knowing. There was no longer a hopeful expectation revival is coming, make no mistake about it revival is coming to the United States. Okay, so having gained that place of knowing then you begin to see and pray what next, what do we need to have ready. Does the need to be a network for evangelism; well we believe the Lord is showing us that this is coming forth and the church of course for decades now at least 30 years we’ve talked about unity and that’s all fine and good and we need to continue to do that. But I believe that the Lord is forming now alliances and partnerships and networks of people with like mind and like heart for certain purposes for evangelism as it were. We also need to get ready to disciple all of those that are coming in to the Kingdom of God. We were never called to make converts we were always called to make disciples and we’ve really sold ourselves short, sold the Lord short. And I believe that the Lord wants to correct that this time around. So let’s join together vocally and nationally.
Sid: But I don’t think our net is prepared to handle the harvest, I have been preaching you listen to my broadcast that I see us about ready to walk into Amos Chapter 9 which talks about in the 11th verse the restoration of the Tabernacle of David.” And the Tabernacle of David has many meanings but in the literal meaning the word tabernacle in the Hebrew means “house” or “family of David.” So what God is saying is in the latter days there will be a restoration of the Jewish people to God and of course there is no other name given undo man in whom we must be saved but the name of Jesus. So when we see this happen the thing that excites me so much is that it talks about the rest of the verses of Amos chapter 9 talk about the greatest revival in history; it talks about a harvest that is so big that it’s impossible to gather in all the fruit. That’s what I’m getting out of what you’re talking about this harvest is going to be so big how can out system that we have right now handle it.
Peter: Sid you hit the nail right on the head, it can’t handle it. The Lord has been saying over and over again I’m doing a new thing. And actually it’s a new thing but it’s an old thing. And this is something that’s dear to my heart especially over these past months; I believe that we need to get back to the house church concept. And I think that this is really the only way that we can truly contain the harvest. It won’t be in… local churches as we know it will remain but I believe that they also need to restructure in order to encourage participation and…
Sid: Listen we need the local Gentile Church, we need the local Messianic Jewish Synagogue, we need the local house church, but I think that all 3 of them are going to have to change to handle this great, we’ve never had such an outpouring like this before.
Peter: Yeah, I believe you are 100% right.
Sid: What would you in again since we haven’t had this it’s hard to know how to prepare, but what advice would you give to a local church, what changes would you see they should be making now because I believe that I hear the rain. Listen I just read for Amos the 9th chapter that when we see the restoration of Jewish people to the Messiah someone tells me they estimate because that because of the Russian Jews that have gone to Israel that we’re already believers in the Messiah there’s upwards of 100,000 Jewish believers in Jesus in Israel. Can you imagine when there’s an outpouring of God’s Spirit in Israel it’s going to have the repercussion in the nations even the United States of America; that it’s a harvest that we’ve never seen in the history of planet earth.
Peter: This is a glorious day. You know that we’ve been longing for this and I believe that Isaiah 60 verses 1 and 2 is something that we’ve heard probably for the past 15 years. “Arise and shine for the light has come and the glory of the Lord has risen upon thee; behold darkness covers the earth and gross darkness its peoples the Lord will rise upon thee and His glory will be seen upon thee.” And this is the hour for the revealing of the sons of God. I believe that and this is very much linked with Israel and all of what you’ve just been saying. And God has been preparing us individually and corporately. I would say to the local church and local church government encourage participation and have small groups and/or cell church government. And there is myriads of books writing about this. You cannot pastor, you cannot completely disciple an individual or a congregation with a mere Sunday sermon and/or Bible study.
Sid: I mean the old paradigm of come once a week and get fed I don’t even see that as normal Christianity.
Peter: No it isn’t, it isn’t but in smaller groups people tend to have greater participation, they can utilize their gifts and talents and bring forth the word like the Corinthian church. Bring forth a little teaching, bring forth a one of the gifts, bring forth a song. And people grow in that atmosphere. As they do that then they will also be light and salt. How can we continue with being only a spectator sport, a spectator mentality; you come in and you sit down. The pastor does everything, a few people participate yes thank God and then you go out of church you know maybe with a good word, you’ve been encouraged. We need to get the church activated, this is what God has been saying over and over again. And you know something else Sid?
Sid: What’s that?
Peter: God has been speaking about churches in the work place. This is something that is yet to be tapped, but I believe that it’s coming forth. There is new book by Peter Wagner “The Church in the Workplace,” I highly recommend it and I believe that this is what God is about to do and if we’re to have true societal transformation, we’ve been talking about this earlier, that there needs to be leadership anointed, Christian leadership coming forth in the workplace in order to place things in order for the transfer of wealth that we’ve heard prophesied you know the wealth of the wicked is laid up for the righteous; well God has key men and woman in positions of authority and also those who don’t have any authority but they’re praying.
Sid: But you know Peter what I believe and I’ve interviewed people that have said this there’s also a new paradigm coming where is the old paradigm is someone that is not called to the five-fold ministry should go and make much money as possible and fund everyone else that is. The new paradigm is, you have the greatest platform in the world to be preaching the gospel not in the four walls of the church but in that marketplace. And it’s not just your money that God wants He wants you. And you are called to be a minister in that marketplace.
Peter: This is exactly what we’ve been hearing too. And we have to shatter that old paradigm, here-to-for that’s all the businessman was good for. You go make the money and you bring it to me so that I can fulfill my vision. And there’s nothing wrong with that but many of these have leadership gifting’s and God would release them to do exploits in the work place.
Sid: Listen I believe Peter that too many of us have sold God short and segmented Christianity to Sunday morning and God’s about ready to have a reformation; that’s what your book is “Returning to Normal.” What feedback are you getting from people that reading your new book “Returning to Normal?”
Peter: Well, people are receiving revelation about actually about what revival is, and that’s very encouraging; I was hoping to bring that forth. Also the need for revival is begun to burn within the hearts of some of the readers. And those that have been burned over and burned out, grown weary about hearing about revival they prayed for it for years and then said “Well, you know I don’t see it.”
Sid: Listen Peter let me tell you something those burned out people will get a fresh fire. My producer that has read this book has said “Give it back to me I’ve got to read from this every day it’s life… it’s giving me, it’s giving me a fresh fire. That’s what you are talking about the people that are burned out there is such a passion in this book for a move of God’s Spirit not to return to abnormal but return to normal.
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