7 Essential Signs of a Real Move of God
(The River Raisin)
A few months ago my associate pastor Josh Bentley and I taught, for our church family, a series called “Moves of God in History.” We especially looked at the book of Acts, and then the 19th and 20th centuries.
I was looking for essential elements of a real move of God. I distinguish essential elements from contingent elements. For example, essential elements of “car” include wheels, motor, can be driven; contingent element of car are attributes like red, four-door, convertible.
Our question was: what will a real move of God look like? Will there always, for example, be people falling down under the power of the Spirit? The answer is no, so “falling down” cn be an important attribute of a move of God but is not essential.
Here’s what Josh and I came up with.
7 Essential Signs of a Real Move of God
1 Demonstration & Proclamation of the Kingdom accompanied by the Presence of The Holy Spirit
2 People are transformed internally (identity, behavior, etc)
3 Social transformation (reach out to lost, hurting, poor, etc.)
4 Awe – (inc. praise & worship)
5 A truth is restored or expressed in a new way (i.e. Father’s love or the gifts are for today) In the Lakeland revival the truth of spiritual impartation is being emphasized if not restored.
6 Fellowship together and disenculturation (unity, mission, prayer, etc.)
7 Resistance & persecution