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HOLY SPIRIT34m·Apr 4, 2023

Church Revival Strategies: Unleashing Living Water from the Pews

About this episode

Pastor Derek Draughon of First Assembly in Saraland, Alabama joins Philip Cameron for a fire-igniting conversation about the coming move of God in the local church. Drawing from Isaiah 6 — "In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up" — Derek unpacks what happens when believers stop depending on human leadership and fix their eyes on a God who is completely unaffected by earthly circumstances. Derek challenges pastors directly: "The fear is not in the pew — it's in the pulpit." He argues that congregations across America are hungry for a genuine move of the Holy Spirit, but ministers have never been trained to open the well and let revival flow. Using the vivid image of a 1,700-year-old well discovered beneath a family's kitchen floor, he calls the church to re-dig ancient wells of living water — both the old flow and the new — referencing John chapter 7, where Jesus promises that rivers of living water will flow from those who believe and receive. With Easter Sunday as the backdrop, Derek and Philip urge pastors to lay aside polished programs, trust the Holy Ghost, and make room for miracles. Catch more from Derek Draughon at fuelcast.tv.

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Quotes worth sharing

The fear is not in the pew, it's in the pulpit. It's in us. Our people are hungry for it, but our ministers are scared to let it happen. And I'm telling you, I guarantee you his carpet's wet in his sanctuary, and God is saying, just peel these layers back and watch what I do.

Derek Draughon

I've been saying it now 20-something years in full-time ministry, for 25 years I have said I believe the next move of God is in the pew, not the pulpit. I believe it is resting on the people.

Derek Draughon

My dad used to tell me, never stop what God is blessing to do what you have planned. Never stop what God is blessing. You don't have to preach every Sunday if the Holy Ghost is moving. Forget your sermon. Let the Holy Ghost have his way once in a while.

Philip

What's Discussed

Pastor Derek Draughon of First Assembly in Saraland, Alabama delivers a stirring call for Holy Spirit revival in the local church. Anchoring his message in Isaiah 6 — Isaiah's vision of God enthroned after King Uzziah's death — Derek argues that God is never diminished by earthly loss or political upheaval. He warns that American Christianity has grown dangerously comfortable, echoing John 7 where the crowd dismissed Jesus as merely familiar. His central challenge: the fear of revival lives in the pulpit, not the pew. Using the striking image of a 1,700-year-old well unearthed beneath a kitchen floor, he calls pastors to re-dig ancient wells of living water and step aside so the Holy Ghost can move freely.

  1. Isaiah 6 and God Unshaken by Crisis
  2. When Church Becomes Too Common
  3. Underground Revival in Oppressed Nations
  4. Re-Digging Ancient Wells of Living Water
  5. Fear in the Pulpit Not the Pew
  6. John 7 Believe and Receive Living Water
  7. Making Room for Holy Ghost on Easter Sunday

Scripture in this episode

Episode Transcript

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Intro

Philip:Well, how are you this morning? I'm so glad you are watching us wherever you are. We'll just focus on joining us as we go through the day. I'm so glad you are here. We have got one of my favorite people in the world with me — Derek Draughon — a great pastor, a great man, a great friend of mine, and he is on today. I'm so confident in his ability and the anointing he carries. We chatted before the program and didn't even talk about what we're going to speak about, because I just know that God has been talking to him. Every time he comes on this program there's a Rhema word.
Philip:So if you love your pastor, call them right now and say Derek Draughon is on Daily Faith and he has got a Rhema from heaven for you, in the name of Jesus. If you can help us share with your friends, there's a share button on the screen. If you hit that button it'll remind you — it'll alert you to when Daily Faith is on the air. We are seeing some crazy things happening right now. God is moving in our ministry. We are growing. If you told me this time last year we would have a permanent impact in Turkey and be working in Ukraine at a level that we never thought we would, and all the other work that we're doing in Moldova.
Philip:Our young folk — I got some tremendous stuff the other day from our young folk serving in their local church. You don't know how much that means to me. They were the greeters, they were handing out whatever it was, they were part of the praise and worship team. And here's a whole bunch of orphan kids that no one thought was worth anything, not just helping out on the highways and byways and caring for the poor and the broken, but immersed into the function of the local church. And that to me tells me this is wonderful.
Philip:In fact, they tell me you can check it out on the Orphan's Hands Facebook page and there's some pictures of our boys and girls serving and worshiping and leading praise and worship in a local church in Moldova. And I just think that is tremendous, because what that does is it gives a future for them. It's not just living in the world of Orphan's Hands — of that village they're reaching — they're going outside our world and they're part of the local church, and to me that just is fabulous. So that was great news. We are so excited. Stay where you are. Welcome to Daily Faith.
Philip:Hello, my friend. Welcome to Daily Faith. My name is Philip Cameron. And I have great news for you. God knows who you are, where you are, exactly what you're involved with right now, and he is in control. Don't look at the trouble — we sang a song years ago, don't look at the problems, look a little higher. Never mind the wind and wave, never mind the fire. Jesus can do miracles, he'll turn the stone to bread. So don't look at your problems, look to God instead. And I want you to elevate your eyes away from your circumstance.
Philip:The devil can tie you down and grab your nose and pull you down into the muck — that's where the devil wants to keep you — and he'll beat you. But I can tell you that God is bigger than your circumstance and God is able to do exceedingly — think of this — God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above what you can ask or think. And we have got a tremendous program. One of my favorite people in the world, Derek Draughon, is with us — a great pastor, a great man of God from Saraland, Alabama. He pastors First Assembly in Saraland, and I mean this with all sincerity.
Philip:He is one of those touchstones in my life, in my heart, and whenever I think of him I smile. I don't laugh, I smile. Then when he talks about the Alabama football team, then I laugh. But apart from that, we're gonna be praying and asking God to heal him of that disease that he has — that he loves Alabama football. No one's completely perfect. But we have a great program for you today. We are having some tremendous things coming back to us from our ministry in Moldova. I never knew, 30-odd years ago — 34 years ago now — when I picked an orphan up out of an orphanage in Romania, that I would have gone there over 200 times and have built all of these things for young people in Moldova.
Philip:When a little boy turns 16 they put him on the street where traffickers get them and use them 30 to 50 times a day. And we built — and God has allowed us to build — the most amazing place called Vatra Village. It's crazy, it's beautiful. It was built originally for rich folks, and that lake you see in the distance — they poisoned it with chlorine because they wanted to kill the algae, the lake died, and that project died as well, and it sat for nine years. And we bought the place unfinished — all the houses all over in a terrible mess — and God allowed us to buy the buildings and repair them and then furnish them from the United States.
Philip:And these young people come comfortably out of orphanages after being rejected by their own families, and we tell them if you are born, God has a plan for your life. And we put them back in school, back in university. Last year one of our girls became a doctor. And these kids, these orphans, have become sons and daughters. And the crazy thing is that since the war broke out in Ukraine, and most recently our efforts in Turkey, our orphans that we rescued 15 years ago are now in charge of the ministry — they actually run the ministry. Every house parent in the homes in Vatra Village was once an orphan that we rescued, and now they're married with kids and they are continuing the legacy and the DNA of what God called us to do. It's unbelievable.
Philip:So we've been helping in Ukraine in the war and we've been helping in Turkey. You have no idea the devastation that's taking place in Turkey this month. There's an election in Turkey and the dictator that's there just now — Erdogan — he doesn't want the people to know what's happened down in the southeast part of the nation, and there's been a news blackout. Check your mind — how much have you seen of it in the news in America? Because they're all in cahoots with each other. And my son Andrew went with a team that drove down from Moldova, right into the middle of utter devastation. That's one of the Orphan's Hands vans you're looking at right now, and we gave hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of boxes and dozens of tents to these families that are sitting outside.
Philip:It is the worst natural disaster in history and no one is talking about it. And our kids — once orphans — are right in the thick of this thing, loving and caring and giving in the middle of all this. A widow contacted us and she was destitute. She was living in a mud hut — a house made of mud and dung — and she said, Jesus, please, someone help us. And while Orphan's Hands is doing all the big stuff, we took time to change her world. This is Radika's story. Watch this.
Radika, the widow who lived in a house with walls and floors made from mud and dung, with glass in the doors broken and the frigid air that has no mercy for her young family, existing there along with four kids whose future was being robbed every day by the awful grind of poverty. Orphan's Hands is fighting bigger battles than what Radika faced individually. We continue to bring aid to the untold thousands of refugee families in Ukraine and those who are stranded in Moldova. Our plate is full. But when her plight was brought to us, we could not ignore her need and say we couldn't help. We knew we must do something to alleviate the suffering of Radika and her four precious kids.
In the past we have repaired homes where families suffer, by what we call a miraculous makeover. We decided to do the same for this broken family. It is a privilege to be part of such a miracle. Hands-on, our young men and women from Vatra Village worked hard to give Radika and her family the place they can now call home. They got to let her know that she's loved by God and his people. We repaired her broken walls, filled the broken windows with new glass, and in only a few days transformed her despair into joy. New beds, tables, chairs, rugs, and a sofa. We were able to bless them because you care, and your giving made it possible. We know God's heart will be moved by your sacrifice. We love your heart for others.
Philip:Put yourself for a moment in the mind of a young orphan that's been rescued from an orphanage, and they're given the power to go to a home and totally rebuild and restore the house inside. And they built a fireplace — a brick fireplace — that the wall is in both rooms of the house. So when she puts a fire on in the fireplace, this whole wall becomes warm and becomes a radiator for the whole house. Our kids did that. The most amazing stuff you've ever seen — orphans changing people's lives. And we need your help.
Philip:If you can help us today with a gift to keep Vatra Village — our village — open. We actually have a home in Odessa and we've had to take those kids from Ukraine down to the homes in Moldova because of the war. But Maria is in Ukraine right now, talking to some girls that contacted us — please, we have nowhere to go, we don't know where to go. And so we're expanding and growing all the time and we just need more folk like you to say we'll be a part of the Orphan's Hands family. A dollar a day won't change your financial circumstance other than bless you, because you're sowing into the kingdom of God. But a dollar a day will help us rescue some more kids, take more kids into Vatra Village, put them back in school.
Philip:I mean, when we adopt them into our family they are our kids. The costs are just like a real family — God's sons and daughters — doctors, dentists. They've never been to a dentist. Many of them need glasses and have never had glasses. Just the bus tickets to send them to school around the city of Chisinau is costing us $3,000 a month right now. It's a tremendous cost. But the value of what we are seeing is just amazing. You can help us in Turkey. If you'd like to help provide a packet — in fact, Derek Draughon is my guest today. I was in his church recently and they helped us, and Andrew went from this church with money and we bought a whole bunch of tents and a whole bunch of food.
Philip:And so if you'd like to help us buy a box of food — 40 pounds of food — it's costing us $30. Not give me $30 and I'll spend five dollars on it. No, 40 pounds of food is costing us $30 for one box of food, 40 pounds in weight. If you can help us with that you could really be helping a family in need. A tent is $620 and that is a family tent that holds six to eight people. If you'd like to sponsor that, we still need many of those. In fact, the pastor called this last week and said, please help us, the tents are full, the food is gone, we need more. And we're in the process of believing God for that right now.
Philip:And also, if you would like to be a part — $3,500 to feed a thousand people. Okay, that sounds right. But you can help us in your giving by being faithful. The address is PO Box 25, Clinton, Tennessee 37716. PO Box 25, Clinton, Tennessee 37716. Be a part of this miracle today and reach into someone else's world, because if you do, I promise you — if you reach into someone else's world, God is going to reach into your life as well. He is no man's debtor.
Philip:I am delighted to have my friend with me today. He's a friend and he pastors First Assembly in Saraland and he's just a great man of God. I know every time we come together on the program, stuff happens. So Derek, I am delighted to have you today. God bless you. How are you doing?
Derek Draughon:I'm good, you know, it's always my joy to be here. I love — of course I watch your program a lot of days. I turn it on in my office, especially when you have one of my friends on or somebody I admire. So I watch it a lot. But man, I'm always encouraged and I'm also always challenged by what you guys are doing. And it seems like every month you guys just ramp it up and do more, and it's just a joy to be here.
Philip:Well, we do crazy things. I don't intend to — what happens is the need is presented. I mean, we literally sit here and every couple of days they come to us and say, what about this and what about that, and it's a continual challenge to our faith. And folks say, oh, wow, the things you do. It doesn't feel like we're doing wow stuff from where we're sitting. All I'm thinking is, Lord, I just wish I could print money to do more for the kingdom of God. And so you just do with what you have and believe God for what you need.
Derek Draughon:Well, your ministry is blessed. And I think the admiration increases when I see what God is doing. You know, I see so many ministries struggling for finances and resources, and it really — even in my own life with my ministry — sometimes it makes me think, okay, where am I missing it? Because if it's God's vision and will, he's gonna provide for it. Now I also understand demonic assignments that want to stop men, absolutely. But to see God in the flow — I know my people, when you come to Saraland, you were with us a few weeks ago, when you come to Saraland my people love you, they adore you. But more than that, they trust you.
Derek Draughon:And you know, when you're there I tell people, look, you don't have to funnel through us to get to these guys, you can go direct to them, because we believe in this ministry wholeheartedly. And we just know that you are the hands — the Orphan's Hands are the hands of God — and we just know that and believe it. And we're just honored to be part of your world. And I laugh because we both have a common interest outside of the church, which is airplanes, and I'm in trouble with airplanes because of you. You are the guy that got my boys saying — my son saying — well, if he can get a pilot's license, can't we get a pilot's license as well?
Philip:So Andrew just soloed and landed at Tuscaloosa Regional, which is the major airport, in between Delta jets and United Airlines, in this little putt-putt airplane he's learning in. Nothing, you know, my Lord Jesus. So anytime he does that I'll say, Jack, this is your fault. So I just want you to know I'm blaming you for a lot of stuff. There you are. Listen, we didn't have a chance to talk, but I've been — and you have been, I'm sure — watching most Americans watching this terrible, wrenching stuff that's going on. And if you allow what you're looking at through natural eyes to affect you, it can literally — and that's what the devil wants to do. The devil wants to make you think — my dad used to say to me all the time — things are never as good as you think, but things are never as bad as you think. We tend to minimize the good and accentuate the bad.

Isaiah 6 and God Unshaken by Crisis

Philip:But the scripture that came to me as I was thinking about it — it's in Isaiah 6. It says in the year that King Uzziah died. Uzziah was a genius king. He was brilliant in everything he did. He made instruments of war and stuff. And so the prophet had become dependent on the ability of Uzziah, and when Uzziah died he thought, God must be depressed. I'm going to look at the temple and visit poor God because he must be upset because Uzziah died. So Isaiah goes into the temple and this is what it says: in the year that King Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train — his garments — fill the temple. Above it stood the seraphim, each one had six wings, and with two he covered his face and with two he covered his feet and with two he did fly, and one cried to the other, holy, holy, holy.
Philip:In other words, God was completely unaffected by the Uzziah incident that took place. And I know that our people watching us today are going through a Uzziah moment. Something's happened, something they depended on, someone they depended on, and they're discouraged and they think it is affecting the kingdom of God. And the fact of the matter is that underneath us, all around us, hovering over us are the mighty arms of the Lord Jesus, and that's more true than what the newspapers can tell us.
Derek Draughon:Yeah, and you know, in the church — the church has become so common with God, especially in the United States. It's just become normal for church to be good, for resources to be there. And it reminds me of John chapter 7, where Jesus is talking to the people. The Pharisees, the Sadducees, they're all against him. The authorities are trying to kill him, they're trying to shut it down. And look what the people say in John chapter 7 — they say, hasn't he been with us the whole time? Jesus became common to them. They said, is this the Messiah? Is this Joseph's son? Don't we know where he lives and where he comes from?

When Church Becomes Too Common

Derek Draughon:So that confusion sets in, and it's why Jesus at one point said a prophet in his own town doesn't have any honor — he could do few miracles there. And I think in America what we're being pushed into is a place again where common church is changing, and it's time, like you said, for his train to fill the temple again. Yes. It doesn't matter what the governor says, it doesn't matter what the laws are. Go to underground China. Everybody's talking about China, but what's happening underground in China? There is religious oppression by the authorities and the government, and there's revival taking place. So who wouldn't think that God wouldn't allow it in America when we got common with Jesus and said, hey, isn't he the guy that lives here?

Underground Revival in Oppressed Nations

Derek Draughon:No, there are wells under the ground that are to be dug again. Remember in the Old Testament, he re-dug his father's wells so that there could be the old flow, and then he dug new wells so that there could be the new flow. And I'm telling you, that's where the church is. I saw a video just this morning — someone shared it on Facebook — these people's tile in their kitchen was beginning to crack up and moisture was coming through it. So they called a contractor, and the contractor breaks up the tile and the concrete's wet. So he jackhammers up the concrete and the dirt is wet, and this man in these people's kitchen found a 1,700-year-old well that was under their property.
Derek Draughon:And rather than trying to deal with it, the family decided to re-dig the well, and in their kitchen now they put in — they put in a glass floor, and you walk through their kitchen and you look down into a well 1,700 years old. And I'm telling you if it wasn't a picture for me for the church. I said to a young minister this week in a meeting, he said he feels it rising in his church every Sunday. But listen to what he said — this young man said, I don't know what to do with it. I've never been taught or trained how to open that well and allow that move of God to happen in my church. He said, I was on staff at these churches and I never saw a move of God in the altars. I went to this university — a Bible university, I won't mention a name — but he said, I was never taught.

Re-Digging Ancient Wells of Living Water

Derek Draughon:And he said, I feel it swell in my church every Sunday. And one of the older ministers in the room said, the fear is not in the pew, it's in the pulpit. It's in us. Our people are hungry for it, but our ministers are scared to let it happen. And I'm telling you, I guarantee you his carpet's wet in his sanctuary, and God is saying, just peel these layers back and watch what I do. And we've got to go there.

Fear in the Pulpit Not the Pew

Derek Draughon:And that's what Jesus says there in John chapter 7. The Bible says that there are people in the crowd that day that still believe, even though everything's trying to shut it down. John chapter 7 says there are people that still believe that he's the Messiah, and because of the belief they were able to receive from him. And when we believe, we receive — I know that's some old faith talk right there — and when we believe we receive, a flow begins to happen. And that's why Jesus says, come and drink. You're not just coming to fill up — out of your belly will begin to flow rivers of living water.
Derek Draughon:And I'm telling you — I'm gonna stop with this. I've been saying it now 20-something years in full-time ministry, for 25 years I have said I believe the next move of God is in the pew, not the pulpit. I believe it is resting on the people. Now I know pastors have to steward it — that's our job — but in my church, man, my people are hungry for a move of God. They'll get to the altars and if I say, hey, let's believe, let's make room for some miracles today, they'll come down and say, I need a miracle here. And they're making room for miracles. And I just think the flow is back.
Derek Draughon:And I think what you said — Uzziah's dead — this thing in America where the church was respected just because of the leadership or the enterprise value or whatever that yucky mess was, those days are gone. Listen, start a move of God and see if the IRS don't call. I probably shouldn't even say those three letters on this program. But start a move of God and see if some government official don't start looking our way. But we're gonna cancel those demonic assignments. We will see a move of God. I believe it with all my heart.

John 7 Believe and Receive Living Water

Philip:What you said a few minutes ago absolutely jumped out at me — the fear is in the pulpit, the people are hungry, they're waiting for a manifestation. Years ago I was in a church in Montgomery, Alabama — I'm going to tell you the name of the church — and Alvin Slaughter was there, he was singing and I was preaching. The place was packed and he sang and the Holy Ghost was liquid. And I ran off the platform, I slapped him on the back and I said, sing it again, Alvin. And I went back to my seat on the platform and the pastor looked at me with total panic and he said, you'll never get it back. You'll never get this thing back. And I slapped him on the leg and I said, this is what I live for.
Philip:And the thing that I'm most grateful for in my life is I lived through two revivals with our family. When I was a young boy, when we were quickly in the Holy Ghost, we were called the Glory folk, and that's what the praise songs came from. And then 30 years ago we witnessed angels — literally angels were seen, there was a manifestation of angels in our Bible school in Scotland. And what it did was it taught me — or allowed me to be open — for a move of the Holy Ghost. Pastor, if the Holy Ghost is moving in your church, do nothing. Get out of the way.
Philip:My dad used to tell me, never stop what God is blessing to do what you have planned. Never stop what God is blessing. You don't have to preach every Sunday if the Holy Ghost is moving. Forget your sermon. Let the Holy Ghost have his way once in a while. It's not going to break anything. But it will allow people to express this pent-up desire they have for the breath of God to be manifest in their place.
Philip:You do this to me every time. We've got two minutes left in this program, Derek, and you've got me on a flame. God wants to move in your church, pastor. He is more willing to send revival than we are to receive it. Check the carpet — the carpet is wet in your sanctuary. Start digging, people. Amen.

Making Room for Holy Ghost on Easter Sunday

Derek Draughon:Hey, it's your turn. I just want to encourage pastors right now. Pastors that are watching — it's coming. Sunday's Easter, and I know we try to polish everything, we try to get everything perfect. But I'm telling you, I'm praying that the breath of God blows this Sunday. Remember, here's what's been on my heart and mind coming up on Easter Sunday — how many times angels and Jesus and those in the Bible said these same words. I know of two places right off the top of my head: this same Jesus is coming back, but this same power that raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also quicken your mortal body and cause you to live. And I'm telling you, this same Jesus will be in our churches Sunday and he will be ready to touch lives. I know we're lining up our stuff for Sunday morning, but man, let's move it out of the way. And I am praying for pastors that a fresh breath of God blows on our churches this coming Sunday, praying for a resurrection. Amen.
Philip:Hallelujah. I love you so much. Derek Draughon, you are such a friend, you are so anointed of the Holy Ghost. He pastors First Assembly in Saraland, Alabama. If you are anywhere near his church this coming Sunday, or any Sunday for that matter, go and see him and be a part of their church service. It is anointed of the Holy Ghost. The carpet is wet in their sanctuary because God is moving there. And you can check out his fuelcast.tv — you can get this man in your home regularly — fuelcast.tv. Time has gone. Thank you so much for being with me. I love you. I can't wait to see you again, back on Daily Faith or wherever our paths cross. God bless you. Thank you for watching Daily Faith. Bye-bye for today.
For over 25 years the Cameron family has been changing the lives of orphans in Romania and Moldova, from providing running water, flushing toilets, and clean wells, to coal for heat, windows, as well as food and clothing. They championed the physical needs of the orphans in these broken and desolate countries. Many of Moldova's orphans are saved from the horrors of trafficking through homes founded by the Camerons, and in the process orphans become daughters and sons. They come to know their heavenly Father and are forever changed by the love of Jesus. God helped the Camerons lift these amazing young men and women out of darkness. Now no longer orphans, they want to return and invade that very same darkness with the light of Jesus Christ.
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Common questions

Why does Derek Draughon think American churches have lost their sense of God's power?

Derek says the church in America has become too comfortable — Jesus has become 'common' to people, just like the crowds in John 7 who shrugged off Jesus because they knew where he lived. When familiarity sets in, he argues, the awe fades and miracles dry up, much like Jesus could do few miracles in his own hometown.

What does Derek mean when he talks about 'digging old wells' in the church?

Derek draws on the Old Testament image of re-digging a father's wells to illustrate that the church needs to recover old moves of God while also opening up new ones. He drove the point home with a real story: a family in their kitchen discovered a 1,700-year-old well under their floor and turned it into a glass-floored feature — for him, a picture of the living water God wants to release again in the church.

Where does Derek think the next big move of God is going to come from — the pulpit or the pew?

Derek says he has believed for 25 years that the next move of God will rest on the people in the pews, not on the pulpit. He says his own congregation is already hungry for it and will rush to the altar when given the chance — but he acknowledges pastors must steward that move rather than fear it.

Why does Derek say pastors are scared of a move of God in their churches?

Derek points to a conversation with a young minister who said he could feel something rising in his church every Sunday but had never been taught how to open that well and let God move — he'd been on staff at churches and attended Bible college without ever witnessing altar moves. An older minister in the room summed it up: 'The fear is not in the pew, it's in the pulpit.'

What was Derek's specific prayer heading into Easter Sunday?

Derek prayed that pastors would move their carefully planned programs out of the way and let a fresh breath of God blow through their services. He anchored it in the resurrection: the same power that raised Christ from the dead can quicken believers today, and he wanted that 'same Jesus' to show up and touch lives on Easter Sunday.

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