Have you ever felt like you needed a kick in the behind in your spiritual life? More so, have you ever felt like the American church at large needs a kick in the rear to get us where God wants us? Well, luckily for you, Mario Murillo's got a pair of spiritual steel-toe boots in the form of a book just primed and ready for you to open the first page and get launched into the spiritual reality you, me, and all of us so desperately need at this time!
This book is more than just a kick though. Mario Murillo delivers an inspiring, convicting, and shockingly relevant account of where America is at spiritually, how we got here, and how we can get to a better spiritual promised land, just as the reformers and revivalists of time past have.
Nothing is new under the sun, and there isn't any amount of evil in our culture or any culture that can intimidate God or overpower the Holy Spirit, especially when He is poured out. We can and we must ransack the gates of heaven through our prayers and kick down the gates of hell through our actions and regain our rightful place in the spiritual realm for our nation.
Just as Mario Murillio acknowledges the influence and impact of alternative/conservative figures like Ben Shapiro and Jordan Petersen, he also acknowledges that they are not enough to see the tides turn for good in our nation. Revival and awakening have always been in our grasp, especially given that God specifically says in Joel 2 that in the "latter days" He will "pour out His Spirit on ALL flesh" and that is just as true today as it was in the book of Acts.
Awakening is not just possible, but I believe it is available. Awakening is not just a good or even great idea, it is our only option. The notion of an entire generation never experiencing revival or being impacted by the power of God is not just frightening, but tragic and should invoke a sorrow in us that infuses our prayers with more compassion than we know what to do with. That is the heart of God and the heart of revival, its not about what we can experience, but about others being touched by our awesome God who never does anything less than awesome.