After spending the better part of the weekend in bed sick over the weekend, I got myself up on Monday to try kicking this cold that I've been fighting, and recorded some of my thoughts into my microphone.  I get a little preachy. But it's also with trepidation that I share these thoughts because I'm not trying to just be a critical arm chair critic. There are two main points I cover today: 1) I share quotes from an eye witness of the Azusa Street Revival who talks of how it was totally spontaneous and everybody contributing -- kinda like the stuff we've been discussing on the podcast about house churches and organic churches. 2) Then I get into full on "preach mode" and spend time in the whole paragraph of 2 Chronicles 7 that the infamous prayer meeting verse comes from. After listening to this through for a full edit, I realize there's a lot left to be said and that I've left out, but I guess we'll just have to get back to that later, eh? I don't dog the importance of gathering together to pray, but simply remind you what we need is to go do it and get out of the upper room, not just gather in it all the time in order to receive (which if you remember me saying, also has its place.) Please listen with an open heart. Remember, I'm more FOR these types of things than "against" them, but I just think what I share today is worth considering. Relevant links by Dr. Stephen R Crosby, regular guest on the podcast: Revising Revival Part 1: 2 Chronicles 7:14 in context Revising Revival Part 2: There's no "If You" in the New Covenant Revising Revival Part 3: The futility of 2 Chronicles 7:14 & An Open Letter to Revival - by Carlos A. Rodriguez