‘The closer I got to the doors, the greater the sense of God’s presence’
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Debby Wright2023-02-22T12:38:00
Tens of thousands of worshippers have flocked to the rolling revival meeting at Asbury University over the past 14 days. The national director of Vineyard in the UK and Ireland, Debby Wright joined the crowds and filed this report while on a plane back home
I’m writing as I fly back from Asbury University in Kentucky, where thousands of young people came to worship and encounter Jesus. It’s been incredible and I am deeply encouraged.
When I arrived at Asbury, I waited for over six hours in the bitter cold, singing and preparing my heart with hundreds of others.
Many I spoke to in the queue were prayerful people, expectant for a fresh outpouring. There were lots of worship leaders, eager to encounter Jesus, to receive a fresh impartation, or to just learn from the whole experience and take something back to their own churches.
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