David Hathaway

I hate the devil, and I fight him by demonstrating the power of God. You must fight him, not allow him to stop you receiving. Some look to the church for ceremony, for a formula, for peace – but I find God most, not in the calm, but in the reality of my life. I discovered a long time ago that the most important thing which creates character is not WHAT happens to us so much as OUR REACTION! Moses encourages the people in verse 27, ‘If from where you are…  you will seek the Lord your God, you WILL find Him, if you seek Him with ALL your heart.' So, in the midst of every distress, fear, want, even sickness – whatever situation you are in – there you will find God! So often we are told that if you want to find God, you've got to be ‘holy', to give up everything, separate yourself, shut yourself up like in a monastery. No, the reality is that spirituality is not isolating yourself, not trying to be some kind of ‘holy' person – it's YOU dealing with GOD right where you are!

Exploits! Do we as Christians really understand what this means? Daniel says, 'In these evil days that are coming - the people who KNOW their God won't be weak! They won't be defeated! There'll be on FIRE! And they are going to do exploits!' Exploits are the things other people can't or don't do! If you're going to do an exploit, it's something that your friends don't do, something that even the Church doesn't do, something that other pastors, other evangelists don't do. It's going to be something bigger, more powerful! 'Matthew 24' and 'He shall reign' used by kind permission of Vinesong

Deuteronomy 4, Moses warned the people first that they must go in and possess the Promised Land, but that then (verses 26-27), once they were in, he said, ‘You're going to go through difficulty and trial.' When I preach the Gospel, I am a realist. I do not tell people that coming to Christ is suddenly an end to all their problems, everything will be transformed, living on cloud nine, twanging a harp! Let's be realistic, the church is called into battle to fight for the Kingdom! Yes, me as an evangelist winning people for Christ, but also you, like me, fighting for those things which are our right to possess, like healing and deliverance. We're at war with an enemy who is fighting to prevent us possessing! I hate the devil, and I fight him by demonstrating the power of God. You must fight him, not allow him to stop you receiving. Some look to the church for ceremony, for a formula, for peace – but I find God most, not in the calm, but in the reality of my life

Jesus said, ‘When you pray say, “Our Father in heaven… Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.”' I was telling the congregation in the football stadium, if you want forgiveness, we have to forgive those who have sinned against us; amongst the 20,000 in the stadium, there were the former members of the secret police who persecuted you and your family. God is speaking, and this is what He says, ‘If you want forgiveness, you must forgive, even the police.'  Suddenly, there was a stillness, and the power of God came down. The congregation began to weep. They came forward in their thousands to receive Jesus, because they had understood that the message of God is forgiveness.

I don't read anywhere in the New Testament that Jesus or the Apostles engaged in ‘spiritual warfare', binding demons BEFORE they could minister freely somewhere. Talking to our Heavenly Father, yes. Seeking the guidance of the Holy Spirit, yes. Because, through Jesus, by the Spirit we have DIRECT access to the Father - Eph 2:18! The promise of the Father is that when we receive the Holy Spirit, we receive power to become Christ's witnesses, anywhere on earth, wherever He calls us - Acts 1:4-5,8! It's simple. Paul, writing the believers in the pagan city of Corinth, said, 1 Cor 2:ff, “When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you, except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” That's a powerful statement! I'm sorry to say that today our preachers preach all sorts of things that I would question.  But Paul is very simple. Though he was a highly educated Jew with Roman citizenship from the city of Tarsus in Asia Minor, though he was a Pharisee, trained to a very high degree in Jewish Scripture, theology, teachings and traditions, and equipped with much ‘eloquence and superior wisdom' from his studies in Jerusalem - when he came to these Corinthians, he came very simply, resolved to know and preach nothing else, but Christ and His Crucifixion.

Jesus said, ‘When you pray say, “Our Father in heaven… Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.”' If we want forgiveness, we have to forgive those who have sinned against us. I can remember one of the most memorable meetings I've been in, it was in Timisoara, Romania, just after the collapse of communism. Under Ceaușescu there was terrible persecution. The secret police had tortured and killed so many people, and then in those early days of the freedom, I was in a big football stadium, and I was talking about the love of God and His forgiveness.

From the very first ‘EuroVision' East/West Conference the Holy Spirit gave me a ‘Vision' of what God could do if I had the faith to believe in a God of the impossible! That Vision has been in my heart for almost 40 years – and is not yet completed. That's why God has called me to work in the outer parts of that Soviet Empire – and the same miracle which led to Ukraine's freedom and revival will lead to the same freedom from Russia and revival in Central Asia! So, we, with your support, will be evangelising with over 5,000 in Kazakhstan in June, then back in Kyiv in July, before Poland in September! To make a donation: eurovision.org.uk/donation 'Prayer Anthem' and 'Holy Spirit Move Me Now' performed by Vinesong

Dear brothers, I beg you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to stop arguing among yourselves. Let there be real harmony so that there won't be splits in the church. I plead with you to be of one mind, united in thought and purpose. For some of those who live at Chloe's house have told me of your arguments and quarrels, dear brothers. Some of you are saying, “I am a follower of Paul”; and others say that they are for Apollos or for Peter; and some that they alone are the true followers of Christ. And so, in effect, you have broken Christ into many pieces. But did I, Paul, die for your sins? Were any of you baptised in my name? I am so thankful now that I didn't baptise any of you except Crispus and Gaius. For now no one can think that I have been trying to start something new, beginning a “Church of Paul.” Oh, yes, and I baptized the family of Stephanas. I don't remember ever baptising anyone else. For Christ didn't send me to baptise, but to preach the Gospel; and even my preaching sounds poor, for I do not fill my sermons with profound words and high-sounding ideas, for fear of diluting the mighty power there is in the simple message of the cross of Christ. I know very well how foolish it sounds to those who are lost, when they hear that Jesus died to save them. But we who are saved recognize this message as the very power of God. For God says, “I will destroy all human plans of salvation no matter how wise they seem to be, and ignore the best ideas of men, even the most brilliant of them.” For it is from God alone that you have your life through Christ Jesus. He showed us God's plan of salvation; he was the one who made us acceptable to God; he made us pure and holy and gave himself to purchase our salvation. As it says in the Scriptures, “If anyone is going to boast, let him boast only of what the Lord has done.” (1 Corinthians 1.10-18, 30-31, TLB)

Next morning, Sunday, I woke early with the memory of what had happened the previous night burning within me. I got out of bed with such a sense of excitement, this was to be the first day of my new life. I was the first to go downstairs that morning, full of expectation that a major event was about to happen – maybe the preacher wouldn't turn up and they would call on me – but whatever happened, it would be part of my ex- citing new life wholly surrendered to Jesus and fulfilling all my new dreams. But as I stood downstairs and looked at the kitchen, all I could see was a row of dirty shoes. All my senses were in rebellion, as I knew that the Lord Himself was telling me to clean those shoes – how can THIS be my dream of serving God with all my heart and mind? But I learned the hardest lesson of my life – absolute obedience – DO whatever He says and don't ask questions.

The devil was saying, ‘Don't listen to God, you are doing enough. You are a Christian, preaching the Gospel; that is enough.' And God said, ‘No, it isn't!' He said to me, I want you! I could get no peace until I turned to the Lord and surrendered everything to Him. God did not tell me to be an evangelist. He didn't call me to be a pastor. What God said to me that day, when I was 15 years old, was, ‘David, I want you; I want all of you; I want your life, your time, your money.'

So many people say that they want the power of God - power to see their prayer's answered, power to see healing miracles, power to be delivered from all that is wrong in their lives - I want to show you that the power is in the Gospel, and once you have received that power, it should be increasing. With each new day, and each new miracle, the power of God should increase in your life.

I was 15, already preaching the Gospel, evangelising in the school. I can remember being on holiday, my brother and I were staying with some Christians, and on the Saturday night we were on the beach. I knew that God was talking to me. I could not get any peace until I left the others: I could feel a battle in my heart – the devil was saying, ‘Don't listen to God, you are doing enough. You are a Christian, preaching the Gospel; that is enough.' And God said, ‘No, it isn't!' He said to me, I want you! I could get no peace until I turned to the Lord and surrendered everything to Him. 

Jesus said, You did not choose Me, I chose you! Do you understand the significance of this statement? I am an evangelist, but this wasn't my choice, I knew from the beginning, God had chosen me. He had called me for a purpose. 

Now you have every grace and blessing; every spiritual gift and power for doing his will are yours during this time of waiting for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. And he guarantees right up to the end that you will be counted free from all sin and guilt on that day when he returns. God will surely do this for you, for he always does just what he says, and he is the one who invited you into this wonderful friendship with his Son, even Christ our Lord. But, dear brothers, I beg you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to stop arguing among yourselves. Let there be real harmony so that there won't be splits in the church. I plead with you to be of one mind, united in thought and purpose. (1 Corinthians 1.7-11, TLB)

Why are you afraid? God is in control! When Jesus is in the boat with you, even if He is asleep, it doesn't matter the severity of the storm, one word from Jesus and all will be well. All will be well with your family, health, finances, employment. Jesus will speak peace into every tumultuous situation. I believe the challenge to every one of us today is, why are you afraid? What are you afraid of?

Your sacrificial giving in this time of soaring costs and financial hardship, has enabled a powerful event to take place in Batumi on the Black Sea coast of Georgia in the Caucasus, where we are working together with a missionary church of Moslem converts, Adjarians who themselves all came to Christ through powerful miracles of healing or deliverance from drugs and alcohol.  'Fire of Revival' and 'I behold Your Glory' used by kind permission of Vinesong.

Paul opens by greeting the church in Corinth and reminding them that they are called by God to belong to Jesus Christ, enriched with spiritual gifts as they wait for His return. He thanks God for His grace toward them and assures them that God is faithful and will keep them strong. Paul then addresses a serious problem: divisions in the church. Believers are lining up behind different leaders and arguing over who they follow. Paul urges them to be united, reminding them that Christ is not divided and that it was Christ – not any human leader – who died for them. He explains that God did not send him primarily to impress people with clever speech, but to share the message of the cross. That message may seem foolish to those who rely on human wisdom, but to those who are being saved it is the very power of God. Paul emphasises that God deliberately overturns human pride. He often chooses what the world considers weak, foolish, or insignificant to show His power and wisdom. Because of this, no one can boast before God. Everything believers have – wisdom, righteousness, holiness, and redemption – comes from Christ alone, so all boasting should be in the Lord.

My father said that it is not just preaching which brings people to repentance. He said you've not yet received the Holy Spirit; he told me, the Bible says Jesus taught His disciples the first lesson in evangelism when He said, “When the Holy Spirit is come, He (not you, David), He, will convict the world of sin, righteousness and judgement.” My father said, you need the Holy Spirit. I want to emphasise; it is the Holy Spirit who convicts the world. I believe God is once again going to pour our His Spirit, just as He has done in previous revivals. This is why the Apostle Paul taught in Romans 1.16 that all the Power of God is in the Gospel. It doesn't matter which country you live in, God is in control, He has Power and He has authority. 

Aged 13, I became anxious to evangelise in my church. Of course I was not allowed. Eventually after much persuasion, it was decided that, as they did not use the church on Fridays, I could have it then. Together with the other young people we advertised, arranged a worship group, and I was the preacher. It all went according to plan, except for one thing. That night I went home really distressed and asked my father what was wrong? I was in tears as I explained, I had preached from the Bible just like he did, and I expected someone would repent, wasn't that the purpose of preaching? My father sat patiently with me; after all he wasn't just a pastor, he was Superintendent in charge of all the pastors. Slowly he calmed me down and that night, aged 13, I learned the biggest lesson of my life which would change everything and show me the secret of evangelism. In simple terms, my father said that it is not just preaching which brings people to repentance. He said you've not yet received the Holy Spirit; he told me, the Bible says Jesus taught His disciples the first lesson in evangelism when He said, “When the Holy Spirit is come, He (not you, David), He, will convict the world of sin, righteousness and judgement.” My father said, you need the Holy Spirit!

If you are believing for a healing miracle, Jesus said in Mark 16:17-18, 'And these signs will follow those who believe, they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.' Jesus doesn't lie. The Bible doesn't lie. If you believe, put your hand on your sickness and pray for your healing in Jesus Name. First, I will pray for you, then I will lead you in prayer. 'Healing Stream' & 'Holy is the Lamb' used by kind permission of Vinesong.

When God wanted to bring His people out of Egypt, Pharaoh said, ‘No!' God used Moses until Pharaoh said, ‘Yes!' God uses men. But only men and women willing to yield to His authority. I am not a big man with a little God – I am a little man with a big God! I may be a little David with a Goliath of a problem, but with my God I can kill him! Take the land! Possess the promises of God. So many believers are without power because they don't understand the promises and power of God to those who believe. Don't just take ‘spiritual' blessings – take the land, possess what you need in the material realm as well. When Israel went in, it meant war, a spiritual fight, but it also meant that they could have the milk and the honey, all their material needs supplied. The greatest command is to evangelise! God pours out His Spirit for a reason – so that we can evangelise. Every revival has died out when they stopped evangelising. Possess the land! Preach the Gospel, heal the sick!

Spiritual warfare is not merely against the devil, it is also when you fight your own unbelief. My God answers prayer. If you are totally convinced, God CANNOT fail. But it takes a lot of faith to believe God to work miracles.  Fight against the devil by taking authority over him in Jesus' Name. Command him to get out and the problem to go! Exercise the gift of faith, NOW, in a new way – this is not just receiving an answer to prayer – it means taking authority. Nobody has ever used the full amount of power that God has! There is no limit to what God can do! Elijah, Moses, David, only used a small part of God's available power. No man has ever used all of God's power, not John Wesley nor Smith Wigglesworth, no-one. God wants to show His power on earth, but He can only do it through you! Why not use more of His power than any man before you? When God wanted to bring His people out of Egypt, Pharaoh said, ‘No!' God used Moses until Pharaoh said, ‘Yes!' God uses men. But only men and women willing to yield to His authority. 

Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised, and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is in vain and your faith is in vain...  If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile, and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have died in Christ have perished. If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died... What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Look, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For this perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When this perishable body puts on imperishability and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled: “Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15, NRSV.)

You have to make a conscious decision, either to continue to live ‘normally' or to live in a faith-experience of letting God's Word govern your decisions. It is a command of God that we must possess and receive all that God has for us. It is not an option – obey! It takes faith to possess all that God has given and act on it. Real faith does not come easily, but it is a specific gift from God through the Holy Spirit and you can ask for it, as I do. First you must come into an experience of receiving the Holy Spirit, then you can receive His gifts. In 1 Corinthians 12 there are nine gifts. One is speaking with other tongues, but when you receive this, why not also ask for the gift of faith? If you will fight this spiritual battle, God will give a miracle – but choosing to have miracles is the hard way! Not many people have the faith to fight this battle and win. Spiritual warfare is not merely against the devil, it is also when you fight your own unbelief. My God answers prayer. If you are totally convinced, God CANNOT fail. But it takes a lot of faith to believe God to work miracles. 

What happens when we die? As Christians we believe in the resurrection of Christ. We know from reading the Gospel that there were many witnesses to the resurrection. And because Christ was raised, we can know with certainty that we too will be raised from the dead.  Paul argues that if there is no resurrection, then Christ has not been raised, and if Christ has not been raised, faith is futile, sin remains unforgiven, the apostles are false witnesses, and Christians are to be pitied above all people. The resurrection, therefore, is not optional – it is foundational. Paul proclaims that Christ has been raised as the “firstfruits”, guaranteeing the future resurrection of all who belong to Him. Just as death came through Adam, resurrection life comes through Christ. At the end, Christ will defeat every enemy, including death itself, and deliver the kingdom to the Father. Paul addresses questions about the nature of the resurrection body, explaining that it will be transformed – imperishable, glorious, powerful, and spiritual – yet still bodily. Believers will be changed at Christ's return, when mortality puts on immortality.

It is easy for us as believers to read and hear about these things that happened in the Bible without personally identifying with them. But if God did these things in the past, why not believe for them today? Some Christians would dismiss miracles like speaking in tongues and healing by saying either that these were in the past, or that they were ‘dispensational', that they can only happen at certain times! The real truth is that they do not want these things to happen, it would disturb the religious ‘order' of their lives!  I came into a totally new experience of faith, the realisation that if God says it – then He will always do it! This is what faith is, not faith in a promise or a healing, but faith in God as a person, that my God is a God of His Word, who will always keep a given promise! This means that you have to make a conscious decision, either to continue to live ‘normally' or to live in a faith-experience of letting God's Word govern your decisions. It is a command of God that we must possess and receive all that God has for us. 

When I first realised that the promises of both the Old and New Testaments were not just for the Jews in the past and for the first disciples, but also for me as an inheritor of the same promises as a ‘son of God', it opened up a whole new experience for me. Whilst receiving my healing from throat cancer many years ago began to lead me into a more positive experience, it was the miracle which finally brought me out of a communist prison which confirmed this. It challenged my own faith, that God could actually physically open my prison doors in Czechoslovakia. It happened to Paul and Silas in Philippi 2000 years ago (Acts 16), why could it not literally happen for me today? – And it did, God even used British Prime Minister Harold Wilson to make it more dramatic and provide unquestionable proof. It is a challenge! It is easy for us as believers to read and hear about these things that happened in the Bible without personally identifying with them. But if God did these things in the past, why not believe for them today? 

How many of you want the fire and power of God in your life? I am going to pray that God will fill you afresh: 'Father, look at these people. Satisfy the desire of their heart for more of You. Fall afresh on their lives. Fill them with the fire of the Holy Spirit, and let that fire spread from their lives into the lives of their churches, communities and nations. I speak over you new life, new hope, new power, new fire. Oh God, send the Holy Spirit now! In Jesus Name, Amen.' 'Fall Afresh My Father' used by kind permission of Vinesong.

Everything in the Bible can happen today! Don't limit God. I want to challenge you to a new kind of faith. We are commanded to go in and possess all the blessings which God has promised. Get into the Word of God, search for and mark every promise that you want in your life in red – then every promise you don't want, cross it out – no, NO!! I want you to have the faith to go and take them ALL! I hear Christians saying I can't – but my Bible says I can do all things through Christ.   God's command to the Israelites was to go in and possess the land (Deuteronomy 3:18). His command to believers is the same! There are three things we must do: 1. Possess the spiritual blessing We need to recognise who we are and what we are in Christ. It is important to understand the blessings which God has given us. When I first realised that the promises of both the Old and New Testaments were not just for the Jews in the past and for the first disciples, but also for me as an inheritor of the same promises as a ‘son of God', it opened up a whole new experience for me.

God has given us so many promises, it is not presumptuous to accept them by faith, then go and take them. Too many sit and wait, asking, and never receiving. I remember as a boy the time when I wanted to be filled with the Holy Spirit. The old believers said, ‘Wait, we must have waiting meetings.' But I am impatient and soon became tired of waiting. I said, ‘Easter is coming, I will go to London to one of the big conventions and not return until I receive.' With that positive attitude I went – and received. We must not accept the negative but emphasise the positive! It is so easy to know what is in the Bible, but then dismiss it. We read it, study it, preach it, ‘spiritualise' it, until there is a danger that we make it mean something else. But everything in the Bible can happen today! Don't limit God. I want to challenge you to a new kind of faith. We are commanded to go in and possess all the blessings which God has promised. 

What happens when we die? As Christians we believe in the resurrection of Christ. We know from reading the Gospel that there were many witnesses to the resurrection. And because Christ was raised, we can know with certainty that we too will be raised from the dead.  1 Corinthians 15 is Paul's extended teaching on the resurrection, written to correct confusion in the Corinthian church and to anchor their faith in the core of the Gospel. Paul begins by reminding the believers of the Gospel he preached: that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and was raised on the third day, all according to the Scriptures. He emphasises that the resurrection is a historical reality, witnessed by many – and that this message is essential to salvation.

‘The Lord has given you the land! Possess it! Go in armed ready for war!' (Deuteronomy 3:18). It is God's command, not a request, to go and take the land! I see this as a challenge in my personal life as well as in my ministry in Russia. Many ask why I see miracles of healing, thousands repent, and revival comes. When God sent me to Russia He said, ‘GO – take the land!' There is no choice – He commanded me! What does it mean to ‘possess' the land? Look at it by faith – take it by action – fight for it by power! When I look at the promises of God, and the Bible is full of them, I want all the good things – so I have been going in and taking them! Power for miracles and healing, I'm in there, taking it! Anointing from the Holy Spirit, yes I pray, then I go in and take it! Revival – again I go and possess the promise. I want to challenge you to a new kind of faith. We are commanded to go in and possess all the blessings which God has promised. Get into the Word of God, search for and mark every promise that you want in your life in red – then every promise you don't want, cross it out – no, NO!! I want you to have the faith to go and take them ALL!

In this special episode, recorded live at Revive Now! A Day of Prayer and Worship, held on 11 April. David speaks on Holy Ghost Fire. 'When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance, (Acts 2, NKJV).

Romans 1:16 says, “For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes.” But where is that power? I have more spiritual power and authority now than at any other time in my life. When you truly know God and live for Him, the power doesn't fade. In fact, the older I get, the greater the fire and the strength of His power within me. Here's the secret: in the Old Testament, God commanded the Temple priests to never let the fire on the altar go out. That same principle applies to us today. Guard the fire in your life. Keep it alive. Don't let it fade. Nurture it through prayer, faith, and devotion – and you'll discover a power that never diminishes, only grows stronger with time.

I want to read to you one verse, Romans 1:16, For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes.  What a challenge this is! Even in times of crisis, I am not ashamed of the Gospel – and I don't want you to be ashamed either. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is where the power of God is revealed. All the power of God – the strength to transform, to heal, to save – is contained within the Gospel. It's not just words; it's the very life-changing, world-shaping power of God at work.

God's message to you is love, forgiveness, healing; He promises to restore the years the locusts have eaten. Jesus will bind up your wounds and heal your bruises. 'To all who mourn in Israel, He will give beauty for ashes, joy instead of mourning, praise instead of despair ... You will rebuild the ancient ruins, repairing cities long ago destroyed ... Instead of shame and dishonour, you will inherit a double portion of prosperity and everlasting joy (Isaiah 61).' 'Our Nation' used by kind permission of Vinesong. Original Air Date: 11 May 2015

When I'm in Austria during the summer, I like to walk the ski slopes. There's one route that stretches 22 kilometres, and it's not easy. It takes effort, endurance, and determination. So how do I make it? By setting a steady pace – and then keeping it, step by step by step. It's the same in your spiritual life. The journey doesn't begin at the summit; it begins with a single step. And then another. And another. You may not go as far as someone else, but what matters is that you've begun. Keep moving forward, keep your pace, and you'll find yourself climbing higher than you ever thought possible. I think it was General Booth who said, in your vision for God, aim for the moon – you may not reach it, but you might make it as far as the lamppost. Aim only for the lamppost, and you'll never lift your feet off the ground. Aim high. Take that step. You're already on your way, and you'll discover that the Lord reaches down His hand to lift you even higher.

I challenge you: press beyond where you are in your faith and in your prayer life. Don't settle for where you've been. Let's keep climbing. Let's go higher. So how do you get up this “mountain”? There's no chairlift, no shortcut, no easy ride to the top – only one way forward. When I'm in Austria during the summer, I like to walk the ski slopes. There's one route that stretches 22 kilometres, and it's not easy. It takes effort, endurance, and determination. So how do I make it? By setting a steady pace – and then keeping it, step by step by step. It's the same in your spiritual life. The journey doesn't begin at the summit; it begins with a single step. And then another. And another. You may not go as far as someone else, but what matters is that you've begun. Keep moving forward, keep your pace, and you'll find yourself climbing higher than you ever thought possible.

In this special episode, recorded live at Revive Now! A Day of Prayer, Renewal and Revival, held on 11 April, David speaks from Joel chapter 2, on 'The Way to Revival'. "And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. "And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord. And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." (Joel 2, NKJV)

When you pray, ask God to lift you onto higher ground – a deeper, stronger faith. Think about climbing a mountain: how do you reach the top? When I'm in Austria, there's a place I call my “prayer mountain.” I've noticed there are two ways up: you can take the cable car, or you can choose the footpath and walk. Spiritually, I long to be at the summit – to reach the highest place and draw as close to God as possible. So I challenge you: press beyond where you are in your faith and in your prayer life. Don't settle for where you've been. Let's keep climbing. Let's go higher.

We need a final Holy Ghost revival to sweep the final ones into the Kingdom of God, as promised in the prophecies of Joel! Prophecy is unfolding fast, and in a different way to what most expected. I will speak more about this here in the UK, because it seems to me that the most neglected prophet is Joel, but all my life I have been greatly influenced by him. Before Covid, we filled the Westminster Central Hall in London to overflowing with more than 2,000 people to pray for our nation. It's in my heart – if God tells me – to fill it again for prayer, prophecy and healing miracles. But I will only do it if He tells me. I must listen to His Voice! Features a 1-minute live extract from Revive Now! David Hathaway's Day of Prayer and Revival Increase In Me performed by Steve and Velveta Thompson Move Holy Spirit performed by Vinesong

When we preach the Gospel of Jesus in the Power of the Holy Spirit, GOD is in the Power, He's in the Fire! He's in the miracles! God worked the miracle that got me out of the communist prison in 1973 when British Prime Minister Harold Wilson came for me. When I was healed of throat cancer in 1964 and lung cancer in 2003, God was there. GOD did it! When God is speaking to Moses, He's saying, “I existed BEFORE your fathers, BEFORE Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I existed before everything, and I AM the Creator of everything. This is my Name forever!” He's making known His Eternal Presence! Without beginning, without end. He has and is ALL Power, ALL Authority – that's who we worship!

‘Yours is the Kingdom, Yours is the Power, these are Yours by right, but the GLORY is what we give You as the answer comes and You receive the Glory from us!' I felt confident at that moment that without question I would receive from Him exactly what I was asking, so that then I could give Him all the Glory! ‘When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord raises up a standard against Him!' (Isaiah 59:19). The expression ‘raising the standard' means, in military terms, going to war. So that, when the devil attacks, then God goes into action and you see miracles, which are the evidence of this. When you don't see the devil, you don't see any miracles either. If you sit in comfort with no problems in your life, you won't need any miracles! Do you want to see miracles? Do you want to live on the edge, in the danger zone and see the God of power in action? The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

The Bible says that ‘the things that are impossible with men are possible with God'. For one year I spent much time in prayer and fasting, seeking an answer to a desperate need. Twice I said to the Lord that I would fast until the answer came, I was so desperate, but I know that my God is a prayer-answering God! The first time I had to cease fasting before the answer came, only because I had to go to Ukraine for three weeks of intensive evangelism. The second time was after my return: tired and exhausted from the travelling and preaching and the effects of food poisoning, I re-commenced my fast, determined to continue until the answer came. After ten days, as I was praying and worshipping Him, I felt a tremendous sense of the Lord's presence and I began to say, ‘Yours is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory.' Suddenly it was as if this was the answer, and I began to say it again, ‘Yours is the Kingdom, Yours is the Power, these are Yours by right, but the GLORY is what we give You as the answer comes and You receive the Glory from us!' I felt confident at that moment that without question I would receive from Him exactly what I was asking, so that then I could give Him all the Glory!

When you know God, when you trust Him, all the blessing of God will come into your life. He will heal your sickness, take away your pain. He will deliver your nation. But first, the deliverance begins in your heart. The peace has to come into your heart. The repentance has to come into your heart. Then God will change your nation. I want to pray with you that the miracle will begin now.  'Salvation' used by kind permission of Vinesong

I want the Bible-believing, miracle-working, powerful Gospel according to God's Word! You can pray for an easy life, ask Him to prevent the problems, ask for a quiet time... but that means where there are no problems, there are no miracles! We must go by faith, in obedience to what God is telling us to do. And God always makes a way. I have learned that everything God does is a miracle! If it's not a miracle, then you or I could do it! In my life I know that it is God working when the totally impossible happens! Whatever the problem, God never, ever fails – it's impossible! The day God fails, He's no longer God. It's in God's Word, it's His character. He's the God of miracles! Yes, I have problems – these mean I spend much time in prayer and fasting. Why? Because you cannot have miracles without first having problems! Every problem drives me to prayer which then brings another miracle! But people aren't prepared to pay the price. And because they don't want the problems, they don't see the miracles. The Bible says that ‘the things that are impossible with men are possible with God'.

If you believe that Jesus died on the cross, then salvation means death, you must die with Him. Colossians 2:12 says we're buried with Him in baptism and raised with Him into new life.  My old sinful life is dead – I am dead – with Christ! But just like Jesus, I have been raised from the dead and so like Paul, can say, ‘I live, yet not I, Christ lives in me!' This is what I preach, the old-fashioned Gospel according to the Word of God. Every convert is a new creation, that is why REVIVAL FIRE is in Russia and the Ukraine! HE is within them and they are only alive in HIM. Dead to self, but CHRIST LIVES in US!  I have Christ IN me and I have the Holy Spirit IN me! That is the secret of fifty years of miracle ministry. I do not want any new Gospel – I want the Bible-believing, miracle-working, powerful Gospel according to God's Word! You can pray for an easy life, ask Him to prevent the problems, ask for a quiet time... but that means where there are no problems, there are no miracles! We must go by faith, in obedience to what God is telling us to do. And God always makes a way. 

Humbly Moses says, “Who am I that I should do this?” This is a question we all must ask. I know God has called me, I know what He has called me to do, but who am I? God's promise to Moses is, “I WILL BE WITH YOU.” In 75 years of ministry, God has always been with me, there has never been a time when I've not been conscious of His Presence, His Power, His Leading. Moses continues, “When I come to the children of Israel and tell them that the God of their fathers has sent me, they will want to know, what is Your Name? What shall I say? Who ARE You?” God replies, “I AM that I AM – Ehyeh asher Ehyeh.” I AM THAT I AM is the English translation, and I've always been intrigued by it. I AM is EXISTENCE. God always has been, in the past, and always will be – in the future! Not created. He EXISTED before the very beginning of time. We cannot imagine it, but God has always been and always will be! He says to Moses, “Tell them, I AM, Ehyeh, has sent you.” God's Name in Hebrew can equally be translated as ‘I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE', as Biblical Hebrew has no future tense, instead a continuous present. I am whoever I want to be, whatever I want to be, whenever I want to be. Whatever I want and say, I do. I am EVERYTHING. I am EVERYWHERE. Hence the fact that in Exodus 3, God is in the burning bush! And speaks from the fire! But to Elijah God does not speak from the wind, earthquake or fire – but in a still small voice. 

Jesus said, ‘He that believeth on Me, out of his inner being shall flow rivers of living water.' The Holy Spirit is the source, but the Word of God says that when we have received the Holy Spirit, the source is in us! External experiences are of the world, the flesh or the devil. The inner experience is the fresh river source, the sweet blessing, the mighty power of God, the Holy Spirit within you!

In Exodus 3 we find Moses keeping his father-in-law's sheep and he comes to Horeb, the mountain of God. He sees a bush on fire but not consumed by the fire. Fires burn and destroy, but not this one. So he comes closer, and God calls him from the fire, “Take your shoes off, you are walking on holy ground,” and He introduces Himself, “I am the God of your father, I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” God is revealing Himself to Moses in a very personal way, as the God who has revealed Himself to, and been known by, the predecessors. God says, “I have seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, and I know their sorrows, and for this reason I am come down to deliver them.” (I preach on this verse in Ukraine!) The children of Israel are in affliction, they're slaves in the land of Egypt. In the English, God doesn't say, “I WILL come down,” but “I AM (already) come down!” He's already here. He is the God of the past, the present and the future! His promise to the predecessors was to deliver Israel, to take them into Canaan and give them their own territory.  But here God commands Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt!” Moses is just a shepherd, a man who had fled Egypt, because 40 years before he killed an Egyptian. So humbly he says, “Who am I that I should do this?” This is a question we all must ask. I know God has called me, I know what He has called me to do, but who am I? God's promise to Moses is, “I WILL BE WITH YOU.” In 75 years of ministry, God has always been with me, there has never been a time when I've not been conscious of His Presence, His Power, His Leading.  

There is only one Holy Spirit – HE is IN me! Not outside, I am not waiting for another Holy Spirit – HE, the Spirit who raised up Jesus from the dead, who was in Paul and Peter, that mighty, miracle-working power of the Great God I am boasting about, is in me now, and HE has been in me for over fifty years! I cannot receive any greater power than that I already have, in me now! That is why I do not seek a new experience and that is why the FIRE has not gone out for fifty years! Yes, I am different now to what I was fifty years ago. But notice HE is not different, I am! During fifty years HE has cleaned out a lot of my self and pride, my own works, and because I am not perfect, He will continue to do so until I am raptured into glory. However, HE does not change – I do! Jesus said, ‘He that believeth on Me, out of his inner being shall flow rivers of living water.' The Holy Spirit is the source, but the Word of God says that when we have received the Holy Spirit, the source is in us! External experiences are of the world, the flesh or the devil.