HOW I KNOW THAT GOD IS NOT FINISHED WITH AMERICA

A Surprising Encounter with the Holy Spirit Changed Everything

By 2010 I had come to the place where I thought God was finished with America. I had given up hope that America would ever see another great national spiritual awakening such as I had written about in my book, 2000 Years of Charismatic Christianity. The revivals of the 1990s, it seemed, had turned inward, becoming self-serving, and were powerless to stem the cultural and moral decline of the nation.

Although I believed there could still be individual and local revivals, I had reluctantly succumbed to the popular eschatological idea that there would not be another great revival and that America’s time in the sun was over and done. But then, I was surprised by the Holy Spirit.

Surprised by the Holy Spirit

Without any expectation of such a thing happening, in September of 2010 I experienced a seven-hour visitation of God that completely upended my thinking in this regard. It began on a hot summer day in Tulsa, OK when I began a two-hour drive to Kingfisher, OK where I would be preaching the following day in a Sunday morning service.

Without any warning or anticipation of such a thing happening, the Holy Spirit seemed to fill my car and I suddenly felt enveloped in God’s presence. At the same time my mind and heart began to be flooded with thoughts of hope and faith that America “could” see another great, national spiritual awakening that would impact the culture and alter the course of the nation.

As I drove along the highway, I was hardly aware of my surroundings. By the time I arrived at my hotel, my heart was so full I could hardly contain myself. I could hardly wait to open my  PC and began writing down the thoughts that continued to flood my mind. That experience lasted far into the night as I sat on the hotel bed and prayed and praised God and wrote.

The Fruit of That Experience

This was a defining moment and changed the course of my life and led to the writing and publication of several books that document how the First Great Awakening had a direct bearing on the founding of America and the ending of slavery. The first book was America's Revival Heritage and then came Pilgrims and Patriots.

In 2019, I sensed the Holy Spirit stirring my heart to write a book about how it was the Great Awakening that brought about the end of slavery in America. I therefore, wrote, 1726: The Year that Defined America and Abolitionist Founding Fathers. Somewhere in the midst of all this also wrote and published The Faith and Vision of Benjamin Franklin and 5 Pillars of the American Republic.

Finally, in commemoration of the 250 year birthday of the United States of America and inspired by the amazing Memorial Service for Charlie Kirk, I wrote and published America's Reawakening. This book shows signs that a national Awakening has begun across America and documents how it is rooted in America's Christian and Revival heritage. 

More than once I have been amazed at how I was providentially led to resources to confirm the vision I had seen and to fill out the historical narrative to document America’s spiritual birth. This was important for as the noted historian, Carl   said, “When a nation goes down or a society perishes, one condition may always be found: they forgot where they came from." 

This research and writing has solidified in me the truth that was revealed to me that summer day in 2010. God brought forth America for a special purpose, and that purpose is not yet fulfilled. We are people of Destiny and have a God-given task to fulfill.

God is Ready to Do it Again

Jonathan Edwards once said that when God determines to do a thing in the earth, He first sets His people to praying for the very thing that He has determined to give. It is obvious that there is a new hunger stirring across the body of Christ for a Divine awakening from heaven. Not something skillfully worked up by a religious maestro, but a Divine visitation that is prayed down from heaven.

Recently, I was providentially led to Zechariah 10:1, which reads, Ask the LORD for rain in the time of the latter rain. The LORD will make flashing clouds; He will give them showers of rain, grass in the field for everyone. It was a fresh prod from the Lord to ask for the rain of the Holy Spirit in these days of the latter rain when God is pouring out His Spirit on all flesh as prophesied in Acts 2:17-18.

Yes, I am convinced that God is not through with America and that a fresh wind from heaven is already beginning to blow across the land. 

Dr. Eddie Hyatt is a historian, Bible teacher and ordained minister. He has a passion to see America reconnect with her Christian roots and experience another great, national spiritual awakening. To contact him about sharing his "America's Reawakening" PowerPoint presentation to your congregation or group, send him an email at dreddiehyatt@gmail.com. Check out his books on Amazon and visit his website at www.eddiehyatt.com.

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S PROPHETIC WARNING TO AMERICA

A Note from the Author: "I am not writing as a political partisan. I am not a member of any political party. I am writing as follower of Christ who is also an  American citizen and deeply concerned about this nation."

Did George Washington speak prophetically in his Farewell Address after serving two terms as the nation’s first president? Indeed, in this address, published on September 19, 1796, Washington warned the fledgling nation to reject a certain mindset and way of thinking that has now become characteristic of a major political party.

There is no question that the modern Democrat Party has radically changed. My parents voted Democrat as did my grandparents. They would, however, be repulsed by the platform and policies of the modern Democrat Party.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated more than once that his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, and his father, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, would not be welcome in this new Democrat Party.

The Democrat Party has become a party without a moral compass, embracing just about everything and everybody, except evangelical, Bible-believing Christians. It is quite amazing that Washington warned of this very thing 330 years ago this month.

Washington's Amazing Farewell Address

In his Farewell Address, Washington urged the new nation to maintain "religion" and "morality," which he called "indispensable" supports for national prosperity. Washington obviously did not see religion as something to be “tolerated” in America, but as something “indispensable” for the life of the nation.

The new Democrat Party, however, sees Christianity and morality as unimportant and dispensable. In 2019 the Democrat National Committee (DNC) unanimously passed a resolution affirming atheism and declaring that neither Christianity nor any religion is necessary for morality or patriotism. Not a single Democrat leader spoke out in opposition to this rejection of God in the affairs of the nation.

Washington boldly rejected this agnostic way of thinking, calling religion and morality “those great pillars of human happiness.” He also warned against indulging the supposition that morality could be had apart from religion. “Both reason and experience,” he said, “forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle” (Hyatt, 1726: The Year that Defined America, 165).

When Washington and any of the Founders speak of “religion” they are referring to Christianity. Christianity was the only religion they knew. And while they were tolerant of other religions, they were not “religious pluralists” in the modern sense. They unashamedly derived their morals and values from the Bible and Christianity.

In this same Address, Washington insisted that anyone who would seek to subvert morality and Christianity could not claim to be a “patriot,” i.e., someone who loves their country. He said,

In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them.

In other words, any pastor, politician, government official, educator or entertainer who would undermine the influence of Christian morality in America is, in the words of our Founding Father, “unpatriotic.”  They do not love America.

Thomas Jefferson completely agreed with Washington's Farewell Address, and he made it required reading at the University of Virginia, which he had founded. Two years later in 1798, President John Adams declared, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people and is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

The Democrat Party’s Slide into Secularism

The Democrat Party has obviously devolved into a radical secularist party that personifies the very thing Washington warned the nation to avoid. They embrace people with Nazi tattoos, agnostics, Marxists, Islamists, antisemites and liberal Christians who deny the uniqueness of Jesus Christ, but they are vehemently opposed to people who take seriously their faith in Jesus Christ.

This hostility towards Christians who take their faith seriously was on full display when the newly elected Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, described himself as a “Bible-believing Christian.” The mainstream media and Johnson’s Democrat colleagues in Congress, who pride themselves on being tolerant, had a total meltdown.

MSNBC host, Jen Psaki, called Johnson a "religious fundamentalist" and mocked his faith. The Daily Beast compared Johnson to the "Taliban and the mullahs in Iran." Hakeem Jeffries, the Minority leader in the House, ripped into Johnson, calling him an “extreme, right-wing idealogue.” Others referred to him as "dangerous" and a "threat to democracy."

This was not a surprise to those who had observed the party’s slide into secularism. For example, at the 2012 Democrat National Convention there was a voice vote on whether to include the word "God" in their platform. For many present, it sounded as though the nays were clearly in the majority. When, therefore, leadership gave it to the ayes and declared that God would be included, loud boos erupted throughout the auditorium.

The majority did not want even a superficial reference to God in their platform. The Angeles Times carried a headline that read, “Democrats Booed God” and a headline in the Washington Times declared, “Democrats Have Officially Abandoned God.”

On August 24, 2020, the same DNC that one year earlier had declared religion and morality unimportant, doubled down by passing another resolution praising the values of the "religiously unaffiliated." This resolution was championed by the Secular Coalition of America, an organization that lobbies on behalf of atheists, agnostics, and humanists on public policy.

So, in the resolutions of 2019 and 2020, the DNC was simply putting in writing the change that for decades had been taking place in their party. For some time, the Party had also supported the removal of Ten Commandment displays, crosses, and other Christian symbols from public property. They also supported banning prayer and Bible reading from public schools.

When President Obama spoke at Georgetown University, a Catholic institution, he demanded that the Christian symbol behind the podium where he was to speak be removed. And when the Democrat Party took control of the House of Representatives in 2018, they ordered the removal of the phrase "so help me God" from the oaths that witnesses would take before their committees. 

So, their unhinged reaction to Johnson was not a total surprise but it did clearly demonstrate that the Democrat Party is no longer a supporter of the Judeo-Christian principles and values on which this nation was founded. 

Conclusion

I am here reminded of the words of Ronald Reagan when he left the Democrat Party in 1962. He clarified his decision, saying, “I did not leave the Democrat Party, the Democrat Party left me.” If that was true in 1962 how much more is it true today with the Democrat Party now being led by Bernie Sanders, AOC, Zohran Mamdani, Gavin Newsome and Kamala Harris. 

Despite the apostasy of the Democrat Party, there is hope for America’s future. Christians in America, however, must awaken. They must get out and vote this November 4 and they must join me and thousands of others in praying for another Great Awakening to sweep across the land. George Washington would wholeheartedly agree.

Dr. Eddie Hyatt has been in full-time ministry for over 50 years as a professor of theology, pastor, Bible teacher, revivalist and missionary. He is the author of over 30 books and this article is derived primarily from America's Reawakening and 1726: The Year that Defined America, both available from Amazon and his website at https://eddiehyatt.com.

REST FOR YOUR SOULS

The Power that Comes with Meditating in God's Word

In the night I lay awake feeling troubled about life -- about the state of the nation, the church and the world. I purposely began thinking on the words of Jesus in Matthew 11:28-30, turning those words over and over in my mind and even whispering them aloud. Suddenly, my soul was in a state of complete Rest and Peace and I went off into a deep and restful sleep. Hallelujah!! The words of Jesus on which I meditated were these;

Come to Me , all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.

Now, it is interesting to note that the word "meditate" in Scripture does not refer to an emptying out or blanking out of your mind. That is an Eastern and New Age approach to meditation. The Hebrew word for “meditation is hagah and it means “to ponder” and “to mutter” and “to go over a matter in one’s mind.”

There are many promises in Scripture to those who meditate in God’s word. Consider Joshua 1:9, which reads, This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth but you shall meditate in it day and night . . . then you will make your way prosperous and then you will have good success. Psalm 1:1-2 says, Blessed is the man . . . whose delight is in the law of the LORD and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers or water and whatever he does shall prosper.

I can’t tell you how important this has been to me personally. I remember lying on a gurney in the ER waiting to find out why my urine flow had become completely blocked.  As I lay there, I began meditating—thinking on and muttering—God’s word. I particularly began thinking about His attributes such as His sovereign and creative power, His goodness, His faithfulness, etc. Peace and rest filled my heart and I began to praise Him out of my heart for His greatness and His goodness to me.

I spent a week in the hospital at that time because of an enlarged prostate and a serious UTI. I can testify that I never felt down, depressed or despondent. The reason was that I made myself continually meditate on God’s word. I went over and over -- thinking and muttering -- His promises of answered prayer and promises of healing. I went over Scriptures describing His greatness and how there is nothing impossible with Him.  

My heart was daily nourished and encouraged as I meditated on His word. As a result, I returned home with my faith stronger than when I had gone into the hospital. I am completely well and after my last physical at the VA clinic the doctor told me that I was rare because at my age (79) I did not require any medication. 

Now, I am sure someone is asking, "How do I start?" Find promises in Bible that are appropriate to your situation and memorize them. As a starter, I would suggest Isaiah 41:10, Psalm 23 and John 14:27. An easy way to memorize is to write a passage on a 3 x 5 card and carry it with you throughout the day. At every opportunity, pull it out of your pocket or purse and read it. Read it aloud if possible. By the end of the day it will be etched in your memory.

Meditating on God's word will build your faith and revolutionize your walk with the Lord. I leave you with the words of Jesus in John 15:7, If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it will be done for you.

Dr. Eddie Hyatt holds earned degrees in Bible, theology and ministry. He has been in full time ministry for over 50 years and is the author of over 30 books including his latest, America's Reawakening, which is available from Amazon and his website at https://eddiehyatt.com.

 

THE AMAZING PRAYER THAT GAVE BIRTH TO AMERICA

The First Continental Congress opened with Bible reading and prayer on September 5, 1774, at Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia, PA. Fifty-six Delegates were present from all 13 colonies except Georgia. Among those present were George Washington, Richard Henry Lee, and Patrick Henry from Virginia and Samuel Adams and John Adams from Massachusetts. The delegates met to discuss how to deal with Britain’s oppressive mandates toward the colonies.

Beginning with the Stamp Act of 1765, relations between the colonists and Great Britain had steadily deteriorated as King George continued to pile on tyrannical taxes and regulations about which they had no say. With the outbreak of protests, especially in New England, George had sent six regiments of British soldiers who had locked down the city of Boston, closed its port and quartered British soldiers in people's homes without their consent.

Before beginning their discussions, the delegates agreed to open with Bible reading and prayer. Samuel Adams, a Puritan from New England, suggested they invite Rev. Jacob Duche, an Anglican minister of Philadelphia who was known as a man of deep spirituality, to come and lead them in payer.

As the elderly, grey-haired Duche stood before the Congress, he began by reading the entire 35th Psalm, which powerfully impacted everyone present. It is a prayer of David for deliverance and begins with the words, Plead my cause O LORD with those who strive against me; fight against those who fight against me. The Psalm ends with praise for God’s deliverance.

After reading the Psalm, Duche began praying for the delegates, for America, and especially for the city of Boston and its inhabitants who were under siege. As he began praying, the Anglicans, such as George Washington and Richard Henry Lee, knelt in prayer, according to their custom. The Puritans, according to their custom, sat with bowed heads and prayed. Others prayed according to their own, unique customs.

But although their outward manners differed, there was a singleness of heart and purpose as they all united in prayer for God’s assistance and intervention for America. Duche lifted his voice in prayer, saying,

O Lord, our high and mighty Father, heavenly king of kings, and Lord of Lords, who dost from Thy throne behold all the dwellers of the earth, and reignest with power supreme over all kingdoms, empires, and governments. Look down in mercy we beseech thee on these our American states who have fled to Thee from the rod of the oppressor and thrown themselves on Thy gracious protection, desiring to be henceforth dependent only on Thee. To Thee they have appealed for the righteousness of their cause; to Thee do they now look up for that countenance and support which Thou alone can give . . . Shower down upon them and the millions they represent, such temporal blessings as Thou seest expedient for them in this world and crown them with everlasting joy in the world to come. All this we ask in the name and through the merits of Jesus Christ Thy Son and our Savior. Amen (Hyatt, America's Reawakening, 127).

This was America's founding prayer and it was recorded in the official proceedings of the Congress. John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, of the impact of the Bible reading and prayer on the delegates, saying,

Who can realize the emotions with which they turned imploringly to heaven for divine interposition and aid. It was enough to melt a heart of stone. I never saw a greater effect upon an audience. It seems as if heaven had ordained that Psalm to be read that day. I saw tears gush into the eyes of the old, grave pacific Quakers of Philadelphia. I must beg you to read that Psalm (Hyatt, 1726: The Year that Defined America, 108).

Rev. Duche was then invited to be the chaplain for the Congress and begin each session with Bible reading and prayer. He agreed and this first Congress became a place where God's word and prayer in the name of Jesus were given priority. This was the founding of America.

Sadly, these historical facts have been censored from the secularized modern versions of America’s history. It is, therefore, vital that we restore them to the American public for as Carl Sandburg said, "When a nation goes down or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from, they lost sight of what had brought them along."

This article is derived from Dr. Eddie Hyatt's books, America's Reawakening and 1726: The Year that Defined America, available from Amazon and his website at http://eddiehyatt.com.

THE CULTURAL FLIGHT FROM COMMON SENSE AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT

 

The Philosophy Behind the Craziness
How the Church is Being Impacted
How We Must Respond

The flight from common sense in our culture is obvious. Children are being told they can choose their own gender by merely “identifying” as either a boy or a girl. Men and boys who “identify” as women insist on playing in girls and women’s sports and sharing their locker rooms and restrooms.

In this flight from common sense, children are being taught that men can get pregnant and have babies and that a woman can become a father. They are told that there are no absolute truths and things such as sex and gender are manmade social constructs imposed on society by a powerful elite.

In this flight from common sense, we have seen supposedly intelligent individuals, including university professors, struggling to define a “woman.” They struggle because in their flight from common sense, they now accept that a woman may have male genitalia.

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders expressed the thoughts of many when she said, “The dividing line in America is no longer between right or left. The choice is between normal or crazy,”

The Philosophy Behind the Madness

This blatant departure from reason and common sense is based on a recent philosophical worldview called “postmodernism.” It is called postmodernism because it has replaced modernism, which was characterized by its emphasis on reason.

The modernist rejected the Bible and religious dogma and, in their place, emphasized reason, logic and scientific inquiry as the way to discover objective truth. This led to a surge in the field of “apologetics” wherein Christian scholars offered logical and historical evidence for the Christian faith.

For the postmodernist, however, there is no objective truth to be discovered. All truth is subjective and relative. Truth is not something to be discovered; it is something to be created. Since there is no God and no objective truth or reality, “I” am free to create my own truth and my own reality. 

This means that postmodernism is very ego and “I” centered. Since all truth is subjective, what really matters is how it makes me feel. This means that I am free to choose the truth that feels right for me,  and the world must accommodate my choice regardless of how irrational and nonsensical it may be. For the postmodernist, truth is rooted in feeling and emotion, not reason and common sense.

This is why students on liberal university campuses have demanded “safe spaces” where they can feel safe with their feelings and not challenged and upset with rational, logical arguments by conservative students or guest lecturers. No wonder that some critics have called them “snowflakes.”

Postmodernism is a contemporary expression of the satanic lie of Genesis 3:4-5. The serpent told Eve that they did not have to listen to God. In fact, if they would ignore God’s word and follow the good feeling they had while looking at the forbidden fruit, they would become as God, able to know (determine) good and evil for themselves.

How the Church is Being Impacted

Sadly, this postmodern worldview has seeped into the church. I recently came across on the internet a “Christian” pastor telling her congregation that there are many paths to heaven other than Jesus. She called it being “inclusive,” but it is an obvious “Christian” expression of the postmodern rejection of absolute truth. Even Jesus is relative.

Denominations such as the Presbyterian Church (USA) now ordain to the ministry  biological men who put on a dress and identify as women and biological women who identify as men. Such institutions still use Biblical words, such as redemption, faith, grace, Jesus and salvation, but those words have become infused with new meaning that reflect the ideas of the postmodern worldview.

This helps explain why the Democrat candidate for senator from Texas, James Talarico, can call himself a Christian and claim that there are six different genders.  Talarico is a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, which is a part of the above “progressive” denomination. He holds a Master of Theology from the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, which is also a part of the above denomination.

Google AI describes the seminary as “theologically ‘progressive’ and politically liberal.” “Progressive” is the word used to describe those today on the far left, such as AOC, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Rasheed Tlaib and others who embrace postmodernism. Talarico has obviously been indoctrinated into a form of Christianity that is profoundly influenced  by the postmodern rejection of absolute truth. 

Let us pray for his spiritual eyes to opened to the absolute truth that is in Jesus Christ.

This rejection of reason and common sense can only lead to confusion and chaos in society. If we are going to have a structured and peaceful society, we must reject postmodernism; otherwise, we will become the sort of chaotic society described in Judges 21:25 wherein, “everyone did what was right in his own eyes”

How We Must Respond

In Ephesians 4:15 Paul gives us the key for confronting the contemporary flight from reason and common sense. He exhorted the believers in Ephesus to continue speaking the truth in love. In other words, never compromise the objective truths of the Gospel but always speak those truths in love.

Paul lived this out when he went he took the Gospel to the pagan, idolatrous city of Ephesus, which was home of the massive temple dedicated to the famous mother goddess known by the Romans as Diana and by the Greeks as Artemis. There was a constant stream of visitors to Ephesus to worship at her shrine, and the culture and economy of the city were based on the temple worship of Diana.

In his approach, Paul did not go on a tirade against Diana but neither did he try to be “inclusive” and accommodate her. He focused his time and energies on proclaiming the factual, historical truths about Jesus concerning life, atoning death and glorious resurrection. He did this day after day for three years.

His message had such an impact that multitudes began forsaking the mother goddess, which resulted in the economy of the city taking a downturn. Artisans and merchants, who made and sold souvenir images of the goddess and her temple, suddenly saw their sales plummeting and they blamed it on Paul and his peaching. This led to a riot against Paul with devotees of Diana filling the 20,000-seat stadium to express their anger and fury at Paul.

When the city clerk was finally able to quiet the riotous crowd, he pointed out to them that there was no evidence that Paul had ever blasphemed their goddess so there was no basis for their fury. He suggested that if the merchants had an issue with Paul, they needed to take it to the courts. He then dismissed the crowd (Acts 19:35-40).

Following Paul’s example, we must never compromise truth to be “inclusive.” We must never accommodate unbiblical and irrational views in order to be liked and accepted by contemporary culture. But neither must we ever take an angry, combative approach toward those ensnared by this falsehood.

We must follow Paul and “speak the truth in love,” remembering that we have been entrusted with a Message that is infused with Divine power, Paul expressed this in Romans 1:16 where he said, For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.

Dr. Eddie L. Hyatt is the author of over 30 books and in over 50 years of ministry has served as a Pastor, Missionary, Revivalist and Professor of Bible and Theology. His latest book, America’s Reawakening, offers historical and biblical evidence that America could be on the verge of another Great Awakening.

REMEMBERING 50 YEARS OF GOD'S FAITHFULNESS, PART 10

When a Billionaire Encountered the Power of the Holy Spirit

Shortly after planting the congregation in Sue’s hometown of Saint John, we decided to establish a Christian school for grades 1-12. We chose to use the Accelerated Christian Education curriculum commonly known as A.C.E. We began making arrangements to launch this school, which included Eddie attending a seminar in Lewisville, Texas for pastors and principles of new schools.

Knowing we needed an administrator and teachers for the school, we decided to invite a couple, Chuck and Madonna, whom we had met in Bible school in Dallas. Chuck was working in an A.C.E. school at the time and they seemed like the ideal couple to help us launch our school.

We were relieved when they accepted our invitation to move from Texas to Canada and work with us in the school. We knew that school tuition payments would provide a salary once school started, but they were going to need a place to live before school and there was no extra money in the accounts.

Sue and I were living in an apartment at the time, and we decided that if we purchased a duplex we could live in one end and Chuck and Madonna could live in the other end with their two children. It seemed like the ideal solution and I announced to our fledgling congregation that we were believing God for a duplex home for us and the new family that would be arriving in a few days.

I had a list of prayer needs that I was bringing before the Lord each day and I had written the word “house” on the list. One morning I was going down my prayer list, praying over each item. When I came to the word “house,” it seemed that my insides began to glow and I heard the Holy Spirit say, “You have a house.” I was elated and shared with Sue what I had just experienced and heard.

I also shared it with our congregation the very next Sunday morning. After the service, a man who was a realtor and had a construction company, came up to me and told me about a modular home company that had gone bankrupt that week. He said, “A duplex home that sold for $40,000.00 can now be purchased for $20,000.00.”

He went on to say that because of the equity in the house we would have no problem getting a loan from the bank. He also said, “I have a five-acre plot on which we can put the house.” I was elated and exclaimed, “God told me this week that we have a house!”

My mistake in this situation was that I did not take time to ask God if this was the house He had spoken to me about. We must never assume that we know the details of something God says to us. We must pray about everything. God tried to warn me, but I would not listen.

While I was talking with this man on one side of our small auditorium, Sue was on the other side weeping and praying in tongues. She was grieved in her spirit and finally came to us and said, “Something is not right here. I don’t feel good about this.”

However, I was so sure I had heard from God, that I pushed ahead with this man and his plan. It was a big mistake on my part. To make a long story short, the plan fell through and we had no place for Chuck and Madonna when they arrived.

We, therefore, turned our apartment over to this couple with the furniture and food in the refrigerator. We moved into the upstairs floor of the rented building where we were having our church services. There was a commode and sink but no bathtub or shower. Neither were there any kitchen appliances.

It was inconvenient and somewhat humiliating for I had announced to our congregation how God had said to me, “You have a house.” Now they knew we were camping upstairs without a house or even an apartment. God, however, is faithful and will always come through when our eyes are fixed on Him.

During a Thursday midweek service, a woman was there whom we had not met, and it was the only time she attended one of our services during the eight years we were there. God always has the right people at the right place and at the right time when we are trusting him. After the service she asked, “Are you and Sue looking for a place to live?”

I replied, “yes,” and she proceeded to tell me of a woman in Rothesay for whom she worked who was looking for someone to live in her home without cost. She said, “I cannot live in it for I have just moved in with my mother; but if you are interested, I will tell her about you and Sue and you can arrange to meet her.”

My mind perked up when I heard the word “Rothesay” for it was an exclusive area with many fine, luxurious home. We made contact with this woman who turned out to be the daughter-in-law of K.C. Irving who at that time—1982—was the third wealthiest man in the world with an estimated wealth of eight billion dollars. He was into oil, shipping, forestry and owned paper mills and gas refineries.

This woman, Joan, had just gone through a divorce with one of his billionaire sons after 20 years of marriage and was moving to the other side of the continent in British Columbia. Because she had raised her family in that house, she had decided to keep it. 

We accepted her offer and moved into a luxurious home with eight bedrooms, five bathrooms, and fully furnished with expensive modern and antique furniture. There was also a sauna and game room in the basement. It was rent free and all utilities were covered. In addition, a maid came in and cleaned twice per week, and a person looked after the grounds.

I got up before our congregation the next Sunday morning and told them what had happened. I then said to them, “This is the house the Lord was talking about.”

But as Sue and I have often said, “It is never about houses, land and cars; it is always about people.” And it turned out that God put us in that house because he was after the owner. He wanted to touch her life, and He positioned us for that to happen.

In the meantime, our Christian school had begun, and Chuck and Madonna were receiving an income from the tuitions. Wanting to be closer to the school, they had moved out of our apartment, leaving it empty, and rented a place near the school.

We also began to sense that we were to move out of the house and back to our apartment. So, when the owner informed us that she was coming back to her home for a visit, we went back to our apartment and arranged to meet with her while she was there.

As we drove out to meet with this woman on a Saturday afternoon in October, I noticed that Sue was quietly praying in tongues. I sensed that she was praying for this woman, so I asked, “What are you praying about?” She replied, “I feel that I am praying for Joan.”

We arrived and found that Joan’s former sister-in-law, Jean, had joined us. Jean was married to another of the billionaire sons of old K.C. Irving. We had heard of her and knew that she was a Christian and attended a local Wesleyan Church.

We sat down on Joan’s back veranda and when Jean learned that we were pastors, she said, “I would like for us to pray for Joan before she leaves for British Columbia.” Sue was still experiencing the Holy Spirit flowing up from her innermost being and replied, “Yes, we want to pray but it is going to come out in tongues.”

We were sure that Joan, a nominal Presbyterian, knew nothing about praying in tongues and were not sure if Jean would be in agreement with it. Nonetheless, Jean replied, “That’s OK.”

Sue then burst forth with an utterance in tongues but this time it was not prayer; it was a message that needed to be interpreted (see I Corinthians 14). As Sue was speaking in tongues, I looked at Joan and her eyes seemed as big as saucers (so to speak) and I could tell that she was wondering, “What is going on here?” 

By the time Sue had finished speaking, God had given me the interpretation, and it was a message for Joan. I knew I needed to be very clear and simple, so I said to her, “That is God speaking.” With a note of awe in her voice, she replied, “Well what is he saying?”

I then took her hand, looked her in the eye and began speaking the message God had given me for her. It was a message of God’s love and care for her. As I spoke, I noticed the tears rolling down her cheeks. We learned later that she had been very depressed and seeing a psychiatrist because of the break-up of her twenty-year marriage.

I finished speaking and knowing that she had never committed her life to Christ, I asked if she would like to pray a prayer, committing her life to Jesus. She replied, “yes,” and I led her in a simple prayer in which she committed her life to Jesus Christ.

At this moment, there was a tangible sense of God’s presence as powerful and real as I have ever known, and I knew that God wanted to baptize her in the Holy Spirit. I was sure she knew anything about it, and I didn’t know if her Wesleyan sister-in-law would be in agreement, but I knew I had to act.

I explained to Joan that “in the Bible” after people received Jesus into their lives it was normal for them to be filled with the Holy Spirit and asked, “Would you like to be filled with the Holy Spirit?” She replied, “yes.” I then asked, “Would it be OK if we laid our hands on you and prayed for you to be filled with the Holy Spirit?” She replied, “Yes.”

Sue and I then laid our hands on her and we noticed that her Wesleyan sister-in-law laid her hands on her and joined us in prayer. God’s presence was so very real, and I noted Joan’s eyelids fluttering and her lips quivering but she was not experiencing the breakthrough that was there for her.

We paused praying and I asked, “What are you experiencing?” She responded by placing her hand around the area of her solar plexus and moving it slowly up to her throat and saying, “Something started here and moved up to here and stopped.”

I immediately know what it was, for Jesus, speaking of the coming of the Holy Spirit, had said in John 7:37-38, If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.

I said to her, “That is the Holy Spirit. He has come in and now He wants to flow out.” I told her that we would pray again and this time to open her mouth and let it flow out even if it came out in a strange language. We learned later that she was fluent in five different languages.

She agreed and we laid our hands on her again and began to pray. Suddenly, it was like a dam broke. She began laughing hilariously and shouting praises to God, and praising God in other tongues. It was a glorious moment in time.

She then turned to her Wesleyan sister-in-law, who had been praying for her salvation for many years, laid her hands on her and prayed over her in other tongues. When she finished, her sister-in-law looked at her in amazement and said, “Joan, you were going like an old Pentecostal.”

This woman’s life was forever changed, and we knew that we had completed our assignment in her home. We went back to our apartment and began looking for a duplex, but now for a different reason. Sue’s father had passed away, and her mother was alone in an apartment, so we decided to look for a house with two living areas.

We found the perfect house and just at the right time this woman sent a check that covered the down payment. That was our last contact with her, and she is in heaven today. We had (and still have) the satisfaction of knowing that her life was forever changed by that Divine encounter, providentially arranged by God.

To summarize the lesson here; it was not about the house. It was about this woman that God wanted to help and bring into His kingdom. May we aspire to be the kind of people whom God can trust with any assignment. If he wants to send us to the White House or Elon Musk’s mansion, we can handle it. If he wants to send us to the outback of India where there is no running water and no sewage system (I have been there) we can handle that as well. This is what Paul was speaking of when he said,

I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.  I can do all this through Him who gives me strength.

 

Drs. Eddie and Sue Hyatt are still active in ministry and their numerous books are available on Amazon and their websites at http://eddiehyatt.com and http://godswordtowomen.org. This article is an excerpt from their upcoming book, Remembering 50 Years of God's Faithfulness. Of particular significance at this moment in history is Eddie's book, America's Reawakening, and Sue's book, In the Spirit We're Equal, which contains a message that "has the power to begin a mass movement from Islam to Christianity, beginning with the women."

4 REASONS ISLAM IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH AMERICAN VALUES AND FORM OF GOVERNMENT

There are now over 5 million Muslims in America and thousands of mosques and schools. The mayor of America’s largest city is a devout Muslim as well as an economic Marxist. Many are demanding their own communities and the implementation of Sharia Law. In this article I show 4 Reasons why Islam is incompatible with America. I also show why we as Christians should not respond in fear or anger, but see it as an opportunity for the kingdom of God

Reason #1
Islam is Both a Religion and a Political System

In Islam, religion and the state are joined at the hip and there is no separating of the two.  Mosque and state are one in Islam. This means that Islam's agenda in America is both religious and political. And wherever Islam gains political power, they advance their religious ideology with governmental force. This has been the case since Mohammed, who spread his new ideology with the power of the sword. 

By way of contrast, Christianity is not a political system, and America is not a religion. But in 1776 the two were joined together in a delicate marriage to form a new nation--a Constitutional Republic guaranteeing such God-given rights as Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. 

Based on the values and principles of Jesus and the Bible, this new American Republic became a nation of unprecedented freedom. There is no Islamic nation that has produced a society even close to the openness and freedoms enjoyed by American citizens.

Reason #2
Islam is About Absolute Rule and Control

The word “Islam” means “submission” and the goal of Islam is to bring all of humanity under submission to its political rule and Sharia law. Any country in the world where you see Muslims in the majority or in control, you will see Sharia law imposed and Christians either outlawed or put under oppressive restrictions.

By way of contrast, the American system offers individual and religious liberty for all. America’s Founders did not reject religion or the Bible. They rejected the idea, which we see in Islam, of merging religion with the civil government and using the government to impose a preferred religion on the populace.

This is what the Founders were addressing in the First Amendment when they wrote, “Congress shall make no law concerning the establishment of religion nor hindering the free exercise thereof.” They were not banning expressions of faith from government; they were creating a level playing field where religious ideas could be freely expressed by all. 

This sort of religious liberty is foreign to Islam and will never be found in an Islamic state.

Reason #3
No Place for Religious Liberty in Islam

Because mosque and state are one in Islam, there is no place for religious liberty. When Muslims hold the reins of power, individual and religious liberty disappear. Consider the state of Christians in Afghanistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, northern Nigeria, etc., etc. Liberty is a Christian ideal, not an Islamic one.

In northern Nigeria, Islamists are burning churches, murdering pastors and kidnapping the children of Christians and forcing them into Islam. Only heaven knows what has happened to the Christians in Afghanistan after the Biden administration handed the reins of power back to the Taliban. Even in Islamic countries where Christians are allowed to exist, they must be very careful not to question anything concerning Islam or its prophet.

Reason #4
America Was Founded on Judeo- Christian Values and Principles

While Islam is guided by the Koran, America's Founders were guided by the Bible and the teachings of Jesus. Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, stated, 

The philosophy of Jesus is the most sublime and benevolent code of morals ever offered man. A more beautiful or precious morsel of ethics I have never seen.

Although they rejected the idea of an official state-sanctioned church, the Founders were unanimous in their belief that only a moral and Christian people could maintain the political freedoms they had implemented. John Adams made this clear when he said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious [Christian] people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

A ten-year study to discover where the Founders got their ideas for America’s founding documents found that they quoted the Bible more than any other source (Hyatt, America’s Reawakening, 67). In an exchange of letters between two of America’s most prominent Founding Fathers, John Adams wrote to Benjamin Rush,

The Bible contains the most profound philosophy, the most perfect morality, and the most refined policy that was ever conceived on earth. It is the most republican book in the world (Hyatt, America’s Reawakening, 168).

Adams is acknowledging that they found in the Bible the values and principles for the American Republic, which they had formed. They also believed that only that society which respected the teachings of Jesus and the Bible could be a free and open society.

This is why George Washington, who was a devout Christian and avid reader of the Bible, took the first presidential oath of office with his hand on a Bible. When someone swears an oath, they swear by something greater than themselves. For Washington, the Bible was the highest tangible authority by which he could swear to uphold and defend the Constitution.

We Must Not be Blind

Some years ago, I went into a copy story to copy a document and went to one of their self-serve copiers. The customer before me had left behind some of their copies. I picked one up and saw that it was a flyer promoting events at a local mosque. What caught my attention were the words, "Our goal is to make Tulsa a Muslim city and America a Muslim nation."

During a 2025 lecture, Chicago-based Islamic scholar Mohammad Nusairat said that Islam was not meant to coexist with other religions. He asserted,  "We did not come here to coexist. We are superior to everyone else and will not be surpassed. If other religions want to live with us, they have to worship Allah." (https://chicagocitywire.com/chicago-islamic-scholar-mohammad-nusairat-we-did-not-come-here-to-coexist)

This is why every freedom-loving America should be concerned when we see elected officials, such as Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and the newly elected lieutenant governor of Virginia, taking their oath of office with their hand on a Koran. 

This is their way of saying that the Koran, not the Bible, will be their guide for how they carry out their official duties. And because mosque and state are inseparable in the Koran, we know that these officials, committed to Islam, have a political agenda that is rooted in the Koran and the teachings of Mohammed.

This is not prejudice. This is facing reality and speaking the truth in love. We welcome Muslims to this land to enjoy the freedoms of the American system, but not to impose their failed system of oppression on us. 

Our Response

While I applaud governors such a Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbot banning Sharia Law and using their office to oppose the Islamization of their states, Christians cannot rely on political action alone. The church must rise up and be the church.

We must see the situation through the eyes of heaven. We must realize, that from God's perspective, these many Muslims have not come to American to convert us. They have come to America to be converted to Jesus Christ and to our way of life. 

We must, therefore, be bold in our faith in Jesus. We must pray for the conversion of all Muslims in America and be ready to share the love of Christ when the opportunity presents itself. I believe that Isaiah 60:1-3 is appropriate and timely here. The prophet declared;

Arise, shine; for your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; but the Lord will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you. The Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

This article is derived from Dr. Eddie Hyatt's latest book, America's Reawakening, available from Amazon and his website at https://eddiehyatt.com.