Face Down in the Mud: Kentucky Tent Meeting Revivals

On July 15-19, I headed to Nicholasville, Kentucky to be a part of a Saturate Global Tent Revival meeting hosted by Parker & Jessi Green. The site was not far from where the Cane Ridge Revival broke out adding flames to the 2nd Great Awakening.

The meetings were wild. The hunger of people who came out was inspiring. They were so desperate for more of God that some even knelt down or laid prostrate in the mud, calling out for more of Him.

I co-led a session on the revival history of Kentucky starting with the Red River Meeting House where the fire spread to the Cane Ridge Revival birthing the 2nd Great Awakening. Kentuckian Kelsey King tag-teamed the session and brought such a special perspective on the Cane Ridge revival before I began to share about the Asbury University Revivals.

Then, I shared briefly about the Welsh Revival. Then when I then added testimonies of the Azusa Street Revival on top of the testimonies of the Red River Revival, Cane Ridge Revival, Asbury Revival, and Welsh Revival, something shifted under tent and the power of God fell even more. The synergy of the ages of these revival testimonies poured out into the Kentucky well of revival was catalytic.

When I mentioned the Azusa Street Revival, one young man started to shake and the hunger escalated. People began to call out to God. I welcomed them to come to the front and consecrate themselves wholeheartedly to serve the Lord with their full yes. Then we welcomed a baptism of fire. People were so hungry for God that they even laid down face first prostrate in the mud.

I haven’t seen such hunger in awhile. I personally was moved by their hunger and wondered, would I be brave and desperate enough to be face down in the mud to have more of Jesus?

The Holy Spirit took over the meeting. We heard people calling out to God, then spontaneous singing. God was marking and setting apart revivalists in our day. At one point someone tried to take over the meeting and we even lost power, but God could not be stopped. He was consecrating His pure hearted lovers to be set apart for Him from that day forward.

Then after we closed our session, Jessika Tate stepped right in to share about Blind Bartemaus and took us deeper before Joanne Moody came and administered healing. Those who were in the tent that day didn’t leave. Some started early morning prayer with Mando, did the revival history session with me and Kelsey, stayed for Jessika Tate and Joanne Moody who did healing and deliverance. It was one long encounter and journey I will never forget. People were marked that day with the fire of God and will never be the same again.

Me with Jessika Tate, Joanne Moody, Kelsey King.

Here’s a very rough, raw, unedited recording of the session. The quality is poor but you can at least get a feel and receive what God poured out. As you listen and dive into the revival history of Kentucky, may you get ignited with fresh fire to burn for Jesus like never before!

More pictures of the hunger present in the Saturate Tent Revival meetings in Kentucky. More testimonies and reports coming soon.