Inspirational, Missions & Missionary Work, Religion & Spirituality, Ministry & Evangelism 

THIS BOOK IS A COLLECTION of messages that were first given in spoken form. Revolution of Love reflects many of the early emphases of OM. The emphasis on “Spiritual Balance” came later on in the ministry of OM, and these messages were then published together in book form in 1977 under the title Revolution of Love and Balance.The name “Operation Mobilization” came from the vision that God gave a small group of students from Europe and America back in the late 1950s. We felt that if Christianity was a spiritual revolution, a “revolution of love,” then the important thing was to obey what the Lord Jesus had told us to do in living for him and going and teaching people in all nations of the world to be his disciples. We felt that many of the young people, who in those days were sitting in the large churches of the USA, Britain, and Europe, could be mobilized to tell those who did not know about the good news of Jesus Christ and the need for repentance and a personal faith.I felt strongly about the need for prayer and evangelism because, without the faithfulness of one elderly woman in the States, I would never have known about the joy of knowing God in a personal way. I was brought up in a home where such things were not talked about. Then, one day, I received a Gospel of John through the post. This Christian lady had seen me going to my high school and had already started to pray that I should become a Christian. She had to pray for several years before anything happened at all. Then, in March 1955, the evangelist Billy Graham came to Madison Square Gardens. For the first time I heard and responded to a clear message on the salvation that God has made available to us through Jesus Christ, and I surrendered my life to him. Some people ask if that sort of decision of total commitment can really last. I would like to tell you that what happened to me that night so many years ago has been a reality in my heart and life for every single day since. I can assure you that it is not some late adolescent escape from guilt, but it is a true, living, and real experience with God himself made possible through what Jesus Christ has done on the Cross. When we presented the challenge of those who had never heard to the young Christians of the western world in the 1960s, they responded in the hundreds. “A Wide-Open Heart” was a message first given to a group of OMers and other Christian workers in Peshawar, Pakistan, early in 1988. The refugee crisis in Pakistan means that Christians from many different backgrounds and organizations are working together in service and evangelism, so that a broad- minded attitude is particularly important. We in OM have always taken a strong stand against extremism, and this plea to be open- hearted in the work of God reflects that view.“Real People, Real Power” and “New Generation—Unfinished Task” were messages from OM’s leadership training conference at Birmingham in March 1988. This conference is not primarily for OM leaders but for young people in positions of responsibility in churches, Christian unions, and Christian organizations. These two powerful messages on discipleship and power in the Christian life and on the challenge of mission in the world today, are relevant not only to these young people but to many in the church today.I share these messages with you with the hope that, as you study them, they will help you to be a true spiritual revolutionary for Jesus Christ.George Verwer Bromley, Kent January 1989 - from Amzon