Oh God, Would You Rend the Heavens?
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Have we as a nation become more depraved than ever before?
Have we crossed a dangerous line of no return?
Is there any hope to turn the tide back from the deep waters of ungodliness we've waded into?
In this short but powerful booklet, pastor Shane Idleman shares encouraging reasons to be hopeful despite the decadence and brutality in our streets and the unparalleled despair overcoming our land.
God is sovereign and controls the affairs of men, and has a pattern of reviving His people at very dark moments in history.
The need to address the vital role of the Holy Spirit is as relevant today as it has been throughout Church history. This booklet will prepare the soil of your heart so that God can rend the heavens and release a spiritual downpour of His Spirit in our land in this hour!
What is stopping you from being a part of it?
Shane Idleman
Shane Idleman is the founder and lead pastor of Westside Christian Fellowship in Southern California. His books, sermons, and radio programs have sparked change in the lives us many. More at WCFAV.org.
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Oh God, Would You Rend the Heavens? - Shane Idleman
Preface
I’m not sure how far you’ll get in this book, but please make sure to read the final section, Do You Really Want God to Rend the Heavens?
The need to address revival and the vital role of the Holy Spirit is as relevant today as it has been throughout church history. My hope is that all of us, including myself, would humble ourselves and find the middle ground, the common ground.
The words revival and spiritual awakening are used interchangeably. Historically speaking, a revival is when God revives His people; whereas a spiritual awakening is when the masses are converted, but these spiritual experiences always overlap.
For added encouragement, I included links to articles, sermons, and podcasts below. For those reading the printed version of this booklet, all the links can be found on my website and/or YouTube channel. Simply search for the title you’re interested in.
I also released another book simultaneously with this one, 40 Days to Reset Your Life: Applying God’s Wisdom for Physical and Spiritual Renewal. This resource is for those desiring to get back on track but don’t know where to start—see the section Other Books by Shane Idleman
for more information.
Rend the Heavens sermon here.
Here is a recent Podcast where I discussed some of the topics in this booklet.
The sermon, True Revival Has A Cost, can be viewed here.
Some relevant articles on the desperate need for revival:
Why Revival is America’s Only Hope
here.
A Battle Cry for a Dead Church
here.
Will You Pay the Price for a National Awakening?
here.
Is the Future of America Worth Fighting for?
here.
Bored with God—Complacency in the Midst of Chaos
here.
America’s Achilles’ Heel: Powerless Sermons and Prayerless Churches
here.
Note: The exact source of some of the quotes is unknown, but most of them are well known and used often in Christian literature. We are also hoping to make the audible version of this book available soon.
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Oh God, Rip Open the Heavens!
Oh, that You would rend the heavens!
That You would come down!
That the mountains might shake at Your presence— . . .
To make Your name known to Your adversaries,
That the nations may tremble at Your presence!
— Isaiah 64:1–2
On April 24th, 2021, an Indonesian submarine sank in the southern Pacific Ocean. The news reported that the crew may have run out of oxygen and quickly sank below the crush depth—the pressure on the outside was greater than the strength on the inside. It is thought that it went down quickly because of an internal leaking. ¹
This parallels exactly what is happening in America today as waves of confusion and chaos overcome the masses. Many are being crushed by the external pressures of life because the strength on the inside (their relationship with God) is not greater than the pressure on the outside.
As I recently wrote, America’s stage four cancer has metastasized to the family and the church. We are more depraved than ever before.
² And in a second article, I lamented, "America crossed a dangerous line years ago. Instead of repenting and turning back to God, we have walked further into the deep waters of ungodliness. The decadence and brutality in our streets are unparalleled in our history as despair and depression overcome our land. But, believe