Elijah’s REVOLUTION The Call to Passion and Sacrifice for Radical Change JIM W. GOLL LOU ENGLE 2 © Copyright 2002 – Jim W. Goll and Lou Engle All rights reserved. This book is protected by the copyright laws of the United States of America. This book may not be copied or reprinted for commercial gain or profit. The use of short quotations or occasional page copying for personal or group study is permitted and encouraged. Permission will be granted upon request. Unless otherwise identified, Scripture quotations are from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked NIV, KJV, NKJV, and AMP are taken from the New International Version, the King James Version, the New King James Version, the Amplified Bible, respectively. Emphasis within Scripture quotations is the authors’ own. 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Or reach us on the Internet: www.destinyimage.com 3 Acknowledgment and Dedication For every book that comes forth, there is a host of people to thank as each one is a “team effort.” We owe a great debt of gratitude to our respective families— especially our sacrificing wives who hold the fort down for us as we carry this message far and wide. So first we say thanks to Michal Ann Goll and to Therese Engle for being our perfect helpers! We also wish to acknowledge the staffs and prayer warriors at Ministry to the Nations, Harvest Rock Church, Harvest International Ministries, and The Call Revolution for their faithful support. We need you! Thank You, Lord, for these teams that we get to partner with! Next, we wish to thank the great group of servants at Destiny Image. Your commitment to excellence and purity of content has come forth like a shining light once again. Thanks for your creativity and patience with us in doing this project. Thanks for believing in this message and thanks for believing in us. We wish to dedicate this book to the next generation of “Nazirites” and passionate warriors for the cause of Christ. 4 E l i j a h ’ s R e v o l u t i o n This book is about your future. This book is about our purpose in God together—The Call to Passion and Sacrifice for Radical Change! We dedicate this book to the youth of America and the nations in hope that a genuine Elijah Revolution will come to pass for Jesus Christ’s sake. Jim W. Goll and Lou Engle 5 Endorsements “God is uniting the generations in a call for holy revolution. This is not rhetoric-it is a sincere, passionate declara-tion backed up by lifestyles of consecration and service. This book will fuel the flame of change in your life! I highly rec-ommend it!” —Robert Stearns, Executive Director Eagles Wings Ministries New York City “Prepare to be enlightened and get ready to be challenged as you read this powerful forward-looking book! Two dynamic men of God, Lou Engle and Jim Goll, have given us a vision of the trans-generational anointing of the future church that is a prophetic, passionate statement of the heart of God in this hour. You will be enlightened by the insights into Scripture that the Lord has revealed to them in relation to the “now” issues facing the church. You will also be challenged to come up higher in your commitment to be “possessed by God,” so that He may have a people through whom 6 E l i j a h ’ s R e v o l u t i o n He can bring revival to America and the nations of the world.” —Jane Hansen, President/CEO Aglow International “In all probability the generation anointed by God to cat-alyze a worldwide spiritual earthquake has already been born. This book is destined to prepare the whole body of Christ to receive this radical outpouring of God’s power here on earth!” —C. Peter Wagner, Chancellor Wagner Leadership Institute “At times a book is written in such a manner that when you read it, it reads you! This book coauthored by my friends Jim Goll and Lou Engle will fan a fire in your bones that you will not be able to put out. Let’s join “The Call” so that it will be heard far and wide recruiting a generation of passionate, sacrificial servants who will usher in radical change.” —Mike Bickle, Director International House of Prayer of Kansas City “Lou Engle and Jim Goll are role models for me-they are men of courage, spiritual passion and integrity. I share their commitment to raising up a younger generation of radical young believers who will not let the church be controlled by our secular culture-or by impotent religious tradition. This book will fan your zeal into a blazing fire.” —J. Lee Grady, Editor Charisma magazine Endorsements 7 “You would expect a book entitled ‘Elijah’s Revolution’ to be characterized by extreme passion, prophetic insight and the all-consuming fire of God. You would expect it to inspire change, impart zeal, infuse with power, and incite revival. Thankfully, you would be right! And if you know them as I do, you would also expect it to be written by individuals like Jim Goll and Lou Engle, who embody all of the above. Prepare to be transformed!” —Dutch Sheets Colorado Springs, CO “The Call DC was a powerful movement of God’s Spirit to awaken a new generation to the unquenchable pursuit of Him. In Elijah’s Revolution, Lou Engle and Jim Goll cast an exciting vision for how this generation can grow into an irre-sistible force—abandoned to His will and unwilling to compromise with America’s fallen culture. I stand with our youth today—they are our leaders of tomorrow.” —Dr. Bill Bright, Founder and President Campus Crusade for Christ International 9 Contents Foreword . 11 Introduction . 13 Part One This Is the Time… . 15 Chapter One …For the Call to Revolution . 17 Chapter Two …For a New Prophetic Generation . 33 Chapter Three …For the Joining of the Generations . 49 Chapter Four …For the Nazirites to Arise . 65 Part Two The Battle of All Times . 79 Chapter Five The Spirit of Elijah vs. Jezebel . 81 Chapter Six Confronting the Control Spirit . 97 Part Three A Time for Sacrifice . 113 Chapter Seven The Esther Mandate . 115 Chapter Eight A Passion for Jesus . 131 Chapter Nine Revive Us Again! . 149 Chapter Ten The Call to Prayer and Fasting. 167 Appendix Radical Prayers for Elijah’s Revolution . 179 11 Foreword All eyes fell upon New York City that September day of 2001 as the World Trade Center lay decimated by terrorists. Prognosticators all across the world agreed “things would never be the same again” in our nation. God used that tragic “9-11” event to rouse both believer and unbeliever alike. That date will stand forever as a prophetic plumb line drawn in the sands of time. The book of First Chronicles tells us about the “sons of Issachar who understood the times and knew what to do” (1 Chron. 12:32). Now, more than ever, we need God’s sons and daughters arising in this hour to deliver God’s strategy and solution to us for such a time as this. Lou Engle and Jim Goll have been pressed by God to issue one such mandate. I know because I have watched them. I know their lives intimately. I have seen them weep and pray and fast and seek the God of our fathers relentless-ly for years on end. I have seen them struggle to birth what God is asking of those who passionately love God and are desperate for more of Him. I believe they have obeyed and are now issuing forth a revolutionary call. It began long before “9-11,” but only 12 E l i j a h ’ s R e v o l u t i o n increases in intensity as each moment ticks by. It is a call to those who are bone weary of the hedonism, humanism, selfishness, and greed that surround us every day…even within the church. It is a call to those grieved by the lawlessness of our nation, the hardness of sin, and the destruction of lives from the inside out. It is a call to those who may sense more of God’s presence in their lives than ever before, yet suffer a great discontentment with “the way things are.” It is a call to a revolution of the heart.