What Happens When God's Spirit Invades the Hearts of His People

This was the first book I finished. I never enjoyed reading but I just couldn't put this book down. I've read several books since and this is at the top of my list. Read it ask God for guidence and let the Holy Spirit lead you to victory through prayer. I also recommed the Three battle grounds by Francis Frangipane , and How to listen to God by Charles Stanley.

This book will challenge you and move you to tears. I highly recommend this book if you want a closer walk with God. It will change your life! It's a true story of how God moved in a life that was obedient to Him.

After reading this book, I am no longer satisified with routine prayers. This book will remind and teach you that as believers in Christ, our powersource is prayer. Without it, evangelism, ministry, and the survival of the Church does even stand a chance.

I totally agreed with the main point of the book. Prayer is very important and vital to having our spiritual lives strengthened. As believers our prayer can do a lot of awesome things in our lives and in the lives of others. We should call on God in prayer during times of need and times of joy. God can accomplish great things. We as believers must use the awesome gift of prayer that God gave to us.
Chapter 9
I found this chapter most troubling because of his position. I understand what the author is stating and agree on the point that doctrine alone is not enough. I believe that doctrine plus prayer, plus the Holy Spirit, equals great spiritual movement for that assembly. Prayer without doctrine will not produce good results either. I believe all those things (prayer, doctrine, Holy Spirit) must be present for there to be spiritual growth. The author seemed to be stating that correct biblical teaching is not as important as we make it out to be. I find a real big problem here. If incorrect doctrine is being taught, this brings confusion, and is contrary to what God wants.
The author claims to worship in how we are moved and to basically put sound doctrine aside. This is completely unscriptural. My question to the author is this, "Do we worship in sound doctrine or worship in how we are moved? What if those `movements' are contrary to God's Word?" My answer is to worship in sound doctrine and movements, as long as the movements do not contradict scripture, if they do, then those movements are not of God.
The quote on page #152 of, "So church leaders today reject the demonstration and power of the Holy Spirit in the name of sound doctrine." My question would be, "So are we to reject sound doctrine in the name of the power that is supposedly the "Holy Spirit?" Never. We are to live by sound doctrine and let the power of the Spirit move according to sound doctrine. He is basically stating that sound doctrine should be put aside in the name of the demonstration and power of the Holy Spirit. How could it be a movement of the Holy Spirit if it is contrary to God's will/sound doctrine? The Holy Spirit would never move contrary to God's will/sound doctrine. So the movement can not be of the Holy Spirit but of the flesh. The two (sound doctrine and the Holy Spirit) must work in agreement!! With sound doctrine/God's Word being the driving force, not human emotion or experience.

This is a very inspirational book about spreading God's love to the people around us. This book points to prayer and more prayer because God's help is needed to help reach the community of unsaved and lost people. This book is written about a movement in Brooklyn but can be applied anywhere. I have added this book to my master reading list.

After hearing pastors say over and over that the way to be a successful church is to offer people what they are looking for (i. e. youth ministry, women's classes, upbeat contemporary music, etc.) and spending time worrying about numbers that are staying the same or even shrinking, it is so refreshing to hear a pastor admit that success in the church isn't demonstrated by numbers and that numbers aren't increased by "selling" your church. Success, he says, can be demonstrated by the strength of your prayer meetings. Numbers will be increased by offering one thing... God! People are not really looking for a youth minstry or a musical church. They are looking for the power of God, and that comes only through prayer. Cymbala uses quotes from various past religious greats and stories found in the lives of his own congregation to make his point. Revival only comes through prayer. Right on, Brother Cymbala!

Take an impossible situation and an improbable call, but rely on an incomprehensible God and you have the basis for a great story, This is how I felt as I read this book. With such a focus on doing theings in a new way, here is a people who go back to the basics and make the pleasure of God and pleasure in God their priority and passion.
Each chapter is bulging with encouraging and touching examples of human frailty and God's faithfulness. Parishioners woud do themselves a favor to get two copies of this book. One for themselves and one for their pastor.

Speaking from a heart full of love, compassion and experience, and not giving us a "how-to", Pastor Jim Cymbala tells the profound story of how a small struggling congregation in the heart of Brooklyn has become a leading church in the Big Apple....Doing what the church is supposed to do, being salt and light to the world.

Cymbala's treatment of the "novelties" and "marketing strategies" of the American church is a prophetic and profitable wake-up to all who would be involved in meaningful and eternally-measured ministry.

The secret is not techniques or programs, but the simple discipline of learning to "call on the name of the Lord."
As a new pastor it's so easy to get caught up in the trends that supposedly lead to church growth and how-to techniques for winning the lost. Unfortunately, this is how many of us measure our success in ministry.
Jim Cymbala ensures that the reader never forgets throughout his book that prayer and dependence upon God is the secret to reaching the lost.
I read this book in practically one sitting. Great book.

I have to say WOW!!!....AND WOW AGAIN!!! This book has really made me examine my relationship with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire is also Fresh Insight. The testimonies BLEW ME AWAY!!!! I wish that I belonged to a church that prays together like Pastor Cymbala's church. If you get this book, I guarantee you that you wont be disappointed!

This is my first book that I have ever reviewed. I loved the book. Couldn't put it down and wouldn't even if I could. The power of prayer is still alive and well when you have the holy spirit of Christ in your life. Use this power and see what God can and will do in and thru you.

Amazing insight into how when a corporate church seeks God (Father, Son and Spirit) with all their heart and seeks Him and His righteousness, and Prays corporately all these things are added because He then magnifies Himself through amazing church growth just like during the early church. The Church (Bride) belongs to Christ and it is not founded and built by mankind. It is founded on Jesus Christ (The ROCK) and it is He who is the great builder of the perfect church. Want in on that divine action? Read this book Praise the Lord Amen

One of my members has been encouraging me to read this book for many months. I finally listened. I could not put it down. We have had a Tuesday evening prayer meeting in our church since we started up a year ago. This book affirmed in my spirit we are on the right track. You will be blessed by Pastor Cymbala's story.

Many congregations, and especially ministers, are eager to see their church grow. Unfortunately, it often is only in the numerical aspect. This book focuses on the spiritual aspect. Communication with God, via prayer, is of utmost importance.
Cymbala shows how his church grew, because they had the right motives. This is common among larger churches that have staying power. Others are here one year, gone the next. They focus on people and programs. Cymbala points out the fallacy in that. He also points out that praying is not to become the next "program". Get right with God and the rest won't matter.

So many people are in the business of Christianity. This book challenges the reader to focus on a relationship with God through prayer and evaluate the results of lives changed verses dollars generated or pews filled. The author credits focusing on prayer and God's Holy Spirit as the reason for the success of their church. The stories of the growth of the church, the lives transformed, and the simple Bible centered ideology moved me to want to have this kind of experience as a Christian.

Pastor Cymbala has done the church a great favor. He points out our tendency to depend on everything but God in the life of our church. His call to focus on God's Word, boldly spoken and with accompanying power is a clarion call to all believers that hunger for God's truth in their lives. This book will make you hungry for God and will drive you to your knees. I plan to have all the key leaders in our church read this book!

I was absolutely thrilled with my recent purchase of "Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire" by Jim Cymballa. I had read the book and wanted to get a copy for

each of the male members of our church choir. Awesome choice!

the store was very efficient with my order, as well as very timely. Thank you!

Fresh wind Fresh fire is wonderful. It has given me a lot of insights and many things that will be helpful in my personal life I plan on buying at least two copies of the book and give them to family and friends. Books that add something to ones life are really hard to find.

I have never read a book so profound, powerful and practical on the subject of prayer. Jim Cymbala's testimony of the Holy Spirit's fire that blazes with regularity in the Brooklyn Tabernacle is something that I, as a pastor, needed to hear. Praise God!!

Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire is a wonderful short book coauthored by Pastor Jim Cymbala and Dean Merrill. Pastor Cymbala describes how God has blessed him and his wife Carol in their ministries with the famous Brooklyn Tabernacle in the last thirty years. The title "Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire" draws parallel of this church to the first century church in Acts 2:1-4. This book is a remarkable testimony of the awesome work of the Holy Spirit in how He could do great and mighty things through His people when they humble themselves in prayers. The increase in number for the Brooklyn Tabernacle is spectacular, but it turns pale when comparing to the increase in Pastor Cymbala's faith and dependency in God. God simply turned him from an amateur into warrior. It is a short book, but it is an important book for every serious Christian.

This book is divided into three sections, namely (1) Waking Up to a Powerful Promise, (2) Diversions from God's Best, and (3) The Road Ahead. Section 1 centers on the promise God revealed to Pastor Cymbala in Florida, that if he and his wife will lead his people to pray and call upon His name, He will provide everything they need: sermon, money, church building, and people (p. 25). Once he realized that prayer meeting is the engine of the church, and serious about it, Lord never stopped blessing them. Section 2 underscores that our lukewarm churches nowadays are in trouble by the lure of novelty, marketing, pleasing people, and dead doctrine without passions and actions for the Lord. Section 3 warns us not to be proud of ourselves and take credits from God. He challenges us to "look at the scoreboard" and be brave for God. At the end, he encourages us that the never changing power of the Holy Spirit is all-sufficient as He has never changed since the day of Pentecost.

This book is full of powerful true stories with drug addict, male prostitute, demon-processed person, homeless, all for the glory of God and the expansion of His kingdom. Besides touching stories, this book refers to scriptures in the Bible just as well - an important attribute for any Christian writing. Pastor Cymbala quotes Acts a lot, and is a doer of God's words when he follows the model of first century church in Acts.

This book emphasizes the sufficiency of the power of Holy Spirit. As a church to proclaim God's message in this evil generation, nothing will work better than the Holy Spirit Himself working through his humble and broken people. This is nicely summarized in his comments after the biblical example of Asa, that "such [whatever works is the way to go] thinking is due for a rude awakening when we stand before the Lord." (p. 164).

This inspiring book has made me think a lot. As a choir member, I was touched that even the Tabernacle choir would devoted at least half an hour to pray before the practice. Why can their music be so touching? The answer is in prayer. Life in the music comes from prayer (p. 49). I was so moved when I read the determination of that prayer band member to pray for her pastor before the Jewish man disturbed the worship service with a gun. I was equally touched by Pastor Cymbala's story on his rebellious daughter after the prayer meeting. Why can they do those great and mighty things through prayers but we can't? Why is our prayer meeting so poorly attended? The book provides an answer: prayer has to be born out of a whole environment of felt need. We cannot just say "we ought to pray", but " we have to be driven to pray" (p. 49). I am a firm believer in prayer and the promise in John 15:7, "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you." How encouraging it is to see prayer and faith in full action in The Brooklyn Tabernacle! This book rekindled my faith in the Lord. Nothing is too difficult for Him (Jeremiah 32:17). Brethren, I encourage you to read this book, and get serious on the prayer ministry. When we work, we work. When we pray, God works! Amen.

This book truely shows the power of the Holy Ghost and the what God can do with his people when they obey! Its great to read such awesome testimony on what God is doing in the presence of his people. If only every church pastor in the US could read this book and learn the true power of prayer.

Cymbala writes a refreshing book on the power of prayer to impact the lives of those around us. We are encouraged to make prayer a priority within our own lives. A must read for seeking spiritual power in their lives.

This is a book that every Christian should read. Most churches are failing to have a powerful prayer meeting. Prayer is how we commune with God. Prayer meeting has the lowest attendance. Prayer is the primary tool to calling upon God for help.

This is definitely an inspirational book. The phenomena of Brooklyn Tabernacle is an amazing one to read; the focus of the church on prayer is seldom found these days. Not a theological treatise, but it's not supposed to be!

A very inspiring book that is evidence of the power of prayer. It is very inspiring and convicting to see how God answered the prayers of Jim Cymbala's church and how easily we forget that. Can be used as a devotional or for discussions as there are a lot of talking points throughout the book.

I loved this book and would recommend it to anyone who has ever doubted the power of prayer and felt as if all hope is gone. I found this book to be meant just for me as a restorer of my faith and to remind me that I am never alone. I finished reading this book and started all over again just because I wanted to reread the confirmation that it is alright to be honest and to discard the mask and to be myself. This book reemphasized the saying, "If you just show up, then God will meet you there and show out".

This is my first book that I have ever reviewed. I loved the book. Couldn't put it down and wouldn't even if I could. The power of prayer is still alive and well when you have the holy spirit of Christ in your life. Use this power and see what God can and will do in and thru you.

Jim Cymbala shares how he built up the Brooklyn Tabernacle Church to be the mega church it is now. The story is very interesting and motivational to pastors of small, non-growing churches. A heart-felt witness of the power of prayer.

This book has renewed my understanding of my own personal calling. It really helps to highlight the 'signs' of God at work and His clear mission to help bring focus. I wish I had read this before I started in ministry. This should be a must read for anyone considering a life of ministry.

This was an amazing book on how important prayer is, and how gathering together to seek GOD's guidance and wisdom is crucial in each of our lives, as well as for the unity of the church, both individual and corporate. Pastor Cymbala gift of writing GOD's truth was very heartfelt and really showed how GOD will answer our prayers when we listen to HIM and pray for HIS will to be done.