Dream About Jesus Sparks Revival Mission: Jennie Allen's Powerful Story

Speaker and author Jennie Allen has had a front-row seat to revival — and her powerful role in helping spread the Gospel to new generations all started with a dream. Allen said her decision to launch Gather — a global effort that rallies the church together for a 25-hour simulcast— was rooted in that dream, a fact she knows might "sound crazy to some people." "I'm not saying I've not believed in dreams and visions from God," she said. "But I've never been one that's had dreams and visions from God, and, a few years ago, a friend prayed the night that I had this dream that I would hear from God on some pretty big things, pivotal things with my ministry and dream that Jesus was coming back in 10 years." At the time, Allen was tired, weary, and considering quitting. But the dream absolutely changed all of that and sparked her current journey to persist in the faith. Allen cautioned that she isn't one to predict when she believes Christ is coming back, but noted that the dream made a deep impact on her. "I have no idea when He's coming back — would never claim that, but I, I mean, I can't help that I vividly dreamed He was coming back," Allen said. "And what that did for me was just put an urgency in me and the thought of, 'What would we do if He were coming back and we knew it in now. ... If he were coming back in eight years, then what would we do and how would we live?'" The dream itself was hyper-motivating for Allen considering its contents. Watch the weekly "Newsmakers" TV show each week on CBN News Watch the weekly "Newsmakers" TV show on CBN's YouTube channel Download the free CBN News App