At a Christian university
Called Asbury
A few students
Broke with the ordinary.
When chapel ended
They stayed,
Opened their hearts
And prayed.
There soon followed
A two week parade
Of about 70,000
Who came and prayed
And stayed.
Hours seemed
Like minutes
As faces beamed
With God's glory
And the Gospel story
Came roaring to life
In human hearts
Without a program,
Keeping the focus
On the living Jesus 
And letting Him
Personally lead us.
What God did
At Asbury
Is a call
For us all
To leave our ordinary
And let Jesus
Do His extraordinary
Anywhere
And everywhere!

To be built
On Christ’s immovable rock
Of supernatural revelation
We need to set aside
The pebble of pride
And self-consideration 
And surrender our life
To God's transformation.

Christ “anamnesis”
Jesus right, here right now:
Remembrance of Jesus
Is not just a memorial
Of bread and wine
That helps to recall
What He did in the past.
It’s the heart-moving awareness
Of personally experiencing
His living presence
Working inside of you
“To will and to do
His good pleasure”
Lest you forget about
“Christ in you,
The hope of glory”
Now!

Living people
Don't need to be
Memorialized.
Jesus is alive
And present
Among us.
It's time that
We realized
He's here now
And surrendered
To His presence.

To remember Jesus
Without currently experiencing
His supernatural presence
Is to falsely memorialize Him
As someone stuck in the past.

Stir up any cooling embers
Of Christ living in you
And let Jesus do
Whatever He wants to
So His flames will last
And not fade into your past.

Jesus is here.
You can now steer
Into His presence
And let Him appear
In your heart!

If you think Jesus
Is only in the past,
You'll be always
Moving past
His present reality
Yet not noticing
His presence.

If your relationship with Jesus
Seems only to be a memory,
Check your heart
For an expiration date 
And begin to relate
Deeply and honestly
With Him again.