After many “Wake Up!” calls on this blog over several years, together with increasing global calls recently from prophetical voices, this prophetic word from the Lord is now received by leading intercessors, as shown by this Emmaus Road church video and replayed at 3Counties Vineyard church on Pentecost Sunday.
Pete Greig is the ‘bewildered founder of the 24-7 Prayer movement, an award-winning author of nine books, and a co-host of the much-loved daily devotional Lectio365 used by 330,000 people’ [Bio here].
‘20,131 viewsJun 2, 2025 – Statistics and news articles are confirming that the Lord is moving in our midst. Pete unpacks a powerful prophetic word calling us to wake up—to rise from spiritual slumber and respond to the Spirit’s urgent invitation for personal and corporate awakening.’
Here’s my edited extract (emphases mine) of the transcript with Pete’s introduction to prophecy and to Benjamin Downing’s recounting what he’d heard the Lord telling him:
“Whatever this quiet revival means I can tell you for a fact, it’s not starting out there somewhere; it’s got to start in here in me, in you, with a revival in our own relationships with Jesus. You want to catch the wave (so) make sure the quiet revival is happening in your own heart right now…
In Emmaus Road we seek to be a Christ-centred, mission-minded and spirit-led community and that means that we try to be open to the interruptions of the Holy Spirit. Sometimes he’s in the structures and the plans but sometimes you know he’s like
the wind, he’s like fire, he surprises us and that’s why this evening we are going to do things a little bit differently.
A few months ago a much loved member of this church Benjamin Downing came to me saying I think God has spoken to me and he had received a prophetic word that you’re going to hear in a moment. When he shared it with me all I can say is it felt weighty.
So, the majority of prophetic words are as the apostle Paul says in 1 Corinthians 14 they’re for the encouragement, the strengthening, the up-building of the church and you know they they bring some edification. That’s fantastic. But every now and then God speaks in a way that feels more than that; it feels substantial and directive and you know, you can tell that really by three things:
Firstly, the circumstances in which the word is received;
Secondly, the context into which it speaks and,
Thirdly, the confirmation that the word elicits, the circumstances in which uh the word is received.
You’re going to hear that it is really very supernatural how Benjamin received this.
The context: well I think as you hear, it will say “Yep that relates exactly to our current cultural moment and maybe things you’re experiencing in your own lives.”
And confirmation: I can tell you that since Benjamin shared this word uh with me a number of people have received similar, you know, prophetic senses from the Lord without consulting with each other.
And so that always makes me sit up and take notice. As elders we’ve talked and prayed and, “Yeah we really feel like God is saying this to the church.”
So this is a significant moment because we want to just kind of release this word into the church.
Benjamin’s going to share it then I’m going to wrap a little scripture around it and then we’re going to give an opportunity for those who’d like to do so to respond personally and for us to respond corporately as a church….”
[Benjamin]
“A few months ago I was woken by an audible voice which is not something that happens all the time – unless my wife’s waking me up, (who) on this occasion was 12,000 miles away…
So about 5:00 in the morning this audible voice said, “Wake up!”And so I was startled by because it was such a clear voice; so I jumped into my spiritual action and ran downstairs thinking “I’ve got to answer the door, it must be someone at the front door – no one’s there, it’s 5:00 in the morning, it’s it’s a Sunday.”… I go back to bed and think okay I’m just going to pray maybe that was not something of God.
So I just prayed and kind of rested in that and thought “I wonder what that was about?”
I came to church, which was logistics in itself, and during the service and those hours after, I realized that God was trying to say something specific about that ‘wake up’ for me. I then also walked forward after the service and Pete actually had the privilege of praying that as I wept and as I spoke out I just felt that God was challenging me.
As Pete says – he’s often really encouraging in my life – but He’s, God’s challenging me to say “You’re sleepwalking through this life, you’re sleepwalking through it and you need to wake up! You’re waking up…you’re busy with life…with distractions… with purchasing stuff – all of these things. You need to wake up because every morning I’m sitting in your room and you’re walking past Me, you’re walking past Me. I want to be part of your life, want to speak in relationship with you and over those coming days and weeks.”
It was about 60 days in the end of just saying every time the urge to purchase something or get on the BBC news channel or whatever, it was just suppressing that and saying “Lord what is it you want to speak?” And he’s like, “I’ve got words for you I’ve got plans for you and you’re not listening.”
So in those times it was really really stark and yet he says “I just want your attention i just want you to change and so wake up!”and actually the thing that’s done for me is actually just allow me to create time every day where I’m trying to slow it down, where I’m trying to be attentive not to the words of news or sport or whatever, but actually to my life and where God’s speaking, challenging at times about purity and holiness; but also just about this idea of don’t just fall back into ways and habits and normal things of life…”
[Applause – Pete] “Benjamin, I think the Holy Spirit is saying to many of us in this room as individuals and people who are watching online and I think He’s saying actually to this church at this time; “Wake up!” When someone hears the audible voice of God we should wake up, we should sit up and say, “Hang on what’s that about?” And I want to say to you very clearly, I don’t think that you know that God’s angry – this isn’t a rebuke. I think God is urgent – there’s that sense of “wake up, don’t miss this moment!”
So let’s turn to the scriptures together…” Ephesians 5 (8mins time-stamp):
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth)10 and find out what pleases the Lord.11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.12 It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light.14 This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
The next post continues with illustrated notes of the teaching points and links to over a dozen “Wake up!” postings during the past ten years…
7 thoughts on ““WAKE UP! You’re sleepwalking past Me!””
Richard do you recall this dream from October of 2018?
Awaken The Sleeping Giant
I had a dream just before awakening the morning of October 28, 2018. In the dream I saw a seashore and I recognized it being the southeastern United States. As I was looking at the seashore, I saw many horsemen coming up out of the sea. In their left hand was a Bible and in their right was a sword. The word I heard spoken was, “awaken the sleeping giant”.
It is my opinion that the Lord is about to send warriors to the United States to awaken the sleeping giant.
On the morning of 06/04/22025 the Lord dropped into my spirit that the sword in my dream had a name. The name given to the sword was provocation. It is my belief that the sword is meant to provoke the sleeping giant, i.e., the church to awaken from its slumber
this relates to 2 videos I’ve watched about 4 times over the last few months, including last night. In them, Rhema Trayner, expands on the wake up needed. They’re titled “The gods of the church” and “Dethroning the Queen of heaven”
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Richard do you recall this dream from October of 2018?
Awaken The Sleeping Giant
I had a dream just before awakening the morning of October 28, 2018. In the dream I saw a seashore and I recognized it being the southeastern United States. As I was looking at the seashore, I saw many horsemen coming up out of the sea. In their left hand was a Bible and in their right was a sword. The word I heard spoken was, “awaken the sleeping giant”.
It is my opinion that the Lord is about to send warriors to the United States to awaken the sleeping giant.
On the morning of 06/04/22025 the Lord dropped into my spirit that the sword in my dream had a name. The name given to the sword was provocation. It is my belief that the sword is meant to provoke the sleeping giant, i.e., the church to awaken from its slumber
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Have copied as separate item to my Facebook and Telegram. Thanks for reminding me as I’d liked it.
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I believe what the US is experiencing currently is provocation.
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It sure is pre-planned, paid deliberate provocation Tony.
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I found it interesting that the sword would be named in 2025
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this relates to 2 videos I’ve watched about 4 times over the last few months, including last night. In them, Rhema Trayner, expands on the wake up needed. They’re titled “The gods of the church” and “Dethroning the Queen of heaven”
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