I still feel the weight of that night
I remember that night in Uganda with breathtaking clarity. The air was thick, electric, alive. Even now, I can close my eyes and feel the glory of God pressing down on that massive field like a heavy blanket of heaven.
We were in the middle of one of the most powerful Miracle Crusades our ministry has ever witnessed. Because of the metron and mantle God has placed on my life, we travel the nations preaching the uncompromised Gospel of Jesus Christ—not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in the raw demonstration and power of the Holy Spirit. The Gospel was never meant to be tame. It was never designed to be preached without signs, wonders, and miracles following. When you open the Book of Acts, you don’t find a powerless, polite religion. You find a church drenched in Pentecostal fire, where every sermon was accompanied by miracles, deliverances, and undeniable encounters with the living God.
Much of today’s church has settled for far less. A comfortable, culturally acceptable form of Christianity that imitates the real thing but lacks its power. It looks right on the outside but cannot deliver what a dying world desperately needs. As a young man, I made a vow before God: I would never settle for a powerless Gospel. Never. Like the Apostle Paul, I determined that the full preaching of the Gospel must include the demonstration of the Spirit and power.
That week in Uganda, we saw exactly that kind of outpouring.
In a heavily Muslim neighborhood outside Kampala—where local leaders had long claimed it was impossible to draw more than 200 people, the field exploded with over 68,000 hungry souls. They came desperate, pressing in from every direction. For days the atmosphere crackled with expectancy. Thousands lifted their hands and renounced Islam, surrendering their lives to Jesus Christ. Hundreds were dramatically delivered from demonic oppression and the clutches of witchcraft as evil spirits screamed and fled in terror. Night after night, the power of God fell with tangible force. The sick were healed. The afflicted were set free. Chains broke. Lives were transformed.
But that night was unlike any other.
As I stepped onto the platform, the presence of God was overwhelming; thick, heavy, almost tangible enough to touch. I knew angels were moving through the crowd. The glory of God rested so strongly that the very air felt charged with eternity. I preached with burning conviction from Mark 5, the powerful story of the woman with the issue of blood who pressed through the multitude just to touch the hem of Jesus’ garment. Faith was rising like a tide across that ocean of people.
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Then, under a clear and sudden inspiration of the Holy Spirit, I stopped mid-message and made a bold declaration that I had never made before:
“Every blind person here tonight—come forward! Every deaf person—come to the front right now!”
The response was immediate and overwhelming. They came in droves. Blind men and women led by family members. Deaf children clutching their mothers’ hands. Elderly saints who had suffered for decades. Young and old, they streamed toward the stage in a moving procession of faith and desperation.
One by one, I laid my hands on them and thundered with apostolic authority:
“In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, I command every deaf spirit and every blind spirit to come out! Deaf ears, open! Blind eyes, see! Now, in Jesus’ name!”
The power of God hit like lightning.
Instantly, ears that had never heard a sound suddenly popped open. Eyes clouded in darkness for years flooded with sight. One after another, right there in front of more than 68,000 witnesses, miracles exploded. The blind saw. The deaf heard. The altar became a holy chaos of joy and glory. Tumors dissolved. The lame threw away crutches and walked. Demons shrieked as they fled their victims. Wave after wave of God’s presence swept across the field. Jesus Christ was exalted, magnified, and undeniably revealed as the same miracle-working Savior He has always been.
Every single person I laid hands on that night received a miracle.
This is not ancient history. This is New Testament Christianity in action. The Book of Acts is not a beautiful but distant memory of what a handful of early believers experienced. It is a mirror—a divine blueprint—of what the Church is called to look like today. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. The resurrection power that shook that field in Uganda is the same power available to you right where you are, in this very moment.
The Kingdom of God is a supernatural Kingdom. In this Kingdom, the supernatural is not unusual—it is normal. Revival is not something we are waiting for. Revival is here.
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Bishop Chad MacDonald is the founder of Revival Fire World Ministries and carries an international apostolic mantle. He is a prophetic voice, revivalist, and author. He has also served as an adjunct professor for New Life Bible College and Norvel Hayes Ministries. With a powerful anointing that will change your life, Chad travels extensively throughout the United States and internationally. His meetings are marked by the tangible presence of God and accompanied by powerful deliverances, signs, and wonders. His heart burns to see a return to true Pentecostal power and to see the body of Christ equipped to carry the glory of God. He is the host of Voice of Revival TV and podcast. He is a graduate of World Harvest Bible College (Valor Christian College) and an ordained bishop in the City Harvest Network under the direction of Dr. Rod Parsley. A devoted husband, father of seven, and proud “Pappy” to three grandchildren, he calls Tennessee home.
