Jim Cymbala

Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire

Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire by Jim Cymbala is the story of how a struggling, nearly dead congregation in downtown Brooklyn was transformed by a desperate return to prayer and the power of the Holy Spirit. Cymbala, who had no formal pastoral training when he took over the Brooklyn Tabernacle in the early 1970s, tells the unvarnished story of what happens when a church stops relying on programs, personalities, and polished production — and starts crying out to God in genuine, sustained prayer. The book's central thesis is simple and searching: God is attracted to weakness, honesty, and desperation. When we stop pretending and start seeking, the Holy Spirit moves in ways that exceed anything human effort could manufacture. The Tuesday night prayer meeting at Brooklyn Tabernacle became the heartbeat of the church and a model for what the New Testament describes as authentic, Spirit-led community.