Revival helps to resuscitate spiritual life. It’s yours to receive. Friend, if we get all of these matters changed, it still would not be revival.
First, let a few Christians—there need not be many—get thoroughly right with God themselves. Kathryn S. Mathew is here! Revival is all about the Sovereign God drawing His children to Him, for His purposes. Get a sneak-peek into each new show plus daily featured articles, delivered straight to your inbox! We experience God by opening our hearts to Him as to a friend. He gave His Spirit so the believers could communicate the gospel in a way every man in every language could hear. [ClickToTweet]. “Lord, You are sovereign. God repeatedly desires for His children to become one with Him; to know His glory, to repent of our wicked ways, to enjoy heaven on earth and to walk with Him! However, from God’s perspective, He is primarily interested in restoring the relationship, fellowship and the intimacy (glory) in the garden of Eden. The problem is, so often we’re not willing to repent. Maybe you are dressed in the rags of your self-righteousness, satisfied with where you are. If this is not done, the rest, I’m sorry to say, cannot be done, and it will come to nothing. There is a great deal that we want from a Revival but the most important question that needs to be answered is what God wants from a Revival. Nineteenth-century Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon said, "Many blessings may come to the unconverted in consequence of a revival among Christians, but the revival itself has to do only with those who already possess spiritual life.
We offer sermons, sermon outlines, books, prayers, Bible studies and more on topics such as Christian living, marriage, discipleship, and spiritual growth, as taught by Tony Evans. Don’t get the idea that America has to be changed before we can have revival. You say, “Well, that’s so simple.” That’s true. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognizing you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful. This is important for us as we pray for the revival and spiritual awakening we so desperately need. – Part 12 | Revival Series, Hosting God in Your Church – The Revival Preparation – Part 13 | Revival Series, Keys to Hosting God in Your Nation – The Revival Preparation – Part 14 | Revival Series, Understanding the Supernatural Manifestations in a Revival – Part 15 | Revival Series, Revival Guidelines for Pastors and Leaders – Part 16 | Revival Series, 7 Revival Guidelines for Young People – Part 17 | Revival Series, << What is God’s Heart About Revival? Picture it in your mind. Revival is not about crime rates dropping. ABA churches have traditionally held revivals usually once or twice a year. Revival is God’s encounter to Re-new, Re-store and Re-vive the heart of man back to God.ClickToTweet Sorry, your search returned no results :(. In the New Testament, Jesus walked with all the disciples. We want You. We use cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. We want God’s mercy, but prayer without repentance is a religious farce, a smokescreen. Remember, true revival can’t begin until we recognize how desperately we need Christ to change our hearts. He had much rather forgive sin than punish sin. Yes, Revival has restored hope to ruined civilizations and cultures but that is not the ultimatum. We can sing “God Bless America,” but it’s hollow because God has taken down His hedge of protection. God had gone to extraordinary lengths to communicate to them in their native tongue one thing: the gospel. And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them. God wants to come down. Three thousand people heard, believed, and confessed their faith in immediate baptism. To the saints who’ve been chloroformed by the spirit of this age, Dr. R. A. Torrey said, “I have a theory…that there is not a church, chapel, or mission on earth where you cannot have revival, provided there is a little nucleus of faithful people who will hold onto God until He comes down. Similar events may be referred to as "crusades", most especially those formerly held by Billy Graham and Oral Roberts. We don’t have to persuade God to send revival, only permit Him to do so. The Stephen King novel, Revival, features a major character who is a revival meeting faith healer. Dr. Tony Evans is the founder and senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, founder and president of The Urban Alternative and author of over 100 books, booklets and Bible studies. My tongue is losed! Resolve today to let Him do through you the main thing He inhabits you to do in this age! So that your tongue will be loosed and empowered to tell people about Jesus. So what stands in the way of this outpouring? [©Revive Nations. (Isa. Fiery tongues. Now before you get upset, all of the above may happen in Revival but they are all the end results of God’s bride responding to His call. (... What’s the Big Deal About Revival? Building a Lasting Foundation in a Crumbling Culture.
It’s simple. PRAYER: The Most Essential Element for Reopening. Most groups holding revival meetings tend to be of a conservative or fundamentalist nature, although some are still held by Mainline groups, which formerly conducted them with a far greater frequency. The Purpose of Revival.