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Introduction
Revival, real revival, is the heart-cry of Christians all over the world. Instinctively, we know that God wants to bring revival into our personal lives, into our families, into our churches, and into our communities. Yet revival tarries in spite of the desires of God's children! The first revival in history occurred on the day of Pentecost, and scores of people took notice of God's work in the life of His people, and thousands joined them. Where before there had been timid efforts for God, and often mistakes were made, as a result of tarrying and waiting for the descent of the Holy Spirit, in a moment they became knowledgeable and fearless these early believers became effective, community-changing, witnesses. Down through the centuries since, as individuals here and there have joined others in seeking God, God has graciously honored their prayers, and taken control of them and their situations, empowered them to become knowledgeable and fearless witnesses, and time and again scores of people have been swept into a more abundant, fruit-filled, relationship with God as a result of the flood-tide movings of His Holy Spirit. Sadly, in our day, as a result of complacency—we are all guilty!—lack of knowledge, questions whether God can do it again, many of us are going on without receiving the precious gift of the Holy Spirit, and the God-promised revival that is bound to accompany the Holy Spirit's descent. This would be akin to getting into our showers in the morning, turning on the faucet and not getting any water, and deciding it was okay to have a shower without water. If this went on for a few days, we would start smelling pretty bad and people would avoid us. I say this gently, but I think many of us Christians are rather "smelly" because of the lack of seeking and receiving this spiritual refreshing, and the people in the world around us are finding a "foul" aroma instead of a sweet one. Top Revival Quotes Here are some important quotes on revival that set the stage for the remainder of the page.
"A revival of true godliness among us is the greatest and most urgent of all our needs. To seek this should be our first work...." "A revival need be expected only in answer to prayer...." "Oh for a revival that will turn the professed people of God back from their idols of sin and worldliness to serve the true and living God...." "True revivals are conditional revivals...cloudbursts of salvation, caused by the Holy Ghost, yet the precipitation is conditioned upon human compliance with certain spiritual laws...." "The revival we need is a revival of holiness, in which the consecration of the whole being is to the service of Christ...." "God will send revival when He finds a church He can trust. He will send revival when He finds a man or woman He can trust." Top Daily Revival Quotes I try to add revival quotes on an ongoing basis. I am continually reading on the subject and keep notes from the reading. As I find good quotes, I plan to share some of them here. Daily Revival Quotes Revival Subjects
Top History of Revival
The Moravian Revival
John Greenfield: Power From On High - The Abridged Text "This firm confidence changed them in a single moment into happy people which they are to this day, and into their happiness they have since led may thousands of others through the memory and help which the heavenly grace once given to themselves, so many thousand times confirmed to them since then.
Both an abridged and complete text version are available on this site. I prefer the complete text.
"They requested me to go out (to Evans' Mill) and preach. I consented; and the first time I preached I took this text: “Without holiness no man shall see the Lord.” The settlement turned out en masse; and the schoolhouse where they worshipped was filled to its utmost capacity. They could understand English well. I began by showing, what holiness is not. Under this head I took everything that they considered to be religion, and showed that it was not holiness at all. In the second place I showed what holiness is. I then showed, thirdly, what is intended by seeing the Lord; and then, why those that had no holiness could never see the Lord—why they could never be admitted to His presence, and be accepted of Him. I then concluded with such pointed remarks as were intended to make the subject go home. And it did go home by the power of the Holy Ghost. The sword of the Lord slew them on the right hand and on the left. In a very few days it was found that the whole settlement was under conviction; elders of the church and all were in the greatest consternation, feeling that they had no holiness. At their request I appointed a meeting for inquiry, to give instruction to inquirers. This was in their harvest time. I held the meeting at one o’clock in the afternoon, and found the house literally packed. People had thrown down the implements with which they were gathering their harvest, and had come into the meeting. As many were assembled as could be packed in the house. I took a position in the center of the house, as I could not move around among them; and asked them questions, and encouraged them to ask questions. They became very much interested, and were very free in asking questions, and in answering the questions which I asked them. I seldom ever attended a more interesting or profitable meeting than that...." Download Finney's Memoires Top
The Need of Revival Nancy DeMoss: Begin at My Sanctuary
"In our seeker-driven mindset, we are more worried about offending visitors than offending God. We are more concerned about people “feeling good” than about their “being right.” We want people to leave feeling good about church, about us, and about themselves--never mind that they have grossly offended a holy God and are under His condemnation and wrath!" Read more from Nancy DeMoss on revival.... HMS Richards Sr.: The World Is Ripe For Revival
"There are too many of us today, I am sure, piling up the wood and kindling. We pile it all up, just right, exactly correct. But, oh, that God might set us on fire! We need the fire. Someone says, Well, you have to be careful about emotionalism. Not in our church! Not now! You know, and I know, that some churches are so cold that you could skate down the center aisle. You know that. But why is it? It is our fault-it is my fault; it is your fault. I believe that when we are on fire little churches that are getting smaller every year-fifteen members this year, fourteen next, nine next-dying off-are going to begin to grow. They are going to catch fire. And those people who have been watching are going to come with us when they see the Lord is with us, putting away the idols, kindling the fire on the altar, and great congregations meeting to seek God." Read the rest of the sermon...
Top The Instruments of Revival Duncan Campbell: The Instruments of Revival
Further, we have a Man With A Burning Message: "Hear the word of the Lord." If man is God's agent in revival, the word is God's instrument, and that word is compared to a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces. As I have often said, that is the word we must preach with passionate, personal conviction. It is the word of the Cross, the word of separation, the word of cleansing and the word of judgment. Is there not a need today to proclaim the word of judgment? Read more of Campbells' Instruments of Revival.... Robert Evans (The Welsh Revival)
"….Within a month he felt compelled to share this message of the reality of God and the possibility of complete forgiveness of sins with his home youth group at Moriah Loughor.
Summing up the message in 4 parts, Evan pressed home to the astonished church the need to... 1. Confess all known sin 2. Deal with and get rid of anything ‘doubtful’ in one's life 3. Be ready to obey the Holy Spirit instantly 4. Confess Christ publicly By the end of the first week over 60 responded. By the end of the second week Evan had already started on a whirl-wind tour of the South Wales valleys with his team of 5 girl singers and within a year or so 100,000 converts were said to be added to the Welsh Church…." Top
Charles Finney: Why So Few Revivals?
"Now it does appear to me that we who are ministers, instead of looking abroad and searching for the fundamental difficulty beyond and out of ourselves, should see that whatever else may be an occasion of the great falling off and decline in revivals, our own spiritual state is certainly one, if not the primary and fundamental, reason of this decline. Want of personal holiness, unction, power in prayer, and in preaching the Word, the want of holy living and consecration to the work of self-denial, and energetic effort in the ministry, - these, no doubt, are the principal reasons why revivals are so few and far between, and of so superficial character at the present day." Read more of Why So Few Revivals?
Top Praying for Revival Praying for revival is fundamental to experiencing revival! Gerhard Tersteegen Gerhard Tersteegen: Praying for the Holy Spirit "When the beggar, at the door, has said, ‘Give me a morsel of bread!’ he does not immediately go away, but waits; and if he is left to stand long, he repeats his request, again and again, until he has really received what he desires. And although he be refused, yet he continues to beg, and does not move until he be attended to. So ought we also to act. We must stand at the door of God’s grace, and wait, until we have received what we ask for...." Read More Top The Conditions of Revival Duncan Campbell
Duncan Campbell: The Price & Power of Revival Is there any reason why the Church today cannot everywhere equal the Church at Pentecost? I feel that this is a question that we ought to face with an open mind and an honest heart. What did the early Church have that we do not possess today? Nothing but the Holy Spirit, nothing but the power of God. Here I would suggest that one of the main secrets of success in the early Church lay in the fact that the early believers believed in UNCTION FROM ON HIGH, AND NOT ENTERTAINMENT FROM MEN. One of the very sad features that characterizes much that goes under the name of evangelism today is the craze for entertainment. Read more of Campbell's Price and Power of Revival Duncan Campbell: God's Answer to the Cry of Unbelief MP3 Audio Sermon Duncan Campbell: Repairing the Wall MP3 Audio Sermon Top Nancy DeMoss Nancy DeMoss: Brokenness Our generation has been programmed to pursue happiness, wholeness, good feelings about ourselves, positive self-image, affirmation, and cures for our hurt feelings and damaged psyches. But God is not as interested in these ends as we are. He is more committed to making us holy than making us happy. And there is only one pathway to holiness--one road to genuine revival--and that is the pathway of humility or brokenness. Read more on Brokeness... J. Edwin Orr
J. Edwin Orr: Prayer and Revival "Dr A. T. Pierson once said, ‘There has never been a spiritual awakening in any country or locality that did not begin in united prayer.’ Let me recount what God has done through concerted, united, sustained prayer.... What do we mean by extraordinary prayer? We share ordinary prayer in regular worship services, before meals, and the like. But when people are found getting up at six in the morning to pray, or having a half night of prayer until midnight, or giving up their lunch time to pray at noonday prayer meetings, that is extraordinary prayer. It must be united and concerted." Read more on revival and prayer
Jonathan Goforth ( 1959-1936) Author, Pastor and Revivalist
Rosalind Goforth: Goforth Discovers Finney
“Again and again he read the passage over, dwelling on the parts I have italicized. So evident was his emotion, the children became hushed and gathered about us, sensing something unusual. At last, my husband said, “It simply means this: the spiritual laws governing a spiritual harvest are as real and tangible as the laws governing the natural harvest.” Then, solemnly, almost as if making a vow,-If Finney is right, and I believe he is, I am going to find out what these spiritual laws are and obey them, no matter what the cost may be.” (Read More) Top Revivalist:
Top Duncan Campbell (1898-1972) Author, Pastor, Revivalist
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Duncan Campell was a Scottish preacher who played a key role in that took place in the Scottish Hebrides, sometimes also referred to as the Lewis Awakening. He began walking witih God through the work of "pilgrims" of the Faith Mission in 1913. He later served as a pastor in other churches, but eventually returned to the Faith Mission 1949, working in Skye. Eventually Cambpell accepted a call to come to the Hebrides Islands, a call prompted by the prayers of two gaelic-speaking sisters in their 80s who had been praying for revival. Almost immediately upon arriving, God began working in a special way, and scores of people experienced spiritual renewal. As a result of his personal experience with these revival experiences, he began to speak much on the subject of revival. In later life he led a training school for the Faith Mission in Edinburgh. He was known as a man of much prayer. Duncan Campbell was outspoken on two aspects of the Holy Spirit during his ministry that caused many to come and hear him, and drove others away. The first aspect being that a true revival was a move of God that affected not only church members but the surrounding community in a way that was visible to all parties concerned (work stopping, bars closing, crime ceasing, etc). The second aspect of God he preached on was the definite experience of the baptism of the Holy Ghost subsequent to conversion, that was often seen to transform a pastor's efforts from meager to community-changing. His sermons offer much food for thought! Top Nancy DeMoss Author, Speaker of Revive Our Hearts Broadcast Nancy is the host and teacher for Revive Our Hearts, a nationally syndicated radio program for women, heard each weekday on approximately 500 outlets. Since 1980, Nancy has served on the staff of Life Action Ministries, a revival ministry, based in Niles, Michigan. Until 2001, she served as the Director Women's Ministries and as the editor of Spirit of Revival magazine. A graduate of the University of Southern California, she has written many books, including, A Place of Quiet Rest; Lies Women Believe; A Companion Guide to Lies Women Believe; 30-Day Walk with God in the Psalms; Brokenness: The Heart God Revives; Surrender: The Heart God Controls; Holiness: The Heart God Purifies; she is also the general editor of Biblical Womanhood in the Home. Top Charles Finney Famed American Revivalist (1792-1875) Charles Gradison Finney (August 29, 1792 – August 16, 1875), often called "America's foremost revivalist," was a major leader of the Second Great Awakening in America, which had a great impact on the social history of the United States. Born in Warren, Connecticut as the youngest of seven children, Finney had humble beginnings. His parents were farmers and Finney himself never attended college. However, his six foot two inch stature, piercing blue eyes, musical skill, and leadership abilities gained him good standing in his community. He studied as an apprentice to become a lawyer, but after a dramatic conversion experience in Adams, New York at the age of 29, Finney became a minister in the Presbyterian Church. Finney moved to New York City in 1832 where he pastored the Free Presbyterian Chatham Street Chapel and later founded and pastored the Broadway Tabernacle, known today as Broadway United Church of Christ. Finney's logical, clear presentation of his Gospel message reached thousands and promised renewing power and the love of Jesus. Some historians estimate his preaching led to the conversion of over 500,000 people. Finney was known for his innovations in preaching and conducting religious meetings, such as allowing women to pray in public and the development of the "anxious bench," a place where those considering becoming Christians could come to receive prayer. Finney was also known for his use of extemporaneous preaching. In addition to being a successful Christian evangelist, Finney was involved with the abolitionist movement and frequently denounced slavery from the pulpit. Beginning in the 1830s, he denied communion to slaveholders in his churches. Prior to his conversion, he had been (as most lawyers of the time were) a Freemason, but became a staunch opponent of Masonry, and wrote an extensive book attacking it, entitled "The Character, Claims, and Practical Workings of Freemasonry". In 1835, he moved to Ohio where he would become a professor, and later President of Oberlin College from 1851 – 1866. Oberlin was a major cultivation ground for the early movement to end slavery, and among the first American colleges to coeducate blacks and women with white men. His Memoires are a must read when studying revival! Top Jonathan Goforth (1859-1936)
Rosalind Goforth: Goforth Discovers Finney
The Reverend Jonathan Goforth was the first Canadian Presbyterian missionary to China with the Canadian Presbyterian Mission, with his wife, Rosalind (Bell-Smith) Goforth. Jonathan Goforth became the foremost missionary revivalist in early 20th century China and helped to establish revivalism as a major element in Protestant China missions. (Wiki) The Moravian Revival: Power From On High - The Abridged Text John Greenfield, the son of a pioneer minister who came to the United States from Denmark, was a Moravian pastor, who was widely known for his zeal in evangelism and his knowledge of Moravian hymns. He wrote this "must read" book to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the Moravian Revival (August 13, 1727). This book recounts the wonderful way that God brought the contentious Moravians into unity and the power of the Holy Spirit through prayer and the personal intervention of their leader Count Nicholas Zinzendorf.
TopJ. Edwin Orr (January 15, 1912-April 1987) was a Baptist minister, lecturer and author. Of him, Billy Graham wrote: “Dr. J. Edwin Orr, in my opinion, is one of the greatest authorities on the history of religious revivals in the Protestant world. He was influential in the Campus Crusade for Christ and was one of the five original board members of that organization. He wrote numerous books, many of them histories of evangelical revivals, and authored a number of hymns. (Wiki) HMS Richards was the found and speaker of the Voice of Prophecy broadcast. He was not only a pioneer in the field of radio, but was a deeply spiritual man who loved the Lord and brought thousands to know God through evangelistic meetings and the radio broadcast. Home | New Resources | Prayer Request | Intercessory Prayer | Victory Overcoming Temptation | Practical Christianity | Revival | Christian Witnessing | Small Groups | Total Vegetarian Recipes | Path2Prayer Blog | Path2Prayer Seminars | Books, Links | Contact Me | Site Map |
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