Weekend, November 14, 2020 If We Want to See a Revival... "Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?" (Psalm 85:6 nkjv). A revival is a spiritual awakening. And though we can't bring about a revival in our own strength, we can prepare the way for one. I was around for the last great spiritual awakening, the Jesus Revolution of the late 1960s and early 1970s. And I can identify five things we did regularly. (1) We went to church with a sense of expectancy. In other words, no one ever came late to church, because we were there to meet with the Lord and worship Him. Yes, we need anointed preaching today, but we also need anointed listening. That means going to church and listening to God's Word with expectation. (2) We participated in heartfelt worship. Back then, contemporary Christian worship was effectively coming alive before our very eyes. We sang simple choruses, usually Scripture set to music, and we engaged in genuine, whole-hearted worship. (3) We had a hunger for the Bible. The Bible was taught in all of our church services, not merely referenced. We studied it, and we consumed it. When we're doing well spiritually, we'll be hungry for the Bible every day. We need to start every day with the Word of God. |
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