Author Archives: Steve Hankins, Th.D.

“if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray” (2 Chronicles 7:14, ESV) “You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.” (James 4:2–3, ESV) Revival tarries because churches have ceased the most powerful workContinue reading “Prayerless Churches are Dying Churches”

“if my people who are called by my name humble themselves” “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” (Proverbs 16:18, ESV) Pride is the antithesis of humility. It is a problem with which every believer and every church struggles. Those who say they do not are filled with the very problemContinue reading “Pride Kills Revival”

“if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14, ESV) After construction of the Temple, Solomon prayer of dedication. Knowing that the peopleContinue reading “Where Does Revival Start”

“Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting. The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” (Psalm 147:1–3, ESV) Even believers do occasionally sin. God has providedContinue reading “Healing the Brokenness”

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” (John 10:10–11, ESV) (Please note that for the next few days I may not be able to connect withContinue reading “Christ Made Revival Possible for All”

“For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.” (Isaiah 57:15,Continue reading “Revival Is Heaven Sent”

“And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.” (Matthew 24:12, ESV) “Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,” (1 Timothy 4:1, ESV) “Just as it was in the days of Noah, soContinue reading “The Need for Revival”

This post is both a test and an introduction to a new series of devotions dealing with revival. It is a topic that needs attention by all the churches. The lord put it on my heart some time back and I decided to do this as soon as I completed the discussion on 1 &Continue reading “Revival”