“For a long time I have held my peace; I have kept still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in labor; I will gasp and pant.” (Isaiah 42:14, ESV) When I was a boy, I remember watching the cartoons in the morning. One of the cartoons we watched was PopeyeContinue reading “Enough Is Enough”
Tag Archives: Revival
When Revival Happens
In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up (Isaiah 6:1) Revival or spiritual renewal occurs when believers and churches experience a special manifestation of the Lord. There are many such experiences in the Bible. It happened in Isaiah’s call to the ministry, in TheContinue reading “When Revival Happens”
Roadblocks and Detours
“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) There are five roadblocks to revival implied in these verses. Revival tarries becauseContinue reading “Roadblocks and Detours”
About Face
“if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways” (2 Chronicles 7:14, ESV) “For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.” (2 Corinthians 7:10, ESV) One thing that causes revival to tarryContinue reading “About Face”
Prayerless Churches are Dying Churches
“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”
Pride Kills Revival
“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”
Where Does Revival Start
“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”
Healing the Brokenness
“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”
Christ Made Revival Possible for All
“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”
Revival Is Heaven Sent
“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”
Renewing the Heart 