PRAY FOR REVIVAL -- GOD SEES IN THE DARK!
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SPECIFIC PRAYERS FOR REVIVAL AND SPIRITUAL AWAKENING!!
SPIRITUAL-AWAKENING
1. Ask God to bring deep conviction of
sin, spiritual brokenness, a holy fear of God and genuine repentance
among His people. There will be no revival without these elements and
only God can produce them in His people. After all we cannot program
or work up genuine brokenness and repentance. (2 Corinthians 7:10) "Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death."
2. Pray for deep cleansing, genuine
repentance, and spiritual power to engulf pastors and Christian
leaders. Revival and spiritual awakening are extremely unlikely
without a mighty move of God in pastors and Christian leaders.
Renewed pastors are absolutely crucial to a move of God in our day!
(Ephesians 6:14-20)
"14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
3. Pray for God to bestow spiritual hunger in His people and draw them to fervent intercession. God has to grant people the genuine faith and the fervent desire for prayer. With all our promotion and programming, we cannot “produce a genuine prayer movement. (Philippians 2:13) "for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose."
4. Pray that God will bring loving
unity in our churches and a deep harmony between our churches. Many
churches need healing among members and many churches need to stop
competing jealously with other churches. (John 13:35) " By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
5. Pray for God to fill His people with
a passion to see people saved. (Only God can give a genuine burden
for souls.) Until God’s people intensely pray for the lost and do
aggressive soul winning revival will tarry. Be sure you are
constantly praying for many lost people by name. (Romans 9:1-3)
"I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying, my conscience confirms it through the Holy Spirit— 2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people, those of my own race,"
6. Pray for God to give His people a
passion for missions and starting churches. Great revivals produce an
explosion of mission projects, new ministries and new church starts.
Only God can grant a genuine passion for missions. (Matthew 28:19) "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,"
7. Pray that God will call thousands
into ministry, missions and Christian service. Many churches are
dying for lack of soul winners, teachers and church workers.
Furthermore, we can start only as many churches as we have church
planters to start them. (Matthew 9:37) "Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few."
8. Pray that God will pour out His
Spirit like a mighty purifying flood. Ask God to purify our “motives
as we pray for revival. After all it is possible to pray for revival
for selfish or ambitious reasons. Our motives must be solely for: (a)
the glory of God, and (b) the increase of the kingdom of God. We must
not pray for revival just to solve our own problems or make our
church successful in the eyes of men. (James 4:2) "You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God."
9. Pray for a mighty move of conviction
and salvation upon communities of cultural influence. Some key
examples are Hollywood actors and producers, government officials,
educators, teachers, and college professors, news and media people,
talk shows hosts, comedians, homosexual activists groups, and the
music industry. (1 Timothy 2:1-2) "I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness."
10. Specifically pray for God to pour
out His Spirit in a fashion even greater than He did in America in
1858 and Wales in 1904. (Ten percent of Wales’ population was saved
in five months!) Ask God for a modern day of Pentecost in the United
States and Canada. (Mark 11:22-24; John 14:13-14.) "Have faith in God," Jesus answered. 23 "Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours."
"And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it."
(Copied
by permission from A Powerful Prayer Life by Gregory Frizzell)
Carman - Revive Us Oh Lord
Psalm 33: 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance. 13 The LORD looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men; 14 From His dwelling place He looks out On all the inhabitants of the earth,…
REVIVE US AGAIN - Contemporary Hymns
Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society
1 Peter 2: 11 Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, 14 or to governors, who are sent by h...im to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. 15 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. 16 Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves. 17 Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.
1 Peter 2: 11 Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, 14 or to governors, who are sent by h...im to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. 15 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. 16 Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves. 17 Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.
18 Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to your masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh. 19 For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God. 20 But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. 21 To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
22 “He committed no sin,
and no deceit was found in his mouth.”
23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” 25 For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
MORE TEACHINGS ON REVIVAL:
EDWARDS AND WESLEY
http://www.forerunner.com/forerunner/X0609_Revival__Edwards_and.html
KJV Dictionary Definition: revival
revived
REVI'VED, pp. Brought to life; reanimated; renewed; recovered; quickened; cheered; reduced to a metallic state.
reviver
REVI'VER, n. That which revives; that which invigorates or refreshes; one that redeems from neglect or depression.
reviving
REVI'VING, ppr. Bringing to life again; reanimating; renewing; recalling to the memory; recovering from neglect or depression; refreshing with joy or hope; reducing to a metallic state.
Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
22 “He committed no sin,
and no deceit was found in his mouth.”
23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” 25 For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
MORE TEACHINGS ON REVIVAL:
EDWARDS AND WESLEY
http://www.forerunner.com/forerunner/X0609_Revival__Edwards_and.html
KJV Dictionary Definition: revival
REVI'VAL, n. from revive.
1. Return, recall or recovery to life from death or apparent death; as the revival of a drowned person.
2. Return or recall to activity from a state of languor; as the revival of spirits.
3. Recall, return or recovery from a state of neglect, oblivion, obscurity or depression; as the revival of letters or learning.
4. Renewed and more active attention to religion; an awakening of men to their spiritual concerns.
revive
REVI'VE, v.i. L. revivisco; re and vivo, to live.
1. To return to life; to recover life.
The soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. 1Kings 17. Romans 14.
2. To recover new life or vigor; to be reanimated after depression.
When he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived. Gen. 45.
3. To recover from a state of neglect, oblivion, obscurity or depression. Learning revived in Europe after the middle ages.
4. In chimistry, to recover its natural state, as a metal.
Sin revives, when the conscience is awakened by a conviction of guilt. Romans 7.
REVI'VE, v.t.
1. To bring again to life; to reanimate.
2. To raise from languor, depression or discouragement; to rouse; as, to revive the spirits or courage.
3. To renew; to bring into action after a suspension; as, to revive a project or scheme that had been laid aside.
4. To renew in the mind or memory; to recall.
The mind has the power in many cases to revive ideas or perceptions, which it has once had.
5. To recover from a state of neglect or depression; as, to revive letters or learning.
6. To recomfort; to quicken; to refresh with joy or hope.
Wilt thou not revive us again? Ps. 85.
7. To bring again into notice.
Revive the libels born to die.
8. In chimistry, to restore or reduce to its natural state or to its metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination.
revived
REVI'VED, pp. Brought to life; reanimated; renewed; recovered; quickened; cheered; reduced to a metallic state.
reviver
REVI'VER, n. That which revives; that which invigorates or refreshes; one that redeems from neglect or depression.
reviving
REVI'VING, ppr. Bringing to life again; reanimating; renewing; recalling to the memory; recovering from neglect or depression; refreshing with joy or hope; reducing to a metallic state.
Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
Psalm 99:9 Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.
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