Psalm 22:27
King James Version
27 All the ends of the world shall remember
and turn unto the Lord:
and all the kindreds of the nations
shall worship before thee.
What does it take to revive a church?
JESUS, of course.
Who speaks only of GOD.
Who brings us back to GOD.
Who gives us eternal life.
With SPIRIT reminding us everything JESUS taught.
So far, this is third* in a series of articles on revival of our churches, and spirits.
All because SPIRIT led me to a Leonard Ravenhill video on preachers.
From which, two other articles were born.
This, being the third.
In that video, Ravenhill says much about revival:
Oh God,
don't let this generation pass,
without seeing your glory.
There isn't a revivalist in America today;
not one.
When revival comes,
the total environment is changed.
Weeping
is an integral part of revival.
No life
We've got the letter but no life.
We've got the words but no Spirit.
We've got the terms but no reproduction.
the word of God is alive
And now, Scripture tells us about revival.
How our sagging spirits, and churches, can be revived.
Through the TRIUNE GOD:
2 Chronicles 7:14
King James Version
14 If my people,
which are called by my name,
shall humble themselves,
and pray,
and seek my face,
and turn from their wicked ways;
then will I hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin,
and will heal their land.
Psalm 19:7
King James Version
7 The law of the Lord is perfect,
converting the soul:
the testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple.
Psalm 36:8-9
King James Version
8 They shall be abundantly satisfied
with the fatness of thy house;
and thou shalt make them drink
of the river of thy pleasures.
9 For with thee is the fountain of life:
in thy light shall we see light.
Psalm 42:1-2
King James Version
42 As the hart panteth after the water brooks,
so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
2 My soul thirsteth for God,
for the living God:
when shall I come and appear before God?
Psalm 51:1-3
King James Version
51 Have mercy upon me, O God,
according to thy lovingkindness:
according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions:
and my sin is ever before me.
Psalm 51:10-12
King James Version
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God;
and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from thy presence;
and take not thy holy spirit from me.
12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;
and uphold me with thy free spirit.
Psalm 80:3
King James Version
3 Turn us again, O God,
and cause thy face to shine;
and we shall be saved.
Psalm 85:6-7
King James Version
6 Wilt thou not revive us again:
that thy people may rejoice in thee?
7 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord,
and grant us thy salvation.
Isaiah 57:15
King James Version
15 For thus saith the high and lofty One
that inhabiteth eternity,
whose name is Holy;
I dwell in the high and holy place,
with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble,
and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Isaiah 64:1-3
King James Version
64 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens,
that thou wouldest come down,
that the mountains might flow down
at thy presence,
2 As when the melting fire burneth,
the fire causeth the waters to boil,
to make thy name known to thine adversaries,
that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
3 When thou didst terrible things
which we looked not for,
thou camest down,
the mountains flowed down
at thy presence.
Jeremiah 17:13
King James Version
13 O Lord,
the hope of Israel,
all that forsake thee shall be ashamed,
and they that depart from me
shall be written in the earth,
because they have forsaken the Lord,
the fountain of living waters.
Ezekiel 37:1
King James Version
37 The hand of the Lord was upon me,
and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord,
and set me down in the midst of the valley
which was full of bones,
Ezekiel 37:4-6
King James Version
4 Again he said unto me,
Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them,
O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones;
Behold,
I will cause breath to enter into you,
and ye shall live:
6 And I will lay sinews upon you,
and will bring up flesh upon you,
and cover you with skin,
and put breath in you,
and ye shall live;
and ye shall know
that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 37:9-10
King James Version
9 Then said he unto me,
Prophesy unto the wind,
prophesy, son of man,
and say to the wind,
Thus saith the Lord God;
Come from the four winds,
O breath,
and breathe upon these slain,
that they may live.
10 So I prophesied as he commanded me,
and the breath came into them,
and they lived,
and stood up upon their feet,
an exceeding great army.
Ezekiel 37:11-14
King James Version
11 Then he said unto me,
Son of man,
these bones are the whole house of Israel:
behold, they say,
Our bones are dried,
and our hope is lost:
we are cut off for our parts.
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them,
Thus saith the Lord God;
Behold, O my people,
I will open your graves,
and cause you to come up out of your graves,
and bring you into the land of Israel.
13 And ye shall know that I am the Lord,
when I have opened your graves,
O my people,
and brought you up out of your graves,
14 And shall put my spirit in you,
and ye shall live,
and I shall place you in your own land:
then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it,
and performed it,
saith the Lord.
Habakkuk 3:1-2
King James Version
3 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet
upon Shigionoth.
2 O Lord,
I have heard thy speech,
and was afraid:
O Lord,
revive thy work in the midst of the years,
in the midst of the years make known;
in wrath remember mercy.
Matthew 6:30
King James Version
30 Wherefore,
if God so clothe the grass of the field,
which to day is,
and to morrow is cast into the oven,
shall he not much more clothe you,
O ye of little faith?
Matthew 6:31-34
King James Version
31 Therefore take no thought, saying,
What shall we eat?
or, What shall we drink?
or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:)
for your heavenly Father knoweth
that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God,
and his righteousness;
and all these things shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow:
for the morrow shall take thought
for the things of itself.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Mark 1:15
King James Version
15 And saying,
The time is fulfilled,
and the kingdom of God is at hand:
repent ye,
and believe the gospel.
John 4:10
King James Version
10 Jesus answered and said unto her,
If thou knewest the gift of God,
and who it is that saith to thee,
Give me to drink;
thou wouldest have asked of him,
and he would have given thee living water.
John 6:35
King James Version
35 And Jesus said unto them,
I am the bread of life:
he that cometh to me shall never hunger;
and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
John 7:38
King James Version
38 He that believeth on me,
as the scripture hath said,
out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Acts 2:1-4
King James Version
2 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come,
they were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven
as of a rushing mighty wind,
and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared unto them
cloven tongues like as of fire,
and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost,
and began to speak with other tongues,
as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 3:19-21
King James Version
19 Repent ye therefore,
and be converted,
that your sins may be blotted out,
when the times of refreshing shall come
from the presence of the Lord.
20 And he shall send Jesus Christ,
which before was preached unto you:
21 Whom the heaven must receive
until the times of restitution of all things,
which God hath spoken
by the mouth of all his holy prophets
since the world began.
2 Corinthians 5:17
King James Version
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ,
he is a new creature:
old things are passed away;
behold,
all things are become new.
Galatians 5:16
King James Version
16 This I say then,
Walk in the Spirit,
and ye shall not fulfil
the lust of the flesh.
Ephesians 5:14
King James Version
14 Wherefore he saith,
Awake thou that sleepest,
and arise from the dead,
and Christ shall give thee light.
James 4:8-10
King James Version
8 Draw nigh to God,
and he will draw nigh to you.
Cleanse your hands, ye sinners;
and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep:
let your laughter be turned to mourning,
and your joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord,
and he shall lift you up.
John 6:35
King James Version
35 And Jesus said unto them,
I am the bread of life:
he that cometh to me shall never hunger;
and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
Revelation 22:17
King James Version
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come.
And let him that heareth say, Come.
And let him that is athirst come.
And whosoever will,
let him take the water of life freely.
The revived church is the humble church.
A humbled, and repentant church.
Realizing, only through JESUS can we accomplish anything worthy.
John 15:5
King James Version
5 I am the vine,
ye are the branches:
He that abideth in me, and I in him,
the same bringeth forth much fruit:
for without me ye can do nothing.
*Other articles to the series:
SPIRIT-filled ministers
GOD is HOLY
Related material:
A PERSONAL approach
LIVING WATERS
The LIVING GOD
SPIRIT of GOD
WORD of GOD
JESUS
Video:
"To the Preacher" - The Idolatry of Intelligence, by Leonard Ravenhill
A Real Revival | Doug Batchelor
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