Revival

At Pill Corps we are in a season when we are studying the word of God concerning revival. This is not an academic exercise but the desire to ground ourselves in the scriptures as we seek revival in our day.

Last Sunday we looked at Psalm 85 and in particular v 6 “Will you not revive us again that your people may rejoice in you?” Tomorrow we turn to Revelation 3:2 “Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of God.” The following week-end we are taking part in the Fastforward prayer initiative that has come out of the SA 24/7 Prayer network which directs us to 2 Chronicles 7:14 “If my people who are called by my name will 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.

During this week I am hoping to do a daily blog with quotes and thoughts on revival. So here goes!
At Cell Group this week we asked on a scale of 1-10 what each person’s level of faith was that revival In the UK was possible in our day. It was encouraging to see that most people were nearer to 10 than 1. Interestingly everyone had a slightly lower score when the question was changed to whether they believed revival could happen in Pill! Actually, I was encouraged at how hopeful they all were because it is always easier to believe that God can do miracles everywhere but where you are and we can all suffer at times from “ the grass is greener on the other side” syndrome.
I hope these following quotes will raise our faith level even higher.

“Evangelism, conferences, seminars, rallies, and the other activities of the Church, while important and necessary, are, however, inadequate in themselves to arrest the attention of an unbelieving world. God must come down from heaven and visit us in mighty Holy Spirit power. My personal conviction is that, in conjunction with His prepared people – He will.”Selwyn Hughes
(Revival – Times of Refreshing, p9)

Let’s get serious about being that prepared people.

And a final word from the Founder
“ God loves with a great love the man whose heart is bursting with a passion for the IMPOSSIBLE.”
William Booth

God bless

Carol