Revival: A Sovereign Work of God's Spirit
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"O Lord, I have heard your speech and was afraid. O Lord, revive your work in the midst of the years. In the midst of the years make it known; in Wrath remember mercy. This was a prayer of Habakkuk the Prophet. You see, the first two chapters of the book of Habakkuk give us the prophet's question and answer with God, and it's always a good thing for us to bring our questions to God and have him speak to us and get his answers." [00:01:49]
"Revival is not a week of meetings held by an evangelist. Putting up a sign and scheduling revival meetings does not mean that revival happens. I got a book in my library, and it's titled 'How to Have a Revival,' and it's filled with all kinds of helpful hints and instructions. It'll give you step by step: you do A, B, C, and D, and revival will come. But friends, it just doesn't work like that." [00:04:34]
"True revival can only happen among the church. Sometimes we'll separate the terms. We'll say there's revival among the church, there's spiritual awakening among the community. But when there is this true outpouring of the Spirit of God, a true awakening, it's an amazing thing. It's not the same thing as a good or effective evangelistic campaign." [00:07:49]
"You see what revival sees as it sees, first of all, a remarkable sense of the presence of God, both the converted and the unconverted sensitive. Secondly, there's an unusual interest in the things of God. People would rather be at church than just about anything else. Third, there's an evident urgency in getting right with God." [00:08:23]
"Revival is a broad work. Notice what it says there: it says revive your work. Brothers, and I want to speak especially to Christian workers here, I'm telling you, revival doesn't grow in the soil of congregational competition. It doesn't grow in the atmosphere where people are hungry for personal glory, for personal fame, for income or credit." [00:14:26]
"True revival is evident. That's in the phrase here in Habakkuk chapter 3 verse 2, where he says, 'In the midst of the years make it known.' Let Habakkuk long for God to do a work that was evident to everybody. Everybody could see, 'Lord, make it known in time and space.' Lord, I don't want revival to be just something that's in the history books." [00:17:52]
"True revival is a work of mercy. Do you see what he says there in verse 2 of chapter three? He says, 'In wrath remember mercy.' Habakkuk prayed knowing well that they didn't deserve revival, so he prayed for mercy. The idea is like this: 'Lord, I know we deserve your wrath, so in the midst of your wrath, would you please remember mercy and send revival among us?'" [00:24:58]
"True revival is from God. In Wrath remember mercy. The whole tenor of the prayer shows that Habakkuk relied on the power and the presence of God for revival. It was going to come from God in His mercy. It could not be from man's work of deserving or anything man would manufacture." [00:26:02]
"We are left with prayer. That's what we can do, humbly, devotedly, persistently, filled with faith. We can pray for revival. That's what Habakkuk did. Look at what it says there in chapter 3 verse 2. It begins, 'It's a prayer of Habakkuk the Prophet.' That's what he's doing. He's praying, and that's what we must do." [00:27:23]
"Every Great Awakening, every great revival has also been marked by a great spirit of Prayer. So friends, that's our simple conclusion. We simply cry out to God with our heart and we say, 'O Lord, revive your work in the midst of the years.' We want to see God do it again and again and again." [00:27:23]
"When you start to think about the great things that God has done, how he has changed the course of nations, how he has transformed cultures, how he's worked so mightily that bars and places of prostitution and corrupt criminal enterprises are shut down, not through legislature but through lack of business because people just get so right with God." [00:28:40]
"Lord Jesus, that's my prayer. I pray that you would fill us with your spirit, that you would give us a great sensitivity, and Lord, I pray that we would all be willing for you to do a deep work of cleansing in our midst. Lord, if the beginning of revival means that you have to do a deep work among us, then we say, 'Lord, we're willing.'" [00:29:44]
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"Revival is not a week of meetings held by an evangelist. Putting up a sign and scheduling revival meetings does not mean that revival happens. I got a book in my library, and it's titled 'How to Have a Revival,' and it's filled with all kinds of helpful hints and instructions. It'll give you step by step: you do A, B, C, and D, and revival will come. But friends, it just doesn't work like that." [00:04:34]
"True revival can only happen among the church. Sometimes we'll separate the terms. We'll say there's revival among the church, there's spiritual awakening among the community. But when there is this true outpouring of the Spirit of God, a true awakening, it's an amazing thing. It's not the same thing as a good or effective evangelistic campaign." [00:07:49]
"You see what revival sees as it sees, first of all, a remarkable sense of the presence of God, both the converted and the unconverted sensitive. Secondly, there's an unusual interest in the things of God. People would rather be at church than just about anything else. Third, there's an evident urgency in getting right with God." [00:08:23]
"Revival is a broad work. Notice what it says there: it says revive your work. Brothers, and I want to speak especially to Christian workers here, I'm telling you, revival doesn't grow in the soil of congregational competition. It doesn't grow in the atmosphere where people are hungry for personal glory, for personal fame, for income or credit." [00:14:26]
"True revival is evident. That's in the phrase here in Habakkuk chapter 3 verse 2, where he says, 'In the midst of the years make it known.' Let Habakkuk long for God to do a work that was evident to everybody. Everybody could see, 'Lord, make it known in time and space.' Lord, I don't want revival to be just something that's in the history books." [00:17:52]
"True revival is a work of mercy. Do you see what he says there in verse 2 of chapter three? He says, 'In wrath remember mercy.' Habakkuk prayed knowing well that they didn't deserve revival, so he prayed for mercy. The idea is like this: 'Lord, I know we deserve your wrath, so in the midst of your wrath, would you please remember mercy and send revival among us?'" [00:24:58]
"True revival is from God. In Wrath remember mercy. The whole tenor of the prayer shows that Habakkuk relied on the power and the presence of God for revival. It was going to come from God in His mercy. It could not be from man's work of deserving or anything man would manufacture." [00:26:02]
"We are left with prayer. That's what we can do, humbly, devotedly, persistently, filled with faith. We can pray for revival. That's what Habakkuk did. Look at what it says there in chapter 3 verse 2. It begins, 'It's a prayer of Habakkuk the Prophet.' That's what he's doing. He's praying, and that's what we must do." [00:27:23]
"Every Great Awakening, every great revival has also been marked by a great spirit of Prayer. So friends, that's our simple conclusion. We simply cry out to God with our heart and we say, 'O Lord, revive your work in the midst of the years.' We want to see God do it again and again and again." [00:27:23]
"When you start to think about the great things that God has done, how he has changed the course of nations, how he has transformed cultures, how he's worked so mightily that bars and places of prostitution and corrupt criminal enterprises are shut down, not through legislature but through lack of business because people just get so right with God." [00:28:40]
"Lord Jesus, that's my prayer. I pray that you would fill us with your spirit, that you would give us a great sensitivity, and Lord, I pray that we would all be willing for you to do a deep work of cleansing in our midst. Lord, if the beginning of revival means that you have to do a deep work among us, then we say, 'Lord, we're willing.'" [00:29:44]
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