Our readings in this series are from the book, Revived! Here is a brief excerpt from pages 24, 25:
“Revival is a work of God beginning in the soul. As our psalmist prayed,
Let my soul live, and it shall praise You;
And let Your judgments help me.
“Revival is the work of God’s Word and Spirit, as Jesus reminded us in John 6.63: ‘It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.’ If we want revival – and that is an if we still need to decide – then we must look to God, learn His will and ways, embrace His ends and means, and take up the activities He commands for revival to ensue.“This means we must look to His Word for the meaning of revival and the way God prescribes for us to achieve it. Throughout Psalm 119, the psalmist pleads with God to do the work of revival, crying, over and over, ‘Revive me!’ If we are to be revived, and to know and sustain a marked improvement in our relationship with God, and greater fruitfulness in His calling, then God must do it. He must show us what revival is. He must impress upon us the need for revival. He must create such a desire for this great work in us that we will ‘give Him no rest’ until He brings the blessings of revival to us.”
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T. M. Moore
