Prayer for Revival by Ian Milmine [36]

Revival prayers by Ian Milmine [36]

We are coming to the end of our series of talks on revival. What have we learnt throughout this series? Well, if God has quickened you to feel a greater urge to pray for revival I shall feel part of the job has been done. As we saw some weeks ago, the prayer of a Christian who sees the need in his own heart and the great need around him should be: “Lord, give me a hungry heart.” Jesus said, “Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled” (Matthew 6:6). It is those who seek God with all their heart who find Him, Jeremiah tells us in chapter 29:13. It is in this seeking of God with all our hearts where a personal revival can begin.

The second important lesson that I hope has been brought home to your heart is the feeling of the need of the world of those who are unsaved around us. We were reminded that the shortest and yet one of the most powerful Scripture in the Bible is the one that simply says, “Jesus wept.” If God in human flesh wept, then we’ll also weep when we understand His heart. One of the trademarks of every time of true revival ever recorded is the gathering of people to weep in brokenness and repentance over their sins, and the blatant sin of the world around. Why? Because sin hurts the heart of God.

The third important lesson that I have tried to put across is that revival requires us to pay a price. The Holy Spirit will ask us to abandon sins, pastimes and practices that had seemed reasonably legitimate before His quickening of our souls. I know of no revival that hasn’t been accompanied by a deep sense of guilt, a repentance of sin, and a puting right of wrongs, followed by a wonderful experience of the peace that is available throught the precious blood of Jesus. The question is, do Christians today really want revival? Are they prepared to accept the alteration to their lives and daily routines that revival will surely bring? Or is this all too much for us comfortable XXi century Western Christians?

We have seen therefore that revival begins in the Church, by bringing backslidden Christians to repentance and a new beginning of obedience to God. And our challenge to God’s people, in the words of the apostle Paul is, “It is time to wake up from our slumber!”. Illustrations from people God used as instruments of revival sowed us that God can work revival through just one individual who is totally committed to Him, hungering for revival, and willing to pay the price in his or her obedience to the revival covenant.

And then we have seen the wonderful effects a revival can produce upon society at large – falling crime rates, abandonement of drunkennes, reconciliation among communities, and solution to the many social ills that our society today is unable to cope with; why? because they are primarily spiritual in nature.

Don’t you long for revival in our midst today? I do, and I trust this series has been helpful to you. God bless and revive us all!

Prayer for Revival by Ian Milmine [35]

Revival prayers by Ian Milmine [35]

I want to complete this series of talks on revival by taking a brief look at the kind of things that happen as a result of revival, that is, the effects of revival. In particular, looking at the effects of the Welsh revival of 1904, which are well documented. These effects go far beyond the realm of what may be seen as exclusively “spiritual”. For instance, the huge drop in the crime rate in some areas of Wales made the police and the courts almost redundant, as the prisons emptied. A correspondent for the Liverpool Daily Post reported in December 1904 that there had been no arrests for drunkenness since the revival had started. In the South Wales ports the magistrates were through with their daily business in a fraction of the usual time, private quarrels and assaults had become practically nil.

Bitter divisions in some communities were miraculously healed. For instance one of the South Wales mining journals of the time – The Iron and Coal Trades Review – tells of the bitter feuds that had existed between unionised and non-unionised miners – often they would refuse to share the same cage to descend down to the mines, and would only speak to each other in cursing. By 1905, however, the Journal tells how the revival put an end to this fighting, as these men met together for prayer, all joining in together. The same Journal refers to the loss of their drinking habits saying, “They go home at night sober men without touching a drop of beer or spirits, and, before commencing their work in the morning many of them join together in prayer.” The employers spoke highly of improved productivity.

One N.S.P.C.C. inspector spoke of the effect the revival had on the miss-treatment of children in the mining valleys of Glamorgan. Homes that he had under observation for some time, including some where he had contemplated prosecution, had undergone a complete transformation. He no longer had them under observation, and children were not only now well treated, but better cleaned and dressed. Whereas he had been forced to prosecute in his district at the rate of two a month, since the revival there had been no prosecutions.

To these wonderful effects on society that the Welsh revival had, can be added the loss of interest in worldly pleasures, including football match attendance, dance halls, public houses and the likes, many of which were forced to close. On the other hand, the Bible Society reported a tripling of the sale of Bibles in Wales. The repayment of long-standing debts by those who had been convicted by the Holy Spirit, the fostering of fellowship among denominations by exchange of pulpits and other means, where previously there had been discord and hostility, were other effects of the revival.

Thus, what legislation and organization throughout the years could not accomplish was achieved in a matter of weeks in many of the Welsh districts. Praise God, He can affect change in men’s hearts to such an extent that it affects the life of their whole community! O that we should again see a visitation of God such as occurred in Wales in the early 1900′s!

Let us earnestly pray to that end.  God bless and revive us all!

Prayer for Revival by Ian Milmine [34]

Revival prayers by Ian Milmine [34]

“Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?” , are the words of the Psalmist in Psalm 85:6. Surely this needs to be the prayer of every godly man or woman who longs for the glory of God to be seen among His people. Jesus said He had come to give us life, and give it to the full. Yet so many Christians today appear to be quite happy to go around half empty, living their daily lives with no real care for the level of their spiritual petrol tanks. If we are ever to see once again an awakening of our nation to the reality of God’s power, [grace and holiness,] then we must begin by earnestly emulating the Psalmist in his prayer for our own revival.  [We must desire God's revival in our own hearts, and in our own local church fellowships first of all.]  Only then can we expect the fullness of which our Lord spoke, and only then can we expect it to spread like wildfire to others.

Are you praying for revival? Are you prepared to use the words of the Psalmist and to beseech God for His awakening and reviving touch? Don’t we long for the day when God’s people can rejoice in Him, as the Psalmist says? We want the happiness, the joy, the rejoicing with a carefree heart, but this fullness that the Lord Jesus spoke of requires first that we go to Him in earnest prayer for the revival of our souls. Every man or woman God has ever used has been a person of prayer. They have learned to agonize, to pour out their souls before the Lord, and to listen to Him as He responds. God’s reply may entail paying a price. There is always a price to pay for revival. It may be the sacrifice of time to spend more in prayer; it may be the sacrifice of certain things or habits or entertainments; it may be meeting together with certain people who God leads you to minister with; it may entail repentance of some sin, or the apology to someone you know you have harmed.

Recently, as I prayed for revival in my own life, the Holy Spirit lead me to write a letter to a Christian brother – it was a letter that should have been written many years ago. I could not feel peace until I got this done. As we begin praying for revival, the Lord will no doubt show us that there is a lot of clutter in our lives that stops Him from using us fully to His glory. It’s here where our revival has to start. And it is God’s glory that is at the heart of the matter, not our own often petty, selfish agendas. Our Lord tells us clearly to “seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto us”. If we seek [God's glory first and foremost, if we seek] a personal revival in order that our lives should be honouring to Him, then God will see to it that our hearts are filled with joy, and that all things needed are given to us day by day.

“Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee”, is the Psalmist’s heartfelt prayer. Let’s make it our own, and ask Him to help us to follow the promptings of the Holy Spirit as He reveals to us the steps we need to take. I do trust these thoughts can help you to understand how to direct your own prayers for revival.

Prayer for Revival by Ian Milmine [33]

Revival prayers by Ian Milmine [33]

Last week we we asked the question, “When is a revival needed?”. We looked at some of the conditions the great evangelist Charles Finney pointed to that indicated the need for revival. Those conditions are prevalent today – today we need revival!

This week we shall resort to Finney again to consider the indications that might prelude the coming of a revival. I’d like to mention 6 of the signs that Finney mentions as possible indications that a revival is on the way. What are they? First, when the wickedness of the wicked grieves and humbles and distresses Christians, driving them to prayer for the unsaved. Now this is happening amongst small groups around Britain today that are meeting regularly for prayer for God to send His revival grace to save lost sinners. In spiritually darkened France, recently over 1000 churches and prayer groups have been meeting for 40 days to beseech God to send a spiritual change to that nation. So Christians are being driven to prayer.

Second, a revival may be expected when Christians are driven to have a spirit of prayer for revival, when their hearts are set on nothing less; when they begin to lay hold on God for such blessing as this and will not let Him go until He sends refreshing. More and more Christians that I meet are feeling this way and praying in this direction. Thirdly, another sign given by Finney indicating that revival may be expected is when preachers are directed to preach most particularly towards the conversion of sinners, and towards the necessity of a spiritual awakening among the congregation, then revival can be at the doorsteps. I must say that I do not see signs of this happening with any regularity in the churches in Britain today.  [Mostly the preaching is somewhat trivial, and even when there is good Bible instruction it seems mostly to be intended to feed the mind rather than lead people to ACT, to get right with God. So, if we want to see a revival, we may need to pray that God will send uncompromising preachers, who preach the wages of sin and the power of God's grace to save through Jesus.]

Fourthly, says Finney, a revival may be expected when Christians begin to confess their sins one to another. This entails being broken down by the Spirit of God and being led to apologise and make confession to one another. Again I do not see this happening in our British churches in any major way. The Spirit of God has work to do in us before revival can be expected. Fifth, a revival may be expected whenever Christians are willing to make the necessary sacrifices. They must be willing to sacrifice their time, their feelings, their business, their sleep, their pastimes, everything to help forward God’s work. If this is a condition for revival, then God will have to work very considerably upon our natural love of comfort and relaxation.

Lastly, a revival can be expected when ministers and leaders are willing to let God promote it by whatever instrument He wishes, even if they do not have control of it. In most British churches today, even in the newer independent churches, there is usually a strong leadership that is very keen to exercise control. Don’t get me wrong, order and proper organisation is important, but if this stops God from taking overall control then something is wrong.

I do trust Finney’s observations can help you to understand how to direct your own prayers for revival.

Prayer for Revival by Ian Milmine [32]

Revival prayers by Ian Milmine [32]

Last week we asked the question, when is revival needed? The answer given by Leonard Ravenhill was, it is needed when Christians have lost their first love, their concern for the lost, and when prayer is relegated to a secondary part of personal and church life. The great evangelist Finney adds further elements that indicate the need for revival in the church. These are:

1) When there is a want of brotherly love, when there are dissensions and jealousies and evil gossip among Christians. Is there not gossip in our churches today, is there not a hostile attitude towards some members by others? If we are not genuinely concerned for building each other up, then revival is needed.

2) When there is a worldly spirit in the church. When Christians begin to conform to the standards of the world, or when they allow their hearts and minds to become enslaved to the world’s amusements, so that they have not the time or energy for the things of God, then revival is needed.

3) When the church finds its members falling into sins that give God’s enemies occasion for reproach. With what sadness we see the falling away of once keen Christian people – even leaders – into adulterous relationships, divorce, same sex intimate relationships, and many other vices that fall short of God’s standard. Surely it is time for revival!

4) When the wicked triumph over the church and revile the Christian Gospel. As is the case so obviously today where Christians are seen as oddities, as hindering the progress of society. When the world looks upon the Christian church in this way, revival is needed.

5) When sinners are careless and stupid, sinking into hell unconcerned. It is time for the church to stir itself and awake to proclaim the gospel. For today it is not only that people are unconcerned, many no longer know of the reality of hell. Finney compares the church’s responsibility with that of the fire brigade. If there is a major fire in the city, and the firemen were to sleep through it and not put out the fire, we would all blame them. And yet their guilt would not compare to our guilt as Christians who sleep while sinners around are sinking blindly into hell.

Yes, revival is needed, it is desperately needed. In fact it is true to say that if we do then seek the Lord for His mercies, we must accept His judgment upon sins! We are standing at a crossroads. If God does not send revival, He will have to send judgment. We can, and we must, lay hold of the horns of the altar and give God no rest until He manifests Himself once again in mighty revival power.

Oswald.J. Smith recalls a time of intense evangelism during a six week period, while he was pastor of Dale Presbyterian Church, Toronto. Night after night without a single break, they spent every moment in prayer [They would get up in the morning, go to the prayer room, and pray in turn, with fasting, all day long. They would spend half the nights in prayer, never losing an opportunity to gather in prayer.] Each public holiday, they saw to it that the entire day was spent in fasting and prayer. As a result, God came down in mighty revival power, and without any inviting or coaxing, men and women found their way to the altar and gave themselves to the Lord Jesus Christ. No wonder there was deep conviction! No wonder souls were saved!

We will never prevail with God and we will never see revival until we know how to travail in prayer. May God call us to prayer, the kind of prayer that usshers in revival!

Prayer for Revival by Ian Milmine [31]

Revival prayers by Ian Milmine [31]

Will revival come? What will it be like? What will it cost? When do we need revival? Leonard Ravenhill suggests that we need revival when three things are lacking:
1) we have lost our first love, 2) lost our burden for the unsaved, 3) lost our concern for prayer.

1 What about our first love? Do you remember how you felt when you were first saved? The Christian life was exciting – the hymns, the choruses, [the preaching of God's Word. It was thrilling to take part in evangelism. What a joy to be able to do something for Jesus!] You loved to read his Word, to pray, you couldn’t wait to get to the next service. And, what about today? Do you still feel that thrill, does God still mean more to you than life? Or has that first love died and your Christianity become commonplace? Snug in our little nests, comfortable amid our surroundings, we XXI century Christians hold our services, preach our sermons and take our classes, with very little thought for the wider vision of God’s purposes. Acknowledging our need will be the first step in restoring our vision and leading us on the road to revival. Every time there has been a revival it is because people living in the midst of a dormant and ineffective church have caught a vision of the will of God.  [They believed the Bible from cover to cover, they acted on it and saw God at work.]

2 What about our burden for the unsaved? We live in a world crippled with misery, hate and unrest, yet generally we Christians show great concern for our own lives while all around us people are perishing. What about the loved ones who we know are destined for hell unless we share the message of salvation with them? Somehow our faith has become compromised – it seems the world has convinced us that eternal punishment for those who die in their sins can’t really exist and, as a result, our testimony have become diluted and weak. So our Christianity has become hedonistic, with the emphasis on our own joy and happiness. A burden for the unsaved was the normal New Testament experience. The early church saw people being added daily, because every Christian was an evangelist with a burden for the lost. When that is missing, our Christianity is subnormal and we need revival.

3 Then what about our concern for prayer? God makes it plain that he wants his people to pray. James says, ‘You do not have because you do not ask. The early Christians spent ten days before Pentecost in prayer. After Pentecost they continued praying daily. They give us a clear example when it comes to persistent, believing prayer. When there was a special need, for instance, when Peter was in prison, they prayed. No wonder there was such a growth of the early church throughout the known world. What about today? I suspect that many of our weekly or monthly prayer meetings are mere formalities, attended by a very small proportion of the church members. Prayer is not the moving power house of the church, it just a small addition that is given little prominence. No wonder we need revival!

Yet it is exciting to see and hear of God leading some of His people to make prayer the priority again. All over the world, more and more of God’s people are crying to Him for an outpouring of his Spirit in this late hour. Is revival around the corner?

Prayer for Revival by Ian Milmine [30]

Revival prayers by Ian Milmine [30]

Perhaps the best way to describe what a revival is, is to say that it is the “renewal of the first love in Christians, which results in non-Christians being awakened to their sin and need of God”.

A revival, therefore, begins in the Church, by bringing backslidden Christians to repentance and a new beginning of obedience to God. Pride or self-righteousness, the number one obstacle to revival, must be broken down, and the Spirit of the Lord must work a new humility in the heart of the Christian, a humility born out of deep sorrow for sin and failure in Christian duty and service. But revival doesn’t stop among Christians; with it comes the beginning of a new zeal and devotion to Christ and the proclamation of His gospel, resulting in great salvation of those previously unsaved, many of them formerly hostile to the Gospel.

Thus revival brings to Christians a renewal of their faith and commitment to Christ. Most great missionary movements have had their birth in revival. While Christians are backslidden, they are blind and unconcerned as to the state of the lost; their hearts are hard and unmoved. The truths of the Bible are evident on paper, but have not impregnated their consciences with the burning realities of eternity. Doubts rather than faith are the norm. Furthermore, the concerns of the world, its distractions and interests become a daily focus of the backslidden Christian’s life. But, with the onset of revival, the lure and charm of the world and sin upon Christians is broken; they begin to have a foretaste of heaven and a new desire after God and His kingdom. Consequently revived Christians no longer see the unsaved as trees walking, they see them as sinners in desperate need of salvation, and so are led to labour zealously to bring others to Christ.

When Christians and churches are thus awakened, the salvation and reformation of sinners will follow – as a result, the very society in which they live will be changed! Now I have said time and again that revival – the kind of revival that blows through entire communities, even nations, is a sovereign act of God. But we can, as God’s people, prepare ourselves for revival. Indeed, we should. This is how the apostle Paul puts it in Romans, chapter 13, verse 11 onwards: “The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber…, let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of light. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature.”

A backslidden church is a slumbering church. It is time to wake up! Let us begin by coming to the Lord in prayer, beseeching Him to forgive us and to awaken us. This is our greatest need!

Prayer for Revival by Ian Milmine [29]

Revival prayers by Ian Milmine [29]

The reign of Solomon was one of great prosperity and national pride. All Israel felt strong, wealthy and secure. So much so that the Bible makes this comment: “During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, lived in safety, every man under his own vine and fig-tree”. Sadly, however, the seeds of division, moral corruption and national weakness were being sown at that very time by Solomon himself. His huge number of wives and concubines, [taken from the nations that God had specifically prohibited the Israelites to inter-marry,] soon introduced their idol worship to Israel, leading the king away in his old age. The people were quick to follow.

At Solomon’s death, the kindom divided. In the North, Jeroboam the king actually led Israel into idol worship, erecting 2 temples and golden calves for the people to worship. The South, weak under Rehoboam, had to put up with the Egyptians coming and ransacking the Temple. How quickly a mighty kingdom had fallen to its knees! Notice, the cause was spiritual! Although an improvement was seen in the Southern kingdom of Judah when Asa became king, in the North, some sixty years after the split, probably the worst king of all, Ahab and his wicked Queen Jezebel, came to power.  [Until then Israel had paid lipservice to the worship of Jehovah, whilst all the time both tolerating then practicing more and more idolatry.]  Under Jezebel, a concerted effort was made to eliminate worship of the true God altogether, a crusade that was carried to the kingdom of Judah by her equally fanatical daughter Athalia, who married king Jehoram.

However, it was during this time of despair, particularly for the 7000 Israelites who had not practised idolatry, that God raised up a mighty prophet – Elijah, who was followed by Elisha. So when God showed His power with fire from heaven, Baal worship suffered a terminal defeat, and this particular idolatry was banished from the land shortly after by king Jehu. Notice how Elijah prepared Elisha, and Elisha prepared a whole school of future servants of God. The present was bleak, but these prophets were looking to the future, [doing what God led them to do.]  Our times here in Britain may be spiritually bleak, idolatry plagues not only the land but has even penetrated the churches. However, we must do what God has commissioned us to do at this time; we must be faithful.

There were 3 times of national revival in the Southern kingdom of Judah, under kings Joash, Hezekiah, and Josiah. In fact Judah was delivered from certain national disaster when King Hezekiah led the nation in prayer and fasting. Not disimilar to king George VI’s leading Britain in national days of prayer during WW2, as a result of which real miracles took place!

Sadly, Israel was carried into captivity, followed by Judah. But this national disaster had to occur for God’s people to turn away from idolatry for good. Never again has idolatry been introduced amongst the Israelites! Sometimes great calamity is the only way for people to turn their backs on sin and idolatry. God’s chastisement can be a way to revival! What will be God’s next step upon Britain? To raise up a prophet like Elijah, or like Wesley, or to allow national disaster to lead us to repentance? Or will the return of Christ find this nation proud, sinful and corrupt? Let those who know their Lord be faithful in prayer and service!

Prayer for Revival by Ian Milmine [28]

Revival prayers by Ian Milmine [28]

Looking at the state of the nation around us, there must be many good Christian people who have been praying for revival, who genuinely wonder whether God will ever have mercy on this land again. Have we not strayed too far? Certainly that could be argued! What right do we have to expect God to send a revival? The answer is NONE whatsoever! But this does not mean we should not persevere in prayer, that we should not ask, seek and knock on the door of God’s grace.

The great 18th century Wesleyan revival came at a time when the nation was in many ways as morally perverted and lapse as it is to day. Gambling, drunkenness and sexual orgies were as widespread if not more so. Young children and youth formed street gangs that were rampant in most of our cities. Yet Almighty God saw fit to raise up a prophet for that century, the effects of whose ministry have lasted even until today. O for another Wesley! It can rightfully be said that the revival God sent through the work of His servant John Wesley and others, had vastly more widespread effects on society as a whole than the work of any of the great politicians, admirals, generals, writers or scientists of the time.

From the spiritual renewal initiated under the Wesleyan revival sprung a host of social reforms; it inspired a massive missionary outreach to the extremities of the Earth, it initiated the largest ever Bible and Scripture tract publishing effort, it gave birth to huge popular educational programmes, in which the Bible and Godliness were keys to the curriculum. Can it happen again?  [Frankly, I don't know!]  Does God want to, once again, bless an entire nation as He did in those days? Well, since then, He has not acted again to create a national spiritual awakening in the British Isles as a whole, but He has done so in particular areas: the Irish revival of 1859, which was replicated to some degree in the West Country through the ministry of Haslam, and in London through the ministry of Spurgeon. Then the Welsh revival of 1904, the Hebrides revival from 1948 to 1952. Thus, whole regions were affected by God’s revival grace.

Since then, revival in Britain has been limited to special grace from God upon particular churches, congregations or movements, from time to time, with surges of growth and blessing, but not with the previous dimension of creating widespread effects on society at large. Meanwhile the rest of the Church goes about its own business whilst ever-increasing numbers of British people lose all interest in God and all knowledge of the Bible.

Is it time to give up? No by no means! It is when times are desperate, when things have reached rock bottom, that God usually acts! It is time to pray for the day of Salvation, it is time to pray the Lord of the harvest that He will send labourers. It is time to persevere in prayer, watching and praying, for this is what our Lord wants us to be doing.

Pray for revival and spiritual awakening in your church, in your town, in your nation. Leave God to answer with fire as He pleases, but do not let up on prayer!

Prayer for Revival by Ian Milmine [27]

Revival prayers by Ian Milmine [27]

Throughout this series on revival, I have been going to some lengths to stress that revival happens only when God intervenes from Heaven in a sovereign, merciful way, and that all we can truly do to call for revival is to ask Him to be merciful in sending us such a manifestation of His grace. Does this mean that the only thing we can do is pray for revival? What about preparing ourselves, seeking the pearl of great price as we talked about last week? If we desire revival with all our hearts, and I’m sure you know as I do that nothing short of a God-sent revival will save this nation from impending doom, then is there anything we can do to speed up this process?

The answer seems to be “yes” and “no”. The often-quoted text from 2 Chronicles 7:14 is clear: “If my people, who 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”. And yet how does this fit in with the suffering church, for instance? The early Jewish Christians, despite their earnest prayers, saw no healing upon their land. Far from it, they witnessed the destruction of Jerusalem and the persecution and enormous suffering and martyrdom of the faithful in the coleseums of Rome!

So God has laid down conditions for revival, which Christians must diligently strive to keep, but the timing, manner and place of revival is a matter for God’s sovereign will. What we must do is remain faithful in prayer, striving after the pearl of great price. Perhaps we too shall first suffer persecution, indeed it would seem that conditions in Britain and Western Europe are fast reaching the point where Christians will appear to the State as a nuisance, as bigotted, as not wanting to be politically correct. None of this should hinder us from praying for revival, from desiring the pearl, from being faithful to Christ’s Great Commission.

Isn’t this how the Early Church reacted? Look at Acts chapter 4, verses 23 to 31, where we see the church gathered in prayer during and after Peter and John’s imprisionment. They prayed that they might be faithful for the occasion in proclaiming the name of Christ, asking and trusting God to honour His name through whatever signs He cared to display. So, are there conditions we can meet for God to send revival? The answer is: we must meet God’s conditions and continue to persevere in His service and in prayer until He showers His grace upon His people. This is His sovereign decision – yet I know of no time of revival in history that was not preceded by groups of God’s people being led to meet together for extraordinary prayer, all night, every-day prayer, very often, at times, for many years before a breakthrough was forthcoming. It also seems evident, from the stories of past revivals, that once prayer has been established for revival, the first thing God does is begin to reveal sin to His people and lead them to repentance.

Thus the conditions set out in Chronicles – prayer and repentance – are necessary for revival. Are we willing to meet these conditions?

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