"Behold I will do a new thing....."(Isaiah 43:19)
This is the time of year when some churches hold revival meetings. Vance Havner said: "When I was a boy, preachers used to talk about 'holding a revival.' What we really need is somebody who will turn a revival loose." I offer a hearty Amen to that.
Real Revival according to Havner is this. "It is not a temporary stir of stepped up activity among church members, or a week of protracted meetings with an aisle parade of cheap rededications. A revival is a work of God's Spirit among Christians whereby they get right with God, with themselves, and with others. It means conviction of sin; reconciliation and restitution; getting right with others; separation from the world; submission to the Lordship of Jesus Christ and being filled with The Holy Spirit. Such a revival precedes and will produce effective evangelism, for when the joy of salvation is restored, transgressors shall be taught God's ways and sinners will be converted to Him." My prayer is this type revival will begin in our hearts and spread to Christians everywhere. The Hinsons used to sing a song about revival. The words went something like this. "Lets have a revival from the pulpit to the pew." That is my prayer for Christians. Then sinners will be converted. Church, lets spring forward for Christ. If He lives in us, we should show it by consecrated lives of service to Him.
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