Bible Questions Answered:
“...so this special speaker, who we
had never heard of told us that we need revival, a couple whispered
amen, most said nothing, What did he have in mind anyway?...”
Harriet/ Saskatoon, Canada
(Saskatchewan)
Bible Answer:
Revival: A reviving or being
revived, as a bringing or coming back into use, attention, or being,
after a decline. Restoration to vigor or activity. A returning to
life or consciousness. A stirring up religious faith by fervid
evangelistic preaching at public meetings. A series of such meetings
with public confession of sins and professions of renewed faith.
(New World Dictionary)
Christian people are to pray for
revival! (Is that you?)
Psalm 51:10-12 KJV
10 Create in me a clean heart, O
God; and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from thy
presence; and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore unto me the joy of thy
salvation; and uphold me with thy Free Spirit.
Psalm 80:7 KJV
Turn us again, O God Of Hosts, and
cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Psalm 85:6 KJV
Wilt thou not revive us again: that
thy people may rejoice in thee?
Isaiah 32:15-17 NLT
15 until at last The Spirit is
poured out on us from heaven...
16 Justice will rule in the
wilderness and righteousness in the fertile field.
17 And this righteousness will bring
peace. Yes, it will bring quietness and confidence forever.
And our God has
promised renewal!
II Chronicles
7:14 KJV
If My people, which
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.
Isaiah 35:1,10
NLT
1 Even the wilderness and desert
will be glad in those days.
10 Those who have been ransomed by
The Lord will return. They will enter Jerusalem singing, crowned with
everlasting joy. Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be
filled with joy and gladness.
Isaiah 55:7 KJV
Let the wicked forsake his way, and
the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto The Lord,
and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will
abundantly pardon.
Lamentations
3:40 KJV
Let us search and try our ways, and
turn again to The Lord.
Hosea 6:1-3 KJV
1 Come, and let us return unto The
Lord: for He hath torn, and He will heal us; He hath smitten, and He
will bind us up.
2 After two days will He revive us:
in the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight.
3 Then shall we know, if we follow
on to know The Lord: His going forth is prepared as the morning; and
He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto
the earth.
Hosea 14:1,2 NLT
1 Return...to The Lord your God, for
your sins have brought you down.
2 Bring your confessions, and return
to The Lord. Say to Him, “Forgive all our sins and graciously
receive us, so that we may offer you our praises.
Habakkuk 3:2 NLT
I have heard all about you, Lord. I
am filled with awe by your amazing works. In this time of our deep
need, help us again as you did in years gone by. And in your anger,
remember your mercy.
God's
people revived, renewed, restored:
Samuel calls God's people to repentance.
I Samuel 7:3,4 KJV
3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do
return unto The Lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange
gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto The
Lord, and serve Him only: and He will deliver you out of the hand of
the Philistines.
4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth,
and served The Lord only.
Elijah shows the people of God, their God, hears and answers
prayer.
I Kings 18:37-39 KJV
37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou
art The Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
38 Then the fire of The Lord fell, and consumed the burnt
sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up
the water that was in the trench.
39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and
they said, The Lord, He is The God; The Lord, He is The God.
The people of
Judah, under King Hezekiah.
II Chronicles
30:11-16 NLT
11 "...some
people from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and went
to Jerusalem.
12 At the same
time, God’s hand was on the people in the land of Judah, giving
them all one heart to obey the orders of the king and his officials,
who were following The Word Of The Lord.
13 So a huge
crowd assembled at Jerusalem in midspring to celebrate the Festival
of Unleavened Bread.
14 They set to
work and removed the pagan altars from Jerusalem. They took away all
the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley.
15 On the
fourteenth day of the second month, one month later than usual, the
people slaughtered the Passover lamb. This shamed the priests and
Levites, so they purified themselves and brought burnt offerings to
the Temple of the Lord.
16 Then they
took their places at the Temple as prescribed in the Law of Moses,
the man of God. The Levites brought the sacrificial blood to the
priests, who then sprinkled it on the altar.
Prophecy:
Zechariah
8:20-23 NLT
20 “This is
what The Lord Of Heaven’s Armies says: People from nations and
cities around the world will travel to Jerusalem.
21 The people
of one city will say to the people of another, ‘Come with us to
Jerusalem to ask The Lord to bless us. Let’s worship The Lord Of
Heaven’s Armies. I’m determined to go.’
22 Many peoples
and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek The Lord Of
Heaven’s Armies and to ask for His blessing.
23 “This is
what The Lord Of Heaven’s Armies says: In those days ten men from
different nations and languages of the world will clutch at the
sleeve of one Jew. And they will say, ‘Please let us walk with you,
for we have heard that God is with you.’”
Peter preaches
in Jerusalem.
Acts 2:41 NLT
Those who
believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church that
day—about 3,000 in all.
Philip ministers
in Samaria.
Acts 8:4-8 NLT
4 But the
believers who were scattered preached The Good News about Jesus
wherever they went.
5 Philip, for
example, went to the city of Samaria and told the people there about
the Messiah.
6 Crowds
listened intently to Philip because they were eager to hear his
message and see the miraculous signs he did.
7 Many evil
spirits were cast out, screaming as they left their victims. And many
who had been paralyzed or lame were healed.
8 So there was
great joy in that city.
Peter prays for
Aeneas.
Acts 9:32-35 NLT
32 Meanwhile,
Peter traveled from place to place, and he came down to visit the
believers in the town of Lydda.
33 There he met
a man named Aeneas, who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight
years.
34 Peter said
to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you! Get up, and roll up your
sleeping mat!” And he was healed instantly.
35 Then the
whole population of Lydda and Sharon saw Aeneas walking around, and
they turned to The Lord.
Believers of
Antioch of Syria
Acts 11:19-21
NLT
19 Meanwhile,
the believers who had been scattered during the persecution after
Stephen’s death traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch
of Syria. They preached the Word Of God, but only to Jews.
20 However,
some of the believers who went to Antioch from Cyprus and Cyrene
began preaching to the Gentiles about The Lord Jesus.
21 The power of
The Lord was with them, and a large number of these Gentiles believed
and turned to The Lord.
Friends, now is the time to turn our hearts to The Lord!
Hosea 10:12 KJV
Sow to yourselves in righteousness,
reap in mercy; break up your fallow (hard) ground:
for it is time to seek The Lord,
till He come and rain righteousness upon you.
Psalm 80:18,19 KJV
18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
19 Turn us again, O Lord God Of Hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Psalm 119:25,40,50,88,149 NLT
25 I lie in the dust; revive me by your Word.
40 I long to obey your commandments! Renew my life with your goodness.
50 Your promise revives me; it comforts me in all my troubles.
88 In your unfailing love, spare my life; then I can continue to obey your laws.
149 In your faithful love, O Lord, hear my cry; let me be revived by following your regulations.
Psalm 143:11 NLT
For the glory of your name, O Lord, preserve my life. Because of your faithfulness, bring me out of this distress.
Habakkuk 3:2 KJV
O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
John 5:21 KJV
For as The Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so The Son quickeneth whom He will.
John 6:63 KJV
It is The Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the Words that I speak unto you, they are Spirit, and they are Life.
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