To look back upon the progress of the divine kingdom upon earth is to review revival periods which have come like refreshing showers upon dry and thirsty ground, making the desert to blossom as the rose, and bringing new eras of spiritual life and activity just when the Church had fallen under the influence of the apathy of the times.
– EM Bounds –
Revivals begin with God’s own people; the Holy Spirit touches their heart anew, and gives them new fervor and compassion, and zeal, new light and life, and when He has thus come to you, He next goes forth to the valley of dry bones … Oh, what responsibility this lays on the Church of God! If you grieve Him away from yourselves, or hinder His visit, then the poor perishing world suffers …
– Andrew Bonar –
Without the heartbeat of prayer, the body of Christ will resemble a corpse. The church is dying on her feet because she is not living on her knees.
– Al Whittinghill –
Our most pressing obligation is to do all in our power to obtain a revival that will result in a reformed, revitalized, purified church.
– AW Tozer –
The Holy Spirit did not come to make them of one accord, He came because they were of one accord. … It is not the music that tunes your piano, it’s the tuned piano that makes your music.
– AW Tozer –
The church used to confess its sin, now it confesses its right.
– David Wilkerson –
We end up blaming God’s sovereignty for the sad state of the church. If there is no revival in the church, we can be very sure that the lack is on our part and not God’s!
– Al Whittinghill –
Though there are some tearful intercessors behind the scenes, I grant you that to our modern Christianity, praying is foreign.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Churchgoers are like coals in a fire. When they cling together, they keep the flame aglow; when they separate, they die out.
– Billy Graham –