How foolish so many of us have been in the clear light of God’s Word. We have been running off with blessings and anointings with God’s power, instead of tarrying until Bible evidence of Pentecost came.
– Said at the Azusa Street Revival
Revival
Greatest Problem Confronting the Church – Martyn-Lloyd Jones
The greatest problem confronting us in the Church today is that the vast majority of professing Christians are not convinced of the reality and the desirableness of revivals.
– Martyn-Lloyd Jones –
The Fire Must Come From Heaven – William Gurnall
We may search in vain the corridors of our own hearts and the drafty corners of our souls. We will not find a spark upon our hearth, unless it is some strange fire of natural desires, which will not do. No, the fire that thaws the iciness of the heart must come from heaven—a gift from God, who is a “consuming fire.”
– William Gurnall –
Revival of Real Praying – EM Bounds
A revival of real praying would produce a spiritual revolution.
– EM Bounds –
We Need an Awakening – Vance Havner
If the Lord tarries, there may yet be a grass-roots awakening that will overflow all sectarian barriers. There are a host of good people who couldn’t care less about this theologian or that, but who need to rekindle the fire of God within them and who long for a visitation from heaven in old-time power. The kindling wood is scattered all around in all the churches. May God help us to rake off the ashes, uncover the live coals and may He blow upon us with the breath of His Spirit!
– Vance Havner –
The Advancement of the Kingdom of God – Howard Spring
The kingdom of God is not going to advance by our churches becoming filled with men, but my men in our churches becoming filled with God.
– Howard Spring –
Understanding Revival – Martyn Lloyd-Jones
I do not understand Christian people who are not thrilled by the whole idea of revival. … If you want a perfect exposition of 1 Corinthians 1:25-31, read books on revival.
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones –
Demonstration of the Holy Spirit – Leonard Ravenhill
The world is not waiting for a new definition of the Holy Ghost but a new demonstration of the Holy Ghost.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
The Gift of Pentecost – Samuel Chadwick
I owe everything to the gift of Pentecost. For fifty days the facts of the Gospel were complete, but no conversions were recorded. Pentecost registered three thousand souls. It is by fire that a holy passion is kindled in the soul whereby we live the life of God. The soul’s safety is in its heat. Truth without enthusiasm, morality without emotion, ritual without soul, make for a Church without power Destitute of the Fire of God, nothing else counts; possessing Fire, nothing else matters.
– Samuel Chadwick –