When Do We Need Revival ?

Fifty Evidences of the Need for a Fresh

Visitation of the Spirit in Revival

We Need Revival . . .

. . . when we do not love Him as we once did.

. . . when earthly interests and occupations are

more important to us than eternal ones.

. . . when we would rather watch TV and read

secular books and magazines than read the

Bible and pray.

. . . when church dinners are better attended

than prayer meetings.

. . . when concerts draw bigger crowds than

prayer meetings.

. . . when we have little or no desire for prayer.

. . . when we would rather make money than

give money.

. . . when we put people into leadership positions

in our churches who do not meet scriptural

qualifications.

. . . when our Christianity is joyless and passionless.

. . . when we know truth in our heads that we

are not practicing in our lives.

. . . when we make little effort to witness to the

lost.

. . . when we have time for sports, recreation, and

entertainment, but not for Bible study and

prayer.

. . . when we do not tremble at the Word of God.

. . . when preaching lacks conviction, confrontation,

and divine fire and anointing.

. . . when we seldom think thoughts of eternity.

. . . when God’s people are more concerned about

their jobs and their careers, than about the

Kingdom of Christ and the salvation of the

lost.

. . . when God’s people get together with other

believers and the conversation is primarily

about the news, weather, and sports, rather

than the Lord.

. . . when church services are predictable and

“business as usual.”

. . . when believers can be at odds with each other

and not feel compelled to pursue reconciliation.

. . . when Christian husbands and wives are not

praying together.

. . . when our marriages are co-existing rather than

full of the love of Christ.

. . . when our children are growing up to adopt

worldly values, secular philosophies, and

ungodly lifestyles.

. . . when we are more concerned about our children’s

education and their athletic activities

than about the condition of their souls.

. . . when sin in the church is pushed under the

carpet.

. . . when known sin is not dealt with through the

biblical process of discipline and restoration.

. . . when we tolerate “little” sins of gossip, a

critical spirit, and lack of love.

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. . . when we will watch things on television

and movies that are not holy.

. . . when our singing is half-hearted and our

worship lifeless.

. . . when our prayers are empty words designed

to impress others.

. . . when our prayers lack fervency.

. . . when our hearts are cold and our eyes are dry.

. . . when we aren’t seeing regular evidence of the

supernatural power of God.

. . . when we have ceased to weep and mourn and

grieve over our own sin and the sin of others.

. . . when we are content to live with explainable,

ordinary Christianity and church services.

. . . when we are bored with worship.

. . . when people have to be entertained to be

drawn to church.

. . . when our music and dress become patterned

after the world.

. . . when we start fitting into and adapting to the

world, rather than calling the world to adapt

to God’s standards of holiness.

. . . when we don’t long for the company and

fellowship of God’s people.

. . . when people have to be begged to give and to

serve in the church.

. . . when our giving is measured and calculated,

rather than extravagant and sacrificial.

. . . when we aren’t seeing lost people drawn to

Jesus on a regular basis.

. . . when we aren’t exercising faith and believing

God for the impossible.

. . . when we are more concerned about what

others think about us than what God thinks

about us.

. . . when we are unmoved by the fact that 2.5

billion people in this world have never heard

the name of Jesus.

. . . when we are unmoved by the thought of

neighbors, business associates, and acquaintances

who are lost and without Christ.

. . . when the lost world around us doesn’t know

or care that we exist.

. . . when we are making little or no difference in

the secular world around us.

. . . when the fire has gone out in our hearts, our

marriages, and the church.

. . . when we are blind to the extent of our need

and don’t think we need revival.