Sermons & Devotionals by Revival Articles

Our Desperate Need by S. B. Shaw Is it not time to cry aloud and spare not, to lift up our voice like a trumpet, and show the people of God their transgressions, and the house of Jacob their sins? Surely the need beside which every other need sinks into insignificance is an old-time revival. We are ... Read More

POWER FROM ON HIGH by Charles G. Finney Chapter 1 Please permit me through your columns to correct a misapprehension of some of the members of the late Council at Oberlin of the brief remarks which I made to them; first on Saturday morning, and afterwards on the Lord's Day. In my first remarks to th... Read More

The Promise of Revival Complied by David Smithers Oswald J. Smith in his book "The Enduement of Power" encourages us that revival is a definite promise of God, just waiting to be laid hold of. Oswald J. Smith writes, "'And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of My Spir... Read More

Renewal Blessings Reflections from England Rev. Sandy Millar and Mrs Eleanor Mumford of London comment on current refreshing from the Lord being experienced in England. Reminiscent of Revivals Rev. Sandy Millar, Vicar of the prestigious inner city Anglican church, Holy Trinity Brompton, comments on ... Read More

Cycles of Revival Richard Owen Roberts A very helpful way to come to grips with the Biblical teaching on revival is to approach it from the standpoint of the cycles of history. In your imagination, picture a very long line that begins with the creation of man in the Book of Genesis and continues on ... Read More

Revival Fire Geoff Waugh The decade of evangelism and harvest in the 1990s has already seen astounding revival fire throughout the world, unprecedented in all history. Church history and current revivals include times when God moves in great power with mighty visitations. We are living through that ... Read More

Marks of Revival James I. Packer The features of revival movements on the surface vary widely, perhaps as a result of different settings, yet indeed God appears to delight in variety. Nevertheless, at the level of deeper analysis, there are constant factors recognizable in all biblical and post-bibl... Read More

Revival Means Humiliation by James Burns To the church a revival means humiliation, a bitter knowledge of failure, and an open and humiliating confession of sin on the part of her ministers and people. It is not the easy and glowing thing many think it to be, who imagine that it fills the empty pews... Read More

Revival Men by Horatius Bonar "So Hannah arose after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh.... and she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish. Then she made a vow and said 'Lord of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your maidservant and remem... Read More

Revivals, Awakenings, and Misrepresentations by Richard Riss During the course of my study of revivals over the past twenty-three years, one of the things that has fascinated me is the extent to which they are misrepresented. These misrepresentations are usually widely believed, creating stumbling b... Read More

Revival OR Judgment by Arthur Wallis Strange though it may seem, there are distinct similarities between the ways of God in revival and in judgment. Throughout the prophets the thought of a divine visitation is used to describe blessing and revival on the one hand (Jer 27:22) and a season of judgmen... Read More

REVIVAL POWER: A Warning For The Church by J.O Peck "The Church needs more power and not more machinery. It is a tragic paradox of church history that, as power declines, machinery increases." From the patient study of the subject of revival power in Christian history the conviction will strengthen ... Read More

Preaching That Hinders Revival Richard Owen Roberts Repentance must always begin in the house of God. Doubtless the best place for it to start is with those of us who preach. Let us examine some errors of preaching that stand in the way of revival. Preaching That is Man-Centered. All of us, by our v... Read More

Revival Scenes Henry T. Blackaby We have several generations who know nothing, experientially, of true revival and spiritual awakening. The following are descriptions of prominent features of revival scenes, which should stir your hearts to long for their repetition in our day. Pervasive, Fervent Pr... Read More

Revival Terminology in History Richard Owen Roberts A number of years ago in a book entitled Revival, I gave the following definition of that term: "Revival is an extraordinary work of the Holy Spirit producing extraordinary results." While that phrase conveys the fundamental concept of revival, ove... Read More

Miracles in Australia and New Zealand Smith Wigglesworth IT WAS in the early part of 1922 that Wigglesworth made his first visit to Australia. We quote from a letter (which appeared in the English paper, Confidence) written by Miss Winnie Andrews of Victoria: "Our dear Brother Wigglesworth arrived i... Read More

Swept By The Flame Of Revival The late Paul H. Holsinger wrote in the March 1959 Herald Of His Coming as follows: The Far Eastern Bible Institute revival was like the days of Finney. I had preached a sermon, and sat down. Another brother led in prayer and sat down. Then suddenly the Spirit of the Lo... Read More

The Awesome Argentina Revival: Lessons in Evangelism and Spiritual Warfare from Argentina by Peter Wagner edited by Chris Simpson and David Little ARGENTINA One of the most successful models of urban evangelism that I have recently been in contact with is taking place in Argentina. Throughout the hi... Read More

1. Eighteenth Century 1727 - Wednesday, 13 August - Herrnhut, Germany (Nicholas von Zinzendorf) 1735 - January - New England, America (Jonathan Edwards) 1739 - Thursday 1 January - London (George Whitefield, John Wesley) 1745 - Thursday 8 August - Crossweeksung, New Jersey (David Brainerd) 1781 - Tu... Read More

The Necessity of the Revival of Religion John MacNaughtan I will illustrate the necessity for a revival of religion in the present condition of the church, pointing to facts and circumstances humiliating to the believer and condemnatory of the church. When is a Revival Required? Wherever there are t... Read More