God is not obliged to send revival because we pray, but He has bound himself by Covenant promise to send revival, to heal our land, when we humble ourselves, and pray, and seek His face, and turn from our wicked ways (2 Chronicles 7:14). And He has also promised to "pour waters on him who is thirsty, and floods on the dry ground" (Isaiah 44:3). How thirsty are we for revival?

When revival starts, it always starts with the fear of God coming upon the people.

Revival always costs something. To have revival, the soul must be surrendered and crucified.

God is the God of revival, but we are the human agents through who the revival comes.

In all the history of the Church, revivals came because the people believed without question in the inspiration and authority of the Word of God.

Our churches today are more social clubs than testimonies to the power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God. We no longer gather in quiet sanctuaries to meet God, but in noisy auditoriums to meet each other, to fellowship together, to share the latest news and gossip, and with everything, including the music, calculated to please the people - with little concern of whether or not God is pleased. There are ice cream socials, fellowship meals, fun & games, something for everybody - and almost nothing for God.

Where is the sound of agonizing sobs in the sanctuary as holy hands are lifted to a holy God, pleading for the outpouring of His Holy Spirit to heal our churches, our teen-agers, our wayward saints, our neighborhoods, our cities, our nation - and first and foremost to heal us? May God have mercy on us for all the souls that have gone to an eternal hell because we're more concerned with fellowshipping together and having a good time than we are about doing what our Lord Jesus Christ has commanded us to do!

"The world will never believe in a religion in which there is no power. A rationalized faith, a socialized church, and a moralized gospel may gain applause, but they awaken no conviction and win no converts." (Samuel Chadwick)

"Our land is filled with violence today and many stretch out their hands to the sun in cult worship. This continues despite the staggering amount of sermons on gospel radio and Christian television each day and the proliferation of tracts and Bibles. Yet millions could not care less. They are walking to their eternal doom unafraid!

"Many of our popular preachers feel so confident in their degree scarves and Geneva gowns that they never think to reach for the tattered, sweaty, mantle of Elijah. But degrees do not, in themselves, bring miracle ministry. By 'miracle' I mean the way vicinities and even cities are awakened from their sleep of death by a divine invasion.

"Hark to the tramping feet of doomed souls as they march to a never-ending eternity. How can you sleep comfortably, preacher?"

(Revival God's Way - A Message to the Church by Leonard Ravenhill, ©1983 Leonard Ravenhill. Published by Bethany House Publishers.)

"Bible bookstores are now papered with announcements of Christian concerts instead of revival meetings." (Virginia Stem Owens)

"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."  (David Martyn Lloyd-Jones)

"We live in a generation that has never known revival—God's way. True revival changes the moral climate of an area or a nation. Without exception, all true revivals of the past began after years of agonizing, hell-robbing, earth-shaking, heaven-sent intercession. The secret to true revival in our own day is still the same.  But where, oh, where, are the intercessors?" (Leonard Ravenhill)