If a great awakening will include a new revelation of the reality of divine judgment, what must I do if I sense the Spirit of God beginning to give us such a revelation? First and foremost, you must use this revelation as a new motivation to pray for a great awakening. There are two master motivators to prayer for revival. One is a deep sense of distress because men are not glorifying God. A concern for the glory that is due His name can, and should move us to pray.
“Lord, it is inconsistent with Your power and Your glory for the English speaking world to descend from a Christian Civilization into post Christian barbarism. Men are saying that You are not real and that You do not matter and that Your gospel is actually a bad thing. Dear God, for the sake of the glory due Your name, pour out Your Spirit in great power over all the churches in the English speaking world and revive us again I pray!”
(Please don’t be offended by my emphasis on the English speaking world. I can, and do pray for people groups from all over the world. But I have sensed that the Holy Spirit has given me a special prayer responsibility for the English speaking part of the world. Probably because I’m not smart enough to learn a foreign language?)
A burning passion for the glory of God is one reason to pray. May God give us all such a burden, such a revelation. But a burning concern for the dying souls of men going into the darkness of an eternity away from the presence of God is another great motivator. If God begins to make this real to you, understand that it is your call to pray. And understand that for some of you, it may be the beginning of a call to speak to some of the people in your life as the Spirit leads.
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