Revival is not about signs, wonders and emotionalism. We are so drunk on emotionalism that there is no more room for a real move of God. We are soulish but we are not spiritual.
We are aliens to that city-moving enduement that was known to our spiritual fathers of the first decade in Pentecost. For an outpouring of the Spirit let us as Christians go back to the Bible directions.
The Holy Spirit is no one's errand boy. The Holy Spirit does not move at our beck and call. He cannot be slighted by frail human will without serious consequence.
In the holy war against the devil and his works, can we be choosey in our obedience? Can we pray when we like? Can we seek the fulness of the Spirit when we are so disposed?
For too long we have been satisfied with our own works. Depending on our own abilities is humanism. It is not the gospel. We need to develop an utter disregard for our own efforts and renew a complete dependence upon the living God.
We need to pray until we get our spiritual eyes refocused on the holiness of God and the lostness of men.
How easily we Christians move along in the light of the lostness of men and their gambling with the certainty of eternal destruction unless they hear and believe.
The secret of praying is praying in secret. You can't show off when the door's shut and nobody's there. You can't display your gifts. You can impress others, but you can't impress God.
God doesn't answer prayer. He answers desperate prayer! Your prayer life denotes how much you depend on your own ability, and how much you really believe God. The more self- confidence you have, the less you pray. The less self-confidence you have, the more you have to pray.
I can give you one simple reason why we don't have revival in America. Because we're content to live without it. We're not seeking God - we're seeking miracles, we're seeking big crusades, we're seeking blessings.
People say, "I'm filled with the Holy Spirit." If the coming of the Spirit didn't revolutionize your prayer life, you'd better check on it. I'm not so sure you got what God wanted you to get.