(let me just say this before I begin this post, if anybody has a better name for a prayer group...PLEASE, put it forward)I'd like to move this from the "prayer neglected" thread, to a new one "Prayer Cherished".I know that Stephen from Toronto and Claudette from Australia were praying nightly at 10 PST, however given the global nature of this cyber-community knit together in the Holy Ghost, maybe we should make it at 10 PM, whatever your time zone.Robert Wurtz gave a precious confirmation to me, when he said that God spoke to him regarding a further investigation of the seven penitential psalms. (Psalms 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, and 143)I feel the same.I searched out Kings College library (http://www.kingsseminary.edu/), and I found one book entitled "Notes on the Seven Penitential Psalms", its a 1889 copyright.Why do penitential psalms have to do with revival?Everything, I humbly submit.Penitent-feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to antonement and amendment, repentant, contriteAt the genesis of the Hebridean revival of 1949-53, a group of men were praying in a barn as David Smithers relates:In the same district a group of men praying in a barn experienced a foretaste of coming blessing. One night as they waited upon God a young deacon rose and read part of the twenty-fourth Psalm: "Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who shall stand in His holy place? He that hath clean hands and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord." Turning to the others he said: "Brethren, it seems to me just so much humbug to be waiting and praying as we are, if we ourselves are not rightly related to God." Then lifting his hands toward heaven he cried: "Oh God, are my hands clean? Is my heart pure?" He got no further, but fell prostrate to the floor. An awareness of God filled the barn and a stream of supernatural power was let lose in their lives. They had moved into a new sphere of God realization, believing implicitly in the promise of revival. contrition.Are my hands clean O Lord, is my heart pure?tonight, please, if and when you decide to join us in prayer, lets ask if our hands are clean, and our hearts are pure."Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit in me"Ps 51:10Ten PM, tonight.How can we continue to live without revival?Without God saturating every part of our bodies, our hearts, our families and our towns?How can we continue to live like this?
