I was reading a small book on the life of John Hyde called: 'Praying HYDE' and I was convicted by this excerpt from the book:In Every revival there is a divine side and a human side. In the Welsh revival the divine element comes out prominently. Evan Roberts, the leader under God, seems in a sense to have been a passive agent, mightly moved upon in the night seasons by the Holy Spirit. There was no organization and very little preaching-comparatively little of the human element. The Sialkot revival which is no to be described, while just as certainly sent down from heaven, seems not so spontaneous. There was under God, organization; there was a certain amount of definite planning, and there were seasons of long continued prayer.Preceding the revival was the organization of the Punjab Prayer-Union.The Principles of this union are stated on the form of questions which were signed by those becoming members.i. Are you praying for quickening in your own life, in the life of your fellow-workers, and in your Church?ii. Are you longing for greater power of the Holy Spirit in your own life and work, and are you convinced that you cannot go on without this power?iii. Will you pray that you may not be ashamed of Jesus?iv. Do you believe that prayer is the great means for securing this spiritual awakening?v. Will you set apart one-half hour each day as soon after noon as possible to pray for this awakening, and are you willing to pray till the awakening comes?Are you willing to JOIN with other brothers and sisters in prayer to God for Revival in your own hearts and in your communites? reply to this post with your full name.
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Praise God. I am in. Beaux Pilgrim
Lord, Bring revival and start with me!!
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Shelly Rollins
Praying is important brethrens its like throwing a bomb in the territory of satan.Lets pray to God to give us the holy ghost of prayer.
Yes 'Praying HYDE', what a great book. Hyde was a man who prayed 8 hours a day. He was never critical of the speakers but would ask them to pray with him. He would continue in the prayer room while the people heard the speaker. It has been over 10 years since I was convicted of prayer. E.M.Bounds said "Keep at the 4am hour, Christ will be for it, Satan against it, if we don't do better hell will be full." I woke up today and saw the 4am hour, as always this quote came to me. I hear many people talking about pray and wanting to pray but none know what it is like to wait even just an hour. Tozer said from 8:00am until 1:00pm he would lay prostrate and worship God without saying a word. And it was intense and real. Since hearing Duncan Campbell and Ravenhill over the last couple of months, I have entered into a covenant with God to maintain an hour of prayer. I have heard Satan whisper, it will not last but by the grace of God I will not be moved. I am determined to pour out my heart until this betrayed and cheated generation sees the Holy One. Amen. Christian Roy Merlino
Hi Christian, 4:00 a.m. This has come up before here!https://www.sermonindex.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=326&forum=35#2195
What a stirring exerpt!! Thank yo for sharing it! I have been earnestly praying for revival here in central WV, but more so now as I see things growing increasingly sinful in the world/church around me! I am desperate to see a mighty move of God in my generation!! I will join with you in prayer each day and will do my best to do so soon after noon for half an hour.I truly believe God wants to visit His people, He is just waiting for us to become desperate enough!!RebeccaRuth"He is no fool, who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose." ~ Jim Elliotwrtbooks wrote:I was reading a small book on the life of John Hyde called: 'Praying HYDE' and I was convicted by this excerpt from the book:In Every revival there is a divine side and a human side. In the Welsh revival the divine element comes out prominently. Evan Roberts, the leader under God, seems in a sense to have been a passive agent, mightly moved upon in the night seasons by the Holy Spirit. There was no organization and very little preaching-comparatively little of the human element. The Sialkot revival which is no to be described, while just as certainly sent down from heaven, seems not so spontaneous. There was under God, organization; there was a certain amount of definite planning, and there were seasons of long continued prayer.Preceding the revival was the organization of the Punjab Prayer-Union.The Principles of this union are stated on the form of questions which were signed by those becoming members.i. Are you praying for quickening in your own life, in the life of your fellow-workers, and in your Church?ii. Are you longing for greater power of the Holy Spirit in your own life and work, and are you convinced that you cannot go on without this power?iii. Will you pray that you may not be ashamed of Jesus?iv. Do you believe that prayer is the great means for securing this spiritual awakening?v. Will you set apart one-half hour each day as soon after noon as possible to pray for this awakening, and are you willing to pray till the awakening comes?Are you willing to JOIN with other brothers and sisters in prayer to God for Revival in your own hearts and in your communites? reply to this post with your full name.
Greg,To go along with the truth that you've so eloquently stated; In one of the Derek Prince sermons that I downloaded from your site, he said in essence; that in considering the life of Jesus, He spent 30 years as an every day man ( family life, job,etc.),3 years of intense ministry, and the last 2000 years has been spent in Intercession. I think that most of us ( in particular ME) have "MISSED IT" based on His example. The question in your poll about whether "the Church" is in apostasy or not, is answered in that succinct observation by Mr. Prince.Clutch
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Hey I'm down, but just one question. What does one ask for when he prays for revival? I've been hearing for day one of my 10 years in Christ to prayer for revival, but few people there are to teach and train us how. I ernestly desire to see revival and be revived, but I don't want to just mentally assent to the idea, I need to see a move of God. Any thoughts?Aaron Ireland
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Greetings in Christ to all ... I've just finished listening to a history of Revival (by Brother Orr) of the 1700's (in Europe) up till the last one (in America) around 1905. Here's the link "http://sermons.christiansunite.com/J._Edwin_Orr_4.shtml"... It's wonderful! ... It will show you that these great revivals came out of inter-denominational prayer, where all were on one accord in the seeking of but one thing from God, R-E-V-I-V-A-L. The primary prayer to God for Revival is just that - to revive us, and to also ask the Spirit to fall anew upon us with a new Pentecost outpouring. But nothing will happen without some church leader(s) catching the formula for Revival as stated in Joel 1: 13,14 & 2: 16,17. True Revival begins in the brokeness of Church leadership first, but only after a wilderness experience in the one(s) God uses to spark His leadership out of their apostasy. Scripture shows us that Revival is always forerun by a voice crying out of the wilderness, His prophet/prophets. So if you don't concider yourself a prophet, then you can also pray that God will raise up more of us. The prophet is the weirdo for the Word, the jester for Jesus and the cuckoo for Christ who's not ashamed to go to the leadership/laity and point to the need for Revival, via Joel's admonition, and that of 2 Chron. 7:14. I know this for a fact because I'm the one God has choosen to do so at my church. If you are called to this office be ready for rejection from men, but bask in the over abundance of the sense of God's presence in your life. Knowing that you're seeking His kingdom, and His righteousness "first" is more than glorious compensation in light of others concidering you "peculiar", which by the way is what all God's children are supposed to be. You'll also find additional instruction on what to do if you're called of God to be a point person for Revival, or just one wishing to pray regarding it, via these sermons by Martyn Lloyd Jones at"http://sermons.christiansunite.com/Martyn_Lloyd_Jones.shtml" = Prayer for Revival, Preparatory Stages of Revival, Revival and the Glory of God, The Phenomena of Revival & We Should Pray for Revival. All of us praying for Revival must be saints willing to submit ourselves to true, actual repentance (u-turns), complete surrender to sanctified, holy living (presenting ourselves living sacrifices), and due Christian benevolence (tithes, offerings and alms) of our time, talents and treasures to Christ. If we show our King that we're serious about His business, He will readily do business with us. Twenty years ago I heard a word from the Lord saying, "My final Revival is coming". At the beginning of this year (2004) I heard Him say, "The time is now". May I encourage you to pray yourself, gather others in your immediate circle to pray, set up prayer partners via the internet, encourage your pastors to pray with other pastors and then call a solemn assembly at your church ... The bottom line is P-R-A-Y ... for I don't believe it will be long before God answers ... Time is short, the harvest is great and the workers few. Revival is the only way for the Holy Ghost to wake up we workers, and the harvest too ... Amen PS - I don't know how to make the web sites clickable, so you'll have to cut and paste them.
DEAR BROTHER PRAISE THE LORD.PLEASE PRAY FOR MY SPIRTUAL LIFE. :-) :-D
I hope people are still continuing in this but either way, I'm in.Ryan Farrel
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