We are currently studying the book "Fresh Encounter" by Henry & Richard Blackaby and Claude King. I want to share a couple of quotes from this study as well as we look to the time we have set aside for revival.

Definition of revival:

"Revival is a divinely initiated work in which God's people pray, repent of their sin, and return to a holy, Spirit-filled, obedient love relationship with God."

Quote from preface of "Fresh Encounter":

"Numerous accounts of revival testify to the profound sense of God's presence during worship services. This keen awareness of God's nearness was noticeably missing in services preceding the revival. The dynamic preaching...contrasts the anemic and ineffective exhortation of earlier days. The electric singing...eclipses the lifeless music that was the norm. The testimonies of radically changed lives exposes the absence of personal transformation before revival. The fervent and extended prayer times...replace previously forsaken prayer meetings. Most notably is the profound conviction of sin during revival compared to the heretofore complacent and indulgent attitude toward sin before revival."

May we be faithful to pray for revival and to return to a obedient, loving relationship with our heavenly Father.

Yours in Christ,