How do we Personally Prepare the Way for Revival?(Adapted from Andrew Murray)

“A revival of holiness is what we need. And how is it to be found? It will cost much in prayer. It will cost more than that - much sacrifice of self and of the world. It will need a surrender to Christ Jesus to follow Him as closely as God is able to lead us. We must learn to look upon a life like Christ’s, having the very same mind that was in Him, as the supreme object of daily life.” Andrew Murray

· Become thoroughly dissatisfied with yourself - Be sensitive to God's conviction. “Press on toward the goal (Phil. 3:14)."

· Set yourself like flint toward a sweeping transformation of your life - Throw your whole soul into the desire for God.

· Prepare yourself in the way of blessing - Pray with all your heart, and ask God to enlarge your prayer and worship life. Make time for God, and practice fasting.

· Do a thorough job of repentance - Don’t tolerate sin in your own life. Let godly sorrow over your sin touch you deeply.

· Make restitution when possible - Make the crooked ways straight in your relationships and life.

· Practice living the Sermon on the Mount - This is the description of holy living.

· Be serious about personal revival - Pray instead of watching TV, and don’t get caught up in the ways of the world. Lay aside the crooked roads.

· Deliberately narrow your interests - If you narrow your interests, God will enlarge your heart. “Jesus only” is the way into a world that is infinitely wider and richer than anything else.

· Begin to witness - Make a new commitment to reach out to the lost. Ask God for opportunities, and He will help you.

· Have faith in God - Begin to expect God to move. All heaven is on your side.

Revival begins with us. It is each one of us getting our lives straight and turning from the crooked paths. Take seriously the need for personal revival. Take seriously the need for prayer. God is dealing with His church. The following is the testimony of Charles Finney during a revival in a small village in New York.

"I should say a few word regarding the spirit of prayer which prevailed at Rome during this time. Indeed the whole town was full of prayer. Go where you would, you heard the voice of prayer. If you were walking down the street, and if two or three Christians happened to be there, they were praying. Whenever they met, they prayed. Whenever there was a sinner unconverted, especially if he showed any opposition, you would find some two or three brethren or sisters agreeing to make him a special subject of prayer. No one could come into the village without feeling awestricken with the impression that God was there in a peculiar and wonderful way."