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Hidden Things Revealed
Revive Thy work, 0 Lord! That the revival God is to give will be given in answer to prayer privately and corporately. It must be asked and received direct from God Himself. Those who know anything of the history of revivals will remember how often this has been proved—both larger and more local revivals have been distinctly traced to special prayer. In our own day there are numbers of congregations and missions where special or permanent revivals are—all glory be to God —connected with systematic, believing prayer. The coming revival will be no exception.
An extraordinary spirit of prayer, urging believers to much secret and United Prayer, pressing them to "labor fervently " in their supplications, will be one of the surest signs of approaching showers and unlocking the mysteries of God.
Let all who are burdened with the lack of spirituality, with the low state of the life of God in believers, listen to the call that comes to all. If there is to be revival,—a mighty move of God,—it will need, on our part, corresponding whole-heartedness in prayer and faith. Let not one believer think himself too weak to help, or imagine that he will not be missed. If he first begin, the gift that is in him, may be so stirred, that, for his circle or neighborhood, he shall be God's chosen intercessor. "Meditate on the picture see the urgency in America."
Let us think of the need of souls, of all the sins and failings among God's people, of the little power there is in so much of the preaching, and begin to cry every day and night. Will You revive us again!! And let us have the truth graven deep in our hearts: every revival comes, as Pentecost came, as the fruit of United continued prayer. The coming revival must begin with a great prayer revival. It is in the closet, with the door shut, that the sound of abundance of rain will be first heard. An increase of secret prayer with ministers and partners will be the sure harbinger of blessing for all the world to see.
Join us March 5 at 9pm we are going to have a prayer conference call to make the people ready for what's to come.
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