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G. Campbell Morgan · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Morgan - These words give an account of how the wonderful ceremonies of the dedication of the Temple ended. The ceremonies had created a profound consciousness of the goodness of God, and this filled the people with joy and gladness of heart. So they went back to their tents, filled with a sense, a true sense, of the greatness of their national life. It consisted wholly in the governance of God. Had the future of king and people only been true to the high altitude on which they stood that day, their history would have been a very different one. In this whole story there is a revelation of the true value of public recognition of God in national life. It serves to keep alive the consciousness of the matters of supreme importance in that life, which are always those of the government of God, and so of His goodness to His people. The method of such recognition may be in some senses difficult today, through the unhappy loss of the sense of the unity of the Spirit, which makes for schism, and therefore for ineffectiveness in the witness of the Church. Nevertheless it is the duty of the Church, the whole Church, to watch for and to seize every opportunity for public testimony to the goodness of God as manifested in His overruling of the affairs of the nation. As in the case of Solomon, such ceremonial occasions should open and close with sacrificial remembrance of the One Sacrifice, and have at their centre the holy exercises of praise and prayer. The methods may have changed, but the spiritual obligation abides. 2 Chronicles 7:11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD and the king’s palace, and successfully completed all that he had planned on doing in the house of the LORD and in his palace. Solomon. 2Chr 2:1. 1 Ki. 9:1, etc. all that he had planned Ec. 2:4, 10, 11. Related Passages: Ecclesiastes 2:4; 10; 11 I enlarged my works: I built houses for myself, I planted vineyards for myself; (2:10) All that my eyes desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all my labor. (2:11) Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun. Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD and the king’s palace, and successfully completed all that he had planned on doing in the house of the LORD and in his palace. 2Ch 7:11KJV is more literal rendering it "all that came into Solomon's heart" Mark Boda: Having depicted the joyous closing to the festival in 2Ch 7:10, the Chronicler brings the building and dedication account to a close with a summary note in 2Ch 7:11, a technique that has been a regular feature in the Chronicler’s account of Solomon (2Ch 1:1; 2:1; 3:1-2; 5:1; 7:11; 8:1, 16). This summary note joins with 2Ch 5:1 to form a bracket around the entire dedication account of 2Ch 5:1-7:11. A striking difference between this summary note and the one that began the section, however, is the reference to the completion of the Temple, as well as the royal palace, a feature that the Chronicler found in his source in 1 Kings 9:1 but repeated for emphasis in his rendition. Although the Chronicler left out the account of the construction of Solomon’s palace from 1 Kings 7:1-12, it is interesting that in his recounting of the communication between Solomon and Hiram of Tyre in chapter 2, he inserted three extra references to the building of a palace not found in his source in 1 Kings 5:1-8, two concerning Solomon’s palace (2Ch 2:1, 12) and one concerning David’s palace (2Ch 2:3b). Although the focus of the Chronicler’s attention is clearly on the Temple project, this may suggest that the Chronicler was concerned with the enduring role of the Davidic dynasty, the palace being representative of a minor interest in an enduring role for a royal court. The reference to the palace in 2Ch 7:11, thus, was important enough to retain from his source, as well as to repeat, because it appears in the transition from the dedication events to the concluding speech of the Lord to Solomon, which will focus on the endurance of both the Temple (2Ch 7:12-16) and the dynasty (2Ch 7:17-22). (See 1-2 Chronicles - Page 271) MATTHEW HENRY - 5. Solomon went on in his work, and prosperously effected all he designed for the adorning both of God's house and his own, 2Chr 7:11. Those that begin with the service of God are likely to go on successfully in their own affairs. It was Solomon's praise that what he undertook he went through with, and it was by the grace of God that he prospered in it. RON DANIEL - 2Chr 7:11-16 I Have Heard Your Prayer God confirmed to Solomon that He had in fact consecrated this temple as a place where God would meet with His people. But there are some additional issues God wants to address... 2 Chronicles 7:12 Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him, “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. the Lord. 2Chr 1:7. Ge. 17:1. 1 Ki. 9:2. I have heard. 2 Ki. 20:5. Ps. 10:17; 66:19. Lu. 1:13. Ac. 10:31. 1 Jn 5:14, 15. have chosen. 2Chr 7:16. De. 12:5, 11. Ps. 78:68, 69; 132:13, 14. an house of sacrifice. 2Chr 2:6. De. 12:6. Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him, “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. This was the second great appearance of God to Solomon (1Ki 9:1–2), the first being in 1Ki 3:5–9 Andrew Hill: The Lord’s speech to Solomon on the occasion of his second dream theophany may be outlined in three distinct parts: - the Lord’s acceptance of Solomon’s prayer of dedication and his approval of the Jerusalem temple as the place for his Name to dwell (2Ch 7:12b), - the Lord’s promise to Solomon and the people he shepherds (2Ch 7:13–18), and - the Lord’s threat of punishment for disobedience (2Ch 7:19–22). August Konkel: The second night vision at Gibeon occurs after Solomon completed all his building projects (2 Chron 7:11), which was twenty years after the previous assembly at Gibeon (2Ch 1:3). The first vision was before the seven years of temple building (1 Kings 6:37) and another thirteen years of building projects (2Ch 7:1; 9:10). If these building projects were in sequence, as seems to be the case in the Deuteronomistic presentation (cf. 2Ch 9:10), and if the ark installation took place immediately when the temple was completed, this vision is thirteen years after the festivities celebrating the ark.
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Morgan - If My People Shortly after the 1952 Republican Convention, General Dwight D. Eisenhower asked Billy Graham to meet him in Chicago to suggest “a religious note” of some sort for some of his campaign speeches. Graham told the general he would be glad to help privately. Accordingly, Graham and Eisenhower met shortly thereafter at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, and Graham shared Bible verses appropriate to the needs of the United States. The evangelist also took the opportunity to give the general a red leather Bible and to urge him to personally consider the gospel of Jesus Christ. Eisenhower listened respectfully. Later, five days before his inauguration, Eisenhower invited Graham to the Commodore Hotel in New York. “I’d like to quote one or two passages from the Bible in my inaugural speech,” he said. Gazing out the window, Eisenhower told Graham that he felt one of the reasons he was elected was to help set the moral and spiritual climate of America. Graham suggested several verses, among them Psalm 33:12 and 2 Chronicles 7:14. Over the next several days, Eisenhower prepared a speech that opened in prayer and that spoke repeatedly of spiritual things. “In the swift rush of great events,” he scribbled in his final draft, “we find ourselves groping to know the full meaning of these times in which we live. In our quest for understanding, we beseech God’s guidance.” On Tuesday, January 30, 1953, Dwight D. Eisenhower was sworn into office as his hand rested on two Bibles, both opened to 2 Chronicles 7:14: “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” (BORROW From this verse : 365 inspiring stories about the power of God's word) HEAR AND HEAL 2 CHRONICLES 7:14 - NIV Once a Day He stood on a platform before the entire assembly. Then he knelt, lifting his hands high toward heaven. King Solomon prayed, with eloquence and passion, dedicating the temple. Now — months later, maybe years later — the Lord appeared to Solomon at night. He assured Solomon, “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices” (2 Chronicles 7:12). Does God think that, from this point on, his people will never stray? That they will continually offer sacrifices with clean hearts and hands? No, he knows them too well, these people called by his name. Their wicked ways will return, and with them droughts and locusts and plagues. Still, there will be mercy and healing if the people humble themselves, pray, seek God’s face and repent. “Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place. I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever” (2 Chronicles 7:15 – 16). But what of us? The great temple at Jerusalem is no more. Yet God still hears us from heaven, still calls us to the same humility, prayer, seeking of his face and repentance. The early Christians could be certain of this, and so can we: “Submit yourselves, then, to God … Come near to God and he will come near to you … Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up” (James 4:7-10). Bow down before the Lord; humble yourself even to tears. As you rise and move through the day, still your heart before him, continually confessing. He will draw near to you. PRAYER O Lord, hear me from heaven … Repentance - Raymond McHenry The promise of 2 Chronicles 7:14 was demonstrated at the Jersey Village Baptist Church in Houston, Texas on February 26, 1995. The congregation began their evening service at 6:30 P.M. expecting a routine worship service. During the invitation, a young girl walked the aisle, confessed her sin, sought the Lord’s forgiveness, and sought encouragement from the church. After her response to God, other members started coming forward and confessing their sins. Around 9:00 P.M., some members relieved a couple working in the nursery so the workers could experience what God was doing. That couple went to the altar and asked for prayer. Their son had run away four months before because he wanted the freedom to live his life as he desired. While this church was praying, that young man was at Mardi Gras in Galveston. He felt God telling him to go home. He made the ninety-minute drive home, only to find a dark house. He wondered why his parents would still be at church, but he drove to the church anyway. A deacon recognized him at the door and pointed him to his parents, who were still kneeling at the altar. The son tapped them on the shoulder. In a tearful embrace he told of his desire to come home and recommit his life to Christ. What if that young girl had not been obedient to repent of her sins? That worship service may have just lasted the usual hour rather than going until 11:00 P.M., and one family might still be distant from each other and the Lord. (Leadership, Nov. 1995, p. 2) C H
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Morgan - Dear Savior, Hear Our Prayer John Hewes, a prominent Boston printer who was born July 5, 1803, prided himself on being a descendant of one of the participants in the Boston Tea Party. He found an even greater heritage when he became a new creature in Christ in 1840. “Since his conversion,” said his pastor, “he presented a blameless life and a warm interest in the church, its worship, its activities, and its prosperity. He was strong in his opposition to wrong and oppression, and an earnest advocate of the antislavery movement. He loved the great truths of the Gospel with increasing affection.” Hewes became a prayer warrior, and he wrote some earnest hymns of prayer. The words of this one are especially meaningful to those who sometimes “sing their prayers.” Dear Savior, hear our prayer, – We bow before Thy throne; O may we find acceptance there, And peace before unknown. Dear Savior, hear our prayer, – O turn not Thou away; For in temptation’s fearful hour Thou art our only stay. Dear Savior, hear our prayer, – No other power but Thine Can fill our souls with heavenly joy, With rays of light divine. Dear Savior, hear our prayer, – On Thee alone we call; O keep our feet in wisdom’s way That we may never fall. Hear my prayer, O LORD , give ear to my supplications! In Your faithfulness answer me. – Psalm 143:1 A W Tozer - A Revival of Repentance —2 Chronicles 7:14 I have little fear that any nation or combination of nations could bring down the United States and Canada by military action from without. But this I do fear—we sin and sin and do nothing about it. There is so little sense of the need of repentance—so little burden for the will of God to be wrought in our national life. I fear that the voice of blood will become so eloquent that God Almighty will have no choice but to speak the word that will bring us down. I do pray often: “Oh God, send a revival of repentance and the fear of God that will sweep through the continent that we may be spared and that we may honor Thee!” Billy Graham - Praying for Your Nation 2 CHRONICLES 7:14 A great crisis in American history came at the Constitutional Convention called in Philadelphia to ratify a constitution for the new country that was being born. The delegates got angry with one another, and because they couldn’t resolve their conflicts or agree on anything, they picked up their hats and coats and started to leave. Suddenly, Benjamin Franklin spoke up. “What a minute, gentlemen,” he is reported to have said. “This country was conceived in faith in God. Many of us here believe in prayer. Let us get upon our knees and pray to Almighty God and see whether God shall give to us the answer to our dilemma.” Upon their knees those men went, and out of that prayer meeting came the immortal Constitution of the United States of America. What dilemma in your nation—or in your life—is compelling you to get down on your knees and seek God’s answer? MANY Christians will never get clarity about their situations because there is unaddressed sin in their lives. Sin, like rotten garbage, repulses God and sends Him the other way. God will not skip sin to give blessing. He won’t just ignore it and decide not to worry about it. Why? Even though He loves His children, He can’t compromise His character. He can’t stop being God just to make a Christian feel better. There are people who struggle with allergies because the air has been contaminated with dust and pollen. Allergies can make life miserable. In order for the allergies to get better, the air that a person breathes in has got to get cleaner. In order for God to clarify His way, the way, the air must get holier. Tony Evans - [God’s Standard; Holiness, Importance of 2 Chron. 7:14; Ps. 66:18; Isa. 59:2 Quotes on Revival • Lady asked Billy Sunday: “Why do you keep having revivals when it doesn’t last?” He asked her, “Why do you keep taking baths?” • The 19th century evangelist Charles G. Finney said, “Revival is the renewal of the first love of Christians resulting in the conversion of sinners to God. It presupposes that the church is backslidden, and revival means conviction of sin and searching of hearts among God’s people. Revival is nothing less than a new beginning of obedience to God.” - Source unknown • Dr. J. Elder Cumming contended that “in almost every case the beginning of new blessing is a new revelation of the character of God—more beautiful, more wonderful, more precious.” - J. O. Sanders, Enjoying Intimacy with God, Moody, p. 14 • Revival is an invasion from heaven that brings a conscious awareness of God. - Stephen Olford • Revival is that sovereign work of God in which He visits His own people, restoring and releasing them into the fulness of His blessing. - Robert Coleman • Revival cannot be organized, but we can set our sails to catch the wind from heaven when God chooses to blow upon His people once again. - G. Campbell Morgan • Revival is the people of God living in the power of an ungrieved, unquenched Spirit. - James A. Stewart • The kingdom of God is not going to advance by our churches becoming filled with men, but by men in our churches becoming filled with God. - Howard Spring • A genuine revival without joy in the Lord is as impossible as spring without flowers, or day-dawn without light. - C. H. Spurgeon • A true revival means nothing less than a revolution, casting out the spirit of worldliness, making God’s love triumph in the heart. - Andrew Murray • A revival means days of heaven on earth. - D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones • Revival is the church falling in love with Jesus all over again. - Vance Havner • In revival, the minds of people are concentrated upon things of eternity, and there is an awareness that nothing else really matters. - Brian Edwards • Revival restrains the righteous anger of God, restores the conscious awareness of God, and reveals the gracious activity of God. - Stephen Olford Charles Swindoll - Commence Prayer 2 Chronicles 7:14 Good Morning, Lord . . . Can We Talk? - Page 185 IN 1968, an airplane headed for New York —a normally routine flight. But this time it proved to be otherwise. While on their descent pattern, the pilot realized that the landing gear was not engaging. He messed around with the controls, trying again and again to get the gear to lock into place without success. He then asked ground control for instruction. As the plane circled the landing field, the emergency crew coated the runway with foam, and emergency vehicles moved into position. Meanwhile, the passengers were told of each maneuver in that calm voice pilots do so well. Flight attendants glided about the cabin with an air of cool reserve. Passengers were told to place their heads between their knees and grab their ankles just before impact. There were tears and a few cries of despair. It was one of those “I can’t believe this is happening to me” experiences. Then, with the landing only minutes away, the pilot suddenly announced over the intercom: “We are beginning our final descent. At this moment, in accordance with International Aviation Codes established at Geneva, it is my obligation to inform you that if you believe in God, you should commence prayer.” The Bible tells us that God responds when His people pray: If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land. 2 CHRONICLES 7:14 Amid the celebration of fireworks and cookouts today, there are other not-so-joyful gatherings. Some around you are struggling in the tunnels of deep grief having lost their soldier to combat. Still others are reeling from the latest terrorist attack. Given the horrifying evil of our times and the mind-boggling violence being perpetrated here and around the world, we all need to commence prayer. Take time today to plead with Him for mercy and protection, while at the same time thanking Him for the freedom that is ours. Then ask Him to heal our land and draw near to the brokenhearted. God’s Wake-Up Call By Dr. Stephen Olford Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:14 If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. Introduction: Revival is the work of God in God’s people primarily, spilling over a dynamic and redemptive witness to the world outside. I want to speak to you today on the subject of the reality of revival, now. 1. The Problem That Hinders Revival. “If My people … will turn from their wicked ways.” Notice how many times the word “My” is used in this verse. If you ask the question, “Who hinders revival?” God answers “My people.” The hindrance to revival in America today is the church. What is the problem? Why is heaven shut up? Glance at 2 Chronicles 6:26 to find out why the heavens have shut up and there is no rain; the answer is, “they have sinned.” Deuteronomy 11:13–14 tells us that obedience to God’s commandments brings rain from heaven, and that sin is failure to hear God, to love God, to serve God. Let me be practical about this: have you had your quiet time this morning? Have you heard from God today through His Word? A lack of obedience is a lack of love for God. If there’s one word missing today in our evangelical circles, it’s “obedience.” Serving involves doing fervently and faithfully what God has commanded. Every one of us should be finding, following, and finishing God’s work for our lives at every stage whether in school, seminary, shop, or in the farm. 2. The Process That Hastens Revival (v. 14). “If My people … will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways.” Have you ever analyzed the process of repentance? It’s a movement characterized by four steps: A. Brokenness. “Humble themselves.” When the writer here says we should “humble” ourselves, he’s using a Hebrew word found in Judges 8:28 where we read that Midian, when she was subdued under Gideon, could no more lift their heads. This is the type of brokenness we need before God and in our nation. We know that God respects the heart broken over sin (Ps. 51:17). God relieves the broken heart and saves such as have a contrite spirit. Are you living out the concept of repentance day by day as a lifestyle? That’s brokenness. Husbands and wives, parents and children, pastors and deacons, do you have a willingness to admit sin and get right? B. Prayerfulness. “Pray.” Of the twelve words used in the Old Testament for prayer, the word used here literally carries the connotation of self-judgment. So often we pray, “Lord send a great revival. Begin in me that I may be known as a Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, etc.” Our motives are wrong. We so often pull out our hair because prayer is out of the government, prayer is out of school, but what bothers me is that prayer is out of the church! C. Earnestness. “Seek My face.” This reminds us of Jacob’s wrestling match with God. After he was broken, he continued to cling to God until He blessed him. Andrew Murray in South Africa prayed for 30 years for revival, and then it came, the greatest revival South Africa has ever known. More preachers went out from South Africa than in any other time before or since. D. Holiness. “Turn from their wicked ways.” Are we translating the praises we sing today into everyday life? One of the biggest challenges we face is to be holy in a day of moral decay and degradation. 3. The Promise That Heralds Revival. “Then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” Here we have a threefold statement of God’s response: A. Divine Visitation. “I will hear from heaven.” B. Forgiveness. “And will forgive their sin.” C. Restoration. “And heal their land.” Conclusion: Are you prepared to obey these principles that determine revival? Brothers and sisters, in this holy place, in this sacred moment, will you acknowledge the problem that hinders revival in your life? Will you accept the process that hastens revival in your life? Will you affirm the promise that heralds revival in your life, now? When we pray for ourselves, our petitions usually center around what we think we need or what we are sure so-and-so needs. God sees needs in our lives that are far more urgent than those we have written on our heavenly supermarket list and daily present to our "Need-Meeter" in the sky. Our need for changed attitudes, a new acceptance of someone we have been rejecting, our need to be "cut down to size"—these are not things we pray for too readily. On the other hand, we do find we can pray these things for other people! —Jill Briscoe in Before You Say "Amen." Turn Around Repentance is not basically a religious word. It comes from a culture where people were essentially nomadic and lived in a world with no maps or street signs. It's easy to get lost walking through the desert. You become aware that the countryside is strange. You finally say to yourself, I'm going in the wrong direction. That's the first act of repentance. The second act of repentance is to go in an alternate direction. It implies that you not only do this but you admit it to your companions. We all do this whether or not we realize it. —Gordon MacDonald, Maximum Safety Depends on Keeping a Low Physical Profile The National Weather Service advises that if you are ever caught in the open during a severe lightning storm, you should kneel down, bend forward, and put your hands on your knees. Then if lightning strikes nearby, your body will be less likely to serve as a conductor. Maximum safety depends on keeping a low physical profile. The same applies to us as Christians caught in life's storms. We must assume a low spiritual posture. This means we must humble ourselves before the Lord because pride and rebellion can harden us. P G Matthew —2 Chronicles 7:14 This verse contains one of the most important promises in all of Scripture. God made this wonderful promise in 2 Chronicles 7 to his people after Solomon dedicated the temple. The temple—which pointed to the substitutionary, atoning death of Christ on the cross—reminds us that Jesus’ sacrifice alone permits the promise to be offered and fulfilled. But someone may ask, “Can the God of Israel really be trusted? Can we rely upon his promises?” The resounding answer is “Yes!” We can and we must trust God. We must trust God for our healing, for our forgiveness, and for our eternal salvation. The Scriptures tell us that God is not a man that he should lie. We are told that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all. We are told that God is truth and that he is a covenant-keeping God. No matter how many promises God has made, they are all “Yes” in Christ (2 Cor. 1:20). I do not believe, however, in an unconditional salvation. Whenever the question is put in the Bible, “What must I do to be saved?” there is always the answer, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will saved.” In other words, without repentance and faith, no one will be saved. What were the conditions God gave Solomon? Humility, earnest prayer, and sincere repentance. This is the unchangeable will of God. Why, then, are so many people not restored and healed today? There is only one answer: They have not met the conditions given in the Scriptures. They want an unconditional salvation that does not require them to turn from sin, but there is no such thing. God saves only those who forsake their sin, and humbly cry out to him for forgiveness. When we study the history of the kings of Judah and Israel, we notice that those who fulfilled these conditions did, in fact, receive God’s blessing. They were restored, reconciled, and healed. They were saved according to the promise of God. And when we fulfill the conditions, we also will discover God’s sovereign faithfulness to save us, heal us, restore us, bless us, and forgive our sins. David Jeremiah - IF MY PEOPLE 2 CHRONICLES 7:14 Just before his inauguration, Dwight Eisenhower invited Billy Graham to the Commodore Hotel in New York. “I’d like to quote one or two passages from the Bible in my inaugural speech,” he said. Eisenhower felt one of the reasons he was elected was to help set the moral climate of America. Graham suggested 2 Chronicles 7:14. Eisenhower prepared a speech that, to everyone’s surprise, opened with what he called “a little prayer of my own.” After his prayer, Ike’s speech spoke repeatedly of spiritual things. “In the swift rush of great events,” he said, “we find ourselves groping to know the full meaning of these times in which we live. In our quest for understanding, we beseech God’s guidance.” He was sworn into office with his hand resting on two Bibles, both opened to 2 Chronicles 7:14. Take this verse as a personal mandate today—to humble yourself and pray that America might turn from any wicked way. Revival - Stan Toler Hallelujah, Thine the Glory! Revive us again! —William P. Mackay At the dawning of the twentieth century, General William Booth of the Salvation Army prophesied the church would experience the following points of departure if revival did not occur: Christianity without Christ; Forgiveness without repentance; Salvation without regeneration; Religion without the Holy Spirit; Politics without God; Heaven without hell. If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. —2 Chronicles 7:14 Some years ago, a pastor reviewed Booth’s words and cried out to God for revival. Finally, in desperation he asked a dear saint, “What will bring revival?” Without hesitation she responded, “Second Chronicles 7:14!” The next Sunday the pastor spoke from 2 Chronicles 7:14, and shared the following formula for revival: Pray without ceasing. Practice holiness in our living. Love our brothers and sisters. Be diligent in outreach. Demonstrate generosity in our giving. Experience the power of the Holy Spirit. As the pastor completed his message, people began to move forward, weeping and praying for revival. God truly came into their midst, and the church experienced revival unlike anything they had ever known. Are you hungry for revival, or are you in a comfortable—or uncomfortable—rut? Why not follow this formula for revival? God wants all his people to be revived daily. faith into action Practice praying without ceasing for an entire day, asking God for revival to start with you. Talk authentically and regularly to God throughout the day about each revival factor in your life. Devotions for Pastors C H