Revive Us Again

Revive us again oh Lord! What a prayer that is needed today.

“Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?”—Psalm 85:6.

Has we go into revival week how many have asked the Lord to revive us again.

I believe if you will pray this prayer, it will be better than me preaching it; as a matter of fact and my only motive in preaching it is that you may pray it.

Oh what peace we often forfeit oh what needless pain we bare all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer.

We pray for many things but have we done as the psalmist and pray for a revival!

I need some saints today that have already made up in their mind that want a revival and don’t mind praying by crying, yea, groaning, deep down in our souls, “Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?”

Its no secret that many today are far from rejoicing and they have not figured it out why.

Notice the style of the praying here; it is in the form of a question, and in the shape of a plea.

We don’t need form or fashion we need to cry out!

We can’t go into revival week without praying a revival will happen.

I wonder if I could stir y’all up to be instant in season and out of season, with God in prayer!

I need for the saints to commit before I say another word. Pastor I am praying for a revival!

Let us get away to our closets; let us cry mightily to him; let us come to close quarters with him, and say, “Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?”

Now IS THE TIME FOR SUCH A PRAYER AS THIS

The pandemic is over and we can come back to church as normal but have we come back full throttle?

How does the church look today.

God has been good to us. The psalmist opens us testifying of God’s stedfast love. “Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob You forgave the iniquity of your people;

you covered all their sin. Selah

3  You withdrew all your wrath;

you turned from your hot anger. (Ps 85:2–3).

Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?” Ah, now!

The Lord has been merciful, gracious and kind.

How many can shout that the Lord has been good?

The 44th Psalm begins. “We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.” .

There are multiple occasions for revival.

When we are under a cloud.

When feel tire.

When we feel like giving up

when I have preached, but it seemed to be like talking to a dead wall; and yet, or ever I have been aware of it, God’s Spirit has come down upon the people, and the same blessed gospel,—for we have not two gospels,—has been blessed to many, and one after another they have cried out, “What must we do to be saved?” Workers for Christ, never think of giving up your work, but stick to it, and pray this prayer vehemently, and intensely, “Wilt thou not revive us again? Lord, send us once again times of increased spiritual life, times of greater success in the winning of souls!”

And, once more, I think that this prayer may well be prayed when we have among us a number of persons who are backsliding.

In a large church, there are always some who are spiritually sickly, going back and declining; and some of us know the heartbreak of mourning over those that did run well, of whom we have sorrowfully to ask, “What did hinder them?”

There are some who used to be bold in the service of God, who now forsake his house, and his way, and even deny his holy name. Well, what then?

King James Version Psalm 85

1  LORD, thou hast been Favourable unto thy land:

Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

2  Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people,

Thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.

3  Thou hast taken away all thy wrath:

Thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

4  Turn us, O God of our salvation,

And cause thine anger toward us to cease.

5  Wilt thou be angry with us for ever?

Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

6  Wilt thou not revive us again:

That thy people may rejoice in thee?

7  Shew us thy mercy, O LORD,

And grant us thy salvation.

8  I will hear what God the LORD will speak:

For he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints:

But let them not turn again to folly.

9  Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him;

That glory may dwell in our land.

10  Mercy and truth are met together;

Righteousness and tpeace have kissed each other.

11  Truth shall spring out of the earth;

And righteousness shall look down from heaven.

12  Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good;

And our land shall yield her increase.

13  Righteousness shall go before him;

And shall set us in the way of his steps.

II. Secondly, though it will be the same thought presented a little differently, let us consider, THE NEED OF SUCH A PRAYER: “Wilt thou not revive us again?” Who needs such a prayer?

Who needs it? Well, first of all, the minister needs it. Brethren, you make a mistake about some of us ministers; you have a notion that we are always full of grace, that when we come into the pulpit we are always able to command earnestness and zeal Do not believe it; we are but poor creatures without our God, apart from divine grace, we are just as hard-hearted towards sinners as any of our people are, and we have to cry mightily to God to keep our spiritual nature alive, even as you do. Pray more for us. Do, I entreat you. Pray that God would revive us again. If the preachers grow dull and sleepy, there is no wonder that the people do so; therefore, give us a special place in your supplications that we may be kept right for your sakes, and for Christ’s sake, and the gospel’s sake. Oh, pray for ministers! I am not going to find fault with any of them any more than I find fault with myself; but there is grievous need to pray for many occupants of pulpits, that the Lord would revive them again. There is a very common habit of criticizing us, and I am sure I do not mind if you do criticize me as much as ever you like; but it is very difficult for me to find anybody to take this pulpit, because anybody that some of you like others do not like. I have given up any idea of pleasing you all; but I just try to do my best, that is all I can do; tut the habit of criticizing ministers is a bad one. Give it tip, and begin to pray for them.

Pray more and more for all preachers of the Word, “Lord, revive them. Lord, revive them.” I have heard of a minister who preached once about our being epistles, written not with ink, but with the Holy Spirit; and one of his divisions was that sometimes ministers were pens, and they could not write upon men’s hearts because they were not dipped in the ink.

I think that there is a great deal in that thought. If a minister comes forward with a good dip of ink in his pen, then he can write upon men’s hearts; when the Spirit of God fills us, and we are revived, then some good writing will be done; but not else.

But, dear friends, all the leaders of our church want reviving. Of our church, I mean. If there are any people who need praying for, it is deacons, and I put the trustees with them. Never forget to pray for them.

I have no fault to find with them any more than I have to find with the

I have no doubt that, often, dead deacons and tired trustees prevent a church prospering; therefore, let us pray earnestly for the leaders of God’s Israel, “Lord, revive them again. Put more spiritual life into them.”

The same is true of all the members of the church without exception. How much they need reviving! And all the workers, too. You who have a large class to look after, you who are conducting a Mission, why, if you who lead the way in Christ’s work go to sleep, what is to become of the work? So, let us carry upon our hearts in prayer all our fellow-members, the workers and the sufferers, and cry to God, “Lord, revive them. Keep them in a good state. Keep them in proper trim, that they may do that work in noble fashion, and bring glory to thy holy name. Wilt thou not revive us again?”

Brothers, sisters, let me breathe this prayer in the name of you all, “Lord, we want to serve thee at our very best. Revive us again we beseech thee.”

Then look at the outside public, the myriads who never go to hear the gospel at all. How are they to be reached by a cold, dead church? So, for their sakes, for the sake of this great London, for the sake of this great nation, for the sake of the world, let us pray, “O God, be pleased to revive us again!”