When May We Expect Revival?

When the godly are moved to the very center of their being by the need of the world.

When we become as zealous for the honor of God as we are for our own honor.

When we are continually pressed to pray: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”

When Christians have a spirit of prayer for revival and see the lost world in the same way God does.

When we love sinners as we love the righteous.

When we take God’s message from door to door, not under the stern lash of duty, but by the constraining Hand of God.

When the definite object of everyone is the salvation of sinners.

When we are willing to pay the price—a complete abandonment to the Holy Spirit.

The greatest hindrance to revival is sin—not open sin, but sin in the heart, in the mind, in life, in the Church, in the pulpit.

There must be a revival of conviction of sin before there is a revival of grace.

It is the sin of disobedience that hinders revival—disobedience with regard to the movements of the Holy Spirit—a holding back when the volition of the Spirit would have us move on. We have held back our development by disobedience; we have clogged the channels of blessing.

Sin is not merely an act, but a series of actions. It is a ruling principle in the lives of men.

Revival is an overwhelming conviction of sin.