It’s Time To Pray!

by Dave Butts

“Oh! men and brethren, what would this heart feel if I could but believe that there were some among you who would go home and pray for a revival – men whose faith is large enough, and their love fiery enough to lead them from this moment to exercise unceasing intercessions that God would appear among us and do wondrous things here, as in the times of former generations.” -C. H. Spurgeon

I’m in agreement with that great “Prince of Preachers”, Charles H Spurgeon, that the desired outcome of our gathering at the Cove for the Heart Cry for Revival Conference, is that some would return to their homes committed to prayer. Not just any old kind of prayer, but passionate intercession for revival…a crying out for the Presence of God to be experienced in the midst of His people once again.

Like many of you, I’m a veteran of Christian Conferences. Almost without exception, I return home spiritually full, and often overwhelmed by the sheer amount of good teaching I’ve heard. Our most recent Heart-Cry Conference was no exception. Great teaching, preaching, worship and fellowship marked our time together. And now? Now it’s time to pray.

A Conference can light a fire of desire for revival, but by itself it cannot bring revival. Revival is heaven-sent, and at least the pattern for past revivals is, that it comes in response to the prayers of God’s people. Hopefully the HCR Conference lit that fire for you. Now it’s time to pray until we see God move in our midst.

A practical suggestion for you…find others to join you as you intercede for revival. You will be more consistent and better focused if a small group can gather to pray for God to manifest His Presence among His people. If you do not know others with this as an interest, then begin to pray on your own, but also ask the Lord to bring others to you to join with you as you pray for revival.

“The main reason we should be praying about revival is that we are anxious to see God’s name vindicated and His glory manifested. We should be anxious to see something happening that will arrest the nations, all the peoples, and cause them to stop and think again,” - Martin Lloyd-Jones