Prayed…
Thank You for Your holy presence, Father
Expecting and looking for more of Your grace, peace, and rest, Lord
We worship and yield to Your Spirit, today
Your Word is so encouraging, beautiful, and true!
Thank You for the ministry of Your precious Holy Spirit
You have set us apart, Father
There is so much more yet to be done, and we yield to You
We will continually be faithful to You and to Your Word
Scripture Focus…
“Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert.”
(Isaiah 43:19 MSG)
Shared…
The following commentary to Isaiah 43:19 was taken from The Revival Study Bible:
Has not our unbelief sometimes fed upon the novelty of the promised blessing? It seemed a new thing to you sinners that the Lord should in a moment pass by your sins, and make you righteous in the righteousness of Christ; yet the new thing has come to pass. When we hear of a more than ordinarily successful Christian work, many who have not been favored with such prosperity cannot believe it to be true. Had they seen two or three people converted and added to the church in a year, they would have said, “This is the finger of God,” but if they hear of forty or a hundred, or even a thousand converted during a gracious revival, they are very skeptical. The conversion of thousands under one sermon they admit may have taken place in Old Testament times, but that is a long time ago; we cannot expect to see such things now. Thus, they reason in their hearts, and insinuate that the Lord’s arm has waxed short. Oh, brethren, if God has given us a promise which has not yet been fulfilled, and if there never has before occurred anything like it, this is no excuse for our disbelieving the divine Word. Has He not promised, “Behold, I will do a new thing”? Did He not say to His people Israel, “I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, and you did not know them”? Is not everything new when for the first time the Lord reveals it? (CHS)
The following excerpt is taken from Opened Windows The Church and Revival by James A. Stewart:
Believing for Revival
Whenever revival has broken out during the course of our own ministry we have always searched quietly and reverently to discover what individual or group of believers had been embracing the promises. We know that revival does not come because of the eloquence of great preachers, or because of the power of a great organization. It is the supernatural spontaneous work of God, which commences in the secret place of intercession, because some believers dare to believe that God can fulfil His word even today. (Revival never begins with a great noise or with great crowds.) I could give countless illustrations of this blessed fact. I have known of whole groups of churches lifted up to a high standard of holiness and thousands of souls saved as the result of a few believers who held on to God to do a “new thing” (Isa. 43:19).
One day in a northern city of Eastern Europe (now in Soviet Russia) I was concerned because, for no apparent reason, God had suddenly sent revival. In other cities and countries it usually comes after several weeks or even months of throne ministry. But here on the fifth day, the heavens were rent asunder, and we were deluged with heaven-sent blessing. One thousand believers packed the church building each morning for Bible study. Thousands heard the Gospel in the evening in a larger auditorium. So great was the hunger for the Word among the unsaved that there was no room for the believers in the evening service. I asked them to go to their own churches and pray and not take up the seats which should be occupied with unsaved. The spiritual distress among the unsaved was great, as the Sword of the Spirit stabbed their hearts night after night. It was midnight and after before I could leave the building. I was greatly disturbed in my mind and could not sleep, being at a loss to explain the “open windows” (Mal. 3:10). I had arrived unheralded and unknown, only by the invitation of the Holy Spirit. The meetings had commenced on a Friday night with some seven people at a prayer meeting!
One evening the Lord very kindly allowed me to discover the secret of blessing. Being afraid that I would not have sufficient power of the Sprit to proclaim the Evangel to the thousands who had gathered, I made my way to the basement of the auditorium in order to have a few minutes more of prayer. I began to pray in the darkness, but it was not long before I felt an overwhelming sense of the majesty of God. I knew right away there was someone else in the large basement, praying. I quietly put on the light, and there I saw at the extreme end of the basement some twelve sisters, flat on their faces before God! They were totally unaware of my presence. They were “inside the veil,” touching the Throne, by the power of the Spirit, while upstairs God was working mightily among the unsaved.
OH, FOR GOD TO RAISE UP A MIGHTY BAND WHO WILL DARE TO BELIEVE GOD FOR REVIVAL!
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Continued Praying…
Believing that You will do those things that You said You would do
We are so thankful for what You have already done, and for Your glorious presence
It is not too late, it is not over, there is more yet to come!
Praying for the souls to come in and for the lost to be found, Father
Watching with expectancy, those things are coming to pass!
Pour out Your Spirit upon us, that we would yield to more of You, Lord
Calling in the lost from the north, south, east, and west
Praying for the way to be clear and straight
Pleading the blood of Jesus over their steps, Father
Thank You for a revival!
Yielding to You in a greater way, bend the Church, Lord
Purposing in our hearts to continually contend for Your plan and purpose
More, more, and more—out and beyond where we have ever been before!
Calling for new days, new hours, new times, and new patterns
Give us greater anointings to pray, Father
Each and every one of us has a call, and we believe for it to be revealed to us, Lord
No, we will not doubt that, we will believe!
We turn our eyes toward You, O God
Walking out the plan You have for us, today
Reaching out and stretching ahead by faith
Unbelief and doubt—get out in Jesus’ name!
We lean not on our own understanding but are totally dependent on You!
Opening up our eyes to see and our ears to hear and obey Your Word
Pleading the blood of Jesus over every key and every door
Alignment for the body of Christ in the name of Jesus!
No we will not let go of that, we believe for the fullness and completeness of Your purpose
We yield and hold fast to it, Lord
Every detail, every facet will be right on time and right in time
Moving those in positions of authority to their rightful places
Watching over each and every one of those leaders and covering them with the blood of Jesus
Lifting them up before You, Father
Renew them and make them whole
Declaring steadiness, strengthening, and empowerment for the body of Christ, today
You make all things new, and we thank You for that, Lord!
Pleading the blood of Jesus over those steps, that they would go in the right way
Calling for words, holy words, healthy words, the right words to be spoken, holy Father
Our help comes from You and from You alone!
These are days of change, days of revival!
It is time to walk out further than we have ever walked out before, and we will obey every step of the way!
Wellness, health, and wholeness are on their way!
Let go! Let go! Let go!
Moving into those positions that we have been called unto
Calling, believing, and receiving from Heaven, today
Covering and looking over those leaders, give them eyes to see, Father
Pleading the blood of Jesus over every transition that is made
Contending for the right transfer—it has to be the right time and way
Alignment in Jesus’ name!
Continually moving under the anointing of Your Holy Spirit
You have made our paths straight, and we thank You for that, Father
We need and ask for Your fire, Lord
Holy Spirit we wait on You, and welcome You today
We see Your fire being carried out, Father
Souls coming in and laborers going out!
Calling for that holy fire to be on those laborers—saturate them, Lord
Praying for those in positions of authority, strengthen them, and give them peace and rest
Lifting them before You, we loose them to walk in more of the new
That they would speak and walk by faith and not by sight
We call for fire on them, fire in them, and fire around them!
That each and every leader would continually contend for Your plan and purpose
Thanking You in advance for Your manifested presence to be increased
Declaring that all believers would rise up and take their places in the body of Christ
Yearning for greater manifestations of You, Lord
Praying for signs and wonders to come forth, just like You said they would!
We worship, honor, and magnify You
Thank You for Your grace, mercy and love—thank You that it is new every morning
This is a new day, and we will rejoice and be glad in it!