Revival

Revival is the renewal of spiritual life among God's people. God promises to hear and heal the land of a people who humble themselves, pray, seek his face and turn from their wicked ways, and the psalmists and prophets prayed for him to revive his work and pour out his Spirit.

Prayers for revival

• Psalm 85:6
  Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?
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• Habakkuk 3:2
  O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!
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• Psalm 80:18-19
  ¹⁸So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name. ¹⁹Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
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• Isaiah 64:1
  Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
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Humbling and returning

• 2 Chronicles 7:14
  If my people, which are called by my name, shall 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.and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
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• Acts 3:19
  Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
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• Hosea 6:1-2
  ¹Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds. ²After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
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• Isaiah 57:15
  For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
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• Joel 2:12-13
  ¹²Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” ¹³And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
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Outpouring of the Spirit

• Joel 2:28-29
  ²⁸And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. ²⁹And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
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• Isaiah 44:3
  For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
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• Acts 2:1-4
  ¹And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. ²And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. ³And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. ⁴And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
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• Acts 2:41
  Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
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• Acts 4:31
  And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
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Revivals in Israel

• 2 Kings 23:1-3
  ¹And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. ²And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the Lord.And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD. ³And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.
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• Nehemiah 8:6
  And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
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• Ezra 10:1
  Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.
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• Jonah 3:5-10
  ⁵So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least. ⁶For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. ⁷And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink. ⁸But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands. ⁹Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.” ¹⁰And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
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A renewed heart

• Psalm 51:10-12
  ¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. ¹¹Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me. ¹²Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.
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• Revelation 2:4-5
  ⁴Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love. ⁵Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
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See also

• Repentance
• Prayer
• Holy Spirit
• Humility
• Fasting

Notes

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