Revival is a renewed conviction of sin and repentance, followed by an intense desire to live in obedience to God. It is giving up one’s will to God in deep humility.
If the presence of God is in the church, the church will draw the world in. If the presence of God is not in the church, the world will draw the church out.
Prevailing prayer is that which secures an answer. Saying prayers is not offering prevailing prayer. The prevalence of prayer does not depend so much on quantity as on quality.
Sin is the most expensive thing in the universe. Nothing else can cost so much.
Nothing tends more to cement the hearts of Christians than praying together. Never do they love one another so well as when they witness the outpouring of each other’s hearts in prayer.
Ministers often preach about the Gospel instead of preaching the Gospel. They often preach about sinners instead of preaching to them.
Unless the will is free, man has no freedom; and if he has no freedom he is not a moral agent, that is, he is incapable of moral action and also of moral character.
There can be no revival when Mr. Amen and Mr. Wet-Eyes are not found in the audience.
Repentance is a change of willing, of feeling and of living, in respect to God.
A revival may be expected when Christians have a spirit of prayer for a revival. That is, when they pray as if their hearts were set upon it. When Christians have the spirit of prayer for a revival. When they go about groaning out their hearts desire. When they have real travail of soul.
It is the great business of every Christian to save souls.
Unless I had the spirit of prayer, I could do nothing.
It is a mournful fact that most men, and indeed all men of worldly character, have so much regard to public opinion that they dare not act according to the dictates of their consciences when acting thus would incur the popular frown.
When sinners are careless and stupid, and sinking into hell unconcerned, it is time the church should bestir themselves. It is as much the duty of the church to awake, as it is for the firemen to awake when a fire breaks out in the night in a great city.
There can be no higher enjoyment found in this world that is found in pulling souls out of the fire and bringing them to Christ.
A state of mind that sees God in everything is evidence of growth in grace and a thankful heart.
Effective prayer is prayer that attains what it seeks. It is prayer that moves God, effecting its end.
Every moment of your lives you are exerting a tremendous influence, that will tell on the immortal interests of souls around you. Are you asleep, while your conduct is exerting such an influence?
If you do not make it a matter of study, how you may successfully act in building up the kingdom of Christ, you are acting a very wicked and absurd part as a Christian.
Often, without being at all aware of it, men judge themselves, not by God’s rule, but by their own.