Common commitments of the revivalists
As I mentioned the other day I am reading John Peters book, “Great Revivalists: 1700 to the present day”.
In the closing summary he shares some of the common things that the major revivalists believed or were committed to. I found these quite interesting.
- Submission to the teaching of the Bible
- Openness to the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit
- Deep devotion to prayer and worship
- Integrity of lifestyle in terms of transformed behaviour
- An intense desire to glorify Jesus
- Humility
Peters shares throughout the book that while true revival is solely based on the will of a sovereign God, these things were present in all of the major revivalists in the last 300 years.
I really hope and pray that I get to see and I am involved in true revival in my lifetime. In the meantime I am going to commit myself to the things mentioned above and pray for a sovereign move of God in my region.
