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WE NEED REVIVAL:
By: N. L. DeMoss
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. . when we do not love Him as we once did.
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. . when earthly interests and occupations are more important to us than
eternal ones.
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. . when we would rather watch TV and read secular books and magazines than
read the Bible and pray.
. . . when church dinners are better attended than prayer meetings. . . . when concerts draw bigger crowds than prayer meetings.
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. . when we have little or no desire for prayer.
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. . when we would rather make money than give money.
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. . when we put people into leadership positions in our churches who do not
meet scriptural qualifications.
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. . when our Christianity is joyless and passionless.
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. . when we know truth in our heads that we are not practicing in our lives.
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. . when we make little effort to witness to the lost.
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. . when we have time for sports, recreation, and entertainment, but not for
Bible study and prayer.
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. . when we do not tremble at the Word of God.
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. . when preaching lacks conviction, confrontation, and divine fire and
anointing.
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. . when we seldom think thoughts of eternity.
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. . when God’s people are more concerned about their jobs and their careers,
than about the Kingdom
of Christ and the salvation of the
lost.
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. . when God’s people get together with other believers and the conversation
is primarily about the
news, weather, and sports, rather than
the Lord.
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. . when church services are predictable and "business as usual."
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. . when Christian husbands and wives are not praying together.
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. . when our marriages are co-existing rather than full of the love of
Christ.
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. . when our children are growing up to adopt worldly values, secular
philosophies, and ungodly lifestyles.
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. . when we are more concerned about our children’s education and their
athletic activities than about
the condition of their souls.
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. . when sin in the church is pushed under the carpet.
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. . when known sin is not dealt with through the biblical process of
discipline and restoration.
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. . when we tolerate "little" sins of gossip, a critical spirit,
and lack of love.
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. . when we will watch things on television and movies that are not holy.
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. . when our singing is half-hearted and our worship lifeless.
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. . when our prayers are empty words designed to impress others.
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. . when our prayers lack fervency.
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. . when our hearts are cold and our eyes are dry.
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. . when we aren’t seeing regular evidence of the supernatural power of God.
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. . when we have ceased to weep and mourn and grieve over our own sin and the
sin of others.
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. . when we are content to live with explainable, ordinary Christianity and
church services.
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. . when we are bored with worship.
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. . when people have to be entertained to be drawn to church.
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. . when our music and dress become patterned after the world.
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. . when we start fitting into and adapting to the world, rather than calling
the world to adapt to God’s
standards of holiness.
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. . when we don’t long for the company and fellowship of God’s people.
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. . when people have to be begged to give and to serve in the church.
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. . when our giving is measured and calculated, rather than extravagant and
sacrificial.
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. . when we aren’t exercising faith and believing God for the impossible.
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. . when we are more concerned about what others think about us than what God
thinks about us.
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. . when we are unmoved by the fact that 2.5 billion people in this world
have never heard the
name of Jesus . . . when we are unmoved by the thought of neighbors, business associates, and acquaintances who are
lost and without Christ.
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. . when we are making little or no difference in the secular world around
us.
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. . when the fire has gone out in our hearts, our marriages, and the church.
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. . when we are blind to the extent of our need and don’t think we need
revival.
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