What do I mean by 'revival'? Revival is when positive change happens in the Church and therefore in the community that the Church serves. People find faith in Christ, healing happens in bodies, minds and relationships, the community recognises that the Church and faith in Jesus is producing a positive effect. Crime and immorality reduce significantly whilst personal spirituality and Church community events increase.
Revival happens when Christians start believing that God has provided all we need for all he has asked us to do, nothing is missing. He has already made available all the resources of heaven, all the power of the Holy Spirit and all the authority of Jesus Christ, not 'for the asking' but within the Spirit-filled believer at all times. The believing I mean is not mental assent to a truth but the putting into action of that truth. Revival 'tarries' not because God has not yet decided to act or because we have not prayed enough, but because we have not decided to act.
Why not make 2010 the year in which YOU decide to make revival happen in your life. Make that decision to pray, study, witness (without fear of man), heal the sick (until they do start getting healed), operate in the gifts of the Spirit, both within the Church and in the world. It has been said, and is probably true, that most people don't see healings because they don't 'pray for' enough people! Many drugs used in medicine are only effective in a minority of cases but that minority is sufficient to make the use of the drug worthwhile. If you command healing in a thousand people this year and only 10% get healed then 100 people would be healed because you chose to operate in the authority that Jesus gave to you
