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Revival is God revealing Himself to men in awesome holiness and irresistible power. -- Arthur Wallis
Revival is when God gets so sick and tired of being misrepresented that He shows Himself. -- Leonard Ravenhill
Revival occurs when those who think they already know the gospel discover they do not really or fully know it. -- Timothy Keller
Prayer begets Revival, which begets more prayer. -- Jim Cymbala
Present-Day Wickedness, Apostasy and Modern Civilization Cannot Prevent Revival. -- John R. Rice
Revival brings back a holy shock to apathy and carelessness. -- Winkie Pratney
Revival is not just an emotional touch; it's a complete takeover! -- Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Revival is the eruption of God's heart on a life poured out. -- Lou Engle
Revival is simply New Testament Christianity, the saints going back to normal. -- Vance Havner
When is a revival needed? When carelessness and unconcern keep the people asleep. -- Billy Sunday
Revival begins by Christians getting right first and then spills over into the world. -- Charles Spurgeon
They tell me a revival is only temporary; so is a bath, but it does you good. -- Billy Sunday
Revival precedes evangelism. The church must first repent. This is the blind spot in our eye today. -- Vance Havner
Revival is the Spirit's passion within the believer to know and to obey the total will of God. -- Leonard Ravenhill
Revival is when God's people return to God and God returns to them, and everyone sees the difference. -- Henry Blackaby
Revival is an infusion of new spiritual life imparted by the Holy Spirit to existing parts of Christ's body. -- Richard Lovelace
Revival is a divinely initiated work in which God's people pray, repent of their sin, and return to a holy, Spirit-filled, obedient, love-relationship with God. -- Henry Blackaby
Reformation is a return to the sound doctrine of the Bible. Revival is the practice of that sound doctrine under the power of the Holy Spirit. -- Francis Schaeffer
I am saying voluntarily that I have sung for almost every religious group in the country, from Jewish and Catholic, and Presbyterian and Holy Rollers and Revival Churches. -- Pete Seeger
I don't care if it's rap, metal, whatever. You still should play Beatles records mixed with Limp Bizkit mixed with Foghat mixed with Creedence Clearwater Revival, stuff like that. -- Afrika Bambaataa
When the church finds its members falling into gross and scandalous sins, then it is time for the church to awake and cry to God for a Revival of Religion. -- Charles Grandison Finney
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. -- Charles Grandison Finney
Revival begins in the individual's heart. Let it begin with you on your face alone before God. Turn from every sin that might hinder. Renew yourself to a new devotion to the Savior. -- Lee Roberson
I am saying voluntarily that I have sung for almost every religious group in the country, from Jewish and Catholic, and Presbyterian and Holy Rollers and Revival Churches, and I do this voluntarily. -- Pete Seeger
Revival is not just a feeling of excitement of the Lord. We get excited about many things, but excitement is not a revival if God is not the thing that gets us excited. -- Jerry Falwell
My older brother was into Creedence Clearwater Revival and ZZ Top, and my sister was into pop radio. So somewhere along the line, I got into Ozzy Osbourne, REO Speedwagon, Heart, Pat Benetar, Journey. -- Martina McBride
Revival comes from heaven when heroic souls enter the conflict determined to win or die - or if need be, to win and die! The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. -- Charles Grandison Finney
When it comes to rock music, I'm not much of a player, but I do have entry-level chops. I'm more knowledgeable as a listener, and Revival gave me a way to write about rock and roll without being preachy or boring. -- Stephen King
Alan Lomax is the person who I think should be given major credit for what has been called the "Folk Song Revival." My father participated with him because my father was a musicologist and urged trained musicians to learn about "the vernacular." -- Pete Seeger
Hunts Point Revival's reuse of the existing structure as part of the new development was conceptually bold and challenging. Overall, the project contained a good blend of creative sustainable design elements. The solar room for heating and ventilation was particularly creative and convincing. -- Edward Mazria
Two weeks ago at the Greater Glory Gathering Virginia Beach, the Lord spoke to me about contending for a greater outpouring of his presence, signs, and wonders. During this prophetic experience I saw the Revival Healing Angel that had visited us in Lakeland, Florida. -- Todd Bentley
The purpose of revival is to fire the church with divine energy for her divine assignment. Revival will tear us away from our temporal pursuits to give ourselves for what really matters.Revival will not occur without prayer. Prevailing prayer is always antecedent to revival. -- David Shibley
Revival is the visitation of God which brings to life Christians who have been sleeping and restores a deep sense of God's near presence and holiness. Thence springs a vivid sense of sin and a profound exercise of heart in repentance, praise, and love, with an evangelistic outflow. -- J. I. Packer
A revival does two things. First, it returns the Church from her backsliding and second, it causes the conversion of men and women; and it always includes the conviction of sin on the part of the Church. What a spell the devil seems to cast over the Church today! -- Billy Sunday
A genuine revival means a trimming of personal lamps. -- Theodore L. Cuyler
Maybe you are the key to revival in your church. -- Leonard Ravenhill
As long as we are content to live without revival, we will. -- Leonard Ravenhill
If we want revivals, we must revive our reverence for the Word of God. -- Charles Spurgeon
A revival is the church falling in love with Jesus Christ all over again. -- Vance Havner
Praying for revival equates to blaming God for the condition of your local church. -- Andy Stanley
We will never meet God in revival until we have first met Him in brokenness. -- Nancy Leigh DeMoss
In revival, God is not concerned about filling empty churches, He is concerned about filling empty hearts. -- Leonard Ravenhill
There can be no revival when Mr. Amen and Mr. Wet-Eyes are not found in the audience. -- Charles Grandison Finney
I don't want revival...I WANT CHRIST! And if we have Christ, there will be a revival. -- Paul Washer
Trying to run a church without revivals can be done when you can run a gasoline engine on buttermilk. -- Billy Sunday
Study the history of revival. God has always sent revival in the darkest days. Oh, for a mighty, sweeping revival today! -- Adrian Rogers
We cannot organize revival, but we can set our sails to catch the wind from Heaven when God chooses to blow upon His people once again -- G. Campbell Morgan
I've been fortunate in my career to have performed in revivals of great musicals and to have originated roles in musicals that have in turn been revived. And I'm not dead! -- Bernadette Peters
Have you noticed how much praying for revival has been going on of late - and how little revival has resulted? I believe the problem is that we have been trying to substitute praying for obeying, and it simply will not work. -- Aiden Wilson Tozer
If revival is being withheld from us it is because some idol remains still enthroned; because we still insist in placing our reliance in human schemes; because we still refuse to face the unchangeable truth that It is not by might, but by My Spirit. -- Jonathan Goforth
Oh! men and brethren, what would this heart feel if I could but believe that there were some among you who would go home and pray for a revival men whose faith is large enough, and their love fiery enough to lead them from this moment to exercise unceasing intercessions that God would appear among us and do wondrous things here, as in the times of former generations. -- Charles Spurgeon
The conservative revival cannot be dismissed. -- Christopher Lasch
The blues - the sound of a sinner on revival day. -- William Christopher Handy
Any revival in which I am involved is liable to change. -- Tom Stoppard
Maud Gonne was - excuse me, Maud Gonne was central to the Gaelic literature revival. She wrote plays, and she sang. -- Derrick Jensen
We can be certain that cities around the world will compete for the jobs that the next revival of the financial services industry will bring. -- Michael Bloomberg
I watched Mark Rylance in the Broadway revival of 'La Bete,' and it knocked my socks off. The complete commitment, passion, and unbridled enjoyment in every moment of what he was doing was overwhelming. -- David Alan Basche
I am here before you tonight to dedicate this administration to bringing a new renaissance of neighborhood life and community spirit, a renewal of confidence in the future of our city and a revival of opportunity for all Chicago. -- Jane Byrne
I believe there is no doctrine more dangerous to the Church today than to convey the impression that a revival is something peculiar in itself and cannot be judged by the same rules of causes and effect as other things. -- Billy Sunday
I've been able to dig deeper into awareness of my own sinfulness, and take baby steps toward spiritual healing. I'm able to worship in an ancient communion full of awesome beauty, one that is now being blessed with quiet revival. -- Frederica Mathewes-Green
Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity. -- Mike Leigh
Now it is time to make historic reassessments in order to transform our region into one of stability, freedom, prosperity, cultural revival and co-existence. In this new regional order there should be less violence and fewer barriers between countries, societies and sects. -- Ahmet Davutoglu
The revival of the Right is as extraordinary as it would be if the public had demanded dozens of new nuclear plants in the days after the Three Mile Island disaster; if we had reacted to Watergate by making Richard Nixon a national hero. -- Thomas Frank
We felt if we didn't have new material in us and we didn't have a real reason to exist, then we probably wouldn't have done an 80's revival thing. We are very conscious about the fact that's what we are as a bunch of people. -- Andy Taylor
The story of Christian reformation, revival, and renaissance underscores that the darkest hour is often just before the dawn, so we should always be people of hope and prayer, not gloom and defeatism. God the Holy Spirit can turn the situation around in five minutes. -- Os Guinness
In the modern era, our nation experienced constant hardship and difficulties. The Chinese nation reached the most dangerous period. Since then, countless people with lofty ideals to realise the great revival of the Chinese nation rose to resist and fight, but failed one time after another. -- Xi Jinping
With 'GoldenEye,' the franchise got locked into this legal fight. They couldn't make new Bond movies for about seven years. It was my first huge production. I figured if I did at least a yeoman-like job, it would be greeted as a complete revival of the series. -- Martin Campbell
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The work I did in Vertigo meant nothing if no one cared about the movie. Luckily, Vertigo had a revival and people had begun to recognize there was something special and it gained in reputation. But it just as well could have ended up rotting in film cans somewhere. -- Kim Novak
On August 28, 2010, Fox News messiah Glenn Beck hosted a 'Restoring Honor' revival meeting featuring sexy guest star Sarah Palin, much as Bob Hope would roll out Raquel Welch in white go-go boots on his U.S.O. tours to give our fighting men a morale lift in their khakis. -- James Wolcott
My dad had a commercial film company, so he had a videotape player before anyone. So he got Mel Brooks movies or Citizen Kane or some classic old movies. And every summer the revival house in Evanston would show the great films from the '50s and '60s and '70s. -- John Cusack
I think there's an awful lot of noise about the Church being persecuted but there is a more real issue that the conventional churches face - that the people who are really driving their revival and success believe in an old-time religion which, in my view, is incompatible with a modern, multi-ethnic, multicultural society. -- Trevor Phillips
There is revival after rest. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Surely revival delays because prayer decays. -- Leonard Ravenhill
A revival of religion presupposes a declension. -- Charles Grandison Finney
A revival means days of heaven upon earth. -- David Lloyd-Jones
People are ashamed to admit they need a revival. -- Mordecai Ham
What would bring about a revival of epic proportion? -- Andy Stanley
I'm not a big, three-hour-play, Ibsen-revival kind of man. -- James Gandolfini
The central figure in the archaic revival is the shaman. -- Terence McKenna
Every true revival . . . has had its earthly origin in prayer. -- R. A. Torrey
At the heart of every revival is the spirit of prayer. -- Arthur Wallis
Spirituality is revival of our God consciousness, not creating something new. -- Radhanath Swami
It is easier to speak about revival than to set about it. -- Horatius Bonar
The depth of our repentance will determine the depth of our revival. -- Frank Bartleman
There is no revival possible in any fellowship without a price being paid. -- Alan Redpath
When God becomes routine rather than revival, it's time to switch things up. -- Lysa TerKeurst
A revival is nothing else than a new beginning of obedience to God. -- Charles Grandison Finney
Renewal and revival often begin when young people take a stand for God. -- Jim Burns
The drive toward economic nationalism is only part of the general revival of nationalism. -- Arthur Henderson
I had a call to the University of Miami where I'd run a revival in 1950. -- Howard Finster
True revival can only be ignited by God, but God will always move through men. -- Rick Joyner
The goal of revival is conformity to the image of Christ, not imitation of animals. -- Richard Lovelace
I'd like to see a revival of state legislatures, in which I am a true Jeffersonian. -- Gore Vidal
The only reason we don't have revival is because we are willing to live without it! -- Leonard Ravenhill
The depth of revival will be determined exactly by the depth of the spirit of repentance. -- Frank Bartleman
Prayer for revival will prevail when it is accompanied by radical amendment of life; not before. -- Aiden Wilson Tozer
When the church really takes on the humble characteristics of Christ, that's going to lead to revival. -- Francis Chan
Finally, a safer world presupposes the revival of the virtuous circle of non-proliferation of weapons and disarmament. -- Jacques Chirac
The key to continual and deeper spiritual renewal and revival is the continual re-discovery of the gospel. -- Timothy Keller
When may a revival be expected? When the wickedness of the wicked grieves and distresses the Christian. -- Billy Sunday
Mediation on word of God leads to renewal of mind; rekindle of spirit and revival of soul. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Sinclair Lewis may be ripe for a revival; his books raise several interesting issues of art and fashion. -- Jane Smiley
The revival in religion will be a rhetorical problem - new persuasive words for defaced or degraded ones. -- Thornton Wilder
At God's counter there are no sale days, for the price of revival is ever the same: travail! -- Leonard Ravenhill
There can be no revival apart from the Holy Ghost; He is the author of every Heaven-sent movement. -- James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie
A genuine revival without joy in the Lord is as impossible as spring without flowers, or day-dawn without light. -- Charles Spurgeon
When real revival happens, it changes the moral climate of a community...because we've turned from our wicked ways. -- Rick Warren
If we truly long for revival, we will rejoice even when it starts at the church down the road. -- Kevin DeYoung
Something I've noticed. Church planters don't pray for revival. They pray for opportunity, favor with the unchurched and leaders. -- Andy Stanley
Real revival does not begin with joyous singing. It begins with conviction and repentance on the part of Christians. -- Vance Havner
Love at first sight is a revival of an infantile impression. The first love object reappears in a different disguise. -- Wilhelm Stekel
Any true revival can be proven by the fact that it changed the moral climate of an area or nation. -- Leonard Ravenhill
If the envious, the defamers and the backbiters were taken out of the average church, there would be revival overnight. -- Aiden Wilson Tozer
"You ask me how I know he lives?" asks the revival chorus. "He lives within my heart." Exactly! A figment. -- Robert M. Price
I contend that whatever does not raise the moral standard of the church or community has been a revival from God. -- Aiden Wilson Tozer
We have the worst revival of an economy since the Great Depression. And believe me: We're in a bubble right now. -- Donald Trump
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When God-given, heaven-sent revival does come, it will undo in weeks the damage that blasphemous Modernism has taken years to build. -- Leonard Ravenhill
If you can explain what is happening in a church, apart from the sovereign act of God, it is not revival. -- David Lloyd-Jones

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