The place of prayer in a God created Revival!

Here are what a few men who had first hand knowledge of a God created revival had to say about the place of prayer in a revival


Agonise in prayer “Shall I give you yet another reason why you should pray? I have preached my very heart out. I could not say any more than I have said. Will not your prayers accomplish that which my preaching fails to do? Is it not likely that the Church has been putting forth its preaching hand but not its praying hand? Oh dear friends! Let us agonize in prayer. – CH. H Spurgeon

Pray with all your might “You must pray with all your might. That does not mean saying your prayers, or sitting gazing about in church or chapel with eyes wide open while someone else says them for you. It means fervent, effectual, untiring wrestling with God... This kind of prayer be sure the devil and the world and your own indolent, unvelieving nature will oppose. Theywill pour water on this flame” William Both

The place of prayer in revival “It is God’s will through His wonderful grace, that the prayers of His saints should be one of the great principal means of carrying on the designs of Christ’s kingdom in the world. When God has something very great to accomplish for His church, it is His will that there should precede it the extraordinary prayers of His people; as is manifest by Ezekiel 36:37. and it is revealed that, when God is about to accomplish great things for His church, He will begin by remarkably pouring out the spirit of grace and supplication (see Zechariah 12:10).” Jonathan Edwards, Thoughts on the Revival in New England - 1740


Prevailing prayer Prevailing or effectual prayer is that prayer which attains the blessing that it seeks. It is that prayer which effectually moves God. The very idea of effectual prayer is that it effects its objects.Charles Finney, quoted by Oswald J. Smith, The Revival We Need, p27

The first sign of revival When God intends great mercy for His people, the first thing He does is to set them a-praying. - Matthew Henry, quoted by Arthur Wallis, In the Day of Thy Power, p112

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. – C.H. Spurgeon