I will pour out my spirit

Is time for book review again..
This book was written by R.E Davies.. hmmm.. It took me almost 4 months to finish reading this book.. so 'chim' ar.. know what? everytime i started reading it.. my eyes wil automatically close.. for those people who suffered imsonia.. let me introduce this wonderful book to you... hee..
k la.. not as bad as that..
eventhough this book is kinda ' boring' but it does speaks to me.. hee.. i shall not complain then.. hee.. this book actually talks about the history of revival..and awakening..

what is revival??

Revival brings back spiritual consciousness, life, and vigorous health--to flourish again after decline. Revival recovers the biblical standard of truth, doctrine, and lifestyle. It is a fresh awareness of the presence of God, a confession of sin leading to a restoration of holy living, a new initiative in fulfilling the Great Commission, a new hunger for the Word of God, and a new faith for the supernatural.

Real revival comes only from God. He alone is the fountainhead. A spiritual awakening cannot be scheduled, worked up or humanly engineered. If we are to experience a "refreshing time from the Lord," it will be because God's sovereign hour has arrived. God grants revival blessings when and where he pleases.

From the surveys that was done by the authors which revival and awakenings happened mainly cause by :
-persistent prayer
-powerful preaching and testimony
-a deep awarenes of the pesence and Holiness of God leading to a strong sense of conviction of sin and repentance
-physical manifestation of conviction of sin
-miracles of healing and the excercise of spiritual gifts such as supernatural knowledge, prohecy and speaking in tongues.

something i learned from this book was how the non believer view revival, they will often focus on the outward and unusual phenomena, rather than concentrating on the inward experirence which causing the external and exceptional..

Something that really spokes to me thru this book was God can use just anyone to do His work..
As we prepare our life for revival, focus o God and divine possibilities.. Faith comes by the word of God .. As He is the source of revival..