Preparation for Personal Revival

Introduction

Revival is not only for large group of people. It can also be done personally. But before we call for revival, we must prepare our hearts and minds. If you are clueless on how to do it, below are articles, books, and other tools that will help you prepared for revival.

Articles

Preparation for Personal Revival
https://thelife.com/preparation-for-personal-revival
https://thelife.com/
“Confession of sin is necessary for fellowship with God and revival among God’s people. The word confess has the root meaning of to say the same as. Confession, then, is agreeing with God about your sin.” (Read more about this article, click the link above.)

Study 7 - Seven Steps to Revival
https://www.wordsoflife.co.uk/bible-studies/study-7-seven-steps-to-revival/
https://www.wordsoflife.co.uk/
“Revival is renewal, restoration — a fresh inflow of the life, love, and power of God. People faint and then, when help is brought, they revive. Flowers droop, and when placed in fresh water they revive. Christians and churches also droop, faint, and need reviving.” (Read more about this article, click the link above.)

PDF

Preparation for Personal Revival
By Dwight Smith

http://lifelinehere.com/english/christian/text/searchme.pdf
http://lifelinehere.com/
“This guide has been designed and is given with the prayer that these soul-searching questions may lead you to real and genuine revival.” (Check out this material. Click the link above.)

Revival Always with Prayer
http://www.tcf-abudhabi.org/resource/Revival/en/Revival-always-with-prayer.pdf
http://www.tcf-abudhabi.org/
This PDF material contains three articles written by three different authors. The titles are: A Formula for Personal Revival by A. W. Tozer; How to Have Personal Revival by Bill Bright, and; Praying Always with All Prayer by Francis Dixon. You can download this PDF material for free.

Revival Preparation Guide
http://buckykennedyministries.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Revival-Preparation-Guide.pdf
http://buckykennedyministries.org/
“The purpose of this guide is to help you and your church prepare for revival. It is important to note from the outset that revival is not simply a series of evangelical meetings but is the work of the Holy Spirit, Whom God has sent to guide us into all truth.” (Check out this material. Click the link above.)

Search My Heart: Preparing for Personal Revival
http://images.acswebnetworks.com/1/2192/XC560C80605009.pdf
http://images.acswebnetworks.com/
“God is eager to manifest His reviving presence and power in every generation. But we must take steps to prepare for the release of His fullness in our midst.” (Check out this material. Click the link above.)

Books

Asleep in the Land of Nod: 30 Days of Prayer Toward Awakening the Church
By David Butts

https://www.christianbook.com/asleep-days-prayer-toward-awakening-church/david-butts/9781935012719/pd/012719?event=EBRN#CBD-PD-Description
https://www.christianbook.com/
In this book, David Butts offers hope-filled prayers and encouragement that God once again wants to revive His Bride, the Church. He noted similarities to Cain’s leaving God’s presence to wander in the land of Nod and the modern US Church that has drifted away from Christ. Your heart will burn with hunger as you seek after more of Jesus in your own life and the life of your church.

Awake: The Call to a Renewed Life
By Ronnie Floyd

https://www.lifeway.com/en/product/bible-studies-for-life-awake-bible-study-book-P005680985
https://www.lifeway.com/
This Bible study book looks at several places in the Bible where God called people to return to Him. It’s a call for us, too, to experience revival and awakening personally and in our churches. As people have turned back to God, He has done extraordinary things and sparked great movements. This book includes a small group experience that is good for 6 sessions, applicable Scripture, key word study, and a life application section called “Live It Out.”

Awake: The Call to a Renewed Life - Leader Kit
By Ronnie Floyd

https://www.lifeway.com/en/product/bible-studies-for-life-awake-leader-kit-P005681344
https://www.lifeway.com/
Awake is a Bible study guide that looks at several places in the Bible where God called people to return to Him. It’s a call for us, too, to experience revival and awakening personally and in our churches. As people have turned back to God, He has done extraordinary things and sparked great movements. This kit includes: a Bible study book and DVD with 6 short teaching videos featuring Ronnie Floyd, promotional videos, promotional tools (Powerpoint slides, web banners, and leader articles), and a leader’s guide with commentary.

Bible Revival: Recommitting Ourselves to One Book
By Kenneth Berding

https://www.amazon.com/Bible-Revival-Recommitting-Ourselves-Book/dp/0989167135
https://www.amazon.com/
Bible Revival passionately explores why the Bible needs to be the single most important book in the life of a Christian. Berding digs deep to uncover the motivations and distractions that keep Christians from engaging with the Bible as richly as it can. Though he pointed out problems, he also offers solutions in order to learn, value, understand, apply, obey, and speak the Bible.

Brokenness, the Forgotten Factor of Prayer
By Mickey Bonner

https://www.amazon.com/Brokenness-Forgotten-Factor-Prayer-Ser/dp/187857812X
https://www.amazon.com/
In this book, Mickey Bonner reveals to you God’s purpose for breaking in the life of the Christian. He develops with Scripture that God uses only the broken vessel to shine his light through. Revival will not come until men are broken before Him. This writing will develop in the Christian the true path of righteousness as spoken of in the Bible. It is only through the door of brokenness.

Brokenness: The Heart God Revives (with Small Group Study Guide)
By Nancy Leigh DeMoss

https://www.christianbook.com/brokenness-revives-small-group-study-guide/9780802412812/pd/412815?event=EBRN
https://www.christianbook.com/
Nancy DeMoss has discovered an irrefutable spiritual principle: before every great moment of God there is always a time of deep repentance. Here is her moving, true account of how God created that brokenness in others, and the astonishing revival that followed.

Daniel Fast for Spiritual Breakthrough
By Elmer L. Towns

https://www.faithinstore.com/ProductInfo.aspx?id=409851
https://www.faithinstore.com/
Daniel Fast for Spiritual Breakthrough has become must reading as this powerful spiritual discipline of fasting has seen a revival among followers of Christ. In this book, Elmer Towns digs deeper into one of the most popular forms of fasting today, the Daniel Fast.

Experiencing Spiritual Revival
By Margaret Feinberg

https://www.parable.com/product/798656
https://www.parable.com/
In this 12-week study by Margaret Feinberg, you will be challenged to try out 12 spiritual disciplines or practices that may awaken you to God in a special way you did not even think possible. These practices are intended to be springboards to dependence on God and becoming more Christlike. This study guide includes questions for discussions and a Leader’s Guide.

Experiencing Spiritual Revival
By Margaret Feinberg
https://www.christianbook.com/experiencing-spiritual-revival-study-guide-series/margaret-feinberg/9780529123312/pd/9123312?event=EBRN%23CBD-PD-Description
https://www.christianbook.com/
In this 12-week study by Margaret Feinberg, you will be challenged to try out 12 spiritual disciplines or practices that may awaken you to God in a special way you did not even think possible. These practices are intended to be springboards to dependence on God and becoming more Christlike. This study guide includes questions for discussions and a Leader’s Guide.

Fresh Encounter: God’s Pattern for Spiritual Awakening (Revised & Expanded)
By Henry and Richard Blackaby
Christianbook.com

https://www.christianbook.com/fresh-encounter-pattern-spiritual-awakening-ebook/henry-blackaby/9780805449952/pd/6959EB?event=EBRN
https://www.christianbook.com/
Fresh Encounter looks to examples of revival throughout the Bible to better understand what it will take to bring about true and lasting spiritual renewal in the world today. This is a revised edition, therefore, there are new topics such as: why revival tarries, corporate hindrances to revival, the role of prayer in revival, and maintaining revival.

Fresh Encounter: God’s Pattern for Spiritual Awakening (Revised & Expanded)
By Henry and Richard Blackaby
Faith in Store

https://www.faithinstore.com/ProductInfo.aspx?id=381457
https://www.faithinstore.com/
Fresh Encounter looks to examples of revival throughout the Bible to better understand what it will take to bring about true and lasting spiritual renewal in the world today. This is a revised edition, therefore, there are new topics such as: why revival tarries, corporate hindrances to revival, the role of prayer in revival, and maintaining revival.

How to Experience Revival (Journal Edition)
By Charles Finney

https://www.faithinstore.com/ProductInfo.aspx?id=558627
https://www.faithinstore.com/
This is a handbook for Christian workers who wish to learn the simple principles of the promise of revival. Charles Finney reveals his personal secrets on how to experience revival. These dynamic messages leave no doubt about what it takes to win our world to Christ.

Old Paths New Power: Awakening Your Church Through Prayer and the Ministry of the Word
By Daniel Henderson

https://www.christianbook.com/power-awakening-church-through-prayer-ministry/daniel-henderson/9780802414465/pd/414465?event=EBRN
https://www.christianbook.com/
Old Paths New Power calls us back to the tried-and-true which is pray and proclaim the Word. In this book, Daniel Henderson guides you through the essentials of sparking a spiritual renaissance: be a leader who walks with the Lord; develop a strong prayer culture in your life and ministry; equip every saint for the work of the ministry; embrace the sufficiency of the gospel, and; preach with unction, dependence, and integrity.

Only a Prayer Meeting
By Charles H. Spurgeon

https://www.christianbook.com/only-a-prayer-meeting/charles-spurgeon/9781845505783/pd/505783?event=EBRN
https://www.christianbook.com/
This collection contains Spurgeon’s messages at his church during midweek meetings and Sunday meetings. It is divided into 4 sections and concludes with a hymn Spurgeon composed himself for morning prayer meetings. This Spurgeon collection is charming, challenging, and cheering. If you want to find out how Spurgeon fueled his church for everyday Christian living and a life of prayer then you need to get a copy of this book to read.

OneCry: A Nationwide Call for Spiritual Awakening
By Byron Paulus, Bill Elliff

https://www.christianbook.com/onecry-nationwide-call-for-spiritual-awakening/bill-elliff/9780802411396/pd/411396?event=EBRN%23CBD-PD-Description
https://www.christianbook.com/
OneCry gives voices to a surging movement of diverse Jesus followers who recognize the profound brokenness all around us. It embraces the hope that God powerfully delivers and restores people who cry out in repentance, prayer, and collective obedience. OneCry is a journey to revival. Its objective is to catalyze a resurgence of Christ-followers of every stripe to unite in repentance and fervent prayer for the extraordinary work of the Holy Spirit in our day.

Restored Power: Becoming a Praying Church One Tweak at a Time
By Jonathan Graf

https://www.christianbook.com/restored-power-becoming-praying-church-tweak/jonathan-graf/9781935012665/pd/012665?event=EBRN
https://www.christianbook.com/
In this book, author Jonathan Graf shares insights that will help your church become a community dedicated to prayer.

Seeking Him: Experiencing the Joy of Personal Revival
By Nancy DeMoss, Tim Grissom
Christianbook.com

https://www.christianbook.com/seeking-experiencing-the-joy-personal-revival/nancy-demoss/9780802413628/pd/413628?event=EBRN#CBD-PD-Description
https://www.christianbook.com/
Seeking Him is a 12-week interactive study on personal revival. Get ready to experience the freedom and joy of an honest and humble heart, true repentance, God’s amazing grace, genuine holiness, a clear conscience, radical forgiveness, sexual purity, and walking in the Spirit. Each week includes 5 days of individual study, questions for group discussion and interaction, testimonies of changed lives, and personal questions and exercises.

Seeking Him: Experiencing the Joy of Personal Revival
By Nancy DeMoss, Tim Grissom
LifeWay

https://www.lifeway.com/en/product/seeking-him-P005222467
https://www.lifeway.com/
Seeking Him is a 12-week interactive study on personal revival. Get ready to experience the freedom and joy of an honest and humble heart, true repentance, God’s amazing grace, genuine holiness, a clear conscience, radical forgiveness, sexual purity, and walking in the Spirit. Each week includes 5 days of individual study, questions for group discussion and interaction, testimonies of changed lives, and personal questions and exercises.

This in-depth exploration sheds light on the root of our problems and illustrates how they can be remedied with God’s help. It shows how we can pray for the Holy Spirit so that we have the assurance that we have received Him. This book can be downloaded for free. It is also translated into Spanish, French, and Bahasa Indonesian.

The Power of Prayer and Fasting: God’s Gateway to Spiritual Breakthroughs (Revised and Expanded)
By Ronnie Floyd

https://www.christianbook.com/fasting-gateway-spiritual-breakthroughs-revised-expanded/ronnie-floyd/9780805464832/pd/464832?event=EBRN%23CBD-PD-Description
https://www.christianbook.com/
In this book, Ronnie Floyd shows how prayer and fasting can change lives. As you read this book, you will learn how to renew your spiritual walk with simple, practical plans for a one-, three-, seven-, or forty-day fast. The revised and expanded version includes a new chapter about church-wide participation.

The Power of Surrender
By Micahel Catt

https://gospelfolio.com/product/the-power-of-surrender/
https://gospelfolio.com/
The Power of Surrender reminds the church that revival really means: focusing on confession and cleansing; making repentance and restoration a priority, and; walking in the fullness of the Holy Spirit and abiding in Christ. Surrender is the key to revival which is the key to spreading the gospel.

The Spirit of Revival
By Pastor Scott Markle

https://www.christianbook.com/the-spirit-of-revival/scott-markle/9781619969988/pd/969988?event=EBRN
https://www.christianbook.com/
Biblical humility is absolutely necessary for spiritual revival. Indeed, the ground of spiritual revival is the ground of biblical humility; and the ground of biblical humility is the ground of spiritual revival. In this book, you will learn how to focus your attention upon this principle of biblical humility to experience revival in your personal life.


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