Steve Gaines

By Steve Gaines, Ph. D.

How we need a fresh movement from God in 2010! It doesn’t matter how dark the times are, God can send His revival fire to our churches and to our land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 tells us how we can get ready for revival:

“And my people who are called by My name, humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, will forgive their sins and will heal their land.”

We Need to Be Humble. God demands that we walk humbly before Him (Micah 6:8). When pride walks in, God walks out. When we focus on ourselves, we miss Him. We must wait submissively before the Lord with a broken and contrite spirit. Humility always attracts God’s presence.

We Need to Be Hungry. God’s house must become a house of prayer if we are to experience revival. Prayer is not what we do before the “real business;” prayer is our real business! Our priority must not be the latest church growth technique, program, or method. Rather, we must desperately seek Him as our sole focus.

We Need to Be Holy. We must repent of our sins and let the Lord cleanse us. When we confess and forsake our sins, He pours out His grace and compassion (Proverbs 28:13). God places His Spirit in holy vessels.

In a dramatic display of His power, God let the fire fall on Mount Carmel in 1 Kings 18. Those standing near who witnessed those consuming flames fell on their faces and declared, “The Lord, He is God!” Let us be humble, hungry, and holy in 2010, so that when revival fires come, the world will have no doubt that “The Lord, He is God!”