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Key Bible Verses: "Plow up the hard ground of your hearts! Do not waste your good seed among thorns …. Surrender your pride and power. Change your hearts before the LORD." (Jeremiah 4:3-4) Dig Deeper: Galatians 6:7-10

The coming of revival in our time will demand personal preparation among God's people. We must sow our seed in anticipation of a harvest. We must sow with prayerful expectation. As we prepare our hearts, souls, and minds for God to work, we position ourselves to expect him, to hear him, to see him.

Let it start with you. You can have revival even if no one else does. The choice is yours. Do you want to live with all God has for you, or are you willing to settle for less than God's best? Surrender is a personal issue before it ever becomes a corporate issue.

Not only will revival demand personal preparation, but also persistent supplication. How long do we have to pray for revival? Until we have surrendered to God's will alone, until he comes, until he is enthroned in his rightful place, until he rains down righteousness on us.

I've seen mercy drops of revival, but I'm asking God for showers. Are you pleading for showers, or are you content with a few mercy drops? To see the showers of blessings, we must surrender. We must break up our fallow ground and sow seeds of righteousness. We must be tender toward God [and] get our minds [aligned] with his sovereignty.

—Michael Catt in The Power of Surrender

My Response: I will dedicate myself to faithful prayer that God might send spiritual renewal.

Thought to Apply: The coming revival must begin with a great revival of prayer. It is in the closet, with the door shut, that the sound of abundance of rain will first be heard.—Andrew Murray (South African writer, teacher, pastor)

Adapted from The Power of Surrender (B&H, 2010) by permission. All rights reserved by the copyright holder and/or the publisher. May not be reproduced.

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Prayer for the Week

Lord, please lay my heart bare this week, so that I can see my sin, repent, and receive the blessing of your presence.

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