The Revive Book

Revival. What do you think of when you hear the term? Does it sound biblical? What does the word revival mean? Does it bring to mind a well-attended, highly energized church assembly or tent meeting? Does it evoke thoughts of impassioned preaching, anointed singing or charismatic displays of emotion by crowds of passionate worshipers? Do masses of people expressing remorse and appealing to Gods grace to expunge their past come to mind? Do fresh hand-raised commitments to God and public confessions of an inward resolve to focus less on selfish secular pursuits and more on sacred calls to ministry rise to your consciousness? If the word revival formed any of these images in your mind, I’m sorry — but you’re not alone. It’s how most people we surveyed responded. Revival’s of this kind have been heralded by well-meaning leaders for centuries as key biblical mandates and precursors to the much needed, individual and community-wide change but have rarely, if ever, produced it. Shockingly, given the emphasis placed on the need for revival, the word “revival”, isn’t in the bible. More surprisingly, nor we’re any of the above the prescriptions God gave to change this present world we live in. Surprised? I know I was, and it led me write this book about a new kind of revival – one that will revive your understanding of the real purpose of the divine influence on our collective human heart, it’s power to make us supernatural and the sacredness of meaningful work in every realm of life that activates it and gives it full expression. Curios? Revive, you’ll see an uprising.