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Revival, awakening, prayer for renewal, and the life of the church

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SERMON • SERMON 185

The Great Revival

Isaiah 52:10

… I should endeavour to mark, in the first place, the cause of every revival of true religion; secondly, the consequences of such revival; then, thirdly, I shall give …

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The Joy of Harvest

… We shall not be satisfied until there is a thorough awakening in this land. We did not raise the feeling in our own minds, and we do not …

SERMON • SERMON 201

The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit

Acts 10:44

… In the United States of America there is certainly a great awakening. No sane man living there could think of denying it. There may be something of spurious …

SERMON • SERMON 511

Pentecost

Acts 2:1-4

… But look at our country! We have had spasms of revival—that is as much as I can say. Even the Irish revival, for which we can never …

SERMON • SERMON 996

The Alarum

Psalms 42:8

… I come at this time, not so much to plead for the early as for the awakening. The hour we may speak of at another time—the fact …

SERMON • SERMON 1130

The Christian's Great Business

Psalm 51:12-13

… Hell from beneath is stirred at this moment! If there is no revival in the Church of God, there is certainly a revival among her enemies! They are …

SERMON • SERMON 3315

Joy in Harvest

Isaiah 9:3

… We shall not be satisfied until there is a thorough awakening in this land! We did not raise the feeling in our own minds, but we do not …

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Awakening

… every awakening which is thrown away leaves the soul more drowsy than before, and less likely to be again stirred to holy feeling. Therefore our heart should be …

SERMON • SERMON 1218

The Miracle of the Loaves

Mark 6:52

… There is a revival in Scotland. There is an awakening in Ireland and there is a stir in the midland counties. But does it not look very much …

SERMON • SERMON 2663

A Leap Year Sermon

1 Corinthians 15:8

… out of due time" when he is brought to Christ after some great revival or notable religious movement has come to an end. There are some of you …

SERMON • SERMON 2649

Girded for the Work

1 Peter 1:13

… This expression further signifies not only concentration, but full awakening. We are not half-awake, Brothers and Sisters, as a rule. Sometimes we are, but when God the …

SERMON • SERMON 347

Preaching! Man's Privilege and God's Power

Mark 6:20

… Ah, my dear friends, we want nothing in these times for revival in the world but the simple preaching of the gospel. This is the great battering ram …

SERMON • SERMON 500

Ebenezer!

1 Samuel 7:12

… You cannot suppose a thing so great as the conversion of sinners, the revival of a Church can ever be man’s work. You see the Thames when …

SERMON • SERMON 2342

A New Year's Retrospect And Prospect

Psalm 10:17

… of the late revival has gone and now we need another. We have had a long winter, spiritually—we need to have an awakening springtime, a glorious summer …

SERMON • SERMON 3376

God's Answer to Persistent Prayer

1 Kings 18:41

… THERE ARE CERTAIN SIGNS AND TOKENS FOR GOOD WHICH PRAYERFUL FAITH CLEARLY PERCEIVES WHEN AN AWAKENING—A GENUINE REVIVAL—IS ABOUT TO COME. What are these signs? I …

SERMON • SERMON 358

The New Park Street Pulpit

Ephesians 1:13

… Perhaps there has never been a more glorious revival than that which God has sent to that island—an island which has often been blessed, but which now …

SERMON • SERMON 354

A Sermon For The Week Of Prayer

Colossians 4:2

… Look at our revivals everywhere—the American revival, it is a great wave and then dry sand. Look at the Irish revival. I fear that in the end …

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A New School of the Prophets

… Touch the hem of His garment ; look to the brazen serpent. " My dear fellow sinner, slight not this season of awakening. Up, and be in earnest. It is …

DEVOTIONAL

Morning, December 29

1Sa 7:12

… Is it over now? No! there is more yet-awakening in Jesus’ likeness, thrones, harps, songs, psalms, white raiment, the face of Jesus, the society of saints, the …

DEVOTIONAL

Evening, April 1

Ho 10:12

… Reader, if you are yet unsaved, may your heart, in accord with the universal awakening of nature, be opened to receive the Lord. Every blossoming flower warns you …

SERMON • SERMON 967

The Sages, The Star, and The Savior

Matthew 2:2

… A young woman was asked during a revival, "How is it you have not found Christ?" "Sir," she said, "I think it is because I have not sought …

SERMON • SERMON 2658

Waking to See Christ's Glory

Luke 9:32

… But, what a awakening there will be, first of our soul, when we shall see our Lord as He is! What must the first five minutes in Heaven …

SERMON • SERMON 2051

Setting Jesus at Nothing—Treating Him with Contempt

Luke 23:11

… He would be very pleased to see a miracle—he would join in a revival, for he would be glad to enjoy something sensational—but he does not …

SERMON • SERMON 678

Praise Your God, O Zion!

Luke 19:37-40

… We have had a continual stream of revival! The cries of sinners have sounded in our ears—every day we have seen souls converted—I was about to …

SERMON • SERMON 2738

The Redeemer's Face Set Like a Flint

Isaiah 50:7

… This passage seems to teach us that in His earthly life, His Father was always near Him, awakening Him and teaching Him, morning by morning. As a Son …

SERMON • SERMON 321

The Jeer Of Sarcasm, And The Retort Of Piety

2 Samuel 6:20-22

… Call on His holy name!” And then awakening all the strings of his heart to ecstasy, he sings again, “Sing unto the Lord. Come sing unto Him! Sing …

SERMON • SERMON 1104

Spring

Isaiah 61:11

… And He is awakening the young germs of hope, prayer and desire, just as the warm sunlight is calling up the green blades and the flowers. The Spirit …

SERMON • SERMON 2566

A Test for True Seekers

Jeremiah 50:5

… How often this has happened in times of revival! A man has stood up to be prayed for and he has been astonished to find that there was …

SERMON • SERMON 2314

Three Blessings of the Heavenly Charter

Job 10:12

… But then, dear Friends, we have had other visitations, visitations of revival and restoration. Do you not sometimes get very dull and dead? Then you are glad to …

SERMON • SERMON 720

The Gospel'S Healing Power

Luke 5:17

… There are times when the power to save is more than usually manifest—times of refreshing, seasons of revival, days of visitation—acceptable days, days of salvation. Any …

SERMON • SERMON 1885

The Problem of the Age

Mark 8:4

… A great controversy followed and, what was far better, a great awakening! The lovers of the marrow of the Gospel soon broke the bones of error! See what …

SERMON • SERMON 1022

Sleep Not

1 Thessalonians 5:6

… Brethren and sisters, we must have an awakening among us. I feel within my soul that I must be awakened myself, and my oven necessities are, I believe …

SERMON • SERMON 1668

The Still Small Voice

1 Kings 19:12

… this we may rely upon and fall back upon earnest pleading and intense, awakening speech." But, perhaps, God will not choose this form of power, for still He …

SERMON • SERMON 2735

Fountains of Repentant Tears

Mark 14:72

… once! May He make you to hear the cock crow this very hour, awakening your slumbering conscience, and may you go out to weep bitterly over your terrible …

SERMON • SERMON 1053

Testimony And Experience

John 4:39-42

… I have even known cases in which sin has been overruled by God to the awakening of souls. I remember a young man whose life had been strictly …

SERMON • SERMON 1881

The Dying Thief in a New Light

Luke 23:40-42

… I have heard it said that few are ever converted in old age and this is thought to be a statement which will prove exceedingly awakening and impressive …

SERMON • SERMON 2225

A Clarion Call to Saints and Sinners

Micah 2:10

… Because of this slothful and carnal tendency, even in the best of us, it is continually necessary that the awakening call should come, "Arise you, and depart; for …

SERMON • SERMON 284

One Antidote for Many Ills

Psalm 80:10

… THE BENEFITS OF REVIVAL TO ANY CHURCH IN THE WORLD will be a lasting blessing. I do not mean that false and spurious kind of revival which was …

SERMON • SERMON 2404

"A People Prepared for the Lord"

Luke 1:17

… First, John made ready "a people prepared for the Lord" BY AWAKENING THEIR ATTENTION. The people were asleep—they had fallen into a condition of religious lethargy, when …

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Building “Our Holy and Beautiful House”

… What if God should spread the late revival, and let the New Park Street Church still go on as the advance-guard of the host ? " Now, as to …