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 E. Appendix: Materials to Help Prepare for Revival

c. Scriptures to help in preparing for revival

REPENTANCE/FORGIVENESS

Psalm 51:2 “Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.”

Jeremiah 33:8 “I will cleanse them from all the sin they have committed against me and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against me.”

Acts 13:38 “‘Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.”

Acts 26:17-18 “I am sending you to themto open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.”

Eph 1:7-8 “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us.”

Heb 9:14 “How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!”

Heb 10:22 “ Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience”

1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”

HOLINESS OF GOD – HOLINESS OF HIS PEOPLE

Isa 6:1-7 “I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: with two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the LordAlmighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.’ At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke. ‘Woe to me!’ I cried. ‘I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LordAlmighty.’ Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. ⁷ With it he touched my mouth and said, ‘See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.’”

Isa 29:23 “When they see among them their children, the work of my hands, they will keep my name holy; they will acknowledge the holiness of the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.”

Rom 6:22 “ But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.”

1 Cor 1:30 “It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God – that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.”

2 Cor 7:1 “Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.”

MAJESTY OF GOD: GOD EXALTED

Deut 33:26 “‘There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides across the heavens to help you and on the clouds in his majesty.”

Job 37:22 “Out of the north he comes in golden splendour; God comes in awesome majesty.”

Psa 68:34 “Proclaim the power of God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose power is in the heavens.”

Isaiah 57:15 For this is what you, the high and exalted One say – you who live for ever, whose name is holy: ‘I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.

1 Chronicles 29:11 Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendour, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.

Job 36:22 O God you are exalted in your power.

Job 37:23 Lord Almighty you are beyond our reach and exalted in power.

Psa 46:10 You say, ‘Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.’

Psa 57:5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.

Psa 92:8 You, Lord, are for ever exalted

Psa 97:9 For you, Lord, are the Most High over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.

Isaiah 33:5 You Lord are exalted, for you dwell on high

Mic 5:4 “He will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lordhis God. And they will live securely, for then his greatness will reach to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 2:33 Lord Jesus you are exalted at the right hand of God, you have received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and will pour out your power in revival.

Eph 1:20-21 Lord Jesus you are seated at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms, ²¹ far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.

Php 2:9-11 Lord Jesus you are exalted to the highest place and given the name that is above every name, ¹⁰ that at your name every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, ¹¹ and every tongue  acknowledge that you are Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Heb 1:3 “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.”

Rev 5:11-14 I long to hear the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand; to see them encircling the throne and the living creatures and the elders. I long to hear them saying: ‘Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and praise!’ I long to hear every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: ‘To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honour and glory and power, for ever and ever!’

DESIRE FOR GOD

Deut 33:27 “Eternal God you are my refuge, and underneath are your everlasting arms.”

Psa 27:4 “One thing I ask from you, Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in your house all the days of my life, to gaze on your beauty and to seek you in your temple.”

Psa 42:1-2 “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.² My soul thirsts for you, the living God. When can I go and meet with you?”

Psa 43:4 “I will go to you altar, O God, to you, my joy and my delight.”

Psa 61:4 “I long to dwell in your tent for ever and take refuge in the shelter of your wings.”

Psa 63:1 “You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.”

Psa 84:1-2 “How lovely is your dwelling-place, LordAlmighty! ² My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.”

Psa 119:131 “I open my mouth and pant, longing for your commands.”

Psa 143:6 “I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land.”

Isa 26:9 “My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you.”

Isa 33:2 “Lord, be gracious to me; I long for you.”

Isa 55:6 “I seek you, Lord,while you may be found; call on you while you are near.”

PRAYER FOR REVIVAL

Psa 60:1-5 “You have rejected us, God, and burst upon us; you have been angry – now restore us! You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking. You have shown your people desperate times; you have given us wine that makes us stagger. But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner to be unfurled against the bow. Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered.”

Psalm 74 “God, why have you rejected us for ever? Why does your anger smoulder against the sheep of your pasture? Remember the nation you purchased long ago, the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed ….We are given no signs from God; no prophets are left, and none of us knows how long this will be. How long will the enemy mock you, God? Will the foe revile your name for ever? … Remember how the enemy has mocked you, Lord, how foolish people have reviled your name. ¹Do not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts; do not forget the lives of your afflicted people for ever. Have regard for your covenant, because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land. Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may the poor and needy praise your name. Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all day long. Do not ignore the clamour of your adversaries, the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually.”

Psa 84:4-7 “Restore us again, God our Saviour, and put away your displeasure towards us. Will you be angry with us for ever? Will you prolong your anger through all generations? Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? ⁷ Show us your unfailing love, Lord, and grant us your salvation.”

Psa 84:4-7 “Restore us again, God our Saviour, and put away your displeasure towards us. Will you be angry with us for ever? Will you prolong your anger through all generations? Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? Show us your unfailing love, Lord, and grant us your salvation.”

Psa 90:13-16 “Relent, Lord! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants. Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble. May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendour to their children.”

Psa 90:13-16 “Relent, Lord! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants. Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble. May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendour to their children.”

Isa 63:15-19 “Look down from heaven and see, from your lofty throne, holy and glorious. Where are your zeal and your might? Your tenderness and compassion are withheld from us. But you are our Father …. you, Lord, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name. Why, Lord, do you make us wander from your ways and harden our hearts so we do not revere you? Return for the sake of your servants ….”

Isa 64 “Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you! As when fire sets twigs ablaze and causes water to boil, come down to make your name known to your enemies and cause the nations to quake before you! For when you did awesome things that we did not expect, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you. Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him. You come to the help of those who gladly do right, who remember your ways. But when we continued to sin against them, you were angry. How then can we be saved? All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away. No one calls on your name or strives to lay hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us and have given us over to our sins. Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. Do not be angry beyond measure, Lord; do not remember our sins for ever. Oh, look upon us we pray, for we are all your people. …. After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back? Will you keep silent and punish us beyond measure?”

Psa 85:4-13 “Restore us again, God our Saviour, and put away your displeasure towards us. Will you be angry with us for ever? Will you prolong your anger through all generations? Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? Show us your unfailing love, Lord, and grant us your salvation. I will listen to what God the Lordsays; he promises peace to his people, his faithful servants – but let them not turn to folly. Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land. Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other. Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven. The Lordwill indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest. Righteousness goes before him and prepares the way for his steps.”

Lam 5:19-21 “You, Lord, reign for ever; your throne endures from generation to generation. Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long? Restore us to yourself, Lord, that we may return; renew our days as of old.”

Ezek 37:1-47-10 “The hand of the Lordwas on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lordand set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me to and fro among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. He asked me, ‘Son of man, can these bones live?’ I said, ‘Sovereign Lord, you alone know.’ Then he said to me, ‘Prophesy to these bones and say to them, “Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! …So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, ‘Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, “This is what the Sovereign Lordsays: come, breath, from the four winds and breathe into these slain, that they may live.”’ So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet – a vast army.”

Dan 9:4-19 “‘Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your commands and laws. We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes and our ancestors, and to all the people of the land. ‘Lord, you are righteous, but this day we are covered with shame – …. We and our kings, our princes and our ancestors are covered with shame, Lord, because we have sinned against you. The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him; we have not obeyed the Lordour God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets …. ‘Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, Lord, look with favour on your desolate sanctuary …. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy. Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, hear and act! For your sake, my God, do not delay, because your … people bear your Name.’”

Hos 6:1-3 “Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence. Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.”

Joel 2:17 “Why should the nations say, ‘Where is their God?’ Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”

Acts 3:19-21 “Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, and that he may send the Messiah, who has been appointed for you – even Jesus. Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.”

Eph 3:20-21 “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.”

THE GLORY OF THE LORD

Ex 24:15-17 “When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lordsettled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the Lordcalled to Moses from within the cloud. To the Israelites the glory of the Lordlooked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain.”

Deut 5:24-5 “‘The Lordour God has shown us his glory and his majesty, and we have heard his voice from the fire. …  But now, why should we die? This great fire will consume us, and we will die if we hear the voice of the Lordour God any longer.

Ex 40:35 “Moses could not enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the Lordfilled the tabernacle.”

1 Chron 29:10-13 “‘Praise be to you,Lord, the God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendour, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all. … In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all. Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name.”

2 Chron 5:13-14 “Then the temple of the Lordwas filled with the cloud, and the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lordfilled the temple of God.”

Ezek 1:22, 26-28 “Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was what looked something like a vault, sparkling like crystal, and awesome … Above the vault over their heads was what looked like a throne of lapis lazuli, and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man. I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him. Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. When I saw it, I fell face down, and I heard the voice of one speaking.”

Matt 17:1-2 “Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.”

1 Tim 1:17 “Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.”

Heb 1:3 “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.”

Rev 4:1-5, 10-11 “I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. … the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say: ‘You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.’”

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