As we continue our series Preparing for Revival, we turn to Psalm 24 and God’s call to approach Him with “clean hands and a pure heart.” Before revival changes a church or a community, it begins with the quiet work of God in individual lives.

Billy Graham once reminded us:

“Revival does not begin with others; it begins when you draw a circle around yourself and make sure everything is right between you and God.”

This Sunday we will consider how God prepares His people for renewal, and why personal holiness remains at the heart of every genuine movement of His Spirit.

From the smallest detail in creation to the vastness of the universe, the world around us points beyond itself to the greatness of God: As Billy Graham reminds us.

“Just as the stars declare the glory of the heavens, so the beauty of creation declares the glory of God.” — Billy Graham

As we begin our new series, Living by Faith in the Modern World, many of us know what it feels like to carry too much for too long. Yet Scripture reminds us that anxiety was never meant to be carried alone:

“Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.”— Charles Spurgeon

As we begin this new series, Preparing for Revival, we are reminded that true spiritual renewal has always begun when ordinary people seek God in prayer. As D L Moody once said:

“Every great movement of God can be traced to a kneeling figure.”
— D. L. Moody

As the risen and ascended Christ calls us to live with hope and expectation, we’re reminded that His promises reach far beyond the horizon we can presently see:

“Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.”
— Charles Spurgeon