Acts 26:20.
If you have not repented, do so at once.
Read: Jeremiah 3:13; Ezekiel 18:30-32.
[Revival, The.
How to make it a success.]
- Be a prayerful christian.
- Always be on time.
- Ask God to help you sing.
- Make it a point to attend every meeting.
- Do not quench the Spirit.
- Be ready to obey at God’s calling.
- When you come, look, as though you enjoyed the religion you profess.
- Shake hands as though it were not a dead fish tail but as if it were a pleasure.
- Always be prompt when others are slow in testifying.
- Watch for those who raise a hand and are convicted, and follow them up and lead them to Christ.
- Make it a point to invite your friends to attend the meeting, and accept Christ.
- When you come to the meeting, don’t find fault with the evangelist or the preacher’s methods. Ask yourself the question “if all the church members were like me, would this revival be a success?”
- Make it a business at the close of each meeting to speak to some one about seeking Christ.
- Always pray before the meeting and for your friends, that you may be able some way to lead them to Christ.
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How to Hinder a Revival.
- Never pray. If you did, it might help some one.
- Always make a long prayer.
- Then you come, be sure to take a back seat and stay there.
- If you do pray, pray at the evangelist and the people and not for them.
- Never bow your head when others are praying for if you did, they would think you might be interested.
- If you shake hands, do it as though it were an awful cross to you.
- Be sure that you keep account of what the preacher says and then rip him up the back.
I would suggest to read this over every day and see which of these things you are doing. If you are a christian and found doing some of these things above and hindering a revival in which you might use your influence in saving somebody else, ask yourself this question—if all the church members were like me what kind of a church would my church be?