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There is talk of desiring a revival in my church.  It’s ironic, that I have just been thinking about revival in my own life. It seems I’ve come full circle to when I was in my early years of being a Christian. After having gone through many of life’s stages, now, as was the case in the early years, I have an insatiable desire to know more about God and his Christ.  I am, again, more aware of my actions and whether they measure up to Biblical teaching.  My inner being is more awakened, more joyful, more in tune to spiritual things. It occurred to me that this experience in my. . . .

This morning the speaker at the church I was attending mentioned a quote by the great American evangelist from the late 1800s, DL Moody.  It expressed exactly what I’ve been trying to explain to a few people I know that claim to be weak in faith (though they WANT to believe).  I’ve told them that “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God” (Romans 10:17).  In other words, you can’t just WISH for faith if you don’t want to read the very Word that imparts faith.  DL Moody said it much better that I could have ever said it. “I prayed for Faith, and thought that some day Faith would. . . .

Look at what I have in my own home library!