1. The Last Cry Before the Collapse
Every generation stands on a line — one side faces revival, the other, ruin.
History proves it: when the Church loses her fire, the nation loses its light.
When the pulpit grows cold, the people grow corrupt. When prayer rooms are empty, judgment fills the streets.
We are living in a time when sin is celebrated, truth is ridiculed, and holiness is mocked.
Yet the greater tragedy is not the darkness of the world, but the dimness of the Church.
The world has not grown too wicked for revival — the Church has grown too comfortable for it.
2. The Price of Lukewarmness
The Laodicean Church was not wicked — it was lukewarm.
It sang hymns, held services, and claimed prosperity, yet Christ stood outside the door.
Lukewarmness is the quiet ruin of many souls.
It does not curse Christ; it simply ignores Him. It prays without tears, sings without fire, and listens without trembling.
It is religion without reality — a body without breath.
Leonard Ravenhill once said,
“The Church used to be a lifeboat rescuing the perishing. Now she is a cruise ship recruiting the promising.”
Our danger is not persecution — it is pleasure.
Our ruin is not from the sword — it is from slumber.
3. The Absence of Brokenness
Every revival in history was born in tears — not talent.
Men and women travailed in prayer, fasted until heaven bent low, and refused to live without God’s power.
But now, we want revival without repentance, joy without judgment, and blessing without burden.
The altar is cold because the heart is cold.
We no longer tremble before God, because we have forgotten who He is.
The Puritan Joseph Alleine once cried,
“O for a spirit of mourning! The time is short, the harvest is great, the laborers are few, and hell is filling fast.”
Until we weep again, we will never see heaven move again.
4. The Revival We Need
Revival is not a week of meetings.
It is God invading His Church once more.
It is the Spirit returning to His rightful throne in men’s hearts.
It is holiness restored, sin hated, love rekindled, and prayer rediscovered.
When revival comes, pride dies, programs collapse, and men fall on their faces in repentance.
The church ceases to entertain and begins to travail.
The lost stop mocking and start trembling.
Heaven and earth meet again in a blaze of glory.
5. The Ruin That Awaits
If we will not humble ourselves, God will humble us.
If we will not break before Him, He will break us.
If we will not seek His fire, we will live in our ashes.
Judgment always follows rejection of mercy.
The same God who sends revival sends ruin — not out of hatred, but holiness.
Sodom perished, not because it was wicked, but because there was no righteous remnant left praying within it.
A Church that loses its tears will gain its tomb.
6. The Road Back to Fire
The way to revival is not complicated — it is costly.
It begins with confession, continues with repentance, and ends with surrender.
We must return to the secret place — the old path of holiness, the furnace of prayer, the power of the cross.
J.C. Ryle wrote,
“The nearer a man lives to God, the more he mourns over his own sin and the sin of others.”
Revival does not come through crowds — it comes through contrite hearts.
One praying soul can shake a nation if he is fully yielded to God.
7. The Call to Choose
We stand again at the crossroads — Revival or Ruin.
We can continue with our polished programs, or fall before the mercy seat and cry, “Revive us again!”
We can amuse ourselves into judgment or repent ourselves into glory.
The future of the Church will not be decided in conferences, but in closets.
The fate of nations will not be sealed in parliaments, but in prayer rooms.
Either the Church will catch fire, or the world will burn in ruin.
8. A Cry for Revival
O Lord, we have played too long with holy things.
We have lost our tears, our fire, and our fear of You.
Rend the heavens and come down once more.
Revive Your Church until sin becomes bitter and Christ becomes precious again.
Do not let us perish in comfort — let us live in consecration.
Pour out Your Spirit as in days of old.
Give us revival, or take us home. Amen.
