Revival: What Is It?
by Marilynn Chadwick
There has been a lot of talk recently about revival. What is revival? Does it matter? How should it be stewarded?
The dictionary defines "revival" as "coming back to life" or "restoring force, validity, or effect to something." An Emergency Room doctor might revive a patient whose heart has stopped beating.
While the word "revival" doesn't appear in Scripture, "revive" does.
Psalm 85:6 says, "Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?"
Isaiah 57:15b says, "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit…
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