Lakeview Christian Center

Awakening Prayers for Awakening

“Revival is a season in the life of the church when God causes the normal ministry of the gospel to surge forward with extraordinary spiritual power… Revival is seasonal, not perennial. God causes it; we do not. It is the normal ministry of the gospel, not something eccentric or even different from what the church is always charged to do. What sets revival apart is simply that our usual efforts greatly accelerate in their spiritual effects.”
–Ray Ortlund, When God Comes to Church, p. 9

Personal & Corporate Revival:

“…He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior” (Titus 3:5-6)

-Softened hearts ready to receive the Word
-Fresh vigor and empowerment in the battle against sin
-Awakening of boldness in personal witness
-Experience of the presence of the Spirit in daily living
-Church community characterized by self-sacrifice & service
-Gospel central in the life and ministry of the church

Revival in the City:

“I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel” (Phil. 1:12)

-Influx of visitors present for our Grand Openings
-Gospel to shine through us into the Lakeview community and beyond
-God to bless this city with the gift of repentance
-Nominal Christianity & dead religion replaced by vibrancy & Gospel truth