ON OUR KNEES!

I was listening to the song “City On Our Knees” by Toby Mac and I was thinking how awesome that would be to see my city, your city and the whole country on its knees. Instead of trying to ban everything Christian, what would happen if a revival broke out in this country? I saw a poll on the news one morning that asked the question "have we just been lucky that the last 3 terrorist attempts failed. Or is the government doing a really good job of protecting us?" I think the respondents were 62% that we were just plain lucky.

Since there is no such thing as luck, I believe that God has not given up on this country, just yet. I think that He is still looking out for us and protecting us. But, how long is that going to last? If we keep asking Him to leave, one of these days He just might.

That brings me back to Toby Mac and his song. If we truly want a revival, if we truly want to put God back in His place of honor, we have to start on our knees. You and you and you and me! I think though, before we can get our cities on its knees, that we have to start with our churches. I’ve also been thinking about you, each of you and how we believe that you joined this group for a reason. As of today, there are 194 members in this group and that is a lot of people. I’m wondering what would happen if 194 people, together, got on their knees and prayed specifically for a revival to sweep this nation?

What if each of us got down on our knees right now as you read this and pray for our country? What if each of us prays that our churches catch on fire and that a revival will begin with you, moving to everyone in your church? What if we pray that the churches in your city wake up? And finally what if we raise our voices as one throughout this country and ask God to forgive us of our sins and rain his blessings down on us again!

In the book of Revelation, Jesus is speaking to the church at Ephesus. He tells them “yet, I hold this against you; you have forsaken your first love. Repent and do the things that you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.” (Rev. 2:4-5b). He’s telling them to go back to the love that they had in the beginning for each other and Jesus Christ or He would pass judgment on them. “But, you have this in your favor; You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.” (Rev. 2:6). The only thing saving that church was that the individual members hated what was happening in their church. The Nicolaitans were a heretical sect that had been allowed to infiltrate the church which, over time, caused individuals and the church to make allowances for things that are not from God. Many churches today have followed the same path; they’ve allowed ideas into their churches that have caused them to be “politically correct” and they’ve caved under peer pressure. Some churches today would rather preach love and prosperity. And some preach that spiritual liberty has given them freedom to practice immorality instead of accountability.

Maybe, it’s time for individuals and churches to repent and get back to the basics; to consider the teachings of the entire Bible. Not just pick and choose the verses that fit the world’s way of thinking. “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.” 2 Tim 3:16.


Father God,
Thank you so much for the sacrifice of Your Son Jesus Christ! Father, I pray that You light the fire of revival within all of us and that this fire will burn with an intensity that will consume all those around us. Let a revival start with us on our knees together, moving from us to our churches, to our cities, throughout this wonderful country and on into the world! Lord I ask You to place a hedge of protection around each person reading this. A revival is the last thing that Satan wants to happen within the Christian community, because he knows with You all things are possible! In Jesus name, I pray. Amen.

All verses from the New International Version