Assembly of God. 22nd April. 1979 "PRAYER SANCTUARY BULLBTIN" ~No 29a Dear Prayer Partners, Oh, how the Church in Australia needs Revival! The Lord Jesus is coming! I believe He is at the very door! are His people ready? Are we ready? The Apostle John writes, "Little Chiliiren, Abide in Kim, that when He shall appear we may have con~ fidence, and not be ashoned at Hie appearing (not have to be ashamed and shrink back from meeting Him ~ 1.B)"1 Jhn 2.28. How does revival cone? It mast begin with ourselves. It usuatiy starts with a few eamest, concerned souls, their hearts so buniened, the only outlet being sin-confessing, intercessory prayer. Revival does not need, nor does it spread,ty propa- ganda. It spreads by propagation! By the release of those’ inner « forces pent up in the concerned Christian's heart. It is not artif- icial, it is vitell It is life giving birth to life, as when we speck of"propagating the species". Revival once begun expands by chain reaction, like the release of atomic energy. I am convinced that God is ready to give us revival. He is looking for channels - for burdened souls, who with cleansed and inflamed hearts, and depending on His Spirit, will propagate it! Will YOU be one? THB MORNING WATCH. Are you praying for the salvation of the lost? Praying for your children, loved ones, neighbours and fellow-citizens? Praying earnestly and fervently? If we vould reach God in prayer, enter into real intercession with Him, it will only be with a heart hot with urgency. Cold prayers never have yarn answers. Only prayers ‘backed by love and compassion will avail at the door of the heavenly resources. A heart unmoved for a dying world, for a hell-bent nation, for a sinning community, for lost loved ones, will never move God! Heaven only answers ihe prayers of those whose hearts go pulsate with a burning love, that they cannot remain silent. When the Christian is so filled with such love - love for God's cause at hone and abroad, love for Australia as it swirls on its dowavard road to hell, and for a worl racing to ite ruin - then and ‘then only will his prayers be ansvered. "The earnest, heartfelt, continued prayer of a righteous man makes a tremendous power available - dynamic in its working" (James 5.16 AMP) John the Baptist said, "I indeed baptise you with water unto repentance; but He that comets after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear, He shall baptise you with the Holy Ghost AND WITH PIRE". Oh, Dear God, send the fire into my heart! Qur Prayer Thone this Week - "Lord, send the Pire! ‘HS WORD OF cop. "I will meditate on Thy precepts, and have respect unto Thy ways. I will delight my self in Thy statutes; I will not forget Thy Word" As you come before the Lord eaca moming, withdraw into the holy, refreshing atmosphere of the Word of God. Breathe it; live in it; @raw your life from it. It will give health and healing, strength, purity and power. Walk in its waye for all its ways are quietness ‘and its paths peace! ‘he rich beauty of the Yord of God is the fin- est treasure that one can possess. You cannot possess the Word of God in your heart without being possessed by it. There is no finer way of beginning the day's work and there is no surer way to a good night's sleep, than to fill the mind and heart with the Word of God. Tara to it every morning and make it your counsel for the day ahead Return to it at nignt pillowing your head upon its promises, rest— ing your soul upon its prophecies. Be possessed by it. Dwell on it and in it! Think ite thoughts again and egain! Live in its atmosphere. Walk in ite ways! Abide by its precepts. Possess it and be possessed by it. It transforms the mind, transfigures the lifeand transports the soul! and you will become a living edition of that WORD!