One of the important signs of the times we are living in is a widespread sense of impotence and disempowerment. In previous decades, people were told that they could change the world. Now, there is a feeling that no one is listening and that the opinions of the individual citizen no longer matter…

Every revival and awakening in history began in prayer—and there is a reason for this. The pattern of past revivals shows that it is when people found themselves in situations for which there was no human remedy or solution, that it was then that they began to pray and call on the Lord and ask for his help.

Throughout the Bible, the Lord calls His people to remember what He has done in the past to create faith that will enable Him to do another mighty work in the present. We should be encouraged that the Lord has visited His people with revival many times before and He can do it again.

As wonderful as the living water was that Jesus spoke about to the Samaritan woman, he later spoke of an even more wonderful provision for our spiritual growth and development. Taking the imagery of water even further, He explained in John’s gospel that as believers drank living water from the ancient wells, they would experience an overflow of spiritual life to others.