The Effective Call to Revival by Chris Aaron Rice

The Effective Call to Revival Dear Friend, How would you fix the World’s problems, if you had the power to do it? How long would your answer to this previous question last before the World needed fixing again? I believe that what the World needs is a mighty movement of the Holy Spirit, renewing the hearts of men, women and children in vast numbers. I believe that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the great means of salvation and change in our country. I believe that apart from revival, we cannot hope for lasting change in the World or even the United States. We need a mighty movement of the Holy Spirit. Let’s look very briefly at the current problems we face as a nation. Roughly one in four adults in the US have been diagnosed with a mental illness. Church attendance is at a record low, with nearly 6 in 10 Americans seldom or never attending church. Around 50 million Americans struggle with the effects of addictions, both legal and illegal. On top of all this, our country is caught in a political hailstorm. Republicans and Democrats are so deeply entrenched in fear and hate, shifting blame to the other side of the isle without constructively working through their differences. All of this division, all of this sin, suffering, and sorrow, it all points to our need for a revival. I believe that the United States needs a fresh and mighty move of the Holy Spirit to heal our nation and call us back to faithful service to Jesus Christ, our King. When we look at a short history of major Revivals in the past, we see how the Holy Spirit takes what is broken and makes it whole again. The invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg around 1450 revolutionized the access most people had to books. It allowed the Protestant Reformation to set the stage for the first Great Awakening. Men like John Knox, John Bunyan, George Whitfield, John Wesley and Jonathan Edwards were important leaders in this movement. In the 16 and 1700s, they witnessed an 1