Personal Revival and Cleansing

Read Luke 24:25-26


Jesus called these two disciples"foolish and slow of heart to believe" all that the Old Testament scriptures declared about His suffering and glorification. How would the Lord Jesus describe your heart today?
Whatever a burning heart is, it must include a growing understanding of and a deepening affection for Christ, His cross and resurrection. Has your heart become sluggish in your relationship with Christ? Have you lost the personal delight in the knowledge of Christ's love and sacrifice for you?
Humility, repentance, and confession of sin, are always vital first steps to the revival of our hearts. "Repent therefore and return that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord" (Acts 3:19)
Revival has one chief aim- the removal of sin and the purifying of the believer...Revival itself concerns two parties, God and His people. The message of the revival is:What are you doing about your piled up sins? Revival is a sign that, because of his thinning patience, God has moved his people to confession... The seed of revival is the grief of the Holy Spirit, the confession of the people is the Spirits grief vented. Only when the Spirit is "ungrieved " can the blessing come. It is at that point that Gods people can take a mighty leap forward.Unless I have a contented Holy Spirit within me, I need revival. Revival is God's surgery for people who have grown dull of hearing.
Make Psalm 139:23-24 your prayer:"Search me, O God and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me and lead me in the way everlasting." Also remember 1 John 1:9 for direction and hope:" If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." A helpful exercise for some is to write down specific sins, confess and forsake them and then cross them off the paper.