Have you noticed how much praying for revival has been going on of lately and how little revival has resulted? I believe the problem is that we have been trying to substitute praying for obeying, and it simply will not work. To pray for revival while ignoring the plain precept laid down in scripture is to waste a lot of words and get nothing for our trouble. Prayer will become effective when we stop using it as a substitute for obedience. AIDEN WILSON TOZER

Mal 3:18 - Are we "serving" God by seeking the lost? Or do we lift our hands in worship to God, but refuse to reach out our hands in evangelism for God? Worship without service is empty hypocrisy. It is to draw near to Him with our lips, but have our hearts far from Him. It is to worship Him in vain (see Mar_7:7). If the average church made as much noise about God on Mondays as it makes to God on Sundays, we would see revival!

Mat 9:38 - If we are not laborers, we won’t obey this command, because our conscience will condemn us. The devil therefore gets two victories: not only does the professing Christian not labor in the harvest fields, but neither does he pray for laborers.

“It is true that [many] are praying for worldwide revival. But it would be more timely, and more scriptural, for prayer to be made to the Lord of the harvest, that He would raise up and thrust forth laborers who would fearlessly and faithfully preach those truths which are calculated to bring about a revival.” A. W. Pink