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Date Posted	November 06, 2007
Article Title	How to Start a Revival
Posted By	Greg Richardson
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How to Start a Revival Revival is renewed conviction of sin and repentance, followed by an intense desire to live in obedience to God. It is giving up one's will to God in deep humility. I once visited a factory to see the machinery. Because I had just come from a revival, I was in a reverent mood. All of the workers knew who I was. One lady, who saw me as she was working, made a rude comment to her neighbor and then laughed. I stopped and looked at her with sorrow in my eyes. She stopped working, breaking her thread. She then became so upset that she could not repair the thread and start again. Trying to calm herself, she looked out the window. But again and again, her emotions got the best of her. Finally, she sat down and cried. I then approached her and spoke with her. She soon showed a deep sense of of sin. The feeling spread through the establishment like fire, and in a few hours almost every person employed there was under conviction. The feeling was so pervasive that the owner, though a worldly man, was astounded and stopped all work to hold a prayer meeting. In the owner's opinion, it was a great deal more important to have these people converted than to continue production. In a few days, the owner and nearly all the employees (about 3000) were fully converted. The Lord's rebuke of this woman's comment through my reverent, yet compassionate, reaction brought her under conviction. Seeing this undoubtedly inspired the massive revival.
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