Are we ready to respond?

Discovering the path to personal renewal and national revival
Could it be?
Written by: Rod Parsley
Author of the #1 Best Seller On the Brink


"Could this be the hour of revival? The Lord will not permit us to experience revival on our terms. Rest assured we cannot continue to ignore God's will communicated to us through His Word and then expect the Holy Spirit's help for the change desperately needed in our lives, homes, and nation.
We must return to the Lord in not only word but also in deed before our prayers for revival will be heard in heaven. We dare not continue to challenge God's way if we want Him to bless ours.
Let us not make a futile attempt to convince God to send revival, while we neglect His prerequisites and continue to break His commandments. God's Word is our road map for this last great revival. All we need to do is what is required therein and revival is assured.
There is a commission issued to you and me to become the believers we always dreamed we could be-by beginning to execute these seven keys to revival in our lives. In order to do so, we must declare Jesus' Lordship in our personal lives, family, country and future. We must learn to be Christ's laborers and serve as His soldiers. We need to remember the words of the great hymn, "Onward, Christian Soldiers."
Onward, Christan soldiers, marching as to war,
with the cross of Jesus going on before.
Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe;
forward into battle see his banners go!

At the sign of triumph Satan's legions flee;
on then, Christian soldiers, on to victory!
Hell's foundations quiver at the shout of praise;
brothers, lift your voices, loud your anthems raise.

Like a mighty army moves the church of God;
brothers, we are treading where the saints have trod.
We are not divided, all one body we,
One in hope and doctrine, one in charity.

Crowns and thrones may perish,
kingdoms rise and wane,
but the church of Jesus constant will remain.
Gates of hell can never gainst that church prevail;
we have Christ's own promise, and that cannot fail.

Onward then, ye people, join our happy throng,
blend with ours your in the triumph song.
Glory, laud, and honor unto Christ the King,
this through countless ages men and angels sing.

Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
with the cross of Jesus going on before.

Revival cannot come without a praying church. Revival cannot begin without a penitent church. Revival cannot be experienced without a passionate church who is willing at all costs, like soldiers in God's army, to lay down life and limb for the higher cause of Christ.
We must refuse to allow Satan to succeed in immobilizing our commitment, incapacitating our convictions and undermining our desires to do exploits. For this race is not to the swift but to those who stand fearless and formidable in the face of defeat and-though tempted by compromise, and tried by complacency-are resolute in their relentless assault against the demon on surrender.
There will be 1,000 at your left hand and 10,000 at your right hand who will surrender to distraction, submit to defeat and succumb to the daily onslaught of the devil. They become causalities of the crippling condition of compromise. However, true Christian soldiers are inspired by the words impossible, incurable, insurmountable and insufferable. They are soldiers who are not called great because they never fail but because they REFUSE TO QUIT.
My words are to you are, Onward, Christian Soldier. Though bloodied and battered, bruised and banished, we are not bowed.
I can almost hear our Commander-in-Chief, Jesus Christ, whisper to His troops, "Hold on just a little longer because the battle is almost over. Victory is assured. You shall wear a crown of righteousness."
The soul of this great nation is in our hands, and we can make a difference. Like a cool breeze, eternity is blowing around our shoulders. God is changing the times and seasons throughout America and the world.
It is time to take personal assessment of our own lives.
I believe that each of us in the body of Christ has a divine mandate to rise up and deliver the message of revival to this generation. We need to rend our hearts and not our garments and compel me, women and children to the Cross.
It is almost midnight prophetically. The groom is preparing to come back for His bride. Will be found ready, with the souls of men and women we birthed into God's kingdom?
The prize is reserved not for those who begin but for the finishers of the race who will not be denied their position, delayed in their pursuit, or detoured on the pathway to their promise. These are they who will be counted on that grand and glorious day with those who say, "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing" (2 Timothy 4:7,8).
Are we ready to respond to the voice of God so that we, too, may be counted among those remnant believers? National revival cannot begin without personal revival. The decision is ours. Could it be that the choice we make will determine the course for our country and our culture?
Let us be those who cry out, "Lead on, O, King, Eternal!"