Sunday August 9, 2026
“Will you not revive us again that your people may rejoice in you?” Psa 85:6
“Revive us again, fill each heart with Thy love,
may each soul be rekindled with fire from above!
Hallelujah! Thine the glory. Hallelujah! Amen.
Hallelujah! Thine the glory, Revive us again.”
Many are familiar with the words to this old hymn based on Psalm 85:6. It is a cry for God to “do it again,” to come with power and revive his people from their moral and spiritual lethargy and renew them spiritually. The history of the church has been marked by times of spiritual renewal like the First Great Awakening which began in the 1730s, followed by the Second Great Awakening in the early 1800s. But there have been many others. One such awakening was the Welsh Revival of 1904. It began when a young man named Evan Roberts went to a prayer meeting and heard someone pray, “Lord bend the church!” to which he responded with his own prayer, “Lord bend me!” That cry led to a series of extended prayer meetings marked by confession of sin and open repentance. God began to move. People were drawn to the churches to pray and would fall down under conviction of sin. Before long the whole nation seemed to filled with cries of repentance leading to songs of joy as people turned to Christ. History records that the whole of Welsh society was transformed over the next few months. Public drunkenness, which had been a huge issue, virtually disappeared! Judges were issued white gloves because they had no cases to try. Petty theft ceased! Quarrels were set aside! Even the police began to attend church services because that’s where the people were! They even formed police choirs! During the Welsh Revival, people were continually urged to do four things:
(1) Put away all known sin;
(2) Set aside any “doubtful habits”;
(3) Obey the Spirit promptly as He calls you to Christ;
(4) Confess Christ Boldly and Publically before others!
And God moved!
Lord, do it again Lord, in our Day! “Lord, bend me!”
Pastor Scott Lee
