Lord Awaken Your Bride
E.A. Johnston passionately calls the church and nation to urgent, repentant prayer for revival and mercy amidst impending trials.
In this prophetic sermon, E.A. Johnston passionately calls the church and nation to urgent prayer and repentance. He highlights the critical need for revival in America, drawing on historical awakenings to inspire hope. Johnston emphasizes God's mercy amid coming trials and encourages believers to seek a fresh outpouring of grace to prepare the church for the future.
Full Transcript
The time is urgent, we should all be on our faces, crying out to God to have mercy on America right now, right now, to delay His deadly. Perhaps God, in His mercy, will send a mighty revival to America to prepare the church for the coming persecution. Or perhaps revival will emerge out of the ashes of persecution when it comes to America.
But either way, God will get the glory. God will get the glory. America needs revival.
The church in America needs revival. There's still hope for America if we seek God in desperate prayer. I hope this message has been of some help to you today.
Let us pray. Oh, God, have mercy upon us, Father. Have mercy upon America.
Forgive us, great God, for our national sins. Forgive us, almighty Father, for the corporate sins of your church. Forgive us for our laziness in prayer.
Forgive us for our spiritual bankruptcy and impoverishment. Oh, God, I can look and see what's coming around the corner to this land, and I pray, Lord, in your wrath, remember mercy. In your wrath, remember mercy, and I pray, oh, Lord, that you awaken your bride, that you rouse her from her slumber, that you awaken her, oh, God, and bring a mighty revival and an outpouring of your effusions of grace upon her now.
In your mercy, Lord, I pray for that. You've sent revival in times before terrible times, Lord. You sent a mighty awakening to America before the Civil War through the great prayer revival, the businessman's revival of 1858.
You saved literally tens of thousands of young men before they died on the battlefields of this land. You're the God that does such things. I pray you move as you have moved in former times for our day, for your glory, and for your dear name's sake and your dear precious son's sake, the Lord Jesus Christ, amen.
Sermon Outline
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I. The Urgency of Prayer
- America faces imminent spiritual crisis
- The church must cry out for mercy
- Prayer is the key to delaying judgment
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II. The Need for Revival
- America and the church are spiritually bankrupt
- Historical revivals show God's power to save
- Revival prepares the church for coming trials
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III. God's Mercy and Judgment
- God's wrath is real but tempered by mercy
- Repentance invites God's forgiveness
- God's glory will be revealed through revival
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IV. A Call to Awaken the Bride
- The church must awaken from spiritual slumber
- Desperate prayer invites an outpouring of grace
- God will move as He has in former times
Key Quotes
“God will get the glory.” — E.A. Johnston
“In your wrath, remember mercy.” — E.A. Johnston
“I pray, oh, Lord, that you awaken your bride, that you rouse her from her slumber.” — E.A. Johnston
Application Points
- Commit to daily, fervent prayer for personal and national revival.
- Repent sincerely for personal and corporate sins to invite God's mercy.
- Encourage the church community to awaken spiritually and prepare for future challenges.