Revival Burning Bushes
The history of Christianity is the history of revivals.
Like all movements, Christianity started with passion ,fervency, and fire.
But soon, stagnation and traditions took over and the fire was quenched.
Beautiful churches that were architectural marvels were erected –often with no life, suffocating legalism, and a spirituality wanting.
Christianity is radical and Jesus Christ is the greatest revolutionary ever!
Revival is about returning life (reviving) in individual believers, churches, or congregations that are – for lack of abetter word – on life support or clinically dead and in need of resuscitation!
Without continuous revivals, Christian spirituality stagnates and dies.
The following from Revival TV provides an excellent interactive timeline of revivals.
Interestingly it starts with the AD 301 revival of the Armenians : the first nation that accepted Christianity as a nation.
Revival Radio has many informative videos on revivals throughout the centuries.
Several of his eopisodes cover the Armenian revivals and more imporantly their impact on awakenings and revivals in the US and around the world.
Evan Roberts: The Welsh Revivals
The Welsh Revival
In the early 1900s, Wales was spiritually dry. Churches were open, but hearts were closed. Sermons were routine, prayers were quiet, and sin was tolerated. No one expected that a young coal miner, barely known, would become the spark that set a nation on fire.
His name was Evan Roberts.
Evan was just 26 years old when God began dealing with him deeply. For months, he wept, prayed, and cried out to God late into the night. One burden consumed him: “Lord, bend us.”
He had no grand plan, no ministry title, no advertising. Just a heart fully surrendered.
When Evan finally began speaking in small meetings, something unusual happened. He didn’t preach long sermons. Instead, he led people into repentance. The message was simple but piercing:
- Confess all known sin
- Remove anything doubtful from your life
- Obey the Holy Spirit immediately
- Publicly confess Christ
As people responded, the presence of God filled the meetings. Grown men fell to their knees crying for mercy. Young people prayed aloud with boldness. Meetings that started in the evening continued until morning, with no one wanting to leave.
Soon, the fire spread from village to village.
Bars and taverns shut down — not by law, but because customers stopped coming. Crime dropped so drastically that police had little to do. In some towns, courts were nearly empty. Even the coal mines were affected — miners had to retrain their horses, because the animals no longer understood commands without swearing.
Choirs formed spontaneously. Hymns rose from the streets. Entire communities were transformed.
Within a year, over 100,000 people had come to Christ.
But what shocked the world most was this:
There were no celebrity preachers. No fundraising campaigns. No strategy meetings.
Just prayer. Repentance. Obedience. And the Holy Spirit.
The Welsh Revival proved one eternal truth:
God does not look for ability — He looks for availability.
Revival does not begin in crowds, but in broken hearts.
Credit: Kingdom Generals
Let Us Pray
Lord, do it again. Bend our hearts. Awaken our churches. Set our cities on fire — not with noise, but with Your presence. Start with us. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
