Revival Starts With Me launches the bold new series Revival Isn’t Coming, It’s Calling with a sobering but hope-filled truth: revival doesn’t begin in the streets—it begins in the heart. Many of us have prayed, “God, move in our city” or “God, send revival,” yet nothing seems to change. This message confronts the uncomfortable reality that revival isn’t delayed because God is unwilling—it’s delayed because His people are.
Rooted in 2 Chronicles 7:14, this sermon reminds us that God’s pattern has never changed. He doesn’t start with cities, cultures, or crowds. He starts with surrendered people—people willing to humble themselves, pray, seek His face, and turn from what He’s been asking them to lay down. Revival is not emotional services, packed altars, famous speakers, or goosebump worship moments. Revival is God restoring what His people abandoned through deep repentance, renewed holiness, and obedient lives.
Looking at historical awakenings—from the First Great Awakening to the Welsh Revival and Asbury—we see the same pattern repeated: humility leads to repentance, repentance to obedience, and obedience to transformation. The reason many of us feel stuck is simple—we pray for God to move while protecting what He asks us to surrender.
This message culminates in a powerful moment of communion and response, inviting each person to examine their heart and fully surrender one area of their life. Revival can’t be outsourced or inherited. Stop waiting. Start living like you want revival—because revival isn’t coming…it’s calling.
