We Need Revival When...

A friend gave me a longer, printed version of this list, the full version of which can be found here.
It really made me think. If we are honest, I think we could all say we need revival.

When Do We Need Revival?

By Nancy Leigh DeMoss

Consider these evidences of the need for revival:

• when we do not love Him as we once did.
  
  
• when we would rather watch TV and read secular books and magazines than read the Bible and pray.
  
  
• when church dinners are better attended than prayer meetings.
  
  
• when concerts draw bigger crowds than prayer meetings.
  
  
• when we have time for sports, recreation, and entertainment, but not for Bible study and prayer.
  
  
• when we do not tremble at the Word of God.
  
  
• when God's people are more concerned about their jobs and their careers, than about the Kingdom of Christ and the salvation of the lost.
  
  
• when God's people get together with other believers and the conversation is primarily about the news, weather, and sports, rather than the Lord.
  
  
• when church services are predictable and "business as usual."
  
  
• when our children are growing up to adopt worldly values, secular philosophies, and ungodly lifestyles.
  
  
• when we are more concerned about our children's education and their athletic activities than about the condition of their souls.
  
  
• when we tolerate "little" sins of gossip, a critical spirit, and lack of love.
  
  
• when we will watch things on television and movies that are not holy.
  
  
• when our singing is half-hearted and our worship lifeless.
  
  
• when we are content to live with explainable, ordinary Christianity and church services.
  
  
• when we are bored with worship.
  
  
• when people have to be entertained to be drawn to church.
  
  
• when our music and dress become patterned after the world.
  
  
• when we start fitting into and adapting to the world, rather than calling the world to adapt to God's standards of holiness.
  
  
• when people have to be begged to give and to serve in the church.
  
  
• when we are more concerned about what others think about us than what God thinks about us.
  
  
• when we are blind to the extent of our need and don't think we need revival.