You cannot love God and tolerate evil. Psalm 97:10.
We say we want revival . . . but on our terms. We don__ pray this way, but this is what our hearts are saying to God: __ome Holy Spirit . . . but only if you promise in advance to do things the way we have always done them in our church._ __ome Holy Spirit . . . but only if I have some sort of prior guarantee that when you show up you won__ embarrass me._ __ome Holy Spirit . . . but only if your work of revival is one that I can still control, one that preserves intact the traditions with which I am comfortable._ __ome Holy Spirit . . . but only if your work of revival is neat and tidy and dignified and understandable and above all else socially acceptable._ __ome Holy Spirit . . . but only if you plan to change others; only if you make them to be like me; only if you convict their hearts so they will live and dress and talk like I do._ __ome Holy Spirit . . . but only if you let us preserve our distinctives and retain our differences from others whom we find offensive.
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We say we want revival . . . but on our terms. We don__ pray this way, but this is what our hearts are saying to God: __ome Holy Spirit . . . but only if you promise in advance to do things the way we have always done them in our church._ __ome Holy Spirit . . . but only if I have some sort of prior guarantee that when you show up you won__ embarrass me._ __ome Holy Spirit . . . but only if your work of revival is one that I can still control, one that preserves intact the traditions with which I am comfortable._ __ome Holy Spirit . . . but only if your work of revival is neat and tidy and dignified and understandable and above all else socially acceptable._ __ome Holy Spirit . . . but only if you plan to change others; only if you make them to be like me; only if you convict their hearts so they will live and dress and talk like I do._ __ome Holy Spirit . . . but only if you let us preserve our distinctives and retain our differences from others whom we find offensive.
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