"God's quickening visitation of his people, touching their hearts and deepening his work of grace in their lives." J. I. Packer
"extraordinary season of religious interest." Robert Baird
"the sovereign act of God, in which He restores His own backsliding people to repentance, faith and obedience." Stephen Olford
"times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord." (Acts 3:19) J. Edwin Orr
"the awakening or quickening of God's people to their true nature and purpose." Robert Coleman
"the return of the Church from her backslidings, and the conversion of sinners." Charles Finney
"an extraordinary movement of the Holy Spirit producing extraordinary results." Richard Owen Roberts
"a community saturated with God" Duncan Campbell
"the work of the Holy Spirit in restoring the people of God to a more vital spiritual life, witness, and work by prayer and the Word after repentance in crisis for their spiritual decline." Earle Cairns
Is there a point in your life that you can point to as your spiritual awakening? I am not talking about when you were "born again." Rather, a time in your life after you were saved when you could not seem to get enough -- when you almost literally hungered after new spiritual knowledge. How old were you when this happened? Have you had more than one time like this in your life? What is your story?
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I can recall 3 specific 'awakenings'. The earliest was in Junior High when I first felt called to be a pastor (one day). The second was after high school graduation. The third actually began at the end of last week.
The common factor in all three? Each time I had my focus 100% on God, sincerely talked with God everyday, and studied the Word. I believe that when we truely and fully give all of ourselves to God, then we will experience these 'spiritual awakenings'. The problem is that its easier said than done...
I have had a few of those. Before I began seminary I had one. I think I'm in one right now.
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