Text: Psalms 51:10-13

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

Psalms 85:6 (asks the question?)

6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?

(The answer is a resounding, YES!)

(Revive) OT:2421 hy*j* chayah (khaw-yaw'); to live, whether literally or figuratively; to revive:

KJV - keep (leave, make) alive, life, live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, save (alive, life, lives), be whole.

Four areas of Revival

• From Sin to Holiness
  Psalms 51:10
  10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
  (Renew) OT:2318 vd^j* chadash (khaw-dash'); to be new, to rebuild:
  KJV - renew, repair.
  Psalms 51:2-4a

2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

We get use to sin

2 Peter 1:9

9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

• To God

Psalms 51:12

12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

(Restore) OT:7725 bWv shuwb (shoob); to turn back (with the idea of return to the starting point)

We avoid God

Psalms 122:1

122 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

We stop praying to God

Hebrews 4:16

16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

• Concerning the Lost

Psalms 51:13

13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

(Restore) OT:7725 bWv shuwb (shoob); to turn back (with the idea of return to the starting point)

We act like the world

2 Corinthians 3:2-3

2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:

3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

• Your Salvation

Psalms 51:13

13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

(Restore) OT:7725 bWv shuwb (shoob); to turn back (with the idea of return to the starting point)

Ephesians 2:1, 5

2 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

Tools of Revival

• Holy Spirit

Psalms 51:10b, 11b, 12b

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

Ephesians 4:30

30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

• God’s Word

16 times quicken is found in Psalms 119. It is about God’s Word.

Psalms 119:17, 25, 37, 40, 50, 77, 88, 93, 107, 116, 144, 149, 154, 156, 159, 175

Psalms 119:50

50 this is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.

Hebrews 4:12

12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.