A Call for Revival in the American Church based on Joel 2

Blow the trumpet and sound the alarm in the American Church!

Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; in fact, it is at hand— a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it?

“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”

So rip open your hearts and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, and abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster. Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him that we can offer back to Him, our heavenly Father.

Blow the trumpet in the American Church! Consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly. Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged; gather the children, even nursing babies. Let the newlyweds also be gathered.

Let every Christian weep before the Lord and say, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should people say, ‘Where is their God?’”

O Father, please heal Your land, please heal Your Church!

Father, please pour out Your Spirit afresh on all people. Please cause Your sons and daughters to prophesy, Your old men and women to dream dreams, Your young men and women to see visions. Spirit of God, fall fresh on everyone, both high and low.

Father, we know Your great and awesome Day is coming soon. Please motivate Your Church to share the good news of deliverance through Your Son, Jesus; the good news that everyone who surrenders all authority to Him will be saved.