On Sunday we considered this truth:
Revival begins with renewed worship, not renewed effort.
We watched in Ezra 3 as God’s people came home to rubble—walls burned down, temple destroyed, dreams deferred. Before they rebuilt their world, they rebuilt their worship. They didn’t start with hammers; they started with hearts. Because before God rebuilds what’s around us, He restores what’s within us.
Here’s what I didn’t say yesterday:
We often pray for revival as if it’s a wave that will sweep through our culture—but biblically, revival almost always starts small. It begins with a remnant. It begins with repentance. It begins at an altar no one else sees. Revival doesn’t usually look like fire falling from heaven—it looks like faithfulness rekindled in the dark.
So here’s the invitation this week:
Don’t chase momentum; cultivate devotion.
Return to the altar—and let worship do the rebuilding.
