Rev. Marcel Divine Emeka Okwara’s Prayer for Revival

Our Father and our great God, your Son, our Redeemer Jesus Christ tells us that the time has come when the true worshippers must worship you in Spirit and truth. Gracious God, we have come here today to be revived and renewed. We have come to be inspired so as to honestly aspire to serve you in Spirit and in truth; for if we do not aspire for you, we would expire.

Holy Father, your Word says that all have sinned and have fallen short of your glory. Because we have sinned against you, against our neighbor and disappointed ourselves, we ask for your mercy and forgiveness. Let the innocent Blood of your Son Jesus Christ profoundly wash and purify us so that the Accuser of the Brethren would have nothing to accuse us of before your holy throne. This revival would not be powerful and efficacious if our sins are not first forgiven by you. For all the wrong we have done, and for all the good we failed to do knowingly and unknowingly, we are sorry dear Lord. Forgive us! Let your mercy reign down and heal us of our brokenness.

Faithful God, you have been so good to us. For your many blessings, we thank you. We thank you for the gift of life. We thank you for all the material and spiritual blessings we have received from you. We thank you for this revival because in this place, you are going to bless us even more. We thank you for the gift of one another. We thank you for the gift of your Son Jesus Christ; we thank you for the gift of the Holy Spirit, our reviver. For all we have, we thank you, because from and with all we have, we worship you. For all we don’t have, we still thank you, because from the things we don’t have, we are reminded of our cross which we need to carry daily and follow your Son Jesus.

Dear Lord, as you revive and renew us today, give each of us a spiritual hunger for you. Fire us up to always yearn for you. As the deer yearns for running stream, let us also daily year for you our good and faithful God. Fan into flame the gifts of our faith. Fan into flame the spiritual gifts we received from you. Grant us a genuine faith and the fervent desire for prayer. Move in this gathering O Lord. Heal the brokenhearted. Touch and transform lives. Comfort the sorrowful. Heal the sick. Lighten the burden of those suffering. Let us experience divine breakthrough in their lives.

In this place O Lord, let your blessings reign. Let your glory reign down. We have come longing for you. We have come longing for spiritual awakening. We have come yearning for renewal. We have also come with our problems. Faithful God, do not let us go home with our problems. Do not let us go home empty handed. Transform us. Change us. Heal us. Open our eyes to see each as brothers and sisters of the Lord.

Everlasting King of glory, pour out your Holy Spirit on us like a mighty purifying flood. Purify our motives. Reawaken us. Wake us up from the sleep of the soul and from the sleep of holiness and virtues. Revive us greatly. Purge us from selfish or ambitious reasons. Let our motives be solely for your glory O God and for the increase of your Kingdom. Pour out your Holy Spirit in a fashion even greater than you did on the first Pentecost. May this three-day revival be our modern day Pentecost. We ask all these in the name of your Son, our Redeemer and Liberator Jesus Christ. Amen.