“Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!” –2 Corinthians 13:5

What is the church but a gathering of God’s “called-out ones”? Each of us who has been called out has been guaranteed a home in eternity. But until that final day we have work to do. We must undergo frequent self-examination. We must know of a certainty that Christ dwells in us. Our church fellowship must also be tested. Are we cold, lacking the zeal of the Lord? Or are we hot with passion for the things of God? After all, revival begins with us and extends to our local church and throughout our community.

“The truth should be realized that all revival and spiritual quickening in the church, must come through individual hearts. We deplore the coldness of the church, its languishing devotion, its diminishing fervor and zeal, its spiritual deadness and lethargy. We sing revival songs. We pray revival prayers. We preach revival sermons. Yet we wonder why revival never comes. But how is it in the individual hearts? Has the revival begun there yet?” –J. R. Miller

Prayer Prompt: God, hear us as we examine our hearts and test our faith. May we come alive to the reality of Christ in us. Bring light into our lives and into our churches. May every gathering of believers find room for one more … then another … and another. Thus, revival is born.

Join the whole church in prayer daily, in worship together on Sundays at 10 AM, and at a new course on Life in the Spirit at 6 PM, and also on Wednesday evenings praying together for an hour at 6:30 PM.

We are becoming more intentional in our efforts to follow Christ "Upstream," rather than just drifting downstream into a new year. In 2026 we are committing ourselves as a church body to seek God's heart for revival, reading Scripture and praying along with the prompts in the daily devotional Our Cry for Revival. ConnectionOC.com 🌊​​🛶

These daily devotionals will continue a couple more days, sent each morning by email, and posted as videos on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and as podcasts on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube.
Devotional: Nick Harrison, Our Cry for Revival: 365 Devotions and Prayers for an Outpouring of God’s Spirit (Brentwood, TN: B&H, 2024).