The only answer to a lukewarm church or a struggling Christian is the same as ever —the fire of the Holy Spirit! What else does the Bible teach? Are we going to teach our way out of our current plight? We have a host of interesting teachers, but the church is still shrinking. The evidence of history is irrefutable. When believers humble themselves and pray for more of God, guess what? The Holy Spirit comes! People become convicted of sins they recently justified. Churches receive a new zeal to share Christ, study his Word, and pray. Love abounds in the believing community. And unbelievers come to Christ.
Without the manifest presence of the Holy Spirit, we become spiritually insensitive and are prone to act like the proud Israelites who did what was right in their own eyes.
Excerpt from the book, Storm, Jim Cymbala.