What is real revival on 6 April 2008

What is real revival on 6 April 2008

Revive means to resurrect or to make a life again.

Revival that will impact 3 groups of people. They are:
a) Christians who are dry and dying spiritually in the Church
b) Backslidden Christians who have left the Church
c) Non-Christians ( pre-believers) who have no spiritual life at all

A real revival have the power to change a complete family, an entire society and a whole nation. It can be done at a God-sent revival. It is important to understand what a personal revival is all about.

10 points to what is a personal revival

1) A personal revival is believing and trusting God again in everything I do and say.

Seek God and trust Him more. Whatever I do and say, make it count.

2) Realizing, repenting and rejecting specific sins out of my life.

True revival always come by deep repentance.

3) Getting into a closer relationship with God again.

Renew our mind with the word of God.
Pray and communicate with God.
Draw closer and closer to God, God will share with us some secrets through our intimacy with Him.

4) Giving God and is kingdom 1st priority.

God will honor us when we give Him 1st priority.

5) To be on the side of God and His word again.

We must defend the gospel.

6) An emphasis on spiritual and eternal things.

7) Being more conscious of God’s presence and power in me.

Immensing in the word of God and praying unceasingly. Only the prayer and the word will cause the anointing to flow in Your life.

8) To surrender and die to self so that the new life is manifested.

Dying of ourselves to God.
It’s no longer that I live but Christ that lives in me.
True power can only come when we are dying of ourselves to God so that we can be a clean vessel used by God.
Ask God to walk in and through us.

9) Living a life of love and faith

Falling in love with God.
We serve God by faith.
We don’t give up when the going gets tough (stickability).
A revived soul did not think of quitting.

10) Acting as God’s ambassadors of great destiny.

The eternal well-being of people. We are Christ’s ambassadors representing Jesus.

3 Hallmarks of a Real Revival

1) The self life is crucified.

2) The new life of Christ is being resurrected and reflected.

3) Other lives are being impacted by our revived lives and also to live a crucified and new life.

Galatians 2: 20
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Romans 6: 8
Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.

John 12:24
I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.

Matthew 10:38,39
Anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.