Consequences of an absence of revival on 20 April 2008
To be revived means to be awaken again.
Reviving the deepest part of our beings – our hearts.
A revival will always attract huge crowds. A revival will attract masses to come to Jesus.
Why is a real revival necessary?
We were all born in sin. We tend to take good things for granted.
Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, everyone, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
An apostacy is a revival.
Habbakukk 3: 2
O Lord, I have heard your speech and was afraid; O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years! In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.
Only a revival can save us from the point of no return. When a person repents, God will become real.
7 possible consequences of an absence of personal revival
1. The risk of losing the purpose of life
Our purpose of life is hinge on God and eternal things. That is the foundation of purpose in life. Communication with God is important.
Serving God in ministry, involve in winning souls for Jesus Christ.
Build on eternal things that have value. We are created for time and eternity. Do our business and aspirations with Jesus. Don’t lose our purpose in life.
2. The risk of tormenting conflicts in the heart.
When our hearts is so full of God, we will live simple life. We simplify a lot of things. You will learn how to simplify.
You tend not to be involved in complicated tussles. Be a proper person in Jesus Christ.
Once you are anchored in Jesus Christ, you can tell right from wrong.
3. The risk of forfeiting spiritual inheritance
We are a royal priesthood. We enter into a role of royal priesthood.
4. The risk of being vulnerable to Satan’s deception and attacks
Satan is like a roaring lion. If your heart is revived, Satan is not able to attack you.
A revived Christian is not intimidated easily.
5. The risk of being in bondage.
There is a tendency to compromise. Compromises caused us not being able to stay in the boundaries of God. Eg. Surfing the net mindlessly.
Give up sin and live a proper life in God. Bondages make people lukewarm.
6. The risk of being a stumbling block to others.
Our life can either be a stepping stone or a stumbling block to others.
Determine to be alive in God.
Always present Christ in a possible light.
7. The risk of backsliding to the point of no return.
A heart of a person can shift. Love is based on commitment. When you are committed , that is real love.
Hebrews 6: 4-6
For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works.” And again in this place “ They shall not enter my rest.” Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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.
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.
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