True Revival

vision, He’ll revive your courage, He’ll revive your love… when will He do it… when an individual recognizes they’ve lost what they once had and cries out to Him and believes He can revive what’s been lost, taken or broken.
* God is ready to revive us in a moments notice…
Ezra 9:9 Yet our God did not forsake us in our bondage; but He extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia,
I would tell you this morning that our God wants to revive His people. He never intended for us to be under any type of bondage. His will has never been for us to walk in defeat.
Isaiah 57:15 (NKJV)
15 For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has a contrite (crushed) and humble (depressed) spirit, To revive (restore, recover and repair) the spirit of the humble (depressed), And to revive (restore, recover and repair) the heart of the contrite (crushed) ones.
Do you see what He’s saying here? He’s declaring… I live with those who have become depressed by life’s circumstances. I’m near to those who have been crushed by life’s situations. And I’m with them to help them restore, recover and repair what’s lost, stolen and broken.
Look at what happens when we cry out from our bondage…
Ezra 9:9 (NKJV)
9 For we were slaves. Yet our God did not forsake us in our bondage; but He extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to revive us, to repair the house of our God, to rebuild its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
1. to revive us -- What was dead comes back to life
2. to repair the house of our God – what was broken is fixed
3. to rebuild its ruins – what was laid waste by the enemy is rebuilt
4. and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem – And the protection of God is once again restored.