Kindling The Fire Of Revival

C) If we are humble - Revival can be a Reality

II. Pray

A) How?

i. God has to ask “those called by His name”

B) When God Talks

i. The Still Small Voice

ii. Our lives / churches are TOO LOUD to hear it!

iii. Sweet Hour of Prayer is NOT a reality

C) Hymns:

i. Sweet Hour of Prayer

ii. Take Time to Be Holy

D) Intercession for Lost – More souls today than ever before.

E) If we get back into serious prayer - Revival can be a Reality

III. Seek My Face (Relationship)

A) ILLUS – Cold Bride / 1956 Chevy Bel-Aire

B) Loved one’s face – Faces are Memorable, Personal, Unique

C) Why should I want a personal, intimate relationship with God?

i. Strength in hard times

ii. Comfort through loss

iii. Love at all times

D) If we Seek His Face - Revival can be a Reality

IV. Turn From Wicked Ways (Repent)

A) Not another “I’m sorry…” repeat

i. An authentic I’m wrong and repent!

ii. TURN – 180 degrees from

iii. Gordon MacDonald, -->Repentance is not basically a religious word. It comes from a culture where people were essentially nomadic and lived in a world with no maps or street signs. It’s easy to get lost walking through the desert. You become aware that the country side is strange. You finally say to yourself, I’m going in the wrong direction. That’s the first act of repentance. The second act of repentance is to go in an alternate direction. It implies that you not only do this but you admit it to your companions.

B) But I’m a Christian!

i. Do you have sin? Real unholiness?

ii. Jesus said to him, "’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ - Matthew 22:37

iii. Anything Less is SIN!

C) Multitude of Sins we don’t talk about much

i. Sin of Silence

ii. Sins of Omission

iii. Sin of Pride / Anger

iv. Sin of Envy

D) Are you BOUND in the CHAINS of SIN?

E) God does not desire this! He wants to set you free, but you must first TURN AWAY from your sin! You’ve got to get right with God!

F) REPENT and Revival can be a Reality

CONCLUSION: God’s Response is Love

1) I Will Hear

a. He Cares About YOU!

i. He Listens

ii. Listeners CARE Right?

b. More than listens – he HEARS

i. He comprehends, cares, and struggles with you.

ii. He hears your hurt, he wants to help you OVERCOME!

iii. For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith. - 1 John 5:4

2) From Heaven

a. Where He Lives

b. Where He Is Preparing a Place for Us

c. The Hope we Have in Christ

3) (I) Will Forgive Their Sin

a. Not MAYBE

b. Definitive – I WILL

c. Forgive – “to excuse from fault or offense, to pardon”

d. Our Sin – our iniquity, our faults, our offenses, our unholiness

4) (I Will) Heal Their Land

a. God’s Follow Through

b. REVIVAL = HEALING OF THE LAND

i. Lost Brothers and Sisters coming back to Church

ii. Those in Church being renewed, rejuvenated in service!

iii. MIRACLES - LOST COMING TO CHRIST, DESIRING BAPTISM

iv. The Land is HEALED – Morality Returns, Lost come in large numbers, the church of Christ GROWS exponentially!

v. God says - Revival can be a Reality

Why did I choose to preach this sermon on a crucial Sunday. One for the church and myself? Because with all of my being, with all of my faith in Jesus Christ, I believe that Revival can be a Reality because God has called us to it. That if the REMNANT will humble themselves, and pray, and seek God’s face, and turn from their wicked ways -