THE NECESSITY OF REVIVAL

PSALM 85: 6-7

IN ALL REALITY, CHURCHES SHOULD NOT NEED REVIVAL, FOR THEIR PEWS SHOULD ALWAYS BE FULL OF PEOPLE WORSHIPPING THE LORD IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH, AND WHO HAVE A DESPERATE DESIRE TO WITNESS TO THE LOST, AND WHO ARE FAITHFUL, COMMITTED AND DEDICATED IN ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR LIFE. 

• BUT ONE ONLY HAS TO LOOK AT THE AVERAGE CHURCH TO REALIZE THAT SUCH IN DEFINITELY NOT THE CASE.

• THE SAINTS SHOULD ALWAYS BE ON FIRE FOR THE LORD, ALWAYS WILLING AND READY TO HELP WHEREVER HELP IS NEEDED, BUT FEW CHURCHES FIT THIS CATEGORY AS WELL.

QUESTION:

WHAT HAPPEN?

2 TIMOTHY 4: 3-4

• FERVENT PRAYER AND REGULAR FASTING SHOULD ALWAYS BE THE NORM, BUT ALL TOO OFTEN IT ISN’T.

1. COMPASSION

2. FAITHFULNESS

3. GENEROSITY

4. DEPENDABILITY

5. HOLY LIFESTYLES

6. UNSPEAKABLE JOY

7. REASSURING PEACE OUGHT TO BE COMMON AMONG MEMBERSHIP, BUT THIS IS FAR FROM BEING TRUE IN MOST CHURCHES.

 

• VICTORY OVER SIN, SATAN, AND SELFISHNESS OUGHT ALWAYS TO BE PRESENT, BUT ALL TOO OFTEN IT CAN’T EVEN BE OBTAINED BY THE AVERAGE SO CALLED CHRISTIAN, THEREFORE REVIVAL IS A MUST!

2 CHRONICLES 7: 14

• THE AVERAGE CHURCH NEEDS TO HAVE A REAL, GENUINE, GOD-BREATHED, CHRIST-CENTERED, SPIRIT-MOTIVATED, SIN-CONVICTING, WORD-BASED REVIVAL.

PSALM 19: 7

ISAIAH 55: 6-7

• AS THERE ARE EMPTY PEWS, A CHURCH NEEDS REVIVAL.

• AS THERE ARE ABSENTEE MEMBERS, A CHURCH NEEDS REVIVAL.

• AS THERE ARE SECRET SINS WITHIN THE MEMBERSHIP, A CHURCH MUST HAVE REVIVAL, IN ORDER FOR GOD TO BE PLEASED!

REVIVAL IS NEEDED:

1. WHEN SPORTS BECOME MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE CHURCH.

2. WHEN TELEVISION RECEIVES MORE ATTENTION THAN DOES THE WORD OF GOD.

3. WHEN LOST PETS GET MORE CONCERN THAN LOST SOULS.

4. WHEN THE CHRISTIAN FAIL TO SHARE THEIR TESTIMONY WITH OTHERS.

5. IGNORE THE PREACHING OF THE WORD OF GOD.

6. REFUSE TO PAY THEIR TITHES.

QUESTION:

WHAT CAN WE DO, TO START A GENUINE REVIVAL IN THE CHURCH?

• I BELIEVE THAT AFTER A TRUE, GENUINE REVIVAL, ONE WHERE JESUS CHRIST IS GIVEN THE POSITION OF LORD AND MASTER WITHIN ONE’S LIFE, NOTICEABLE CHANGES WILL BE NOTICED.

 

1. THE CHOIR WILL BE ABLE TO SING BETTER.

2. THE TEACHERS WILL BE ABLE TO TEACH BETTER.

3. THE PREACHER WILL BE ABLE TO PREACH BETTER.

4. THE MUSICIANS WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY BETTER.

5. THE PRAYER WARRIORS WILL BE ABLE TO PRAY BETTER.

AFTER REVIVAL:

1. THERE WILL BE JOY IN THE CAMP.

2. THERE WILL BE UNITY AMONG THE SAINTS.

3. THERE WILL BE VOLUNTEERS TO OFFER THEIR HELP.

4. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN THE ATTENDANCE.

5. THERE WILL BE LOST SOULS SAVED AS A RESULT.

6. THERE WILL BE AN ABUNDANCE OF BLESSINGS.

ISAIAH 40: 28-31

SO LET’S  PRAY FOR REVIVAL, AND, LET US NOT STOP PRAYING UNTIL REVIVAL COMES!