![]() ![]() As we do we can live an increasingly holy life that leverages the power of our prayers with heaven! Again, as James reminds us, “ the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” We confess to each other to get healed.” May we have churches that encourage this kind of relational reality checks so that we get beyond the surface of “ everything’s fine” to the raw struggles underneath that all of us have. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.“Īs my old youth ministry professor used to say, “ We confess to God to be forgiven. As James 5:16 reminds us, “ Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. We need to have people in our lives that keep us accountable in these areas so that, together, we can walk in purity. If there is sin in our lives we need to confess it. God only serves revival on clean plates so we must purify our hearts! If there is sin in the camp we need to address it. Those who cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.” 2 Timothy 2:19-21 “‘Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.’ In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay some are for special purposes and some for common use. We must pray that God intervenes to break up the hard soil of unregenerate hearts and send forth seed chuckers who will spread his message everywhere to everyone! To experience this we must learn how to pray with passion, focus and faith. When prayer becomes the engine, not the caboose, of our ministry efforts then our churches become an unstoppable train that advance the Gospel in unimaginable ways! This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.” 1 Timothy 2:1-4 “I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people- for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. Here are 5 truths a church must wake up to so that revival can happen. ![]() ![]() The indwelling Holy Spirit is calling us and giving us His wake up call! Will we answer that call? The Spirit came and their little church exploded from 120 to well over 3,000 in attendance in an instant!Īnd unlike the early church in Acts 1 we don’t have to pray to receive the Spirit…we already have Him ( Ephesians 1:13,14.) The question is does He have us? Are we yielding ourselves to him in full surrender? If we were our churches would be exploding with new disciples! But these believers were calling out to God for his Spirit in a ten day, non-stop prayer ser vice! There were just 120 members of the original church in Acts chapter one. Think about the potential of a fully awakened church. It’s time to answer the Holy Spirit’s wake up call! It’s time to wake up our churches to the need for revival and spiritual awakening. Nothing but a loud voice can waken them out of it!” George Whitefield, 1739 “ The Christian world is in a deep sleep. “Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light.” Ephesians 5:14
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