REVIVE!

Question:  How does God tend to revive a person, a church or even a nation? 

Well...that's a good question isn't it?

God's word has answers.

The pattern, while not always neat, tidy and orderly, looks something like this:

• Brokenness:  (Psalm 51:17) God breaks us down, revealing our desperate need for Him!  When God breaks you...it's beautiful brokenness.
• Repentance:  (2 Cor. 7:10) God's call to us is to redirect our lives in His direction...in His way...in His plan...to turn away from self and turn toward Him!
• Surrender:  (Phil. 3:7-8) It's at this point that God calls us to lose our lives for the sake of His will and His plans for us!  He calls for complete surrender!
• Holiness:  (Gal. 5:22-23) Broken and contrite hearts, repentant and surrendered lives lead to God's work producing holiness...being set apart for Him!
• Praise:  (1 Cor. 10:31) As we are being made holy by God our lives sing a song of praise to Him and reveal His glory to the entire world around us!

Do you need God to revive your life?  Revive your soul?  Revive your heart?  We most definately need God to revive our churches and our ministries!  We most definately need God to revive our communities and our nation!  God has given us a path...He has promised us His Spirit and His power!  Let's pray together that God would REVIVE His people, His church and all of His creation! 

In His Grip,

Pastor John