AFTER YOU PRAY FOR REVIVAL-THEN WHAT DO YOU DO? -MAKING REVIVAL HAPPEN-PART 1- INTRODUCTION
t I believe that God has given me a Revelation on this and the Scriptural Model to back it up.
I am going to break this Revelation Teaching down into three steps.
Let me just say that steps one and two that either can be first or they can be simultaneous
-STEP 1
PRAYING FOR REVIVAL FOR YOUR: SELF/CHURCH/CITY/COUNTRY/WORLD
(Most Christians stop here)
-STEP 2
PRAY FOR YOURSELF-REPENT AND TURN AWAY FROM THE SIN IN YOUR LIFE AND THAT OTHER HEARTS WOULD BE SOFTENED
(The Rest Stop Here)
-STEP 3
ONLY THE ONES WHO GO TO AND CONQUER THIS THIRD STEP WILL SEE THE MIRACULOUS REVIVAL IN THEIR SOUL AND TOUCH OTHERS-YOU NEED A SPIRITUAL EARTHQUAKE-I WILL EXPLAIN LATER
INTRODUCTION
Ever wonder why the church in America isn’t experiencing a move of God? By move of God I am talking about a Revival (Awakening of Christians) and a Harvest (Souls Saved) and so on. These definitions can get tricky. The dictionary says that Revival can be referring to Christians only or to both groups. I will try not to confuse you. I will try to keep the terms separate for purposes of understanding. As I was getting ready I thought you know keeping them separate Revival for Christians and Harvest (souls saved) could just be the problem. Think about that for a minute!
Are we to pray and just wait for it to happen or is there something we can do about it? PROACTIVE OR PASSIVE: WHAT’S YOUR TAKE ON REVIVAL? AND ARE YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL TIED TO WHAT OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING?
I have been studying on this and I asked God for insight and a Revelation and I believe he gave me one. Let me rephrase that; I know he gave me one. It lines up with the Word of God.
What if told you that you've been duped by the devil into believing something that doesn’t line up with New Testament Scripture. There is no model for it. And you will never get it that way? Has the church been fooled into waiting when it should have been going?
So, do I have your attention? I hope so.
God has been speaking this to me for a long period of time. I had taught on it to some degree; but this is different. It is a deeper revelation and mandate from the Holy Spirit.The Revival that I am the most familiar with is the Azusa Street revival. Maybe you are too. This revival took place around 1900. The Assemblies of God and Church of God in Christ came out of this revival. It started when a small group of students were challenged by their teacher with the question “Is the Baptism in the Holy Spirit with Speaking in Tongues for today? They sought and struggle and struggled and finally they began to be filled with the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and the initial evidence of Speaking in Tongues. And then this spread from one person who carried it to another place and then to another person(s) who carried, and Revival broke out and a Harvest around the United States and the World. That is what happened in a nutshell. It was awesome.
There is a song that says “Send the Fire-Lord we need another Pentecost” I appreciate the enthusiasm and desire of those words, but I don’t believe we need another Pentecost-we just have to tap into the first one. What was wrong with that one? The song really portrays must most people think about Revival. Here’s something else for those of you who are Baptized in the Holy Spirit and have the Power inside of you how are you going to get another Pentecost? It doesn’t work that way. Here is a big difference that we don’t consider. The people that were at the Azusa Street move of God didn’t have the Baptism in the Holy Spirit and many of us do today and yet we are acting like we don’t. The people I will deal with the solution to that in the third segment.
Do we need Revival? Absolutely! Should we pray for others to be revived? Absolutely! Do we need to humble and offer ourselves to the Lord and repent? Absolutely! Here is where I believe there is a fork in the road. Some will say “We should pray, repent and wait for God to move.
I am not saying any of these next statements to condemn you. This is how I walked as a Christian for 29 years. Would you please open your heart and just think and let the Holy Spirit touch you?
1. If you think you are really blessed by God and you are not on an intimate basis where you can hear his voice; You are missing it there is more
2. If you think it is OK not to share your faith with others; you are missing it there is more
3. If you can’t walk in the Gifts of the Spirit; you are missing it there is more
4. If you can’t raise the dead, cast out demons and heal the sick; you are missing it there is more
5. Do you realize this was the norm for the Book of Acts Church(the early church) in the 1st Century-which is what we are supposed to be like?
6. As time went on people got away from these truths and promises and begin operating almost entirely in the natural (with the exception for some being preaching salvation and how to Receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit
I CAN SAY DEFINITYELY: YOU CAN HAVE A MOVE OF GOD IN YOUR OWN LIFE NO MATTHER WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING-IT DOESN'T DEPEND ON THEM !!!
· Remember this, don’t make the mistake of thinking that your ability from God to heal the sick and raise the dead is tied to what others do.
· Believe it or not I get tired of talking about myself and using myself as an example. I don’t want people to think that I am full of myself-I am not-I am full of God and I give him the glory. BUT I AM NOT A PRODUCT OF A MOVE OF GOD OR A SWEEPING REVIVAL. I am doing the things that they did in the 1st Century Church. I ahave a l long ways to go but I am seeing the miraculous..
· People are always waiting for God to do something in the future; not realizing he has provided all of this in the past (The Stripes-Healing/The Cross-Salvation/His Poverty-Riches/(Pentecost) Baptism of the Holy Spirit with Speaking in Tongues (Power/Boldness/etc.)
*****In the final segment on part three; I am going to tell you how you can walk victoriously in all these areas.
I am going to break this Revelation Teaching down into three steps.
Let me just say that steps one and two that either can be first or they can be simultaneous
-STEP 1
PRAYING FOR REVIVAL FOR YOUR: SELF/CHURCH/CITY/COUNTRY/WORLD
(Most Christians stop here)
-STEP 2
PRAY FOR YOURSELF-REPENT AND TURN AWAY FROM THE SIN IN YOUR LIFE AND THAT OTHER HEARTS WOULD BE SOFTENED
(The Rest Stop Here)
-STEP 3
ONLY THE ONES WHO GO TO AND CONQUER THIS THIRD STEP WILL SEE THE MIRACULOUS REVIVAL IN THEIR SOUL AND TOUCH OTHERS-YOU NEED A SPIRITUAL EARTHQUAKE-I WILL EXPLAIN LATER
INTRODUCTION
Ever wonder why the church in America isn’t experiencing a move of God? By move of God I am talking about a Revival (Awakening of Christians) and a Harvest (Souls Saved) and so on. These definitions can get tricky. The dictionary says that Revival can be referring to Christians only or to both groups. I will try not to confuse you. I will try to keep the terms separate for purposes of understanding. As I was getting ready I thought you know keeping them separate Revival for Christians and Harvest (souls saved) could just be the problem. Think about that for a minute!
Are we to pray and just wait for it to happen or is there something we can do about it? PROACTIVE OR PASSIVE: WHAT’S YOUR TAKE ON REVIVAL? AND ARE YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL TIED TO WHAT OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING?
I have been studying on this and I asked God for insight and a Revelation and I believe he gave me one. Let me rephrase that; I know he gave me one. It lines up with the Word of God.
What if told you that you've been duped by the devil into believing something that doesn’t line up with New Testament Scripture. There is no model for it. And you will never get it that way? Has the church been fooled into waiting when it should have been going?
So, do I have your attention? I hope so.
God has been speaking this to me for a long period of time. I had taught on it to some degree; but this is different. It is a deeper revelation and mandate from the Holy Spirit.The Revival that I am the most familiar with is the Azusa Street revival. Maybe you are too. This revival took place around 1900. The Assemblies of God and Church of God in Christ came out of this revival. It started when a small group of students were challenged by their teacher with the question “Is the Baptism in the Holy Spirit with Speaking in Tongues for today? They sought and struggle and struggled and finally they began to be filled with the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and the initial evidence of Speaking in Tongues. And then this spread from one person who carried it to another place and then to another person(s) who carried, and Revival broke out and a Harvest around the United States and the World. That is what happened in a nutshell. It was awesome.
There is a song that says “Send the Fire-Lord we need another Pentecost” I appreciate the enthusiasm and desire of those words, but I don’t believe we need another Pentecost-we just have to tap into the first one. What was wrong with that one? The song really portrays must most people think about Revival. Here’s something else for those of you who are Baptized in the Holy Spirit and have the Power inside of you how are you going to get another Pentecost? It doesn’t work that way. Here is a big difference that we don’t consider. The people that were at the Azusa Street move of God didn’t have the Baptism in the Holy Spirit and many of us do today and yet we are acting like we don’t. The people I will deal with the solution to that in the third segment.
Do we need Revival? Absolutely! Should we pray for others to be revived? Absolutely! Do we need to humble and offer ourselves to the Lord and repent? Absolutely! Here is where I believe there is a fork in the road. Some will say “We should pray, repent and wait for God to move.
I am not saying any of these next statements to condemn you. This is how I walked as a Christian for 29 years. Would you please open your heart and just think and let the Holy Spirit touch you?
1. If you think you are really blessed by God and you are not on an intimate basis where you can hear his voice; You are missing it there is more
2. If you think it is OK not to share your faith with others; you are missing it there is more
3. If you can’t walk in the Gifts of the Spirit; you are missing it there is more
4. If you can’t raise the dead, cast out demons and heal the sick; you are missing it there is more
5. Do you realize this was the norm for the Book of Acts Church(the early church) in the 1st Century-which is what we are supposed to be like?
6. As time went on people got away from these truths and promises and begin operating almost entirely in the natural (with the exception for some being preaching salvation and how to Receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit
I CAN SAY DEFINITYELY: YOU CAN HAVE A MOVE OF GOD IN YOUR OWN LIFE NO MATTHER WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING-IT DOESN'T DEPEND ON THEM !!!
· Remember this, don’t make the mistake of thinking that your ability from God to heal the sick and raise the dead is tied to what others do.
· Believe it or not I get tired of talking about myself and using myself as an example. I don’t want people to think that I am full of myself-I am not-I am full of God and I give him the glory. BUT I AM NOT A PRODUCT OF A MOVE OF GOD OR A SWEEPING REVIVAL. I am doing the things that they did in the 1st Century Church. I ahave a l long ways to go but I am seeing the miraculous..
· People are always waiting for God to do something in the future; not realizing he has provided all of this in the past (The Stripes-Healing/The Cross-Salvation/His Poverty-Riches/(Pentecost) Baptism of the Holy Spirit with Speaking in Tongues (Power/Boldness/etc.)
*****In the final segment on part three; I am going to tell you how you can walk victoriously in all these areas.