Day 9 - Monday - January 16
This week we are going to pray for the church.
Revival begins in the church.
Today we want to talk about revival in the church.
I want it to begin in me and in our church.
Jesus’ final words in the Bible with a message or prophecy for the church:
Revelation 2:4-5 (NIV)
4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. 5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
The lampstand is the fire of the Holy Spirit. We don’t want to see the fire of the Holy Spirit limited from our life.
Revival is bringing something back to life - Damar Hamlin, the football player of the Buffalo Bills was restored by paramedics on the field. That’s what revival is, bringing something (someone) back to life.
I asked the Lord to restore our energy and passion for the Lord.
Romans 12:11 (NIV)
Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
This means to be red hot and boiling over. That’s the kind of passion that is marked by revival
There are 4 areas I’m praying for the church.
1. Passion for prayer.
Let’s pray this would burn in our lives.
James 5:16 (NIV)
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
Let’s pray effective, fervent prayers. Praying with energy and passion.
2. Passion for praise and worship.
Not just low key, tap my toe - I’m going to lift my hands up to heaven.
I'm going to lift my voice, shouting His praise.
Mark 12:30 (NIV)
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
3.Passion for purity.
God, we just want to be restored to pure lives.
There are things in our lives that grieve and quench the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is sensitive to what we allow in our lives.
Psalm 139 - is there any offensive way in my life that you can help me remove.
Psalm 139:24 (NIV)
See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
4. Passion for people.
This is having a love for the lost, those who are far from God.
We should not lose our passion for souls.
Let’s always keep praying, reaching and helping people to hear the Gospel and have an opportunity to receive the Lord Jesus.
So let’s lift up our hands and our hearts. Let’s ask God to stir the fire in our hearts.
Let’s ask God to ignite that flame within us! In Jesus’ name.
