Like most believers I have a dream. Not just any dream but a desire to see to see the glory of God revealed and revival break out in my meetings. This is no pipe dream. I believe that if we could just harness the power that is available to every believer.
In almost every church that I go to here and in the United States there is a heart cry for Revival. There is a great deal of hunger and the vision of the people is to see Revival come to their church.
Few believers within the body of Christ are aware of what it will take to unleash the full force of the Holy Spirit that will cause a shaking that is needed to bring about Revival.
I am not talking here about a stirring that lasts for a couple of days, or when a church increases their numbers that all of sudden they feel that Revival has broken out.
We need to look at the true effects of what takes place. In the Welsh and Scottish revivals of the late 19th century the towns and cities were turned upside down. Hard drinking men would be sitting on bar stools when suddenly the Holy Spirit would enter the place and under conviction these drunkards would pour out on to the streets and find salvation on their knees on the pavement. They didn’t need any great evangelistic campaign to convict them. All that was needed was for like minded men and woman filled with the Holy Ghost and power to unleash themselves as prayer warriors to bring down the Holy Spirit on their cities.
Nothing has changed! The same Holy Spirit is waiting for you to get serious about the need for Revival.
Let’s face it, its hard to find a church where the desire of the people for revival is so strong that they are prepared to lay aside the church program and chase after a move of God. Unless we start now we will not be able to appreciate the fullness of Gods glory and the move might just pass us by.
Message:1. Most believers never realize their true Spiritual potential.It because we are still in bound by our past. We have to throw off our past before we can embrace the glorious future that God has for us.
Almost all fall short of the incredible power that God has laid up for us because we don’t have the confidence to move out in faith. We have this potential to move into the supernatural realm of signs and wonders and yet we struggle to move off the bottom rung of our spiritual ladder.
2. There has to be sacrificeThere is no success in life without sacrifice. Where would we be today without the sacrificial lamb?
Almost every great man of God has had to make some form of sacrifice during their lifetime. There is always a cost and very often it comes at a price. We ought to see the man of God in that context and understand that there is so much more to His life than what you we see in front of us in the pulpit.
Lonely hotel rooms and families far away are often the cost of ministry.
Luke 9: 23“If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me”
Denying oneself is to give up self rule and put God back in His rightful place, the throne.
How many of us are satisfied with their spiritual life right now.” Blessed are those who hunger after righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
When you live a holy and righteous life, satisfaction is guaranteed.
3. Liberation:The bible is the proclamation of emancipation for every sinner who was sold into the slavery of sin. Every one of us endured a life of slavery before that glorious day that we found salvation and were set free. If it wasn’t for toe cross we would still be in chains and imprisoned by our sin. Yet today we come as blood washed children of the Most High God ready to receive ongoing forgiveness based on grace.
But we have to get to a place of hungering after God. Nothing else will do.
Our desire must be from total liberty from sin and the cry of our heart for Holiness.
Itinerary:During the month of March, June and I will be traveling and ministering in Australia where God has graciously opened up door for us. We are excited and full of anticipation as we know the Holy Sprit goes before us to prepare the way.