REVIVAL – – – IS NOT . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– It is not – Congress singing “God Bless America” on the Capitol steps after 9-11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– It is not – churches full for three weeks after 9-11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– It is not – pleading with God to spare us from the next terrorist attack—The Big One—coming soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– It is not – praying for God to save America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– It is not – giving money to Christian ministries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– It is not – preparing to take care of our families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– It is not – preparing to defend our country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– It is not – listening to powerful messages on revival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– It is not – going to church more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– It is not – working to elect God-fearing people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– It is not – understanding the times we live in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– It is not – getting informed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– It is not – telling others what they should do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Revival may influence the above—but revival has serious prerequisites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first part of revival that is up to me is how seriously, how desperately I want revival in my life, in my heart.
Revival depends on how seriously, how desperately I want God in my life, in my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
REVIVAL – – – IS . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
— looking into my heart, and asking God to look into my heart, like I’ve never asked Him to before—“Search me, O God, and know my heart . . .”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
— “humbling myself before the mighty hand of God . . .”—how to humble myself ?—the next verse tells me how.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
— “. . . casting all my cares upon Him . . .”—letting go of what I think I have to do, what I think I can do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
— praying—with words, without words, crying out, with help from the “Holy Spirit making intercessions for us with groanings that cannot be uttered.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
— seeking God’s face—that means getting up close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
— repenting of my sin, now, and saying NO from now on—“. . . turn from my wicked ways . . .”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
— standing, bowing, kneeling, falling silent before God and His Word.
“Be still- – – – – – -and know that I AM God.”
“Wait . . .”
“Wait . . .”
“Wait . . .”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
— waiting for God to make the next move for revival. – – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n And there’s more—every passage from the Bible mentioned with “. . .” means there’s more. “In my life, Lord, be glorified today.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" REVIVAL – – – IS NOT . . . – It is not – Congress singing “God Bless America” on the Capitol steps after 9-11. – It is not – churches full for three weeks after 9-11. – It is not – pleading with God to spare us from the next terrorist attack—The Big One—coming […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2,4,7,9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational","category-faith_based","category-financial","category-inspire_lifter","category-political-cultural","category-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6053"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6054,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6053\/revisions\/6054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
“. . . then<\/span> I will hear from heaven and . . .”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Look them up and read more—and you will want more—and revival has begun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n