WE NEED REVIVAL

RENEWAL

Call it what you like, restoration, renewal, clarity of spiritual vision, or revival.

It is all the same thing.

There are times in the life of all Christians when we become stale, empty, hungry, dissatisfied with the condition of our spirit or uncertain as to our position for service in the Kingdom. Thankfully our inner spirit at this time cries out for a closer relationship with the Savior.

We feel like a dried up twig, in a desert of despair. We long for the moisture of the water from the Spirit.

It is evident at those times that we are in need of revival.

Before the fires can come corporately, we must be consumed personally by the fire from above in the form of the Holy Spirit.

It is evident that when we have those longings that we are in need of a revival.

There are human tendencies that point to the need for revival, and if we are honest with ourselves we may see that we are guilty of one or more of the indicators mentioned below.

WE NEED REVIVAL ::::

When it become easier to stay home than to go to church.

When it is easier to work than to worship.

When it is easier to be critical than kind.

When it is easier to shirk God given opportunity than it is to do it.

When it is easier to support the civic organization, than it is to support the Church.

When it is easier to sleep in church than to stay awake.

When it is easier to grumble than to praise.

When it is easier to condemn souls than it is to pray for their salvation, and to deliver to them the truth that leads to Christ.

When it is easier to hold grudges than to forgive.

When it is easier to be worldly than it is to be holy.

When it is easier to withhold out tithes and offerings---and spend them on worldly trinkets of time than to invest them in the diamonds of eternity.

Don’t suffer from guilt or hunger spiritually.

When we recognize any of these in our life, confess it immediately and ask the Lord as David did “ Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm 139:23-24

And then remember the precious promises found in 1 John 1:9 “ If we confess our sin, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”