WAVES OF END-TIME REVIVAL

 

THE END-TIME REVIVAL

1.   Spiritual Timing

Acts 2:1 “And when the day of Pentecost had fully come…”

God’s time is precise in every outpouring. God moves on time and spiritual timing is the key to spiritual harvest.

Zech. 10:1 – “Ask for rain from the Lord at the time of the spring rain…”

2. Spiritual Preparation 

Acts 2:1 “… they were all together in one place.”

Acts 1:14 “These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer…”

Ø  God cannot move unless man have prepared themselves in accordance to His word.

Ø  The fire came from heaven after the prophet Elijah had built the altar according to God’s word.

Ø  The rain came after Noah built the Ark in according to God’s word.

3. Spiritual  Outburst

Acts 2:2 “And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.”

The apostles were expecting revival yet they were taken by surprise.  So suddenly and powerfully God intervene in the spiritual destiny of His Church.

    4. Spiritual  Liberty

•      The Holy Spirit who fell from heaven had full liberty to move and direct the people as He chose.

•      He was allowed to move in any direction and His spontaneous work spread so quickly from one person to another.

5. Spiritual Presence

Acts 2:37, 38, 43

37 Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

43 And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles.

     6. Spiritual  Vessels

Acts 2:4  “And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.”

• This is one of the characteristics of true revival. God takes over ordinary human lives to do extraordinary work in the community of men.
• God needs prepared vessels whom He can anoint with His power to help fulfil His purpose on this earth.

7. Spiritual Manifestation

“… and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.”

•      In every revival, the manifested Presence of God convict the hearts of men (Acts 2:37, 43.)  God is honoured and held in holy respect.

•      God consciousness fills the hears of men. God consciousness creates an awareness of sin and releases the opportunity for His grace to be made available.

8. Spiritual Ministries

Spiritual ministries are birthed during revivals and spiritual ministries following the Holy Spirit are given spiritual quickening and promotion. They enter into a new dimension of power, glory and honour with God and men.

Conclusion: The church that is asleep is often deceive of its own spiritual state and lacks the cutting edge to strike at the weakest link of the satanic kingdom.

The effect of the revival is the reviving of the saints to gather spiritual momentum to affect the sinners.  The quickening of the saints is the root and the conversion of the sinners is the fruit.  LET’S HAVE REVIVAL NOW!

HURT HINDERS AND HURT US

 

HURT HINDERS AND HURT US

Your hurt can steal somebody blessings. Sometimes we hurt others by not speaking to them. Many people didn’t have the revelation of God to forgive.

In Mark 3 it speaks of a Man with a Withered Hand.

 3 Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. 2 And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3 And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.” 4 And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. 5 And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

 People are hardness of heart because they are offended by the Sabbath.

To forgive 70 x 7 it deals with your hurts and deep wounds.  When you forgive you are set free and others are set free too. You forgive then you will not have harden hearts. They are a few things we would do when we are hurt:

1. Run from Hurt

It's a natural human tendency to seek pleasure and avoid pain. Much of our lives is shaped around this instinct. We're innately inclined to turn away from what hurts, and to seek safety in what's pleasurable and familiar.

2. Fight the Hurt

Why We Should Stop Running from Pain. Learning to face what we don't want to feel can change our lives for the better.

3. Hide the Hurt

We reach for a drink any time we feel stressed. We leave a relationship every time things get tough. We people-please until we’re spread paper thin. We procrastinate on important tasks and projects.

4. Deny the Hurt

We aren’t wrong for wanting to avoid feeling pain. It’s a perfectly human, perfectly natural thing to do. It just turns out to be ineffective. Our efforts to escape just take us right where we were trying not to go.

Heraclitus, a philosopher from the late 6th Century BCE, taught that everything, pushed to its extreme, becomes its opposite. He was right. We can try to run from pain, but we can’t hide from it. Eventually, some form of it finds us.

5. Overcome the Hurt

If we want to survive and, no doubt,if we want to thrive — we have to develop a tolerance for pain. We have to train ourselves to stay present to what we’re feeling and breathe through it until we come out on the other side.

A. Understanding of God through Word.

When we are hurting, we often believing something about God that isn't true. Sometimes we believe God is punishing us or is ignoring us out of His anger. When we look to Scripture to see who God really is and grab hold of that truth, it changes our lives.

In Hebrews 12:12, 13 NKJV says,

12 Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

Hebrews 8:12 in Other Translations

12 For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more." 12 And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins.” 12 They'll get to know me by being kindly forgiven, with the slate of their sins forever wiped clean.

 Let God heal your heart of the hurt you’ve experienced by getting to know Him as He really is. As Scripture says He is. He is a God that remember our sins no more not some more. He did not count our sins also as some believers thought.

2 Corinthians 5:19-21 Amplified Bible (AMP)

“… that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting people's sins against them [but cancelling them]. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation [that is, restoration to favor with God].

B. A lie that God didn't care for you.

God promised in His Word that He will never leave us nor forsake us (Hebrews 13:5). His Word also says that no matter where we go, He is with us (Psalm 139:7-11). That means He has been with you in everything you’ve faced. Maybe you just don’t remember the sudden turn of events in which something worse could’ve happened, but didn’t. Maybe you don’t recall that He was protecting you in spite of the pain.

C. Look to the Healing Power of the Cross.

Psalm 103:12 tells us: "As far as the east is from the west so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”

And in Isaiah 53:4-5 we are told: “Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows… He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

Let us be healed – “He (God) sent His Word and healed them.”

Psalms 107:20 says,

20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction. 21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.

May the Good Lord bless you and family this year!