Getting Back To God | Spiritual Revival

``And we have so many people that are trying their hardest to find out, God, what is my purpose? God, what do you want me to do? God, what am I supposed to be? And God is saying, before I give you your purpose, I need your presence. Intimacy precedes impact. You can't be sent if you've never been with him because God is more concerned with your devotion than he is your production. Talk back to me in this place. [00:16:38] (40 seconds)  #IntimacyPrecedesImpact

God will take you. He will bless you, and then he will break wait a minute. I thought you said I was already blessed. The breaking still has to happen. The breaking in your life still has to happen. He blessed it, and then he broke it. Because if you've not been broken, how are you gonna help somebody when you get distributed out to the world when they're going through their own broken situation in their life? And then he gave it away. It all starts with allowing god to take you. Be with him. [00:33:42] (45 seconds)  #BlessedThenBroken

Because it's not about fixing behavior first. It's about restoring connection. Before you do for Jesus, you must be with Jesus. Revival starts with reconnection, not activity. And let me also say this, my third point. What you prioritize reveals what you value. Oh, I'm coming your way. Don't worry. Just sit there. I'm coming. I'm heading your way. We say God first, but our lives tell a different story. [00:26:28] (45 seconds)  #RestoreConnectionFirst

Daily literally means continual surrender, ongoing discipline. You don't arrive at revival. You remain in it. If you abide in me and my word abides in you, you can ask what you that's revival. You can ask what you will and it shall be done, but it'll but it's only if you abide in him. Can I tell y'all something? Come here. Abiding is different from visiting. [00:36:30] (43 seconds)  #AbideDontVisit

We even think revival looks like more energy. Jesus says, revival starts with relationship. John fifteen and five says, I am the vine. You are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit. Here's the showstopper. For apart from me, you can do nothing. [00:21:36] (52 seconds)  #AbideAndBearFruit

Seek literally means continual pursuit. It's not just occasional interest. You can't say that you're seeking the lord and your desire for him stopped at the end of the twenty one day fast at the beginning of this of the year. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be filled. You don't drift toward god. You drift away from god. Whatever you prioritize, hear me good, my brothers and sisters, get your presence. [00:27:37] (51 seconds)  #SeekRelentlessly

And if we're not careful, hear me good, my brothers and sisters, we'll try to fix spiritual problems with natural solutions. I might as well go ahead and preach. We're trying to fix anxiety with entertainment. Come here. We're trying to fix emptiness with achievement. Y'all could just sit there, but it's okay. We're trying to fix burnout with a vacation, and the problem is you'll still feel the same when you end up coming back because what you're dealing with is not just external, it's spiritual. [00:12:45] (33 seconds)  #FixSpiritNotSurface

You don't believe me? I think I need to say it again. Some of us don't have a sin problem. We have a distance problem. Ask Martha. She wasn't sinning. She was serving. Y'all ain't saying nothing to me in this place. She was serving, but she was so busy doing things for Jesus that she stopped being with Jesus. [00:23:58] (26 seconds)  #ServingWithoutPresence