Revival: A Call to Action and Spiritual Renewal

1. "I'm going to tell you something. I'm going to tell you, you might not be going through it right now, but even though you don't see it, he's working. Some of y 'all don't have a clue what the Lord is delivering you from and that you don't even know that's going on in your life right now. Some of y 'all don't know who's about to be fired from the church. Some of y 'all don't know who's about to contract an illness that they can't get rid of. Some of y 'all don't realize what's about to happen in your very own family." [00:39:56] (26 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "The cry for revival many times for us, in the position that we are in, is a cry for an outpouring of the Spirit of God, the Holy Ghost. It's a cry for life, new life. A cry for renewal. A cry for refreshing. Friday night, I believe, we sang the old song, Revive Us Again. Oh, hallelujah, thine the glory. Hallelujah, amen. Hallelujah, thine the glory. Revive us again. We cry for revival because we feel the need in our heart for revival to do a work inside of us." [00:49:45] (45 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "But I believe that the need for revival has a two -fold goal. The need for revival has a two -fold benefit for the church. Number one, we know that a revival is, that revival is a spiritual renewal in the people of God. During these times of refreshing, we are reminded of the power and the glory of God. In fact, we've spent the last three services talking about the Lord and those kinds of things. Friday night, we talked about Isaiah chapter 5. Isaiah chapter 6. And reminded ourselves that the Lord is still seated on the throne. Do you believe that? Say amen. He is high and lifted up. His strength still fills the temple. His authority and power still fills the temple. He is a holy God. He is a holy God." [00:50:30] (51 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "He is a holy God. And the whole earth is full of His glory. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. He is high and lifted up. Saturday night, we talked about the long and need for the presence of God to be manifested in us. We need His presence. We need to long for His presence. Not just to come together and have church or have meetings or even to pray, but that His presence would manifest Himself amongst us and come and be with us because in His presence, He ministers and He touches and there's healing and there's direction and help. We need the presence of God. Amen? We need the presence of God. This morning, we talked about worship as a necessity because worship helps us to refocus our minds on who He is, no matter what's going on in our life. It refocuses our attention back to the God who is the Waymaker, the Miracle Worker, the Promise Keeper, the Light and the Darkness." [00:51:24] (65 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "Worship is a necessity among the people of God. One more time. Worship is a necessity among the people of God. Worship has to happen amongst us. If it doesn't happen amongst us, where will it happen? Other than all creation. All creation will show forth the glory of the Lord, but He has called us to show forth His glory. Amen? To raise a Hallelujah in the presence of our enemies. To raise a Hallelujah in the presence of adversity. In this world that we're living in, this is a moment and a time right now with what we are dealing with for the church to rise up with a Hallelujah and a Glory to God and a pointing to the only One who is our true help in times of trouble. Amen. Amen. Amen. Worship is the thing that will help us to do that. So revival for us is a spiritual renewal for the people of God. How many of you feel like the Lord has been renewing you this weekend? Amen?" [00:52:43] (66 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


6. "Have you failed to renew it? Now listen, if you hadn't, please don't blame me because, you know, I've got pockets, I've got suitcases, but I didn't bring what you need in my stuff. We get what we get when we open ourselves up and allow the Lord to do that. So I'm praying that the Lord has been doing a renewal in you and that the Lord has been ministering to you. Why? Because the second fold of the need for revival and the benefit for revival amongst the people of God is that it will cause us to have a turning back to the harvest. A turning back to the harvest. You know, the Lord doesn't just bless us so that, you know, we can walk around just feeling good. I mean, that's really, that's what we're satisfied with. You know, we want to come to church and worship the Lord because we like the good feeling. We, we like to, we like the feeling of the presence of the Lord. We like the feeling of, of when the Holy Ghost begins to, we like, some of us like to shout. Amen? I've always liked to shout. Got the Holy Ghost when I was seven. I've been shouting ever since. With or without you. Amen?" [00:53:39] (78 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


7. "I mean, I, I enjoy the presence of the Lord. But, but, but revival is not just to pump us up so that we can feel better, so that we can feel good. The Lord does what He does in our lives because He's renewing us and refreshing us and, and, and moving on us because the Lord has called us to a work in this world. When we leave this place, when we leave this place, how many of you have the praise team follow you every day to work? Well, that would be a little weird, wouldn't it? No. You don't have, the praise team don't follow you to work every day. The preacher don't follow you around every day carrying his Bible behind you. No. But we get what we get while we're here in the presence of God and amongst one another because, God is preparing us, God is moving on us because we have a work to do in this world. He is encouraging us and strengthening us and empowering us so that we can do the work that we've been called to do in this world. The reason why the church needs revival is because there is a call on our lives. Every one of you that knows and names the name of Christ, you have a call on your life." [00:54:57] (81 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


8. "And that call is an unrepentant call. In other words, He don't take it back. It's an unrepentant, it's not something you can escape. It's not something that you can bypass. It's not something that you can avoid. It is unavoidable. It is a call to this harvest in the last days that we're living in. There is a work that has been laid out before us as the people of God and we need revival and the times are refreshing to do the work in us so that we can go out and do the work He's called us to do in this world. Amen, Pastor. Amen. John chapter 4. Jesus, I understand y 'all been in John chapter 4 so I don't want to redo what Pastor's been working on. But John chapter 4, I want to go to verse 31 through 38. In this particular chapter, you remember, Jesus has been ministering and I love, I really love this chapter. I really do. So much in it." [00:56:32] (60 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


9. "The very beginning of it, Jesus tells us He tells the disciple, I must needs go through Samaria. I love that. I love that. Samaria was always a place that Jews avoided. You know, they'd go around the world to avoid having to go through Samaria. But Jesus said, I must needs go through Samaria because He understood that there was someone who was going to be at a well at a particular time of day who was going to be instrumental in witnessing in town who would bring others out to outside of town so they could hear the message so they could receive. Y 'all with me now? He said, I must needs go through Samaria. And He's been sitting at this well having this conversation with a woman that starts with a conversation about water. You know, give me the drink. She says, why are you asking me for something to drink? You a Jew. I'm a Samaritan. We're not even supposed to be talking to each other. He said, girl, if you want, now you know this is Chuckie's version, right? He said, girl, if you only knew who was sitting on the well, you'd be asking me for water. She said, how are you going to give me some water? You ain't got no bucket." [00:57:38] (70 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


10. "He said, I got water that if you drink from my water, you'll never thirst again. She says, give me that water then. You know, not cause she was wanting something spiritually. She doesn't want to have to come back to the well no more. Jesus began to minister to her life, minister to layers of her life. And the disciples have gone to town to get food and they come back and they find him ministering to this woman. Give me that scripture in John chapter 4, verse 31, 4 and 31. In the meanwhile, his disciples prayed him, saying when they came back, Master, eat. But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that you don't know about. Therefore, said the disciples one to another, has any man brought him to eat?" [01:01:52] (47 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)