A Move Of God - A New Awakening (notes)

A Move Of God - A New Awakening

God Is Doing Something in the earth today that is bigger than any one ministry, one personality, one religious organization or Christian denomination.

God Promised To empower His church for the purpose of winning the world for Jesus Christ.

Acts 1:8

Lets Look At The First Great Awakening.

It led to changes in American colonial society.

1st Great Awakening

In New England, it was influential among many Congregationalists.

In the Middle and Southern colonies, especially in the “Backcountry” regions, the Awakening was influential among the Presbyterians.

In The Southern Tidewater

And Low Country, northern Baptist and Methodist preachers converted both whites and blacks, enslaved the free. The Baptists especially welcomed blacks into important roles such as preachers.

Before The American Revolution the first black Baptist churches were founded in the South in Virginia, two black Baptist churches were founded before any white one.

The Main Thrust of the First Great Awakening was in New England. George Whitefield traveled through the colonies in 1739 and 1740. Everywhere he attracted large and emotional crowds with man conversions to Jesus Christ.

An Other Great Spokesman of that move of God was Jonathan Edwards whose famous servant “Sinners In The Hands of An Angry God” sparked others to imitate his style spreading revival fires from New England to Georgia, among rich and poor, educated and illiterate, and in the back country as well as in seaboard towns and cities.

Benjamin Franklin Became an enthusiastic supporter of George Whitefield, the most popular roving preacher of the movement.

Ben printed Whitefield’s sermons and journals. Half of Franklin’s publications in 1739-41 were of Whitefield.

God Sent A mighty demonstration of His Glory right before America was founded as a free country.

What can we learn about this?

1. Revival impacted a young nation.
2. Revival impacted some of the influential people at the time.
3. Revival happened when American was being formed as a nation.

Acts 2

Gives us the model for revival.

1. The Holy Spirit is poured out.
2. The church gets fired up--tongues and fire.
3. The believers devoted themselves to the word of the apostles, to fellowship, sharing meals (including the Lord’s Supper) and to prayer.
4. People were amazed with the miracles.
5. The Christians shared everything with each other.
6. Daily they were in the House of God.
7. Daily they fellowshipped.
8. Daily God added to their number.

What Can We Expect?

1. God to move here
2. God to move in America again
3. God to shake the world.

A Move Of God - A New Awakening

A Move Of God - A New Awakening this message was given on 7-12-09

A Move Of God - Rebuilding Zion (notes)

A Move Of God - Rebuilding Zion

Throughout history we have seen great moves of the Spirit of God. Some impacted nations, others large cities and small villages but they were all legitimate moves of God.

God’ New Move is bigger than anyone, any one church, any one denomination or organization of Christian Television network.

God Has Promised To Restore His Church

Acts 3:17-30 talks about the process to restoration.

The Process To Restoration

• Repentance means to change our mind and purpose, turn around and return to God. A new mind set, new attitude and view.

Repentance Leads to refreshing (revival) of recovering from the effects of heat of reviving with fresh air may come from the presence of the Lord.

Ezra

• Talks about the rebuilding of the temple in Zion after 70 years of exile and captivity in another country.
• The exiled Jews returned to Jerusalem to rebuild it and its temple.

Nehemiah

• Talks about rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem while Ezra talks about the rebuilding of the temple.

Ezra 3

• Gives us a very clear picture of how the people responded to the rebuilding process.
• Verse 10 says the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord.

If We Are Going to rebuild Zion (a place where God’s presence can dwell) we must first lay a solid foundation.

• The teaching of the Word of God.

a. The foundation of worship

b. The foundation of praise

It’s All About Intimacy with God.

Worship is about intimacy with our Creator.

Jesus is coming for a glorious church without spot or wrinkle.

(Eph. 5:25-30)

Praise & worship lays a solid foundation for His presence to come and stay with us.

King David

• Instituted a 24/7 worship system in Jerusalem, and the temple was not even built in his life time.
• We must worship all the time if we are going to build a place where Jesus can live with us.

Where Does True Worship Start?

• With praise and thanksgiving. What is praise? Words that express great approval or admiration.
• I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart; I will enter His courts with praise.
• Worship is when we enter the Holy place of intimacy with God.

Worship Says

• I love You God and I know You have all the power to do anything. Miracles happen in the presence of Jehovah.

The Priests

• Put their garments on. We are a kingdom of priests and to build a place for God to dwell we must put our garments of praise on.
• Took their trumpets and played. We must use our mouths to praise Him.

The Levites Took the cymbals and took their place to praise the Lord as prescribed by David king of Israel. We must have the right attitude when we come into God’s presence.

With Praise & Thanksgiving They sang to the Lord: He is good; His love to Israel endures forever. God is good and His love to us is forever.

• Paul talked about how deep, wide, high and powerful the love of God is. God is love and we need His Spirit to grasp it.

All The People

• Gave a great shout of praise to the Lord when the foundation of the temple was finished. But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads, who had seen the older temple, wept aloud, while many others (younger ones) shouted for joy.
• We can’t live in the past but in the now and future of what God will do.

Let’s Lay A solid foundation to build a place here where God’s presence will not depart.

A Move Of God - Rebuilding Zion

A Move Of God - Rebuilding Zion this message was given on 7-5-09

A Move Of God - Restoration (notes)

A Move Of God - Restoration

Throughout history we have seen great moves of the Spirit of God. Some impacted nations, others large cities and small villages but they were all legitimate moves of God.

Some Revivals

• Were characterized by signs and wonders, supernatural healings and miracles. Sometimes people would fall down, shake, tremble and quake.
• But one characteristic was that in every move of God multitudes came to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.

God Has Promised

• To restore His church.
• Acts 3:17-30 talks about the process to restoration.

The Process to Restoration

Repentance means to change our mind and purpose, turn around and return to God. A new mind set, new attitude and view.

Repentance Leads

To refreshing (revival) of recovering from the effects of heat of reviving with fresh air may come from the presence of the Lord.

The Glory Of God is manifested in every move of the Holy Spirit.

And That He May Send to you the Christ who before was designated and appointed for you--even Jesus, whom heaven must receive [and retain] until the time for the complete restoration of all that God spoke by the mouth of all His holy prophets…

The Church Must Be restored to the glory of the first church before Jesus can return. So a great revival will take place before the return of the Lord for His church.

The One Sign of every move of God has been a great harvest.

Acts 1:8 says you will receive power after the Holy Spirit comes on you and you will be witnesses unto Me in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and until the ends of the earth.

How To Recognize A move of God:

The people of God are revived, the glory of God is seen in the church, and the harvest comes into the Kingdom.

Can We Change our world?

When God moves it is not even a question. The church will be restored with God’s power and society will be impacted.

Haggai 2

• God will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
• God will shake all nations and the desired of all nations will come and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord Almighty. The silver is mine and the gold is mine, declares the Lord Almighty.

Haggai 2

The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house, says, the Lord Almighty. And in this place I will grant peace, declares the Lord Almighty.

As God Sakes

The world, (the economy which affects every institution in society) the glory is demonstrated in the church.

A Move Of God - Restoration

A Move Of God - Restoration this message was given on 6-28-09

The Move of God - Fathers (notes)

The Move of God - Fathers

Father’s Day

• Is symbolic of the move of God.
• Revival starts when men become the men they were destined to be.

Malachi 4

See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.

The Nation

That has no fathers to influence the next generation will be cursed. Let me give you some research studies of the effect fathers have on society.

But first let’s look at the types of fathers that exist.

• Biological fathers
• Spiritual fathers

An Overwhelming Majority of Americans agree that the fathers play an important and irreplaceable role in the lives of children.
89% agree that it is important for children to live in a home with both their mother and father.

92%

• Agree that fathers make a unique contribution to their children’s lives.
• Almost eight out of ten give most fathers credit for doing a good job of providing for and protecting their families. 77% for caring enough about their children’s welfare. 89% of fathers are satisfied with themselves as fathers. 94% of fathers are satisfied with their ability to talk to their children.

95 % of fathers are satisfied with their relationship with their children.

Despite All The Positive attitudes expressed by respondents, the state of fathering in America is decidedly mixed.

• 7 out of 10 people surveyed agree that the physical absence of fathers from home is the most significant family or social problem facing America.

64% Believe

• That most fathers have a good picture of what it takes to be a good father.
• Only half give most fathers credit for knowing what is going on in their children’s lives.
• 97% believe that fathers need to be more involved in their children’s education.

Fatherlessness

• Affects 25,000,000 children.
• According to 72% of the US population. Fatherlessness is the most significant family or social problem facing America.
• An estimated 23.6 million (32.3%) children live absent of their biological father.

Of Students In Grades

• 1 through 12, 39% (17.7 million) live in homes absent their biological fathers.
• A recent Gallup Youth Survey found among US teens: 33 % live away from their father and 43% of urban teens live away from their father.

As Much As We Need

• Biological fathers to be at home and help raise up the next generation we also need spiritual fathers.
• Jesus had a Spiritual Father. Matt. 6:9
• The ungodly have a spiritual father. John 8:44
• The church needs them I Cor. 4:15 Philippians 2:22

My Goal

• Is to be a spiritual father to my children and to those I touch in this fellowship.
• Your goal should be to be a spiritual father at home first and then to anyone who is in need of a spiritual father in the Body of Christ.