Revival - A Renewed Love (notes)

Revival - A Renewed Love

Principles: (Acts 3:19-21)

1. Repent (change your mind & purpose).
2. That your sins may be erased.
3. That times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.
4. He may send the Christ (anointing).
5. Whom heaven must retain until the time for the complete restoration of all that God spoke by his prophet.

Repentance means to have a new way of thinking, a new way at looking at our world. If we are going to see what God desires to do in these days we must have a new attitude, a new way of thinking; seeing things as God see.

What Is Revival

• It is when the church experiences times of refreshing, of recovering from the effects of heat, of reviving with fresh air.
• It is when the church recognizes that it is either dead or on life support and needs God to come and revive us.
• It is when the people of God recognize that we can not go any further as we are, we need divine intervention.

Principles

• In every move of God the anointing (the Christ) of Jesus comes upon the people of God so we can do the work that needs to be done in that period.
• The people of the last move of God usually fight the current move of God more than anyone else.
• In every move of God there is always misunderstanding by the church about manifestations, teachings, behavior etc.

Why We Need Revival In Our Nation?

• The American church is doing the same things the world is doing.
• Alcoholism, drug abuse, immorality, divorce, lying, porn, gossip, etc. etc.

What One Characteristic Is Needed In This Revival?

• Love. Loving God and loving each other.

I Corinthians 13

• The behavior of love is found in this chapter.
• The power of love over all other traits.

How Love Behaves

1. Love is kind
2. Love is patient
3. Does not envy
4. Does not boast
5. Is not proud
6. Is not rude
7. Not self seeking
8. Not easily angered
9. It keeps no records of wrongs
10. Does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth
11. Always protects
12. Always trusts
13. Always hopes
14. Always perseveres
15. Love never fails

The Best Cure

• For a sick church is love. When we return to our first love, Jesus will visit & heal his church.
• A mature believer is known by the love demonstrated.
• For a lukewarm believer is to return to our first love.
• For a troubled mind is the love of God.

Visitations

• Are threatening because people are not accustomed to change. We like things to be predictable. We get into ruts and we need God to get us out.
• Show us how big God is; so God will take us through the Word and reveal His love to us in many wonderful ways.
• Are demonstrations of God’s love and so we get a whole new picture of God. We see how much he loves people and how miracles are demonstration of His love.

What We Need To Look At In This Revival?

1. Our relationship with Jesus. 1 Jn. 2:3-6
2. Our relationship with each other. I Jn. 2:9-11
3. Our relationship with the world. 1 Jn. 2:15-17

The World Includes

1. The cravings of sinful man (craving for sensual gratification).
2. The lust of the eyes (greedy longings of the mind).
3. The boasting of what he has & does (Assurance in one’s own resources or stability of earthly things).

How A Believer Matures:
Eph. 3:13-20

1. Through love.
2. Through love growing in the inner man.
3. Through faith working through love.
4. By being rooted & grounded in love.

What The Spirit Is saying to the church right now:

• If we seek Him we will find Him.
• If we knock on heaven’s door it will open.
• If we ask for revival it will happen.