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To Whom Revival Starts and Who Hinders Revival ?. Scriptural Text. (2 Chronicles 7:14). Scriptural Text.
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To Whom Revival Starts and Who Hinders Revival? Scriptural Text (2 Chronicles 7:14)
Scriptural Text “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14)
I. Line of thoughts Revival is the work of God in God’s people primarily, spilling over a dynamic and redemptive witness to the world outside. I want to speak to you today on the subject of the reality of revival, now.
II. Note Principles: A. The Problem That Hinders Revival.
Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son Chronicles 6:26
So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today—to love the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul— 14 then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and olive oil. Deuteronomy 11:13–14
II. Note Principles: The Problem That Hinders Revival. The Process That Hastens Revival (v. 14).
II. Note Principles: The Problem That Hinders Revival. The Process That Hastens Revival (v. 14). 1. Brokenness
II. Note Principles: Thus Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. During Gideon’s lifetime, the land had peace forty years. Judges 8:28
II. Note Principles: My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. Psalm 51:17
II. Note Principles: The Problem That Hinders Revival. The Process That Hastens Revival (v. 14). • Brokenness • Prayerfulness • Earnestness
II. Note Principles: The Problem That Hinders Revival. The Process That Hastens Revival (v. 14). • Brokenness • Prayerfulness • Earnestness • Holiness
II. Note Principles: C. The Promise That Heralds Revival 1. Divine Visitation. “I will hear from heaven.”
II. Note Principles: C. The Promise That Heralds Revival • Divine Visitation. “I will hear from heaven.” • Forgiveness. “And will forgive their sin.”
II. Note Principles: C. The Promise That Heralds Revival • Divine Visitation. “I will hear from heaven.” • Forgiveness. “And will forgive their sin.” • Restoration. “And heal their land.”