Psalms 85:1-7

1. Psalms 85:1-7 • REVIVE • US • AGAIN!

2. Psalms 85:1-7 • 1 Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. • 2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. • 3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

3. 4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. • 5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? • 6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? • 7 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.

4. What does the word “Revival”mean? • The word ’revival" means • "to make fresh and strong again; • to bring back to a good condition.”

5. One of the keys to the true meaning of the word revival is found in Psalms 85: • vs. 1-3 The Psalmist recalls the way God worked so majestically in the past history of Israel: • “You showed favor to your land, O LORD; you restored the fortunes of Jacob. You forgave the iniquity of your people and covered all their sins. You set aside all your wrath and turned from your fierce anger.” • Then in the following verses he says, • “Do it again God!” Verse 4,6: “Restore us again O God our Savior … Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?" • 7 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.

6. We Need to be Revived Again! • It is the nature of all created things to wear out and to wind down. • It is the nature of a fire, to go out; • of sheep, to wander; • of love, to wax cold; • of the church, to drift; • and of people, to forget.

7. We need to be Revived! • We need to be revived and restored to the early devotion we had for becoming loyal disciples of Jesus Christ. • We need ‘..the times of refreshing from the presence of the • Lord!’ As Peter told the men of Israel.. • Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; and he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you Repentance and Conversion brings • ‘times of Refreshing .come from the presence of the Lord”

8. Revival Is the Work of God! • Psalms 85: ‘revive us again…”

9. A True Revival will Result in • 1. Reawakening of the Christian. • “Awake thou that sleepest..” I Cor. 15: 34 “Awake to righteousness,and sin not; • for some have not the Knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. • 2. Reawakening of the church.. • The church having a greater impact on the world as Christians become serious about living lives of full devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ before a watching world. Rev. 2:4 “thou hast left thy first love.”

10. Acts 9:31 • 31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

11. 3. Reawakening of AMERICA! • Prov. 14:34 • “Righteousness exalteth a nation, • But sin is a reproach to any people!”

12. Psalms 85:1-7 • REVIVE • US • AGAIN!

13. We need: More Zeal. Titus 2:11-14 • 11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, • 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; • 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; • 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

14. We need more praying!James 5:16 • The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man available much. • Real Praying…begging and pleading with God! • Isa. 38:2,3 “Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall,and prayed unto the Lord, And • said,Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee,how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart,and have done that which is good in thy sight. • And Hezekiah wept sore.

15. More Relying on God! • I can’t do it alone, but with God, I can do all things • Through Christ which strengtheneth me.Phil4:13 • Heb. 13:5,6;

16. We worry…we fret..we become discouraged..we don’t know what to do sometimes! So many can relate to that! • We must have FAITH. Do we believe what God said??? • 1. I Pet. 5:6,7 “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. “ But we worry…we • , we murmur , we complain…

17. Look Up Christian! • …the highest power • Is in Heaven! • And Jesus is our Master, • Lord, Provider, Helper..

18. Our Gospel Meeting StartsNext Sunday… • We need more attending…Heb. 10:25 • Are we going to let the world see us , falter, hardly have • any desire to lift up Jesus Christ our • Saviour… ? Mtt. 6:33 still applies to us • At O’Neal too! • We need to be revived! We sometimes act as if • the world has won…that we are hopeless creatures… • We belong to God…and remember… • And with God nothing is impossible!

19. Matt. 19:26 • After the rich young ruler left,not doing what Jesus told him to do to be a follower of his, Jesus stated, ‘it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. • The disciples asked: Who then can be saved? • “But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. “

20. Let the flag of freedomfly in America…. • And let the book of God be read, studied, • and proclaimed. “In God We Trust”.. • The True and living God!. Heb.10:31 • Let us, His people, wake up…get up..repent up ..and stand up, .we can… • And we will……because ‘we are more than conquerors…” Rom. 8:37 “Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. “

21. Revive US again!... • It’s time to awake…to give God what • Is due God. Our devotion, our time our efforts. • Quit the excuses, change the bad attitudes, • And let us march unto victory under the banner of the Cross of Jesus Christ.

22. O Lord, Revive us again! • Put new life in us • Let not our age, young or old, detour our determination…. • “Let us Rise and Build…”

23. Neh. 2:17-20 • 17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. • 18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work. • 19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king? • 20 Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

24. Neh. 4:6 • So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. • Do we at O’Neal? Let us say • And mean it…

25. We, at O’Neal, have a peoplethat are ready to work! • We are ready to move onward… • We are ready to actively serve our • Lord Jesus Christ • We can do it…with the help of our • God!

26. Let’s prove it in our meeting… • Plan to be here • Invite others to come • Rejoice and be glad that we • can meet and worship and serve • our God. • March 1-4, 2015 …

27. Never let this church bea Laodicea….Rev. 3:14-22 • Let us be like the church at • Philadelphia…devoted. Strong, marching • Together…and living with the victory • Of Jesus in sight. • This life is short…so short.. Jas.4:13-14 • ..We need to be revived again! • Let us turn to God..not away from Him! • Psalms 85:6 “Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?”

28. A Reminder: • There have been people living on this same earth as we who have made a • huge difference in their lives and in the lives of others!

29. Acceptable • Unacceptable • Pleasing • Displeasing

30. Let the Words of MY MOUTH • Psalms 19:14 “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer!”

31. Abel …his sacrifice acceptable..Cain’s not. • why? He offered what God wanted him to offer. Are you giving what GOD wants • you to give Him.? • Rich young ruler…unacceptable. Matt. 19:16-22 Though Jesus loved this young man…

32. Examples: People whoselives were changed… • Joseph…Gen. 39:9 • “ How can I do this great wickedness and sin against my God? • How can I? Others may do it, but not me…’how can I do it?’ • So, a young man, a young lady, can be pleasing to God in today’s society by • doing exactly as Joseph.

33. Cornelius Acts 10:33,34,35 • Cornelius..God was pleased with him • when he got his family together and • listened to Peter’s sermon and obeyed it! • Acts 10:33 .Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.”…and then obeyed it. Acts 10:34,35 • They were gathered together. Cornelius said we are all here, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.” • Will we do the same in our meeting. • We are • All here present before God! To hear all things..commanded thee of God!

34. Go, and sin no more. John 8:11 • The woman taken in the act of adultery… • Go and sin no more…John 8:11 ‘go and sin no more’. We need to hear that…we need to • Remember that…Ask God’s forgiveness for our sins and go and ‘sin no more’

35. Paul • Saul, the persecuter, became Paul the • Proclaimer. Gal. 1:23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.” v.24 And they glorified God in me!

36. When you get discouraged, when you fall by the wayside, when things seem to be all going wrong for you, and when you • remember your past, your sins and the • Devil wants you to quit… • When the Devil reminds you of your past, Remind him of his future!

37. When you have sinned, do like King David did… King David… 2 Sam. 12:13 “I have sinned” Paul…Gal. 2:20; gave up the old me and Put on the new me.

38. Revive US again! • Brings us to realize… • WHAT WE HAVE IN JESUS CHRIST! • If you are in Christ Jesus … • He has written your name in the book of life!. What? Where is my name…? Who • Put it there? • Acts 2:47 And the LORD added to the church daily such as should be saved.

39. Rev. 20:12-15 • 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. • 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. • 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. • 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

40. Is (your name) written in the Book of Life..? • Names written in the book…by the Master. • Acts 2:47 • Names blotted out of that book…by the • Master. • Erring brethren. James 5:19-20 • Sinning brethren who will not correct • Their sins!. James 5:16

41. Will God blott out your name? • Ex. 32:31-33 And Moses returned unto the Lord,and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. • “32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. • “ 33- And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book

42. Rev. 3:5 • He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. • What is inferred if the person does not overcome?

43. Luke 10:20 • Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

44. Rev. 21:27 - And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither [whatsoever] worketh abomination, or [maketh] a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

45. Rev. 17:8 - The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

46. Phil. 4:3 - And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and [with] other my fellowlabourers, whose names [are] in the book of life.

47. Rom. 8:37-39 • 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. • 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, • 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

48. Psalms 69: 27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. • 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

49. Rev. 22:19 says, “And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” • Does Rev. 22:19 mean that after a person’s name is written in the Lamb’s Book • Of Life .it can at some time in the future be erased? • In other words, can a Christian lose his salvation?

50. Rev. 3:5 • He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.