The document discusses the concept of revival, highlighting its importance in renewing relationships with God and fostering spiritual growth. It outlines biblical examples of revival and emphasizes the necessity of desperate prayers and humility. The text encourages believers to actively seek renewal through prayer, worship, and obedience to God's will.

1. Welcome to a Church
About to be Revived

2. August 6, 2017
God Loves Desperate People

3. What Is Revival?
✤ Revival refers to a spiritual reawakening from a state of dormancy or
stagnation in the life of a believer.
✤ It encompasses a fresh love for:
✤ God
✤ God's holiness
✤ His Word and His church,
✤ It brings a convicting awareness of personal and corporate sin,
✤ And a spirit of humility, and a desire for repentance and growth in
righteousness.

4. NOW!
GodWants a GlobalWarming!
In His People!

5. God Could Do it Like This
Lightening Hitting a Creek

6. But He would
Rather HaveThis:
✤ “For this reason I remind you to
fan into flame the gift of God…”
✤ “Fan into flame” ana-zō-pyreō:
Bring fire to a person
✤ Revival is in us in the Person of
the Holy Spirit.
✤ God is waiting for us to decide
to fan that flame of God’s
Presence in each of us.

7. Our Constant
Need
✤ All relationships need
ongoing renewal.
✤ No static relationships
✤ No renewal = deteriorating
relationship.
✤ God longs to renew our
relationship with Him.

8. 1200 BC to 1 AD
Revivals In the Bible
A Short List

10. Book of Judges
Revivals
✤ About 400 years of Judges
✤ At least seven revivals

13. Revival Cycle
Recap
✤ God allows the sin of His
people to make them desperate
✤ God’s people pray desperate
prayers
✤ God answers those prayers
✤ We encounter God’s powerful
love, joy and freedom!

14. Exodus Revival
✤ Exodus from Egypt: “I have
surely seen the affliction of my
people who are in Egypt and
have heard their cry because of
their taskmasters. I know their
sufferings.’ ( Ex. 3:7)
✤ “…When they heard that the
Lord was concerned about the
sons of Israel and that He had
seen their affliction, then they
bowed low and
worshiped.” (Ex. 4:29-31)

15. To Sinful Exiles
in Babylon
✤ And I will give them one
heart, and put a new spirit
within them. And I will take
the heart of stone out of their
flesh and give them a heart of
flesh, that they may walk in
My statutes and keep My
ordinances and do them.
✤ Then they will be My people,
and I shall be their God.”

16. Messiah Came
✤ But the angel said to them, “Do
not be afraid; for behold, I
bring you good news of great
joy which will be for all the
people; for today in the city of
David there has been born for
you a Savior, who is Christ the
Lord.” (Luke 2:10-11)

17. Jesus Arose!
Defeating Even Death—for All of Us!

18. Pentecost
Revival
✤ ‘And it shall be in the last days,’
God says, ‘That I will pour forth
of My Spirit on all mankind;
✤ And your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy,
✤ And your young men shall see
visions,
✤ And your old men shall dream
dreams. “ (Acts 2: 17)

19. 1857 Revival
✤ The Panic of 1857: Global
Recession, global panic
✤ 30,000 jobless in NYC alone
✤ Fear of war over slavery

20. Ways to Avoid Desperate Prayers
✤ Disassociation: Focus on other things:
✤ Entertainment: TV, video games, novels, adult toys,
social gatherings, hobbies, music
✤ Work: at office or at home.
✤ Watch the news… but never pray the news

21. Other Reasons NotTo Be Desperate
✤ Fear of reality: “ I don’t like to think of such things.”
✤ Fear of disappointment: “What If God Doesn't help?”
✤ Hard-hearted: “ Lot’s of problems—so what?”
✤ Rebellion: “ I don't want to depend on God for help!”
✤ Pride: ”I can handle it myself”
✤ Immaturity/Narcissistic: “I’m OK. That’s all that matters”

22. Reasons NotTo Be Desperate
✤ Lack of faith: “It won't make difference. Why waste the time to pray a
lot.”
✤ Impatience: “I prayed twice and nothing happened.”
✤ Lies: “God doesn’t listen to me. He doesn’t like me.”
✤ “I've been too bad. I don’t deserve more.”
✤ “I’ll just get disappointed and hurt more if I pray.”
✤ “I need to feel in control. Feeling desperate scares me.”
✤ “If I feel desperate for God, I won’t be able to feel happy.”

23. This month and forward
HowTo Fan the Flame inYou
Basic Christianity—only more intense

24. ✤ Spend lots of time each day
with God: meditate on the
Bible, tell God how good
He is in specific ways,
enjoy being His child!
✤ Worship Him first thing
each morning—outloud.
✤ Several times a day, ask
Him to tell you what He
wants you to know. Be
quite five minutes and let
Him speak to you.
✤ Pray the scriptures
✤ Ask Him to show you sin
He wants to deal with in
you. Chose to obey Him!
✤ Confess quickly, forgive
quickly, love people even
when they hurt you
✤ Seek forgiveness from
those you have offended
✤ Give generously to those
in need.
✤ Do everything to please
Him. EVREYTHING!

26. Modern Revival Examples

27. Why God Came: HeWas Invited!
✤ The price of revival is fervent, insistent prayer
✤ Deep cleansing of our hearts from sin
✤ Crying out to God as if He is our only hope. He is!
✤ Believing that He will answer our cries. He will!

28. Out of Our Brokenness Will Come God’s “Bestest”!
Let’s Pray for Revival
God is Listening