The Importance of Revival

(Psalm 85:6 ) asks a powerful question;              

Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?

Notice that the psalmist says, “again.” This tells me that the nation of Israel was once in a state of revival, but that had waned, it had declined, and they had come again to the place where they needed to be revived.

Perhaps today you are in a place where you need to be revived.

Revival has been described as the inrush of the Spirit into the body that threatens to become a corpse. That is a good definition. Something needs to be revived when it is dying or when it has lost its strength or momentum.

Revival brings new life. It brings fresh vigor. It brings renewed momentum to that which is in a weakened or dying state.

In (2 Timothy 1:6,) Paul writes to Timothy, 

Stir up the gift of God which is in you. The word for stir up literally means to rekindle.

 In other words, a fire was there at one time, but it has begun to burn low. And now it needs to be refueled and tended to.

The Amplified Bible says, Rekindle the embers, fan the flame and keep burning the gracious gift of God, the inner fire.

Maybe you have felt spiritually flat lately. Maybe the fire that once burned white hot for God is now just a glowing ember. If so, it is time to rekindle those embers and fan to flame what He has put within you.

As God goes to work in your life, you will find that once again your life will be filled with purpose, and you will once again rejoice in God.

*UR EYES WILL ENJOY THIS*

*The Holy Alphabet... This is Beautiful...*

Whoever came up with this one must have been filled with the Holy Spirit!

*A* lthough things are not perfect,

*B* ecause of trial or pain,

*C* ontinue in thanksgiving

*D* on't even think of whom to blame .

*E* ven when the times are hard,

*F* ierce winds are bound to blow,

*G* od is forever able

*H* old on to Jesus .

*I* magine life without His love,

*J* oy would cease to be,

*K* eep thanking Him for all the things

*L* ove imparts you to see.

*M* ove out of Complaining ',

*N* o weapon that is known

*O* n earth can yield the power

*P* raise can do alone.

*Q* uit worrying about the future,

*R* edeem the time at hand,

*S* tart every day with prayer

*T* o 'thank' is God's command.

*U* ntil we see Him coming,

*V* ictorious in the sky,

*W* e'll run the race with gratitude,

*X* alting the Most High God.

*Y* es, there'll be good times and yes some will be bad, but...

*Z* ion awaits in glory...where no one is ever sad!

David, Israel’s illustrious king who penned Psalm 51, brought shame on himself and his nation by his sins. He committed adultery with the wife of one of his friends and engineered the death of that friend—both deeds worthy of death. It would seem his life was ruined. But he pled with God: “Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me” (v. 12).

Like David we have shameful acts in our past and the memories that accompany them, recollections that taunt us in the middle of the night. There’s so much we wish we could undo or redo.

There is a grace that not only forgives sin but also uses it to make us better than before. God wastes nothing.

Lord, I’ve failed You again. Please forgive me again. Change me. Turn me around. Teach me to follow Your ways.

God has both an all-seeing eye and all-forgiving heart.

The one who kneels to the Lord can stand up to anything..

Love and peace be with you forever, Amen.🙏