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THE DESIGN FOR REVIVAL---2 Chronicles 7:11-15; Key Vs 14 Intro: How is it to be carried out? How may we have revival? What will it take for God to bless our country again? What is required for God to heal our homes? What do we need to get victory in our lives? I. THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD---Notice the three "I's" of verse 13: GOD is who opens or shuts heaven and/or blesses or curses a nation. A. Let's LOOK to Him---Psalms 123:2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us. B. Let's LISTEN to HIM In Private In Prayer In The Pages Of The Bible C. Let's LEARN From HIM America, Get Back To The Bible! Churches, Learn How To "Do It" From The Word Of God! Husbands And Wives, Run Your Homes And Raise Your Children According To "God's Training Manual"-The Bible! II. THE PEOPLE---2 Chronicles 7:14 The position and condition of God's people affect the way God blesses a land…God’s People…. A. Must SEE THE NEED B. Must START THE FIRE Of Turning Back To God C. Must SPREAD THE FIRE D. Must SUSTAIN THE FIRE III. THE PRIDE--2 Chronicles 7:14 God has humbled our country in recent days. Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita. Attacking our Domestic Fuel Supply. If we want to avoid further humbling by God, we need to humble OURSELVES…We must be humble enough to: A. Receive rebuke and correction B. Recognize our sins before God As A Country As A Church As Individuals C. Realize our insufficiency D. Request help from our God IV. THE PRAYER---2 Chronicles 7:14 We must encourage a new beginning of obedience to God about: A. PRAYING PRIVATELY--Mark 1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. B. PRAYING PUBLICLY--Acts 12:12 And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying. C. PRAYING PERSISTENTLY--Luke 11:1-10 gives an example of persistent praying. In talking about the man who requested bread from his friend for his guests, Jesus said: Luke 11:8-10 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. 9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. D. PRAYING PASSIONATELY---James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. E. PRAYING POSITIVELY---James 1:5-6 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. V. THE PURSUIT---2 Chronicles 7:14 We need to Seek God’s…. A. PERSON IN FELLOWSHIP-Psa. 42:1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. B. POWER IN FRUITFULNESS--John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. C. PLAN IN IT’S FULLNESS--Acts 9:6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. D. PRIORITIES -Mt. 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. E. PARTNERSHIP---1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. VI. THE PARTING---2 Chronicles 7:14 There will be no revival without a turning from sin among God's people! A. Selfishness and lack of consideration for others---Me first, others next. B. Stealing God's tithes and offerings--According to Malachi 3:8-10, a man woman, boy or girl is a thief if he doesn't give God's tithes and offerings. C. Sitting idly by without working---One of the great sins among God's people is an unwillingness to get involved in the work of God! James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. D. Setting up idols in our hearts--Colossians 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: Jobs Family E. Shifting toward the world, the flesh, and the devil---Lot pitched his tent toward Sodom, and he eventually ended up living in Sodom and sitting with the elders in the gates of the city! 1 John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. VII. THE PROMISE---2 Chronicles 7:14 The promise is that if God's people do what WE should do, then God will do three things for us. There will be: A. REGARD FOR OUR PRAYERS-"then will I hear from heaven" Sin shuts the windows of heaven and hides the face of God from us when we pray! Isaiah 59:1-2 Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. B. A RESTORATION OF OUR FELLOWSHIP "and will forgive their sin" Where God's people have unconfessed sin in their lives, fellowship with God is hindered. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. C. A REPAIR OF OUR LAND "and will heal their land"
Wouldn't THAT be a blessing? |