A Word from THE WORD
Good Morning Happy Church,
Today is Thursday, March 17th 2016. Today is the 77th Day of 2016.
TODAY IS SAINT PATRICK’S DAY
By the Way, Saint Patrick, who was born around 387 AD (which is more than 1200 years before the Reformation) was a genuine Christian who believed and taught a true biblical gospel.
He was in reality a “Pre-Reformation Protestant.”
In honor of Saint Patty’s Day, here is a beautiful ancient Irish Hymn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsVnvN3EVxY
(If this will not open by clicking, copy and paste in the address bar of your browser… but do not miss this)
There are only 289 days left in this year; and, there are only 24 Days Left until Our Spring Revival Meetings Begin!
We will begin the Revival Meetings on Saturday, April 9th with a Banquet and Sermon at 6pm.
Sunday, April 10th, we will hear Bro Bobby at 10am and again at 6pm.
Monday and Tuesday, April 11th and 12, we will hear Bro Bobby at 7pm each night!
Please clear your schedule to attend as many of these meetings as possible.
As I often say, “The two things you have to invest to be blessed are your Attendance and your Attention!”
Please be in prayer for Dr. Bobby and Sandra Boyles as they travel here and back.
Pray that God will pour out HIS SPIRIT on us as never before!
Pray for the salvation of the lost; repentance and renewal in the life of God’s people; new people to become part of our Church Family; the calling out of ministers and missionaries; a spiritual awakening in our area; and, for Jesus Christ to be glorified in all that we do!
Joel was a Prophet to Israel just after the end of the Babylonian-Media-Persian Captivity that ended around 516 BC.
The people had not completely turned back to Jehovah and HE responded to their continuing rebellion with continuing judgments – primarily through a devastating plague of Locusts. (Joel 1:1-2:11)
Here is God’s inspired action-plan for revival:
15 “Blow the trumpet in Zion; consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly;
16 gather the people. Consecrate the congregation; assemble the elders; gather the children, even nursing infants. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.
17 Between the vestibule and the altar let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep and say, “Spare your people, O LORD, and make not your heritage a reproach, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
Joel 2:12-15
(1) “Blow the trumpet in Zion!”
(2) “Consecrate a Fast!”
(3) “Call a Solemn Assembly!”
(4) “Gather the People!”
(5) “Consecrate the Congregation!”
(6) “Assemble the Elders!”
(7) “Gather the Children, even Nursing Infants!”
(8) “Bring the Newlyweds!”
(9) “Between the vestibule and the altar let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep and say, “Spare your people, O LORD, and make not your heritage a reproach, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
Let us commit ourselves to doing all 9 of these preparatory steps; for today, I want to focus on Step #9 – The Prayers of the Priests:
As we have seen over the past several devotions, God wants everyone to BE PRESENT for this special meeting.
Now we see that HE also wants everyone to BE PREPARED for these meetings.
And the key to being prepared for Revival is Prayer.
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION HERE…
WE are the Priests of God in the Dispensation of the Church.
This verse is not calling for the Elders, or Deacons, and other Leaders of the Church to take part in this alone; this is a call for every “Believer Priest” to prepare yourself for revival by deep and serious prayer.
1st Peter 2:4-5
4 “As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious,
5 you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”
1st Peter 2:9
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.”
Like most things in life, we enjoy the “privileges” of being a Believer-Priest; but, we often do not enjoy the “responsibilities” that come with our position in Christ.
We clearly see here in Joel 2 that the Priest (that is us) are to pray earnestly and intentionally for God to pour our HIS blessings upon HIS people.
There will be no revival without prayer; and, it is OUR personal responsibility to pray that God will indeed revive us.
REMEMBER: Our Revival Meetings begin in only twenty-four days!
Get ready now… set aside the time now… Start praying now… DO NOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY to experience a great moving of God!
Revival CAN happen, it really CAN happen!
Will we really have revival?
Will you?
Carpe Diem!
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