A Word from THE WORD
Good Morning Happy Church,
Today is Friday, March 18th 2016. Today is the 78th Day of 2016.
Today is Jeremy Rhoades’ Birthday!
There are only 288 days left in this year; and, there are only 23 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:
WE are the Priests of God in the Dispensation of the Church.
Please take note of an often overlooked fact in this passage… Their prayers are accompanied by tears.
Over and over again, in these devotionals I have tried to emphasize the role of prayer in revival.
But, please do not overlook the “passion” displayed by these “Priests” as they are praying.
They are not merely reciting a few words hoping to obtain the blessing of God, they are broken over their sins and desperate for revival.
Desperation.
It may be true that until we are desperate for revival we will never have passion in our prayers for revival.
Everyone, well certainly almost everyone, has areas in our life that we are passionate about. Those things will vary from person, but, most people are passionate about their family, their Nation, and a few other things.
How many people are passionate about their spiritual condition, the spiritual condition of their Church, and the advance of God’s Kingdom?
Brokenness.
Look around. See where things are going in our Nation. Consider the spiritual condition of the “churches” in America. Consider the spiritual conditions in Illinois… including Central Illinois.
Look around. Pray. Weep.
Who knows what God may do?
REMEMBER: Our Revival Meetings begin in only twenty-three 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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