A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Monday, March 21^st 2016. Today is the 81^st Day of 2016.

There are only 285 days left in this year; and, there are only 20 Days Left until Our Spring Revival Meetings Begin!

We will begin the Revival Meetings on Saturday, April 9^th with a Banquet and Sermon at 6pm.

Sunday, April 10^th, we will hear Bro Bobby at 10am and again at 6pm.

Monday and Tuesday, April 11^th 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.

As we look at the end of this passage, I want you to see that there are two reasons that they are seeking Revival:

• The Good of the People
• The Glory of God

For today, I will focus on the second of these reasons… Revival is for the Glory of God

Let me say as I begin this part of the Devotion that I am more than a little surprised that this is not heard among God’s people than it is.

Revival is for the glory of God.

And, let me honestly say that I am more often concerned with the “results” or “benefits” of revival than I am with how God is glorified in revival.

Revival will cause people to praise God more; love God more; talk to God more; serve God more; and honor God more.

What could a Christian desire more than these things?

When we read about what we think of as “Super Christians” who are willing to suffer for the glory of God; sacrifice for the glory of God; and, even die for the glory of God, we overlook the many ways in which God is glorified in the ways HE revives HIS people.

If God blesses us by reviving our love for HIM during these meetings, our family will know that HE is at work in our life; our friends will know that HE is at work in our life; others will know that HE is at work in our life.

When HE is working in us in a new and fresh way, people who know us will know – and guess what?

God will be glorified in us.

REMEMBER: Our Revival Meetings begin in only twenty 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!