REVIVAL 2

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Text : Hosea 6:2  

*After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.* 

 *True revival is hinged on three major factors: Humility, Prayer, Repentance .* 

2 Chronicles 7:14 clearly states that "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land"

 *Revival comes when all that we  seek and look for is God, and God alone.* Consistent and continuous seeking of God under meaningful conviction and confession of sins(repentance), always rend the heaven open over. Isaiah 64:1. 

Today, the church seeks more of things from God than God Himself. If only you can collate and compile all prayer points offered in our various churches in the year 2021, you will be surprised at the content of prayers we offered to God. The list will be filled with: God give me promotion;God give me protection; God kill my enemies; God revive my dead glory; God send your angels to bring the money; God give me husband; God give me wife; God open door for my travelling abroad; God give me this, God give me that. The list is endless.

These and more are not bad in themselves, but they are things that come from God's hands(a very low ranking angel will deliver these). But if you want God to come into your situation, then you must learn to seek Him. You must learn to change your prayer point. You must become an ardent lover of His presence (John 14:21). 

 *When you are a lover of God's hands (His things), rather than His face(Himself, his kingdom and his righteousness ), you may not experience revival.* This is the reason for the coldness in our lives and churches today. Check out what we are seeking. We are seeking the "additionals" (Mathew  6:24-33).

Additionals which are supposed  to be the pursuit of the gentiles are what many churches and men of God have built their ministries about. 
Such people are mistaken. Apostle Paul warned Timothy, just as He would warn you again today:
*And protracted wrangling and wearing discussion and perpetual friction among men who are corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, who imagine that godliness or righteousness is a source of profit [a moneymaking business, a means of livelihood]. From such withdraw. (1 Timothy 6:5)* 

Bible Reading : 2Chronicle 7:11-14

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

1. Ask the Lord to give you a new heart that will desire and seek His face only.


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