Saturday, February 02, 2008

REVIVAL........? Part 2

Most everyone is searching for the seemingly elusive answers to this poigant topic. Countless hours have been spent arguing, debating and sharing ideas in hopes of finding the next piece of this spectacular puzzle. I know our first response is God, and yes, this is the correct answer. However,.........I know this may shock some of you, but , God and all of His wonder and might is not enough. Ok, now that I have your attention let us turn our thinking towards Abraham. Where are you going Abraham? I don't know, He said something about Cannan. Who is He? He said that He is God and that He is going to make a great nation out of me and that because of my going all the earth will be blessed. Did God need Abraham and the countless others in scripture that went? I think the answer is overwhelmingly, YES!
One last example and an EXPERIMENT.
I have read and re-read the book of Acts over and over again and I think there are four distinct keys and ANSWERS that are left for us here. The Acts of the Apostles chapter 2:42 states: " And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers." I detect 4 keys. 1.) Continued in the apostles doctrine ( the death, burial and the resurrection.)
2.) Fellowship ( friendship)
3.) Breaking of bread ( taking someone to eat or accepting an invitation to eat). Somebody say yes Lord!
4.) Prayer
I propose a biblical experiment: make a list of all the people in your sphere and systematically put these keys to work. If you notice on the top right hand side of this page there is a counter that is counting the days left until this particular experiment is over. We are agressively putting these four steps to work. Join us and let us see REVIVAL.

1 comment:

Karen J. Hopper said...

Am so excited to hear the Good News. We get so excited at God's "sprinklings", how will we feel when He brings the "rain". Praying for you guys that a "gully-washer" hits your church. Oh, it's coming.