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| It�s Revival NOW! 2 Chronicles 7: 15 says, �NOW My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place.� God said this at the dedication of Solomon�s Temple. But now, we no longer go to worship God in a temple building. According to 1 Corinthians 3: 9, 16 � 17 and 6: 19 � 20, we are the temple of the Holy Spirit, and so NOW God says, �My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place.� Jesus said, �Whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive� � Matthew 21: 22. He said, �Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened� � Luke 11: 9 � 10. He said, �Whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name I will do it� � John 14: 13 � 14. He said, �Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you...ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full� � John 16: 23 � 24. The Holy Spirit has opened up a cry on the inside of us � �Abba, Father!� How can we say that we don�t have Revival NOW? Only through unbelief! To �revive� means to �bring back to consciousness, or life, or strength� � how can we say that we need this when it has already been done! |
| �And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins...God who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus� � Ephesians 2: 1, 4 � 6. How much more do we want? So much talk and energy that is expended in �praying for revival� is just a distraction � all we need to do is walk in who we already are! To pray for �revival� is a denial of what God has ALREADY done in Christ! �We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them� � Ephesians 2: 10. The works are already prepared � all we have to do is walk in them! These signs shall follow those who BELIEVE , those who GO into the world to preach the gospel � �They will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover� � Mark 16: 17 � 18. And the Lord works with them, confirming the word through the accompanying signs! Now that is REVIVAL! And it�s for NOW! God says, �In this temple� � that�s you and me as we go about our daily lives, our family lives, in the workplace � God says, �My ears will be attentive to prayer made in this place.� If we will pray the prayer of faith � �God, Your Word says this � I believe Your Word is Your will � let Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven!� And God will reply, �Yes! All of My promises are in Christ yes, and in Him amen � and you are in Christ, so yes � and amen, let it be done according to My Word!� Too often prayers have been hindered because we prayed wrong! We prayed, �IF it be your will...� � but God says, �Have you not read, have you not heard what My will is? My Word is My will � you can pray My Word!� Some people don�t live by faith � they live by �if- faith�. God�s Word is settled � He has categorically stated, �My covenant I will not break, nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips� � Psalm 89: 34. Jesus said, � Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word (rhema) that proceeds from the mouth of God� � Matthew 4: 4. |
| We have to learn that our life comes from hearing and applying the Word of God. The word rhema is used here in contrast to logos. Logos is the message; rhema is the communication of the message. Logos is the Bible in its entirety; rhema is a verse from the Bible. A good example of the distinction between logos and rhema is found in Ephesians 6: 17 � �Take...the sword of the Spirit which is the word (rhema) of God.� Here the reference is not to the Scripture as a whole, but to a particular portion which the believer wields as a sword in his time of need. We need to hear what God is saying to us in any given situation and act on it. Then, and only then will we walk in revival NOW, and we will walk in it perpetually. Otherwise, we will be like a dog chasing his tail, or like Israel in the wilderness � wandering aimlessly for forty years, every so often passing the entrance to the Promised Land, but failing to enter in. God says, �If My people...will turn...THEN...� When is THEN? NOW! How long will NOW last? PERPETUALLY! Be blessed as you walk in Revival NOW! |
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