Rehoboth Baptist Church

DATE: 11.03.19

TEXT: 2 Chronicles 7:14 (ESV)

10:30a Sanctuary

Revive Me

2 Chronicles 7:14 (ESV) 14 if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

“Each of the sixteen revivals in the Bible had very distinctive characteristics. Most of them began as one or two individuals saw the need for a heavenly visitation. All of them were addressed in the first place to the body of believers. In fact, five out of seven churches addressed in the Book of Revelation were told to repent and return to God. Therefore, revivals are definitely aimed at the believing church and not at the unsaved. The purpose of these revivals is to call the church back to a new hearing of and responding to the Word of God. It must involve a forsaking of sin, a confession of that sin, and a deep desire to reverse the pattern of spiritual declension and apostasy that has begun to typify that ministry, either locally, regionally, or nationally.”

—Walt Kaiser

Barriers to Revival

Pessimism

Passivism

Alternatives

Pathway to Revival

Humble yourself before God

Pray and plead with God

Seek God’s face

Turn from your sin

Psalm 85:6 (ESV)

6 Will you not revive us again,

that your people may rejoice in you?