During the time of the judges the Israelites were in a bad situation. 1) because they lacked godly leadership. The priesthood was defiled, there was no sustained prophetic message from the Lord. 1 Samuel 3:1 And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation.

Leadership is vital to a church's spiritual health. Paul said to follow me as he follows Christ.

Hearing the word of God is also vital to a church's health. Luke 18:8 will He really find faith on the earth?”

We need to be a people desiring God’s word because I guarantee if we stop caring then God will stop speaking.

The law of Moses was being ignored throughout the land. And as God often did in Israel’s history, God began to solve the problem by sending a baby.

Babies were like God’s announcement that He knows the need, cares about His people, and is at work.

To make the event even greater, God sometimes selects barren women to be the mothers, Isaac to Sarah, Jacob and Esau to Rebekah, and Joseph to Rachel.

What is Revival? Churches talk about it, people talk about it. But, what is Revival? And how can we experiance it?

What is Revival? Churches talk about it, people talk about it. But, what is Revival? And how can we experiance it?

Man’s glory simply does not last, but God’s glory is eternal, and He desires to share that glory with us!

In this first part of the letter, Peter is going to share four observations about the Glory of God.

-2-4 Christians Are Born For Glory (1st observation)

-5 Christians are Kept for Glory (2nd observation of God’s glory)

-6-7 Christians are being prepared for glory (observation 3 of God’s glory)

-8-12 Christians can enjoy the glory now (observation 4 of God’s glory)

Man’s glory simply does not last, but God’s glory is eternal, and He desires to share that glory with us!

In this first part of the letter, Peter is going to share four observations about the Glory of God.

-2-4 Christians Are Born For Glory (1st observation)

-5 Christians are Kept for Glory (2nd observation of God’s glory)

-6-7 Christians are being prepared for glory (observation 3 of God’s glory)

-8-12 Christians can enjoy the glory now (observation 4 of God’s glory)

Amos is going to share four final confirmations from the heart of God. Three are going to deal with judgment and the fourth is going to deal with mercy. Even as the people have rejected God’s love, rejected the message, rejected His authority. God is still going to make a way of restoration for them.

Amos is going to share four final confirmations from the heart of God. Three are going to deal with judgment and the fourth is going to deal with mercy. Even as the people have rejected God’s love, rejected the message, rejected His authority. God is still going to make a way of restoration for them.

After Amos’ painful encounter with Amaziah, Amos received further messages from the Lord; It’s just like God to encourage His servants after they’ve been through tough times.

God encouraged Paul in the book of Acts when he was ministering in Corinth. When Paul sailed as a prisoner to Rome and a storm hit them. 2 Tim 4:16 Paul was left alone in his trial at Rome.

After Amos’ painful encounter with Amaziah, Amos received further messages from the Lord; It’s just like God to encourage His servants after they’ve been through tough times.

God encouraged Paul in the book of Acts when he was ministering in Corinth. When Paul sailed as a prisoner to Rome and a storm hit them. 2 Tim 4:16 Paul was left alone in his trial at Rome.

William Booth was the founder of the Salvation Army. And he got his young man that he was mentoring together one day and told them, it is the nature of a fire to go out. And then he said, you must tend it, and feed it, and carry out the ashes.

Booth was unto something. Just as in the physical world there is that law called entropy, that in a closed system things tend to go to disorganization and decay instead of organization.

The loss of energy, so too, in the spiritual life that things tend toward decay, disorganization. It’s the nature of a fire to go out.

When I first became a Christian I was properly instructed to read my bible, pray, stay in fellowship. I was instructed to fan the fire of God, the fire that God lit in my heart, tend it, carry out the ashes, feed it so it grows.

There is a tendency in the Christian life. That tendency is to let the fire go out.

There’s an old hymn, Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing, written by Robert Robertson. One of the parts of the song goes “Prone to wander, Lord, I feel. Prone to leave the God I love.

That is the story of the nation of Israel. They were prone to wander, prone to leave the God they loved.