REVIVAL TALK

II Timothy 2:3-4 – “ “You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.   No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of  this  life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.”             You were created for spiritual growth and progress. The Apostle Peter penned these words in 2 Peter 3:8, “but  grow   in  the  grace  and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”   When you came to Christ you enlisted as a soldier of the cross in the army of the Lord.   When Joshua was preparing to take the city of Jericho he had an unexpected meeting with the Commander of the Lord’s Army.   Joshua 5:13 reads, “And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, a Man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in His hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, “ Are  You for us or for our adversaries?”               A soldier must always be on alert for a possible attack.   You are called to

Luke 6:38 – “Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”             Perhaps you have heard the expression, “You cannot out give God.”   God is a giver.   His giving is motivated out of love.   1 John 4:8 says, “God is love.”   John 3:16 teaches, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” When we give in obedience to the Word of God it will bring a blessing. “Give and it shall be given to you.”               God is a giver.   James, the half-brother of Jesus, reveals the following about God’s giving nature in James 1:17, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.”   In Ephesians 4:8 the Apostle Paul writes, “When He ascen