REVIVALTALK

  Romans 11:29 – “For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.” In our study of the Scriptures, we learn that every individual is called of God. This calling is not reserved just for pulpit ministry. We often refer to pastors, evangelists, or fivefold ministers as being called of God. You were born with a divine destiny. You are called of God to ministry. Ephesians 4:16 says, “from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.” Dr. Frank Damazio defines the call of God as “For the Christian leader, the call of God is the point of revelation, the personal foundation for ministry.”  There are four things we need to understand about the call of God in our individual lives: 1.      It is a holy calling . II Timothy 1:9 says, “who has saved us and called us with a holy calling.” 2.  ...

  Romans 12:1-2 – “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”             God is calling His church back to the altar of prayer. In Matthew 21:13 Jesus made this declaration, “And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’”  We are called to be a “house of prayer for all people.” He meets His people at the altar.             The altar is a place of encounter. We have a meeting with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at the altar of prayer. Catherine Brown defines the altar as “a meeting place between H...

  I Thessalonians 5:6 – 8 - “Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.” We are living in very serious times. In II Timothy 3:1 the Apostle Paul wrote the headlines we are currently reading in our news sources. “But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come.” Just a few days ago the Lord spoke very clearly to me, “It is time to get serious about your walk and relationship with God because we are living in very serious times.” The word  perilous  means harsh, savage, difficult, dangerous, painful, fierce, grievous, hard to deal with. Bishop Tim Hill writes, “The word describes a society that is barren of virtue but abounding with vices.” (1) We are living in serious times. Jesus warned us about these times in John 1...

  One of the greatest privileges available to believers is the ability to communicate with our divine creator through the discipline of prayer. Jeremiah 33:3 states, “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.” The Lord desires to establish a relationship with His people. In order to have a relationship, there must be communication. Prayer has been a neglected discipline within the Church today. Most believers struggle with prayerlessness. Perhaps one of the most common sins today is the sin of prayerlessness. When we fail to pray, we become spiritually weak and vulnerable. We open a door and give access to the enemy into our lives. The Bible defines the Church as a “House of Prayer” in Matthew 21:13. We must transition from being a Church that prays to becoming a “House of Prayer.” Your family and home should be defined as a “Home of Prayer.” Prayer must permeate our lives and become an integral part of everything we do as peopl...

  Luke 4:18, “To proclaim liberty to the captives and to set at liberty those who are oppressed.”             In Luke 4:18 Jesus announces His mission. He came to bring freedom to those who are oppressed. Oppression is defined as an external pressure from the enemy against a person’s mind, emotions, body, or circumstances. Jesus delivers us from the bondage and stranglehold of sin. Sin enslaves. Romans 6:6 says, “knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.” Jesus breaks every chain. When He stepped into a room demons trembled. In Mark 1:23-26 Jesus sets a man free of an unclean spirit in the synagogue. Mark 1:23-26 reads, “Now there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, saying, ‘Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Ho...

  I John 3:8 – “He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”             Jesus Christ is the supernatural miracle working Savior. He specializes in the miraculous. Most scholars agree that Jesus worked 37 miracles across Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Some would say there were 38 miracles counting the restoration of Malchus’ ear in Luke 22:51. These are the recorded miracles in the Scriptures. We know there are more because John wrote in John 21:25, “and there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.”             Jesus healed every sickness and disease. He opened blinded eyes, rebuked fevers, and raised the de...