REVIVALTALK

  John 4:13-14 – “Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”              Some years ago, I was involved in a class where the instructor was teaching on holiness, the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, and the manifestation gifts of the Holy Spirit in I Corinthians 12:4-11. The instructor was more concerned with counterfeits than the real thing.              There were young students in the class who were genuinely hungry to experience the Baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. I believe those students could have experienced the infilling of the Holy Spirit in that class, but the teacher was more concerned with what w...

  Acts 2:1-4 – “When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.   And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.   Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.   And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”             God gave birth to the New Testament Church on the Day of Pentecost. He poured out His power. The first Pentecost is recorded in Exodus 19. God met with the children of Israel on Mount Sinai and He gave them the Torah. When He descended, He put on a demonstration of His mighty power. Exodus 19:16-19 reads, “Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cl...

  Acts 2:17-18 – “‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,  That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams. And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; And they shall prophesy. Pentecost is promised in both the Old and New Testaments. In Luke 24:49 Jesus shared this promise, “Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”  John the Baptist prophesied of this mighty outpouring in Matthew 3:11, “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” The following Old Testament Scriptures promised the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2: ·  ...

  Acts 2:1-4 – “When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.  Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.” God is calling His people back to Pentecost. I am not sure about how you feel, but I am believing for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit like the early New Testament church experienced beginning on the day of Pentecost. What is meant by the term, “back to Pentecost?” It is a prayer for God’s intervention, bringing transformation. I have heard it said many times, “we cannot finish in the flesh what God began in the Spirit.”  We cannot accomplish our assignment without the empowerment of the Holy Spirit. What does it mean to be a Pentecos...

Matthew 9:17 – “Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”” For the past several weeks the Lord has dealt with me about having the right container.    Jesus reveals an important principle in this passage of Scripture, “You cannot put new wine into an old wineskin.”    So often we focus so much on an outpouring of God’s Spirit, which the new wine represents in this passage of Scripture, that we neglect the container. Without a proper container we cannot keep what is being poured out.    Containers are very important.    If a canned good is not perfectly sealed the food it contains will spoil.    God has been visiting us as His people to prepare a container.    Before He pours out the new wine of His Spirit He first has to prepare the container.    If we short circuit this ...

  Revelation 4:1 – “After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.” We are in a time of shaking.  What has been going on?  God is bringing realignment. Most believers I know have been engaged in spiritual warfare. The enemy has come against God’s people. John 10:10 says, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” The Bible reveals the enemy as an adversary and the destroyer.  He is called a liar, and a murderer.  He seeks your demise and destruction.   We are engaged in a war over three things: 1.      Worship  – one of the very first conflicts was a war over worship/sacrifice. 2.      Wealth  – the...