REVIVAL TALK

On a recent trip to the United Kingdom, we took trains to and from London to Norwich and Wales. I also took the train to Gatwick Airport to fly to Scotland for a ministry appointment. We utilized the London underground for most of our travel across the city. On each of the trains we heard the following announcement at each station. “If you see something that doesn’t feel right, speak to staff or text the British Transport Police, we will sort it. See it, Say it, Sorted.” This is the British safety campaign to help keep the travelers safe on the trains.     The details of the campaign are as follows:   ·        We’re asking rail passengers and people who use railway stations to help keep themselves and others safe by reporting unusual items or activity on the railway. ·        We’ve all got a role to play in keeping the rail network safe, and we rely on you to be our eyes and ears. We heard the phrase “see it, say...

  Psalms 119:18 – “Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.” On a recent trip to the United Kingdom, we took trains to and from London to Norwich and Wales. I also took the train to Gatwick Airport to fly to Scotland for a ministry appointment. We utilized the London underground for most of our travel across the city. On each of the trains we heard the following announcement at each station. “If you see something that doesn’t feel right, speak to staff or text the British Transport Police, we will sort it. See it, Say it, Sorted.” This is the British safety campaign to help keep the travelers safe on the trains.  The details of the campaign are as follows:  ·        We’re asking rail passengers and people who use railway stations to help keep themselves and others safe by reporting unusual items or activity on the railway. ·        We’ve all got a role to play in keeping the rail netw...

Exodus 3:13-14 – “Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” God created the heavens and the earth. He hung the stars in the sky, and He set the earth in its orbit around the sun. Hebrews 11:3 says, By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.” He created man in His own image and likeness. He met with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden in the cool of the day. He is powerful but He is also personal. The God who commands angels and administrates the affairs of His vast creation has the ability to hear each of us personally when we pray and answer those very prayers. Jeremiah 29:12 says, “then you will ca...

Ephesians 3:20 - " Now  to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly  above all that we ask or think,  according to the power that works in us."                     In Exodus 3:9-10 God has a conversation with Moses at Horeb, the mountain of God. He speaks to Him through a burning bush. The conversation is recorded in Exodus 3:9-10 the Lord shares His purpose with meeting with Moses on this mountain. Let’s join the conversation in verses 9-10, “Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” God hears the cries of His covenant people. He hears our cries today. He saw the oppression of the enemy against His people. He sees the oppression we experience from the enemy of our souls. He encou...

Psalms 46:1 – “God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.”             In Exodus 3 Moses witnesses a burning bush on Horeb, the mountain of God. The bush is on fire, but it didn’t burn up. The Angel of the Lord calls out to Moses from the midst of the bush. He reveals Himself as the “God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” He then commissions Moses to go and bring His children out of Egyptian bondage and lead them into the Promised Land, which was their covenant inheritance.              In Exodus 3:10 Moses said to the Lord, “Who am I that I should go and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” We are no different than Moses. When God asks us to do something we find excuses and remind the Lord of our own inadequacies. In Exodus 3:12 the Lord makes this promise, “I will certainly be with you. And this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you...

  Zechariah 4:7 – “Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone with shouts of “Grace, grace to it!” We are entering into a new year. We believe 2025 is a year to shout grace, grace to the mountain. This will be a year we experience God’s abundant grace. John 1:16 from the  ESV  reads, “For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.” I want to challenge you to start the year putting God first in your personal life. In Matthew 6:33 we have this instruction from the Lord Jesus Christ. "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." There are three areas that I believe we need to concentrate on as we enter into a new season. 1.       Our  TIME  - We must be good stewards of our time. We must ask the Lord to help us order our days. I want to challenge you to spend time reading and studying the Wo...

Zechariah 12:10 – “And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.” We have entered a new year. Our prophetic declaration for 2025 is “A Year of Abundant Grace.” John 1:16 from the  ESV Bible  reads, “ For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.” This verse speaks to the belief that God's grace is not just a one-time gift but is continuously given, layer upon layer, in an ever-increasing measure.           The historical setting of Zechariah 12:10 speaks of the time when Jesus returns bodily. This is His revelation, His second appearing. This is after the rapture when He comes with His saints at the end of the Great Tribulation to tread the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almight...

  Psalms 103:1-5 – “ “Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name!  Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”             One of the first questions an applicant will ask a prospective employer is “what are the benefits to the employee?”  Do you have insurance coverage?  What are the retirement benefits?  In the study of scripture you learn there are many benefits available to the believer through the grace of God.             The word “benefit” is defined as “something advantageous or good; an advantage.” [i]   Psalms 103:...