-Pastor David Oyedepo Jr
*Receive grace to be fervent in prayer for revival.
Would you lift your hands and your voice unto the Lord this morning and give thanks unto Him and bless His name. Do it from the depth of your heart this morning. Give Him the glory that is due unto Him. Bless the name of the Most High God, He’s worthy of all praise and He’s worthy of all the glory.
Thank Him from the depth of your heart, give Him the praise that is due unto His name. Appreciate Him and celebrate Him. Lord we have come to thank You. These are Your doings, they’re marvelous in our eyes. Appreciation to God is application for more. As you’re thanking Him He’s adding more testimonies in our midst and particularly to your life. Give Him the glory. Will you celebrate Him.
Thank Him also for the answers He has given to your prayers, that you have not prayed in vain, neither have you prayed into storage but that God has heard you and has answered your prayers. Thank Him for answering Your supplications, for answering your intercessions. Father we have come to say thank You. We bless Your holy name.
Now begin to ask Him to speak to you this morning. I’ve come here to hear from You. Speak to me today by Your Word. I’ve come here Lord to be visited by You. Blessed be Your holy name in Jesus precious name we have given thanks.
Our Father we have come before You this morning to give You the praise and the glory. Thank You for these testimonies that we have heard. They’re Your doings and they’re marvelous in our eyes. For it we give You all the praise. Now Lord our eyes are upon You today asking that You’ll speak to us again and by Your Word let everyone be changed and transformed. We give You all the praise in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
Our line of exhortation this week has been
WHAT IS A REVIVAL
This subject is particularly important in this season because another midst of the year is here. That means it’s a season of revival, an hour of visitation that God has packaged for His people.
Habakkuk 3:2
So God makes it very clear that He has a program of visitation for the revival of His work in the midst of the year. The midst of the year represents the month of June and July with five months on each side of the divide. That means here we are in the month of June, we have entered into the midst of the year.
– It shall be a season of revival for you in the name of Jesus.
It is important that we begin to explore what a revival really is. Understanding what it is will help us to position in taking advantage of what it has to offer.
So what is a revival?
We’re going to take two descriptions this morning.
1- It is when the hearts of men begin to seek after God in genuine repentance.
Jonah 3:5-8
A revival usually is a season which the hearts of men begin to seek after God in genuine repentance.
Hosea 14:2
There is a point where a man becomes aware of the need to turn in genuine repentance unto God. That is a revival.
Isaiah 66:2
It is when you see people walking practically in the fear of God and as a result of that they operate with a repentant heart.
A man that is unrepentant is unrevived. Every revived man is cheaply repentant before God. You will see them continuously turn unto God.
When a man is revived everything that is the position of God becomes the desire of that life. They become aligned with the will of God and whatever it is that is contrary to it, they’re quick to repent before God.
Shout hallelujah.
Revival is when the hearts of men become tender in the pursuit of God and as result of that become cheaply repentant before God.
2nd Corinthians 7:10
– My prayer for each one of us is that from this season onward our hearts will remain tender towards God and as a result of that wherever anyone of us may have missed it, the grace to continue to align with Him and turn from that way in order to see God, may that grace become our portion.
2- It is when every home becomes a Church. That is a house fellowship center, that’s when the revival is on.
Acts 5:42
A revival makes men attracted to God so they want God around them all the time. When you find a person who is trying to protect himself from God, who is trying to defend his territory from God, is an unrevived
life. A person who is revived is continuously seeking association with God.
Going to Church is not enough for them, they want Church also with them. They want it in their houses. You see their hearts panting to see it take place. A revival is when you see people having the Church of God in their houses.
Not only going to the temple but also house to house.
Shout hallelujah.
Acts 2:46-47
People began to gather house to house. It was not enough to wait till the Sabbath day to go to the temple, daily and from house to house. That was the story of the early Church. A group of revived men and women.
When you see a revived person, they’re not waiting for someone to come and meet them. They’re the ones going to meet people. They want to see God’s presence tabernacled with them.
Shout hallelujah.
Romans 16:5
Everywhere that you see a man that is truly on fire for God, a woman that is truly ablaze for God, you will see somebody that wants to be tabernacled with God.
Shout hallelujah.
– I see each one of us receiving that grace in the name of Jesus Christ.
What must we do therefore?
We must continue to pray for a fresh baptism of the zeal of the Lord for every Winner and for deeper revelation of the Word among our pastors.
Psalms 9:9
That should be the life of every Winner, consumed by Zeal. Enraptured by the zeal of the Lord. Ignited by the zeal of the Lord.
Romans 12:11
We must keep praying for the zeal to be revived. We live in a world that is continuously trying to douse our fire and that’s why we must keep praying and asking for the zeal of the Lord to consume every Winner, to keep us ablaze for Him.
Shout hallelujah.
– Your fire will never go out.
– In this season your fire will be burning hotter than ever.
Have you not noticed that when it comes to zeal people will rather question it rather than facilitate it. What is it that you’re continuously going to Church everyday? Are you the only one? Why must you be praying all the time. They want to question your zeal. They don’t mind if you sit down doing nothing, watching television or just gisting in front of the compound the entire day. But that you’re pursuing after God is a problem. There are too many things trying to compete with your zeal for the Lord that’s why
you must keep praying.
Lord keep our fire burning, keep my heart ablaze, keep me fervent in the Spirit as I serve the Lord.
Shout hallelujah
I see grace coming on us for this in the name of Jesus Christ.
For deeper revelation of the Word among our pastors.
Let us continue to pray for a deeper revelation of God’s Word.
You and I must keep praying, let our pastors continue to flow in revelation.
Ephesians 6:18-20
We must continue to pray for our pastors so that God’s Word will continue to multiply.
Lord I receive grace to keep praying fervently so that our pastors will keep flowing in revelation. Right now take grace from God. The Spirit of prayer and supplication. Lord let Your zeal begin to burn in the heart of every Winner in the name of Jesus Christ and let revelation continue to flow. Let Your Word increase more and more in our midst like never before in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
– I see the spirit of grace and supplication beginning to find fresh expression in our lives. – – – Your prayer altar will begin to burn hotter and hotter in the name of Jesus Christ.
It is done in Jesus precious name.
Our Week of Emphasis begins today and continues till Friday. Give the Lord a big hand of praise.
This season of visitation will change your story supernaturally.
Speak to the day and make your declarations concerning the day. Whatever you declare God is sure to deliver. Therefore speak to the day right now. God is responding to every one of those declarations. Thank You mighty God in Jesus precious name we have given thanks.
Our Father in the name of Jesus we thank You because we know that this day will be a day of visitation.
– We decree this day blessed,
– We declare it open.
– All through the day let it be loaded with encounters.
– As you go today, go with God’s favour.
– May doors open unto you in the name of Jesus Christ. So shall it be in Jesus precious name.
