// Revival is a supernatural move of God where He awakens His people to a deeper love for Him, convicts hearts of sin, and brings spiritual renewal, repentance, and transformation.
>> 3 Marks of a Revived Church:
1) Deep
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for God and for each other.
2) True
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repentance.
3) Passion to
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>> 3 Schemes the Enemy Uses to Keep Churches Lukewarm:
1) A church whose
is strong, but has abandoned their
Revelation 2:1-4
“Write to the angel of the church in Ephesus: Thus says the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and who walks among the seven golden lampstands: I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil people. You have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you have found them to be liars. I know that you have persevered and endured hardships for the sake of my name, and you have not grown weary. But I have this against you: You have abandoned the love you had at first.”
“A church has no reason for being a church when she has no love within her heart, or when that love grows cold. Lose love, lose all.”
- Charles Spurgeon
Revelation 2:5
”Remember then how far you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first.”
Revelation 2:7
“Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.”
“The churches of the land are sprinkled all over with bald-headed old sinners whose hair has been worn off by the constant friction of countless sermons that have been aimed at them and glanced off and hit the man in the pew behind.”
- H.W. Beecher
2) A church that is spiritually aware but
Revelation 3:14-16
“Write to the angel of the church in Laodicea… I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit you out of my mouth.”
Revelation 3:17-20
“For you say, ‘I’m rich; I have become wealthy and need nothing,’ and you don’t realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. I advise you to buy from me gold refined in the fire so that you may be rich, white clothes so that you may be dressed and your shameful nakedness not be exposed, and ointment to spread on your eyes so that you may see. As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be zealous and repent. See! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.”
Revelation 3:22
“Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.”
3) A church that leaves their work
Revelation 3:1
“To the angel of the church in Sardis write…I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.”
Revelation 3:2-3
”Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent.”
Revelation 3:6
“Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
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