Sermon Notes
Revival
2 Chronicles 7:13-14
“When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people,…if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
If something wasn’t working right, it’s because someone wasn’t acting right.
If my people . . .
Then . . .
We come to God (pray) with a mindset of obediently choosing to let go of the past (known) in order to allow Him to do something new and better (unknown) in the future.
Luke 22:39-42
Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.” He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”
“This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
For yours is the kingdom, and. the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.'
The sad irony of our day is we can be deeply committed to being a Christian but not be deeply formed by Christ.
- Rich Villodas
“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.'
For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen."