God is working beautifully through his word as presented by Justin Nash this week. I wouldn't dare try to recap his nuanced messages; but I will share my top ten takeaways so far: 1. Revival is a supernatural act of God. Our excellence cannot achieve it and our failures cannot thwart it. 2. Revival is a […]
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Premise Seeking revival is seeking God, who sought us in Jesus Christ. Seeking God includes seeking the welfare of the poor. Disregard for the poor indicates a heart dead to God. We’ll examine this with the same template we’ve been studying for weeks: humility, prayer, and repentance/seeking God (drawn from 2 Chronicles 7:14). Humility and the PoorIn
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A big THANK YOU to the Crisis Assistance Ministry team that came out for the discussion last night: CEO Carol Hardison, Director of Financial and Housing Stability Services Men Tchaas Ari, Chief Advancement Officer Michelle Hamilton, and the wonderful Laura Thompson, Development Specialist. They were great. The more I get to know the C.A. team,
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Worship.mp3 Listen on Posterous Seeking RevivalOur church has been seeking revival by attempting to align with 2 Chronicles 7:14. We’re pursuing humility, prayer, and repentance. Along the way it has become clear that seeking revival is actually seeking God. Seeking GodThe phrase seek my face in 2 Chronicles 7:14 means pretty much what you’d expect:
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Repentance.mp3 Listen on Posterous Click here for more on seeking revival. Repentance leads to revival2 Chronicles 7:14 shows that God revives those who turn from their wicked ways. In Acts 3:19-20, Peter tells the crowd of religious people to repent so their sins may be blotted out and times of refreshing may come. What does repentance
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Click here for more on Seeking Revival . Prayer is connected to humilityLast week we looked at humility. This week's look at prayer will overlap because prayer is part of the process of humbling oneself. 1 Peter 5:6-7 says Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time
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