SundaySermon - George - Lord do it again! Do it again through me

 Lord, do it again! Do it again through me

Passage: Spirit of God fall afresh on us. Ezekiel 37

  • Revival directly depends on our readiness to willing joyfully and faithfully bear the cross that the Lord has laid on our paths
  • This is where the Lord draws us close to Himself
  • Revival is the key for victory in spiritual warefare
  • Revival is not about us. Revival is a divine initiative of God and a work of God.

"God was planning to move and I happen to be there" CS Spurgeon

The central question that Ezekiel 37 pivtos on us: "Son of Man can these bones live?" What did the prophet answer? He did not say, of course by faith it is possible

The prophet's answer was not presumptuous, but: "O Lord God, You know" What was he saying "Lord, if you declare they will live, they will live. If you say they will not live, they will not live"

You are sovereign over all!

God revealed these Three dimensions of Revival

  1. Revival is God's work
  2. Revival happens in God way
  3. Revival accomplishes God's will.

Revival is God's work

Revival does not have to be limited to the community or the church alone; it can only be experienced as a personal revival.

3 steps of working in faith - The PDA Principle

  • P - Persona Revival
  • D - Divine Appointment
  • A - Active Obedience

There are two important verbs in verse 5 - "I will" and "You shall". Revival is a divine initiative of God ("I will"). We cannot engineer revival. We can only respond in faith to the primises of god. ("You shall")

Revival doesn't start with praying for the church, the nation or the world to be revived. - It starts with us! It starts with spiritual hunger, a spiritual thirst, a heart on fire, for a God.

Revival happens in God's way

God always has a certain way of doing things. What did God tell the prophet?

"Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord" (Ezekiel 37:4)

And then he says " Prophesy to the breath" (Ezekiel 37:9)

But wait. When Ezekiel obeyed and first prophesied to the bones, there were two surprises.

The first surprise: The dry bones came together

Ezekiel 37:7-8 states "And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold a rattling and the bones came together, bone to its bone. And I looked, and behold there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had occurred to them"

The second surprise: But there was no breath in them Ezekiel 37:8

The power is in the Word and the Spirit! The preaching and the praying

I believe that Surgeon was right in claiming that "prophesy to the bones" is preaching the Word and "prophesy to the breath" is praying for the Spirit of the Lord to fall afresh upon us.

Revival accomplishes God's will

There arose an exceedingly great army - is not the end of the story

"For when the exceedingly great army of the Lord arose, then the Lord said: Son of man, take a stick and write on on it For Judah and the people of Israel associated with him; then take another stick and write on it. For Joseph (The stick of Ephraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him. And join them one to another into one stick and make them one stick, that they may be one in My hand" (Ezekiel 37:15-17, 19)

"Take two sticks and join them in one. Let them not be division" let them become one in the purpose unto the hand of God. Let them be united.

True revival has a unifying effect! But wait. United for what?

We are revived so that we can be missional unto the nations. That's the will of God

The Billy Graham Story: 

About 80 years ago Prof Edwin Orr took a group of Wheaton students to England to visit some of the religious sites of significance. They came to the house of John Wesley in Lincolnshire.

John Welsey prayed "Lord do it again. Do it again, Lord. Do it again through me". The student knelt where John Wesley prayed and prayed this same prayer.... The student was Billy Graham!

Can we pray this prayer today? Lord do it again! Do it again through me

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