If My People

“If my people”

Prayer Revival

Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr.

OPENING: - First I want to thank God for placing the desire upon Elder Adrienne Carter to have this prayer revival and her obedience to His voice. Before we pray, I want to give what God has placed in my spirit for this awesome occasion.

2 Chronicles 7:14 says “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land”. Awesome scripture of revival. One of the most amazing elements of this verse is that it shows the consistency of the character of God. There is no great discrepancy between His character in the Old Testament and the New Testament. He remains the same. He is ready and willing to forgive, and now, Jesus Christ has paid the price for our sins. Hebrews 13:8 says, “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever”. Thank God for His consistency, man is inconsistent and unstable in all of his ways.

The first part of this verse is paramount “If my people, which are called by my name”. Let me establish this point quickly Who are His people? Matthew 7:21 says “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven”. His people are the ones that do His will, those who have been called according to His purpose, we who have been justified and live by faith we are his people, we are the called-out ones the ecclesia.

Matthew 13:25 says “But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way”.

For to long the church has been sleeping and it has become complacent and comfortable, trying to be pleasing to man instead of pleasing God. While it has been asleep the enemy has maneuvered its way into a position of influence and control in society and sadly in the church as well. Now the church finds itself sidelined and criticized unable to stand against the on-slaught of evil being launched in the world today.

We live in a generation where people no longer preach the gospel as they ought to, people are now being economical with the gospel of Christ. The worst is that some people are even perverting the gospel and using it to manipulate and extort people. We need a revival, people that will go to the highways, the hedges and compel people to come to Christ. People that will preach Christ and not church. People that will not be ashamed to tell others about Jesus Christ. We need a revival.

The enemy has embedded itself behind the thought patterns and views of the world in a way that is totally opposed to the Will and the Word of God. We see the borders of decency and morality being pushed out of shape and out of the way. Proverbs 22:28 says “Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set”.

These landmarks or boundaries are moved daily, Hollywood pushes them, Washington pushes them, Politicians pushes them, Social Media pushes them and as a result the moral compass of society is nearly non-existent.

There is a saying that goes “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”. Because the church has for to long stood by and done nothing evil is triumphantly growing.

We see it in life every day wrong is being called right and right is being called wrong, hatred is spewed from the mouth of so-called leadership, blatant disrespect for law and order is praised as long as it coincides with certain political agendas, Black lives don’t seem to matter at all, cops still are shooting and killing us at will and nothing is being done. Supremist groups are being praised and commended for plotting to kidnap a government official and instead of denouncing racism are told to standby and stand down. Homosexualism is out of control, more rights and provisions are being made for them than are being made to reunite over 500 children with their parents at the borders. Coronavirus is running rampant; people are dying at an alarming rate and there is no cure insight. In the words of Marvin Gaye “There’s far too many of us dying what’s going on”. In the face of increasing evil, descending morality, and the lack of spirituality in society, our land needs to be healed, it’s time for Revival.

God said the people, His people, the church must humble themselves. We must be willing to concede to His will. To humble yourself means to admit that you have done wrong that you have fallen short of what was expected and are submitting yourself to authority.