Roadblocks To Revival

SCRIPTIURAL REFERENCES

(2 Chronicles 7:14) "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 will forgive their sin and heal their land."

(Psalm 85:6) “Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?”

(Isaiah 64:1-2) (1) "Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence," (2) "As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!"

(Isaiah 57:15) " For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones."

(Isaiah 44:3) "For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:"

(Psalms 51:10) "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me."

(Joel 2:28) "And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions."

(Psalms 34:18) "The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit.”

PREFACE SUMMARY

The purpose for this message is to share some truth and insight to the body of Christ concerning the lax condition found in some churches today where people want a religion they can control and rarely question what may be preached from their pulpits but what can you expect from people who are always in a hurry to go nowhere?

Did you know that in many churches today, pastors are feeling tired from all the pressure they face and it is not good when people have to be begged to attend church not realizing that without the fellowship of other believers, their spirt man will become weak?

All one need do is show up early before a church meeting and observe the attitude of the ones that are gathered for what is supposed to be worship but beloved, some have turned prayer meetings into a chance to spread church gossip and there is no regard for the lost souls looking for a reason to live.

Did you know that some churches today tend to resemble a social gathering catching up on the latest trends, and dear reader, this is the breeding ground for the start of apostasy in the church today. Do you not recognize that scripture being fulfilled right before our very eyes, and do you not agree that we are definitely living in the Laodicean church age as spoken of in the book of Revelation the third chapter?

(Revelation 3:14-16) (14) "And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;" (15) "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot." (16) "So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth."

We need to come back to our first love and remember what it was like when we first believed, awaken from our sleep and come back to God and pray that he will visit us with his Holiness and power.

The bottom line to this message concerning the roadblocks to revival is the fact that we need revival which is God's proven method of awakening his church, and beloved, revival is not all about preaching or even reaching the lost as much as it is to revive or resuscitate something that is dying.

Beloved, it is time to come out of our comfort zone and seek the Lord with all our heart asking God to send his cleansing fire to strip away the worked-up flesh that some call manifestations of the Spirit, yes beloved, we need to seek God for a spiritual house cleaning that will get rid of the unconfessed sin and ungodliness in Christian leaders.

Saints, God has a plan to rescue as many as possible from Satan's camp and gather together unto Himself a people that He would call His family, and did you know that God foreknew who would choose His plan and He also knew that the majority would reject it and be lost forever?

Dear reader, did you know that our accepting Jesus is the first step in God's plan of redemption that was predestined for us before the foundation of the world?