Nine Sure Signs That Scream, "I Need Revival!"
One of the first signs is…
Elusive money goals drive our life - Lu. 16:13;
13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
The love of money often opens us up to another sign, and we become…
Weighted down by objects of worldliness - 1 Jn 2:15-17
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
As these work on our lives we of experience the…
Presence of double-mindedness that bounces us around - Ja 4:8
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Since we become so tied up in our own affairs, we see a…
Lack of meaningful prayer is missing form our lives - 1 Th. 5:17
17 Pray without ceasing.
It seems selfishness just takes over and we find…
Thankfulness is not practiced or felt - 1 Th. 5:18
18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
As we become more and more absorbed with our lifestyle, the…
The Holy Spirit is ignored or displaced in our lives - 1 Th. 5:19
19 Quench not the Spirit.
A sure sign of the need for revival is when we become…
Indifferent to our call for corporate worship - Heb. 10:25
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another:
As we become less and less what God wants us to be we find that we simply…
Do not care about other people's feelings - Heb. 10:24
24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
And the ultimate result is we are left…
Without a burden for lost souls - Acts 20:31
31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
Gary Marcum - New Beginnings Church - 031002am