1 00:00:29,859 --> 00:00:30,819 Powers of blessings. 2 00:00:31,139 --> 00:00:33,379 Have you ever had it rain? 3 00:00:33,379 --> 00:00:36,899 And it was raining in the front yard and sunny in the backyard. 4 00:00:37,859 --> 00:00:39,619 Yeah, I've seen that, too. 5 00:00:40,179 --> 00:00:42,339 And here's something to really date me. 6 00:00:42,339 --> 00:00:45,699 My granddad, when it would come a hard rain, he'd say, man, 7 00:00:45,939 --> 00:00:47,779 that's a frog strangler. 8 00:00:49,219 --> 00:00:51,059 You ever heard the frog strangler? 9 00:00:51,059 --> 00:00:52,739 That's kind of a funny one, isn't it? 10 00:00:53,219 --> 00:00:54,899 Frogs running for their life. 11 00:00:55,629 --> 00:00:58,069 But it says, mercy drops around us are falling. 12 00:00:58,069 --> 00:01:01,829 We had a few drops today, but most of us have been hoping and praying 13 00:01:01,829 --> 00:01:04,189 for real, real good rain. 14 00:01:04,749 --> 00:01:06,829 And God's in control of that. 15 00:01:07,389 --> 00:01:12,189 But for revival, we're using that kind of that illustration. 16 00:01:12,269 --> 00:01:16,989 And so, Lord, don't just give us a few mercy drops, but showers, 17 00:01:17,629 --> 00:01:18,989 showers of blessings. 18 00:01:19,549 --> 00:01:22,309 And so I hope that you've already been praying about that. 19 00:01:22,309 --> 00:01:27,419 Take your Bible and turn to the Book of Psalm, chapter 126. 20 00:01:29,499 --> 00:01:33,019 The book of Psalm, chapter 126. 21 00:01:34,059 --> 00:01:38,539 And most of you will recognize the last two verses, but we're going 22 00:01:38,539 --> 00:01:39,499 to read the whole chapter. 23 00:01:40,219 --> 00:01:45,459 But a lot of people use those two verses to promote soul winning, 24 00:01:45,459 --> 00:01:46,939 and there's nothing wrong with that. 25 00:01:47,579 --> 00:01:51,019 The Bible has lots of different applications, and it applies, 26 00:01:51,259 --> 00:01:53,579 I think, very well with soul winning. 27 00:01:53,969 --> 00:01:58,409 But as we're gonna see in this chapter, really, the context of this 28 00:01:58,409 --> 00:01:59,969 verse is revival. 29 00:02:00,449 --> 00:02:01,809 That's really what it's talking about. 30 00:02:01,809 --> 00:02:03,809 I'll show you in just a moment. 31 00:02:03,969 --> 00:02:08,049 Okay, so when we read this, I want you to think about revival. 32 00:02:08,289 --> 00:02:08,929 Okay? 33 00:02:09,169 --> 00:02:11,089 Psalm 126, verse 1. 34 00:02:11,889 --> 00:02:16,289 When the Lord turned again, the captivity of Zion. 35 00:02:16,289 --> 00:02:19,759 If you remember much about the history of Israel, boy, they were 36 00:02:19,759 --> 00:02:21,559 in and out of captivity, weren't they? 37 00:02:22,039 --> 00:02:24,639 And most of the time, it was God chasing them. 38 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:25,639 God was spanking them. 39 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:30,919 He'd let them become captive until they learned to trust God and 40 00:02:30,999 --> 00:02:31,919 do the right thing. 41 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:33,559 And there was all kinds of problems. 42 00:02:34,119 --> 00:02:35,719 You think you got problems? 43 00:02:35,799 --> 00:02:39,559 God has more problems than all of us, and I'm talking about his 44 00:02:39,559 --> 00:02:39,919 feelings. 45 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:41,879 There's no problem that God can't solve. 46 00:02:42,359 --> 00:02:45,879 And God never panics and God never gets tired. 47 00:02:46,839 --> 00:02:49,719 But there's captivity after captivity. 48 00:02:49,879 --> 00:02:52,159 They'd start crying, oh, God, we're in a mess. 49 00:02:52,159 --> 00:02:52,639 Help us. 50 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,599 And God would help them, and they would praise the Lord. 51 00:02:55,599 --> 00:02:56,759 And it wasn't very long. 52 00:02:57,479 --> 00:03:01,239 They'd start pouting again and murmuring and complaining. 53 00:03:02,198 --> 00:03:05,799 And pretty soon then they would start becoming worldly. 54 00:03:05,799 --> 00:03:08,599 They started to want the things that the Unchristians had, 55 00:03:08,599 --> 00:03:12,039 and they wanted to be like them and dress like them and live 56 00:03:12,039 --> 00:03:14,039 like them and so they went through that and. 57 00:03:14,499 --> 00:03:16,579 And then they went to idolatry. 58 00:03:16,579 --> 00:03:18,579 Then they started worshiping their gods. 59 00:03:18,899 --> 00:03:21,539 And pretty soon God would warn them. 60 00:03:21,539 --> 00:03:24,659 He'd send the prophets and warn them, you better turn. 61 00:03:24,659 --> 00:03:27,379 You better get back, or you're gonna be sorry. 62 00:03:27,859 --> 00:03:30,179 And their hearts got hard. 63 00:03:30,899 --> 00:03:32,339 And finally God had to do. 64 00:03:32,339 --> 00:03:34,819 The only thing they understood was problems. 65 00:03:35,219 --> 00:03:37,859 Not all of our problems come because we're doing wrong. 66 00:03:37,859 --> 00:03:40,099 Sometimes we have problems when we're doing right. 67 00:03:41,199 --> 00:03:41,679 Amen. 68 00:03:42,239 --> 00:03:46,479 Paul said, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 69 00:03:46,879 --> 00:03:51,079 And so we can't say, like Job's friends did, that boy, Job, 70 00:03:51,079 --> 00:03:52,079 reason you're in trouble. 71 00:03:52,079 --> 00:03:54,319 Cause you must have really sinned really bad. 72 00:03:54,799 --> 00:03:59,039 Well, he hadn't sinned really bad, but he was being tested. 73 00:03:59,679 --> 00:04:02,959 But most of the problems, though, that the children of Israel 74 00:04:02,959 --> 00:04:06,239 had was the result of God chastening them. 75 00:04:06,839 --> 00:04:08,679 And whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth. 76 00:04:08,679 --> 00:04:09,639 He loved them still. 77 00:04:09,639 --> 00:04:10,439 But it hurt. 78 00:04:10,599 --> 00:04:14,639 It hurt God's heart to see them not believe him. 79 00:04:14,639 --> 00:04:15,759 They didn't want to trust him. 80 00:04:15,759 --> 00:04:19,399 They was living on their feeling rather than by faith. 81 00:04:19,879 --> 00:04:23,719 It's hard sometimes to let your feelings go, isn't it? 82 00:04:23,959 --> 00:04:28,359 Our feelings are strong, and sometimes we feel certain ways. 83 00:04:28,359 --> 00:04:30,599 And it may not be God's ways. 84 00:04:31,079 --> 00:04:32,359 And I have to pray that. 85 00:04:32,359 --> 00:04:33,559 I'm sure you do, too. 86 00:04:34,339 --> 00:04:35,139 Lord, help me to. 87 00:04:35,299 --> 00:04:38,699 Whether I feel like it's right or not, Lord, help me to go with 88 00:04:38,699 --> 00:04:41,619 the book and trust you and do what's right. 89 00:04:42,259 --> 00:04:46,899 And the young people used to sing the song, I've decided to follow 90 00:04:46,899 --> 00:04:47,539 Jesus. 91 00:04:48,019 --> 00:04:51,699 Though no one joined me, Still I will follow. 92 00:04:52,499 --> 00:04:55,939 And God's people who really followed God and really followed 93 00:04:55,939 --> 00:04:58,339 Christ has always been a minority. 94 00:04:58,339 --> 00:04:59,699 It's never been a majority. 95 00:05:00,399 --> 00:05:04,639 So don't feel like you're all alone, because that's just a fact 96 00:05:04,639 --> 00:05:05,079 of life. 97 00:05:05,079 --> 00:05:06,519 And the Bible tells us that. 98 00:05:06,519 --> 00:05:08,799 Did you know the Bible? 99 00:05:08,959 --> 00:05:11,679 Jesus said this in the last days. 100 00:05:12,399 --> 00:05:13,599 Jesus said this. 101 00:05:13,919 --> 00:05:18,559 He said, when the Son of Man cometh, will he find faith on the 102 00:05:18,559 --> 00:05:18,959 earth? 103 00:05:20,639 --> 00:05:22,559 What he was saying is, will he? 104 00:05:22,559 --> 00:05:26,429 He was saying, it's gonna be scarce to find people that have kept 105 00:05:26,429 --> 00:05:30,749 the faith because the tribulation and all the problems 106 00:05:30,749 --> 00:05:32,629 and the things we're seeing in the world today. 107 00:05:32,869 --> 00:05:35,949 And a lot of Christians aren't gonna be able to handle it because 108 00:05:35,949 --> 00:05:37,269 they've never been grounded. 109 00:05:37,269 --> 00:05:39,749 They don't know what they believe or why they believe it. 110 00:05:40,069 --> 00:05:44,149 And so they live in fear instead of living by faith. 111 00:05:44,789 --> 00:05:47,269 Faith cometh by hearing, hearing by the word of God. 112 00:05:47,829 --> 00:05:49,989 And we don't really have to Pray for more faith. 113 00:05:49,989 --> 00:05:52,669 Just get more of the Bible in your heart and in your head and in 114 00:05:52,669 --> 00:05:55,409 your life, and your faith will grow. 115 00:05:56,049 --> 00:05:58,209 Well, I'm getting way off the subject. 116 00:05:59,409 --> 00:06:00,009 Turn again. 117 00:06:00,009 --> 00:06:04,369 Our captivity, the captivity of Zion. 118 00:06:05,729 --> 00:06:07,009 When the Lord turned. 119 00:06:07,089 --> 00:06:08,449 They're talking about the past. 120 00:06:08,529 --> 00:06:11,249 When the Lord turned again. 121 00:06:11,249 --> 00:06:12,209 The captivity. 122 00:06:12,289 --> 00:06:13,489 We were like them. 123 00:06:13,489 --> 00:06:14,449 That dream. 124 00:06:17,649 --> 00:06:18,929 You get the picture here? 125 00:06:21,079 --> 00:06:22,439 Not nightmare, dream. 126 00:06:22,999 --> 00:06:24,919 It was like a dream come true. 127 00:06:25,079 --> 00:06:27,079 It was like living the dream. 128 00:06:27,559 --> 00:06:31,919 When you're right with God and none of us are perfect till we get 129 00:06:31,919 --> 00:06:32,519 to heaven. 130 00:06:32,919 --> 00:06:36,399 But if you can say, I'm not hiding sin in my life, Lord, I want 131 00:06:36,399 --> 00:06:39,399 to do right and think right and be right. 132 00:06:40,359 --> 00:06:44,159 When we do that, we can live the dream even when everybody else 133 00:06:44,159 --> 00:06:45,879 is living the nightmare. 134 00:06:46,519 --> 00:06:47,799 We can still prosper. 135 00:06:47,959 --> 00:06:50,759 When the world's going down, we can go up. 136 00:06:51,479 --> 00:06:55,959 And God said, I'm gonna take care of you, and I love you, and 137 00:06:55,959 --> 00:06:59,079 I bought you with the blood of my own son, and you're my pride and 138 00:06:59,079 --> 00:06:59,439 joy. 139 00:06:59,439 --> 00:07:00,679 That's what God says. 140 00:07:01,958 --> 00:07:03,359 God thought you were to die for. 141 00:07:03,359 --> 00:07:03,839 Amen. 142 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:07,479 Whether anybody else thinks how they think about you, God says, 143 00:07:08,759 --> 00:07:11,559 I got my eye on you because I've invested in you. 144 00:07:12,009 --> 00:07:13,369 That's what it means to be saved. 145 00:07:13,929 --> 00:07:16,409 It means to become one of the children of God. 146 00:07:16,569 --> 00:07:17,209 Okay? 147 00:07:17,449 --> 00:07:20,009 A lot of people say, well, isn't everybody the children of God? 148 00:07:20,009 --> 00:07:20,329 No. 149 00:07:21,289 --> 00:07:24,729 Jesus said to the Pharisees, ye are of your father the devil. 150 00:07:27,129 --> 00:07:27,689 Ye there. 151 00:07:27,689 --> 00:07:30,249 The saints or the ain't, that's the only two there is. 152 00:07:30,249 --> 00:07:30,889 Amen. 153 00:07:31,369 --> 00:07:34,249 And so he says, we were like. 154 00:07:34,729 --> 00:07:36,009 This is past tense. 155 00:07:36,009 --> 00:07:37,889 When the Lord turned past tense. 156 00:07:37,889 --> 00:07:43,439 When we were past tense, then past tense, was our mouth filled 157 00:07:43,439 --> 00:07:44,279 with laughter. 158 00:07:44,599 --> 00:07:47,759 Did you know the word laughter is only found seven times in the 159 00:07:47,759 --> 00:07:48,119 Bible? 160 00:07:48,919 --> 00:07:53,199 But, you know, there's a lot of crying in the Bible, a lot of 161 00:07:53,199 --> 00:07:54,279 sorrow in the Bible. 162 00:07:54,679 --> 00:07:57,359 God laughs and we can laugh. 163 00:07:57,359 --> 00:08:01,039 And one day our laughter is gonna be the laughter of joy and 164 00:08:01,039 --> 00:08:02,279 praise forever and ever. 165 00:08:02,359 --> 00:08:03,999 We like to laugh, don't we? 166 00:08:03,999 --> 00:08:05,639 I mean, that feels good to laugh. 167 00:08:06,419 --> 00:08:06,899 It does. 168 00:08:08,339 --> 00:08:13,259 But he said, the way it was before, you see, if you can't remember 169 00:08:13,259 --> 00:08:15,059 how it was when you were. 170 00:08:16,099 --> 00:08:20,099 When you felt like, what a joy, what a thrill, what a peace, 171 00:08:20,099 --> 00:08:21,779 what a contentment, what a life. 172 00:08:23,379 --> 00:08:26,779 If you don't have that now, if you were happier somewhere back then, 173 00:08:26,779 --> 00:08:29,379 then that's a sign that you need revival. 174 00:08:30,899 --> 00:08:31,539 Okay? 175 00:08:32,209 --> 00:08:35,329 I've never heard anybody stand up and say, preacher, I don't need 176 00:08:35,329 --> 00:08:35,809 revival. 177 00:08:38,209 --> 00:08:42,409 I think we all probably would like to have more revival in our 178 00:08:42,409 --> 00:08:42,689 life. 179 00:08:43,249 --> 00:08:45,409 But when's the last time you just laughed? 180 00:08:45,409 --> 00:08:49,249 Not at a joke, but just laughed out loud at the goodness 181 00:08:49,249 --> 00:08:49,809 of God? 182 00:08:51,409 --> 00:08:53,009 Some of you may have never done that. 183 00:08:55,329 --> 00:08:58,529 Just go outside by yourself so that it won't think you're crazy 184 00:08:59,769 --> 00:09:03,529 and just laugh and say, oh, God, hallelujah. 185 00:09:04,009 --> 00:09:07,009 I got problems, but there's a lot of things that I don't have. 186 00:09:07,009 --> 00:09:11,169 And I have God, and I have the future, and I have heaven, and I 187 00:09:11,169 --> 00:09:12,409 have all these things. 188 00:09:13,609 --> 00:09:16,489 The devil hates it when Christians have that kind of laughter. 189 00:09:16,889 --> 00:09:20,809 Then was our mouth filled with laughter and our tongues with singing. 190 00:09:23,369 --> 00:09:28,919 Then said, they, among the heathen, the unsaved, the Lord hath 191 00:09:28,919 --> 00:09:30,399 done great things for them. 192 00:09:30,959 --> 00:09:34,559 The world was looking at the Christians saying, man, I wish I 193 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:35,599 could be that happy. 194 00:09:38,079 --> 00:09:41,639 A lot of people look at Christians and say, I don't want 195 00:09:41,639 --> 00:09:42,479 to be one of them. 196 00:09:43,199 --> 00:09:44,999 They look so unhappy. 197 00:09:44,999 --> 00:09:46,079 They look so sad. 198 00:09:46,079 --> 00:09:49,759 They always get upset, and they're always this and that, complaining 199 00:09:49,759 --> 00:09:50,559 and murmuring. 200 00:09:54,249 --> 00:09:57,929 Our testimony, we represent Jesus Christ. 201 00:09:58,009 --> 00:10:00,929 We want to convince other people they need what we have. 202 00:10:00,929 --> 00:10:02,009 They need Jesus. 203 00:10:02,489 --> 00:10:06,169 But if sometimes Christians look more miserable than unchristians, 204 00:10:07,129 --> 00:10:08,409 I mean, let's be honest. 205 00:10:10,969 --> 00:10:16,089 But he said, when God turned the captivity, they were set free. 206 00:10:16,089 --> 00:10:19,409 They were laughing and they were singing, and the unsaved people 207 00:10:19,409 --> 00:10:22,859 would go, wow, God has done great things for them. 208 00:10:25,259 --> 00:10:29,619 Why don't you make that part of your prayer, that this revival 209 00:10:29,619 --> 00:10:34,659 that comes, that the people who hear about it will go, man, I 210 00:10:34,659 --> 00:10:35,739 wonder what happened over there. 211 00:10:35,739 --> 00:10:39,499 Those people are different now after what all they've been through, 212 00:10:39,819 --> 00:10:43,179 and they're still rejoicing and laughing and counting their blessings 213 00:10:43,179 --> 00:10:44,139 and going to church. 214 00:10:45,819 --> 00:10:50,169 It'd be a good prayer, Lord, let other people see a difference 215 00:10:50,489 --> 00:10:51,449 in our life. 216 00:10:52,249 --> 00:10:54,169 The Lord hath done great things for them. 217 00:10:54,169 --> 00:10:56,729 And then verse three, they said, and the Lord hath done great 218 00:10:56,729 --> 00:11:00,649 things for us, whereof we are glad. 219 00:11:00,809 --> 00:11:04,369 Now we get to verse four, because they're in captivity when 220 00:11:04,369 --> 00:11:05,049 this is written. 221 00:11:05,049 --> 00:11:09,569 So now they're saying, turn again, do it again, Lord. 222 00:11:09,569 --> 00:11:11,889 Send a revival like we had back then. 223 00:11:11,889 --> 00:11:16,979 And maybe you can remember a time when, of all the. 224 00:11:16,979 --> 00:11:18,899 You've been to lots of revival meetings. 225 00:11:18,899 --> 00:11:20,819 That doesn't always mean we have revival. 226 00:11:22,019 --> 00:11:25,059 I mean, we can have good meetings and enjoy good preaching 227 00:11:25,059 --> 00:11:27,859 and singing and fellowshipping and all that. 228 00:11:27,939 --> 00:11:29,619 But revival means change. 229 00:11:30,899 --> 00:11:33,779 It means we go into revival and we come out different. 230 00:11:35,459 --> 00:11:36,019 Mm. 231 00:11:37,139 --> 00:11:41,229 Anything you'd like God to change in your life, or do you want 232 00:11:41,229 --> 00:11:42,309 to just stay the same? 233 00:11:43,429 --> 00:11:49,029 Lord, turn again our captivity as the streams in the south Refreshing 234 00:11:49,349 --> 00:11:49,789 rain. 235 00:11:49,789 --> 00:11:50,629 Let it rain. 236 00:11:51,989 --> 00:11:57,029 And then verse five, they that sow in tears, a broken and contrite 237 00:11:57,029 --> 00:12:02,029 heart, O Lord, thou will not despise they that sow in tears. 238 00:12:02,029 --> 00:12:06,109 When's the last time you shed tears about something that really 239 00:12:06,109 --> 00:12:07,189 mattered in eternity? 240 00:12:07,579 --> 00:12:09,339 When's the last time you shed tear over. 241 00:12:09,499 --> 00:12:12,379 Oh, God, we need revival so much, and you start crying. 242 00:12:12,699 --> 00:12:14,379 I need revival so much. 243 00:12:16,059 --> 00:12:21,259 When's the last time you wept over somebody that was lost and dying 244 00:12:21,259 --> 00:12:25,179 quickly and they weren't saved and they might be going into hell? 245 00:12:25,979 --> 00:12:29,259 When's the last time that upset you enough that you cried? 246 00:12:29,419 --> 00:12:30,699 I don't cry easy. 247 00:12:31,019 --> 00:12:32,779 And you could cry on the inside. 248 00:12:33,179 --> 00:12:36,849 I know it's not all about comparing your tears with somebody 249 00:12:36,849 --> 00:12:37,449 else's tears. 250 00:12:37,449 --> 00:12:38,489 God knows your heart. 251 00:12:38,809 --> 00:12:40,809 I'm just asking you to think about it. 252 00:12:41,049 --> 00:12:46,929 When's the last time it says, they that sow in tears plant, live 253 00:12:46,929 --> 00:12:50,089 their life, sow in tears, shall reap in joy. 254 00:12:50,329 --> 00:12:52,489 He that goeth forth and weepeth. 255 00:12:52,489 --> 00:12:53,009 There it is. 256 00:12:53,009 --> 00:12:59,529 Twice the Bible tells us in Psalm 56 that God even keeps a book 257 00:12:59,529 --> 00:13:00,329 of our tears. 258 00:13:01,039 --> 00:13:03,919 Did you know that's in Psalm chapter 56? 259 00:13:05,119 --> 00:13:06,959 It says, Are they not in thy book? 260 00:13:07,839 --> 00:13:09,919 That's a very interesting chapter to me. 261 00:13:09,919 --> 00:13:14,639 A very interesting verse that this infinite God who knows every 262 00:13:14,639 --> 00:13:17,999 leaf that falls, every bird that falls the hairs of our head, 263 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:20,079 it's so amazing to me. 264 00:13:22,079 --> 00:13:26,799 Put thou my tears in a bottle, he said, are they not written in 265 00:13:26,799 --> 00:13:27,439 thy book? 266 00:13:28,919 --> 00:13:29,239 Wow. 267 00:13:29,799 --> 00:13:34,519 Our little pea brains cannot understand the infinity of God. 268 00:13:34,919 --> 00:13:36,199 Infinity of God. 269 00:13:36,999 --> 00:13:39,079 Nothing happens that he doesn't see. 270 00:13:40,039 --> 00:13:44,559 If I think about that very long gives me a headache, but also 271 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:45,199 a heartache. 272 00:13:45,199 --> 00:13:48,039 Makes me glad to know that nothing's hidden from God. 273 00:13:49,399 --> 00:13:54,479 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, that's 274 00:13:54,479 --> 00:13:59,839 the word of God, shall doubtless, without a doubt, come 275 00:13:59,839 --> 00:14:07,519 again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. 276 00:14:08,079 --> 00:14:12,839 You see, in Bible days, for bread, they had wheat and they would 277 00:14:12,839 --> 00:14:13,159 go out. 278 00:14:13,159 --> 00:14:16,199 I mean, they just couldn't go buy bottled water. 279 00:14:16,199 --> 00:14:20,239 They had to dig wells, and they couldn't go to Walmart and buy 280 00:14:20,239 --> 00:14:21,119 a loaf of bread. 281 00:14:22,449 --> 00:14:26,769 And so the sheaves, the wheat was very important, and it depended 282 00:14:27,329 --> 00:14:30,129 on the rain and depended on God blessing them. 283 00:14:30,929 --> 00:14:33,169 And revival's a lot like that. 284 00:14:33,729 --> 00:14:35,409 We can't work up revival. 285 00:14:36,529 --> 00:14:39,089 God has to come down and stir us up. 286 00:14:39,809 --> 00:14:42,809 But it says we'll have the sheaves. 287 00:14:42,809 --> 00:14:43,449 Can you picture that? 288 00:14:43,449 --> 00:14:46,489 Wouldn't that be a pretty painting of God's? 289 00:14:46,489 --> 00:14:49,569 People in a church just had revival and they're all holding sheaves 290 00:14:49,569 --> 00:14:49,969 in their. 291 00:14:50,629 --> 00:14:55,749 In their arms with a big joy on their face and unity and singing 292 00:14:55,749 --> 00:14:56,869 and praising God. 293 00:14:56,869 --> 00:14:59,749 And nobody's mad and nobody's upset. 294 00:15:00,389 --> 00:15:02,629 Nobody's ready to fight. 295 00:15:03,189 --> 00:15:04,949 There's just the joy of the Lord. 296 00:15:05,749 --> 00:15:08,309 Nehemiah says, joy of the Lord is our strength. 297 00:15:08,789 --> 00:15:10,789 He said, oh, if it could just be that way. 298 00:15:11,109 --> 00:15:12,469 Well, pray about it. 299 00:15:13,509 --> 00:15:17,959 If my people remember that last Sunday night, God already made 300 00:15:17,959 --> 00:15:21,439 a commitment, he said, you don't have to pray if I'll do it. 301 00:15:22,719 --> 00:15:23,759 He said, I will. 302 00:15:24,719 --> 00:15:28,599 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves 303 00:15:28,599 --> 00:15:33,319 and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked way, then 304 00:15:33,319 --> 00:15:35,519 will I hear from heaven. 305 00:15:35,519 --> 00:15:38,159 Could I get that clock on that screen back there, please? 306 00:15:38,399 --> 00:15:40,159 Cause I don't even know what time it is. 307 00:15:41,359 --> 00:15:42,919 So, Psalm 126. 308 00:15:42,919 --> 00:15:46,069 These captives, they remembered how it was. 309 00:15:47,349 --> 00:15:51,909 I've been in two revivals in my life that stick out that I'll 310 00:15:51,909 --> 00:15:52,629 never forget. 311 00:15:53,509 --> 00:15:57,109 One was in Georgia, a little town called Forts in Georgia. 312 00:15:57,749 --> 00:16:00,749 And people were crawling on their knees to the altar. 313 00:16:00,749 --> 00:16:02,109 They didn't even want to stand up. 314 00:16:02,109 --> 00:16:03,589 They afraid God would kill them. 315 00:16:05,989 --> 00:16:08,789 We had a bunch of young people saved and. 316 00:16:09,279 --> 00:16:12,399 And several of them came up in a group and said, brother Weatherby, 317 00:16:12,719 --> 00:16:16,079 could you keep the invitation going and have the pianists or sing 318 00:16:16,079 --> 00:16:16,879 some songs? 319 00:16:17,039 --> 00:16:19,879 Cause we want to go home and get our parents and bring them back 320 00:16:19,879 --> 00:16:20,479 tonight. 321 00:16:21,039 --> 00:16:22,879 We don't want to wait till next week. 322 00:16:23,999 --> 00:16:25,039 And they did that. 323 00:16:26,479 --> 00:16:29,439 The church grew, and a lot of people joined the church because 324 00:16:29,439 --> 00:16:32,639 of what they had heard and seen and the change in their lives 325 00:16:33,119 --> 00:16:34,559 of their sons and daughters. 326 00:16:34,609 --> 00:16:34,769 They. 327 00:16:34,839 --> 00:16:38,999 The teenagers, they didn't have to make them go, man. 328 00:16:38,999 --> 00:16:41,439 They wanted to get up early and get ready and they wanted to 329 00:16:41,439 --> 00:16:41,999 stay late. 330 00:16:41,999 --> 00:16:45,479 And it was a marvelous revival. 331 00:16:46,359 --> 00:16:48,439 And then I was in one in Arlington. 332 00:16:49,719 --> 00:16:51,359 New York Avenue Baptist Church. 333 00:16:51,359 --> 00:16:52,439 You ever hear of that, brother? 334 00:16:52,439 --> 00:16:56,279 You probably wasn't around here back then, but it was one of 335 00:16:56,279 --> 00:16:58,439 the largest churches in the area. 336 00:16:58,439 --> 00:16:59,639 It was in Arlington. 337 00:16:59,799 --> 00:17:00,999 Arlington, Texas. 338 00:17:01,829 --> 00:17:03,109 And I was in that meeting. 339 00:17:03,669 --> 00:17:06,949 Wow, it was scary in the right way. 340 00:17:06,949 --> 00:17:10,709 I mean, God was moving in ways I'd never seen before. 341 00:17:11,509 --> 00:17:14,949 And people who hardly ever said a word. 342 00:17:15,269 --> 00:17:19,869 I mean, they were just very quiet, subdued, shy with standing 343 00:17:19,869 --> 00:17:23,029 up with both hands and praising God and giving God glory 344 00:17:23,029 --> 00:17:25,829 and giving testimony and hallelujah, what a savior. 345 00:17:26,069 --> 00:17:27,719 Tears running down their eyes and. 346 00:17:28,109 --> 00:17:30,869 And the church was packed, and there wasn't enough room at all the 347 00:17:30,869 --> 00:17:31,309 altars. 348 00:17:31,549 --> 00:17:35,069 Some would go back and others, another wave would go to the altar. 349 00:17:35,549 --> 00:17:36,749 I'll never forget it. 350 00:17:37,309 --> 00:17:41,869 Now, I preached in lots and lots of revivals over 50 years, but 351 00:17:41,869 --> 00:17:42,509 only two. 352 00:17:43,309 --> 00:17:47,509 Those two that I can remember because it made such an impression. 353 00:17:47,509 --> 00:17:49,309 Why don't you add that to your prayer list, too? 354 00:17:49,389 --> 00:17:51,069 Lord, do a. 355 00:17:51,469 --> 00:17:56,839 Give us a revival that will make an impression on my family that 356 00:17:56,839 --> 00:18:01,799 maybe are not in church or not saved my family or my friends, my 357 00:18:01,799 --> 00:18:04,359 neighbors, maybe the people that I work with. 358 00:18:04,679 --> 00:18:12,119 Lord, do something in my life that people will go, I don't understand 359 00:18:12,199 --> 00:18:12,599 that. 360 00:18:12,759 --> 00:18:13,799 Can you explain it? 361 00:18:13,799 --> 00:18:14,799 Go, no, not really. 362 00:18:14,799 --> 00:18:16,039 God just came down. 363 00:18:17,479 --> 00:18:23,969 So this was a memory and they were asking God to do it again. 364 00:18:25,649 --> 00:18:32,369 You know, sometimes it's hard to face reality as Christians. 365 00:18:32,449 --> 00:18:34,369 Sometimes we kind of live in denial. 366 00:18:34,848 --> 00:18:35,969 You know what that means? 367 00:18:36,369 --> 00:18:38,529 You just don't want to face up to the truth. 368 00:18:39,009 --> 00:18:40,249 We just live in denial. 369 00:18:40,249 --> 00:18:40,809 I'm fine. 370 00:18:40,809 --> 00:18:41,449 I'm okay. 371 00:18:41,449 --> 00:18:42,129 I'm happy. 372 00:18:42,689 --> 00:18:43,569 I'm doing all right. 373 00:18:44,859 --> 00:18:45,339 And we just. 374 00:18:45,339 --> 00:18:46,339 Cause we don't want to be. 375 00:18:46,339 --> 00:18:46,859 We just. 376 00:18:46,859 --> 00:18:51,099 You know, everybody wants the truth, but nobody wants to be honest. 377 00:18:52,459 --> 00:18:57,899 To just say, lord, search me and try me and know me and see me. 378 00:18:59,339 --> 00:19:01,499 Help me to wake up to reality. 379 00:19:02,219 --> 00:19:03,659 Our church needs revival. 380 00:19:03,899 --> 00:19:04,939 I need revival. 381 00:19:05,099 --> 00:19:06,579 Our marriage needs revival. 382 00:19:06,579 --> 00:19:08,379 Our kids, young people need revival. 383 00:19:08,779 --> 00:19:11,899 Lord, we need a moving of God in our midst. 384 00:19:12,289 --> 00:19:15,249 And you know, God doesn't have to have a majority vote for that. 385 00:19:15,969 --> 00:19:19,529 In fact, most of the time, some of God's greatest blessings 386 00:19:19,529 --> 00:19:21,649 started with just a handful of people. 387 00:19:22,209 --> 00:19:26,609 Wasn't very many that may be here tonight, I don't know. 388 00:19:28,609 --> 00:19:30,129 But who knows? 389 00:19:33,969 --> 00:19:36,729 We live in denial because just as they were in. 390 00:19:36,729 --> 00:19:37,489 Are you listening? 391 00:19:39,179 --> 00:19:43,259 They were living in captivity and they were praying, lord, turn 392 00:19:43,259 --> 00:19:43,739 it again. 393 00:19:43,739 --> 00:19:45,499 Turn it around and set us free. 394 00:19:45,739 --> 00:19:46,779 But you know something? 395 00:19:47,739 --> 00:19:49,339 We're in captivity, too. 396 00:19:52,299 --> 00:19:53,339 Live in a free country. 397 00:19:54,299 --> 00:20:00,219 But some people are captive to sin, a sinful habit they've been 398 00:20:00,219 --> 00:20:01,259 fighting for their whole life. 399 00:20:01,259 --> 00:20:03,099 They just can't get victory over it. 400 00:20:03,099 --> 00:20:03,579 It's just. 401 00:20:04,759 --> 00:20:05,719 It's a shackle. 402 00:20:05,959 --> 00:20:07,159 They're in captivity. 403 00:20:07,399 --> 00:20:09,399 Some people are captive to bitterness. 404 00:20:09,959 --> 00:20:13,919 They just can't get over they've been hurt and they've gotten 405 00:20:13,919 --> 00:20:14,399 bitter now. 406 00:20:14,399 --> 00:20:17,639 And everything looks shady and everything looks sour and everything. 407 00:20:18,919 --> 00:20:22,279 You're suspicious and you're bitter. 408 00:20:22,999 --> 00:20:24,599 You're sour in your spirit. 409 00:20:26,199 --> 00:20:27,479 You're captive to it. 410 00:20:27,879 --> 00:20:28,839 You're a captive. 411 00:20:30,529 --> 00:20:32,209 Some people are captive to fear. 412 00:20:32,849 --> 00:20:33,969 They're scared of everything. 413 00:20:34,209 --> 00:20:37,329 They're always thinking the worst is going to happen, and they 414 00:20:37,329 --> 00:20:38,209 live in fear. 415 00:20:39,489 --> 00:20:43,169 And the most repeated commandment in all the Bible is fear 416 00:20:43,169 --> 00:20:43,489 not. 417 00:20:44,769 --> 00:20:46,609 But a lot of people don't get Involved. 418 00:20:46,609 --> 00:20:48,089 They don't volunteer, they don't do. 419 00:20:48,089 --> 00:20:50,369 A lot of people don't give because they're afraid. 420 00:20:50,369 --> 00:20:55,209 They live in fear I won't be able to pay my bills if I honor God 421 00:20:55,209 --> 00:20:55,739 with my. 422 00:20:57,649 --> 00:20:58,489 And they live in fear. 423 00:20:58,489 --> 00:21:00,529 They always think, well, what if this happens? 424 00:21:00,529 --> 00:21:01,809 Well, what if that happens? 425 00:21:02,609 --> 00:21:04,929 Some people are captive to anger. 426 00:21:06,209 --> 00:21:07,809 They have a bad temper. 427 00:21:09,809 --> 00:21:12,209 A lot of people say, I'm sorry, that's just the way I am. 428 00:21:13,569 --> 00:21:15,169 It's like they're accepting it. 429 00:21:17,089 --> 00:21:22,969 No, no, we don't have to live in captive to anger. 430 00:21:26,089 --> 00:21:28,569 A lot of people, they hide it well, but they're angry. 431 00:21:29,609 --> 00:21:34,049 Somebody mistreated them or their job or their church or their 432 00:21:34,049 --> 00:21:36,489 friends or whatever and they. 433 00:21:37,849 --> 00:21:38,649 They're angry. 434 00:21:41,929 --> 00:21:44,369 Some people are captive to discouragement. 435 00:21:44,369 --> 00:21:46,009 They're living discouraged. 436 00:21:46,329 --> 00:21:47,929 They just can't get over it. 437 00:21:48,309 --> 00:21:53,029 It's like a depression and they just accept it and they just 438 00:21:54,309 --> 00:21:55,749 pretty much live that way. 439 00:21:59,029 --> 00:22:03,948 Some people are captive to hopelessness. 440 00:22:03,948 --> 00:22:05,109 They don't see any future. 441 00:22:06,789 --> 00:22:08,389 Some are captive to pride. 442 00:22:09,989 --> 00:22:13,829 They think they're a little bit better than so many other people. 443 00:22:15,179 --> 00:22:16,699 Some people are stubborn. 444 00:22:16,699 --> 00:22:18,059 They're captive, just stubborn. 445 00:22:19,179 --> 00:22:22,059 They won't give up their ways, my way or the highway. 446 00:22:24,699 --> 00:22:25,819 Self righteousness. 447 00:22:25,819 --> 00:22:27,419 Some people are just captive. 448 00:22:27,739 --> 00:22:28,819 They're living in denial. 449 00:22:28,819 --> 00:22:32,619 They don't even know it, but they think they're right. 450 00:22:33,499 --> 00:22:34,619 Everybody else is wrong. 451 00:22:34,619 --> 00:22:35,179 I'm right. 452 00:22:37,099 --> 00:22:39,579 But you know, you can put all those in one big bundle. 453 00:22:41,579 --> 00:22:43,099 We're captive to the devil. 454 00:22:45,019 --> 00:22:45,859 That's his job. 455 00:22:45,859 --> 00:22:49,139 That's what he wants to do, is to control Christian people. 456 00:22:49,139 --> 00:22:50,099 Cause he can't have them. 457 00:22:50,099 --> 00:22:51,459 We can't get unsaved. 458 00:22:51,459 --> 00:22:52,619 We belong to God. 459 00:22:54,779 --> 00:22:57,819 So the devil says, well, I can make them miserable. 460 00:22:58,699 --> 00:23:00,619 I can get them to turn on each other. 461 00:23:01,739 --> 00:23:03,819 I can get them to get their eyes off Jesus. 462 00:23:03,899 --> 00:23:07,059 I can get them to close the Bible for two or three weeks at a 463 00:23:07,059 --> 00:23:07,299 time. 464 00:23:07,299 --> 00:23:08,139 I can do that. 465 00:23:11,679 --> 00:23:13,839 And so they'll live in captivity. 466 00:23:16,799 --> 00:23:20,519 Jesus said, the spirit of the Lord is upon me because he hath anointed 467 00:23:20,519 --> 00:23:22,879 me to preach deliverance to the captives. 468 00:23:22,959 --> 00:23:27,999 Jesus said that to set at liberty them that are bruised. 469 00:23:30,639 --> 00:23:31,519 Captivity. 470 00:23:33,839 --> 00:23:37,879 Pray that this revival would set the captive free. 471 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:39,679 Make this your prayer, Lord. 472 00:23:39,679 --> 00:23:41,879 Turn again our captivity. 473 00:23:43,799 --> 00:23:48,559 We don't want to be living like slaves to the world and the 474 00:23:48,559 --> 00:23:49,719 flesh and the devil. 475 00:23:50,279 --> 00:23:52,358 Let me give you three words and we'll be through. 476 00:23:53,239 --> 00:23:55,679 These are just three hindrances of the revival, but I 477 00:23:55,679 --> 00:23:56,439 want you to write them down. 478 00:23:56,439 --> 00:23:57,599 Number one is ignorance. 479 00:23:57,599 --> 00:23:58,919 Number two is iniquity. 480 00:23:58,999 --> 00:24:00,679 And number three is indifference. 481 00:24:01,399 --> 00:24:02,999 Number one, ignorance. 482 00:24:04,499 --> 00:24:05,659 A lot of people wouldn't know. 483 00:24:05,659 --> 00:24:08,179 They don't know what to pray about revival because they don't 484 00:24:08,179 --> 00:24:09,299 know where revival is. 485 00:24:09,539 --> 00:24:11,339 Ignorance does not mean stupid. 486 00:24:11,339 --> 00:24:12,819 It means they're uninformed. 487 00:24:13,219 --> 00:24:14,779 It means they haven't been taught. 488 00:24:14,779 --> 00:24:16,499 It means they haven't been in the Bible. 489 00:24:17,059 --> 00:24:19,698 They haven't had enough victory in their life to know what 490 00:24:19,698 --> 00:24:20,539 revival is. 491 00:24:20,539 --> 00:24:22,939 How are you gonna pray for revival if you don't know what it 492 00:24:22,939 --> 00:24:23,219 is? 493 00:24:23,619 --> 00:24:24,979 What would convince you? 494 00:24:26,099 --> 00:24:30,619 When Brother McCracken comes for a Sunday through Wednesday and 495 00:24:30,619 --> 00:24:34,599 you get up Thursday morning, what would make you say, wow, we 496 00:24:34,599 --> 00:24:35,679 had a revival? 497 00:24:36,479 --> 00:24:38,079 What would convince you of that? 498 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:40,799 Think about that for a moment. 499 00:24:41,919 --> 00:24:46,719 What would make you call your friends and say, I want to tell you 500 00:24:47,279 --> 00:24:48,559 about this revival? 501 00:24:48,959 --> 00:24:51,119 I've never been in a revival like that. 502 00:24:52,079 --> 00:24:53,359 Do you believe that's possible? 503 00:24:53,679 --> 00:24:58,159 Well, your brain says yes, but what about down here in your heart? 504 00:24:59,849 --> 00:25:03,689 Is revivals over there not gonna be any more revivals? 505 00:25:04,489 --> 00:25:07,969 I don't particularly think our nation will ever see a great revival. 506 00:25:07,969 --> 00:25:11,409 Because they don't even want God, much less think about they don't. 507 00:25:11,409 --> 00:25:14,289 They've already rejected God, the country. 508 00:25:14,289 --> 00:25:15,328 I'm talking about the government. 509 00:25:15,328 --> 00:25:17,089 I'm talking about the liberals. 510 00:25:17,089 --> 00:25:18,769 I'm talking about the Antichrist. 511 00:25:18,769 --> 00:25:23,489 Jesus said, in the last days there will be many Antichrists setting 512 00:25:23,489 --> 00:25:25,449 things up for the Antichrist. 513 00:25:28,189 --> 00:25:32,189 What is revival number two is iniquity. 514 00:25:32,749 --> 00:25:34,309 Now, iniquity is just a big word. 515 00:25:34,309 --> 00:25:37,469 We don't use it very much, but it's a big word for sin. 516 00:25:38,269 --> 00:25:40,229 You say, well, we can't stop sinning. 517 00:25:40,229 --> 00:25:44,189 Hey, listen, it's not that sin holds back revival. 518 00:25:44,189 --> 00:25:50,309 It's the lack of confession of sin when we start hiding it and comparing 519 00:25:50,309 --> 00:25:52,189 it and minimizing it. 520 00:25:52,189 --> 00:25:54,589 That's what holds back revival, not sin. 521 00:25:54,589 --> 00:25:59,609 If we confess our sin, he is faithful and just to forgive us our 522 00:25:59,609 --> 00:26:02,969 sin and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 523 00:26:03,769 --> 00:26:07,049 I mean, technically, we don't even have to ask forgiveness. 524 00:26:07,049 --> 00:26:09,929 Jesus said, I already told you, I'll forgive you. 525 00:26:10,489 --> 00:26:12,089 All you need to do is confess. 526 00:26:12,089 --> 00:26:15,369 Confess means to agree with God. 527 00:26:16,649 --> 00:26:18,089 That's pretty simple, isn't it? 528 00:26:18,729 --> 00:26:21,209 Well, God didn't want to make revival complicated. 529 00:26:21,529 --> 00:26:23,369 He wants revival more than we do. 530 00:26:24,289 --> 00:26:25,169 That's his nature. 531 00:26:25,489 --> 00:26:29,849 He loves to bless his people and to see them joyful and excited 532 00:26:29,849 --> 00:26:30,529 and bold. 533 00:26:31,969 --> 00:26:34,369 But iniquity, unconfessed sin. 534 00:26:34,369 --> 00:26:37,769 We like to confess other people's sins, but we're not too 535 00:26:37,769 --> 00:26:39,569 good at confessing our own sin. 536 00:26:44,289 --> 00:26:45,249 Think about that. 537 00:26:48,449 --> 00:26:51,489 You know, the Bible says he that covereth a transgression. 538 00:26:51,489 --> 00:26:52,449 Seeketh love. 539 00:26:53,349 --> 00:26:56,789 Talking about other people's sins, we cover for them. 540 00:26:57,669 --> 00:27:00,629 We don't go around telling everybody all the bad stuff that 541 00:27:00,629 --> 00:27:01,189 they're doing. 542 00:27:01,269 --> 00:27:02,109 Are you still here? 543 00:27:02,109 --> 00:27:02,949 Are you listening? 544 00:27:03,589 --> 00:27:05,029 That's what the Bible says. 545 00:27:05,989 --> 00:27:07,069 He that covereth. 546 00:27:07,069 --> 00:27:09,949 Now, for the Christian, it says, he that covereth his sins shall 547 00:27:09,949 --> 00:27:10,789 not prosper. 548 00:27:12,149 --> 00:27:16,629 We want to cover our sins and uncover other people's sins. 549 00:27:17,749 --> 00:27:19,589 The Bible says just the opposite. 550 00:27:21,919 --> 00:27:26,279 Expose your sin, confess your sin, and God will take care of the 551 00:27:26,279 --> 00:27:26,799 other people. 552 00:27:29,039 --> 00:27:30,519 The last one is indifference. 553 00:27:30,519 --> 00:27:35,239 And in my opinion, ignorance and iniquity, that's a hindrance 554 00:27:35,239 --> 00:27:35,838 to revival. 555 00:27:35,838 --> 00:27:39,519 But the biggest one that I've dealt with for over 50 years is indifference. 556 00:27:40,559 --> 00:27:41,919 People aren't against it. 557 00:27:42,159 --> 00:27:43,759 Yeah, I'll be there. 558 00:27:45,449 --> 00:27:47,009 But they're not a whole lot for it. 559 00:27:47,009 --> 00:27:52,009 I heard a definition not too long ago of why we don't see many 560 00:27:52,089 --> 00:27:53,369 revivals anymore. 561 00:27:54,089 --> 00:27:57,929 It said, because we're willing to live without it. 562 00:28:01,368 --> 00:28:02,409 We get used to it. 563 00:28:02,409 --> 00:28:05,289 We got things to do and hobbies and places to go. 564 00:28:05,289 --> 00:28:09,969 And, well, we're not against it, but we're kind of in a flow. 565 00:28:09,969 --> 00:28:11,889 We're kind of in a routine. 566 00:28:12,849 --> 00:28:14,369 And if we have it, wonderful. 567 00:28:14,369 --> 00:28:15,969 If we don't, life goes on. 568 00:28:17,649 --> 00:28:23,649 It's hard to convince people that kind of have that attitude of 569 00:28:23,649 --> 00:28:24,289 indifference. 570 00:28:25,889 --> 00:28:26,369 Hmm. 571 00:28:29,729 --> 00:28:31,009 We just sang that song. 572 00:28:31,009 --> 00:28:37,739 Let him have his way with thee, the way of revival. 573 00:28:37,739 --> 00:28:45,739 I wish sometimes we could stop the clock and just pray and pray 574 00:28:45,739 --> 00:28:46,379 and pray. 575 00:28:48,299 --> 00:28:53,499 Well, I would like us to do something a little similar, but different. 576 00:28:54,139 --> 00:28:56,539 I'd like to ask for five volunteers. 577 00:28:58,299 --> 00:29:03,909 Maybe one over there, maybe one over here, maybe two or three 578 00:29:03,909 --> 00:29:04,309 in here. 579 00:29:04,389 --> 00:29:04,749 Five. 580 00:29:04,749 --> 00:29:05,989 I got five cards. 581 00:29:06,549 --> 00:29:07,349 They're all different. 582 00:29:09,189 --> 00:29:14,149 It's 25 things to pray about concerning revival. 583 00:29:15,269 --> 00:29:18,909 And I'd like to give some of you men, if you wouldn't mind doing 584 00:29:18,909 --> 00:29:22,589 it, just take a card and get with three or four or five or anybody 585 00:29:22,589 --> 00:29:23,229 that's around you. 586 00:29:23,229 --> 00:29:27,029 It doesn't have to be long, and you don't have to call each one 587 00:29:27,029 --> 00:29:27,229 out. 588 00:29:27,229 --> 00:29:28,069 I'll read it to you. 589 00:29:28,609 --> 00:29:31,649 But you could pray and just one person pray. 590 00:29:31,649 --> 00:29:33,649 Or you could have just silent prayer. 591 00:29:35,889 --> 00:29:37,729 There are five things on each card. 592 00:29:38,689 --> 00:29:44,929 Spiritual ears for us to hear God's voice, the healing of our church. 593 00:29:45,649 --> 00:29:49,569 Love expressed doesn't do anybody any good if it's not expressed. 594 00:29:49,889 --> 00:29:52,049 Pray for our youth department to have revival. 595 00:29:53,649 --> 00:29:53,909 Pray. 596 00:29:54,059 --> 00:29:56,299 Pray for inreach toward hurting members. 597 00:29:57,179 --> 00:30:00,739 We talk a lot about outreach, and we need as soon as we can to 598 00:30:00,739 --> 00:30:04,819 get more outreach, but also there's inreach reaching within the 599 00:30:04,819 --> 00:30:09,939 church family and helping and encouraging and praying and lifting 600 00:30:09,939 --> 00:30:10,699 up other people. 601 00:30:12,539 --> 00:30:13,579 That's one card. 602 00:30:14,139 --> 00:30:16,379 Pray for Brother McCracken, of course. 603 00:30:16,779 --> 00:30:18,259 Pray for a good attendance. 604 00:30:18,259 --> 00:30:19,499 Pray for a good offering. 605 00:30:19,979 --> 00:30:24,029 Brother McCracken, as far as I know, doesn't get a paycheck from 606 00:30:24,029 --> 00:30:26,989 a church he's not pastoring, as far as I know. 607 00:30:27,949 --> 00:30:29,709 Pray for Satan to be defeated. 608 00:30:31,149 --> 00:30:33,549 Greater is he that's in you than he that is in the world. 609 00:30:34,189 --> 00:30:36,909 And pray for more men to stand in the gap. 610 00:30:38,509 --> 00:30:39,708 Women, you can do it too. 611 00:30:39,708 --> 00:30:42,789 But God says he's not minimizing women. 612 00:30:42,789 --> 00:30:43,549 But in that. 613 00:30:43,869 --> 00:30:46,309 Is it in Ezekiel, Brother Cox, where that is found? 614 00:30:46,309 --> 00:30:46,989 I think so. 615 00:30:47,069 --> 00:30:50,949 God sought for a man to stand in the gap to make up the hedge before 616 00:30:50,949 --> 00:30:51,309 me. 617 00:30:52,109 --> 00:30:53,469 And it says he found none. 618 00:30:54,029 --> 00:30:55,309 There was none. 619 00:30:56,669 --> 00:31:01,629 There's not a lot of men that's that interested today. 620 00:31:01,629 --> 00:31:04,069 But maybe we could pray for that. 621 00:31:04,069 --> 00:31:08,269 Maybe God would touch some men during the revival that would say, 622 00:31:08,269 --> 00:31:11,149 you know, it's time for me to get serious and stand in the gap. 623 00:31:12,269 --> 00:31:14,589 Third card, Word of God to have free course. 624 00:31:15,869 --> 00:31:19,229 Paul prayed that prayer and he asked the churches, pray for me and. 625 00:31:19,299 --> 00:31:21,379 And pray that the Word of God would have free course. 626 00:31:22,099 --> 00:31:24,419 Altars filled again. 627 00:31:24,419 --> 00:31:25,859 I tell you this all the time. 628 00:31:26,099 --> 00:31:29,619 We don't judge somebody whether they go to the altar or not. 629 00:31:30,179 --> 00:31:32,659 But we still have an old fashioned altar call. 630 00:31:33,619 --> 00:31:37,619 A lot of churches quit that years ago, but we still have one. 631 00:31:37,699 --> 00:31:39,459 I hope you always will have one. 632 00:31:40,259 --> 00:31:44,019 And some people can't kneel at the altar because of physical conditions. 633 00:31:45,229 --> 00:31:49,149 But pray that we can see a lot of people at the altar. 634 00:31:49,149 --> 00:31:53,389 It makes the devil mad and it makes God glad. 635 00:31:55,709 --> 00:31:56,349 Okay. 636 00:31:56,669 --> 00:31:57,869 It's not magic. 637 00:31:58,189 --> 00:32:01,469 You're not closer to God if you go there than you are back there. 638 00:32:01,869 --> 00:32:03,949 Okay, that's not what I'm saying. 639 00:32:04,669 --> 00:32:08,909 But there's something about getting up publicly and unashamedly 640 00:32:09,789 --> 00:32:11,709 and kneel and pray for the revival. 641 00:32:12,829 --> 00:32:16,069 Pray for church members to reconcile those that are kind of 642 00:32:16,069 --> 00:32:16,989 out with each other. 643 00:32:17,229 --> 00:32:18,269 Pray for humility. 644 00:32:18,989 --> 00:32:24,189 Pray for bitterness to be sweetened by the Holy Spirit. 645 00:32:24,909 --> 00:32:25,469 Messages. 646 00:32:25,549 --> 00:32:27,869 Pray that God will give the preacher the messages. 647 00:32:28,029 --> 00:32:28,629 Exactly. 648 00:32:28,629 --> 00:32:29,629 That we need to hear. 649 00:32:30,029 --> 00:32:30,989 Pray for unity. 650 00:32:30,989 --> 00:32:32,629 Pray for good singing. 651 00:32:32,629 --> 00:32:33,869 Spirit led singing. 652 00:32:34,029 --> 00:32:37,309 That's always a good sign when God's people are singing loud and 653 00:32:37,309 --> 00:32:37,709 happy. 654 00:32:39,609 --> 00:32:42,089 Pray for people to turn from secret sins. 655 00:32:42,569 --> 00:32:44,809 We're proud of all the big things we don't do. 656 00:32:44,809 --> 00:32:48,569 But God looketh down here. 657 00:32:50,489 --> 00:32:52,809 Pray for burden, for souls to increase. 658 00:32:54,009 --> 00:32:55,529 That's a good sign of revival. 659 00:32:55,529 --> 00:32:58,489 People Start weeping and praying and witnessing more. 660 00:32:59,449 --> 00:33:01,529 Have you lost your burden for souls? 661 00:33:01,689 --> 00:33:05,489 Last of all, pray for Brother McCracken to be filled with the Holy 662 00:33:05,489 --> 00:33:05,849 Spirit. 663 00:33:06,849 --> 00:33:08,689 Pray for unfaithful members to come. 664 00:33:08,689 --> 00:33:11,409 We have a lot of people still on the membership, haven't been here 665 00:33:11,409 --> 00:33:12,369 since I've been here. 666 00:33:14,689 --> 00:33:16,209 Pray for them to come to the revival. 667 00:33:17,649 --> 00:33:19,089 Maybe you could convince them. 668 00:33:21,249 --> 00:33:23,169 Pray for forgiveness to prevail. 669 00:33:23,169 --> 00:33:27,569 A lot of people still having a hard time forgiving people that sinned 670 00:33:27,569 --> 00:33:28,769 or failed or let them down. 671 00:33:28,769 --> 00:33:29,409 Excuse me. 672 00:33:29,409 --> 00:33:32,489 Pray for the youth to witness a real revival. 673 00:33:32,489 --> 00:33:34,109 We pray for them to have it, but. 674 00:33:34,179 --> 00:33:37,699 But I'd like our young people to see something that they can talk 675 00:33:37,699 --> 00:33:39,059 to their kids one day about. 676 00:33:40,259 --> 00:33:43,459 Maybe even their grandkids say, yeah, I was there in that revival. 677 00:33:43,779 --> 00:33:45,499 A little town called Haslett. 678 00:33:45,499 --> 00:33:49,219 It was back in 20, way back yonder in 20, 26. 679 00:33:50,659 --> 00:33:51,619 Wouldn't that be great? 680 00:33:51,939 --> 00:33:54,179 And then pray for joy to be restored. 681 00:33:54,739 --> 00:33:56,339 We need the joy of the Lord. 682 00:33:56,979 --> 00:33:58,819 A lot of people are down, and I know. 683 00:33:58,819 --> 00:33:59,619 I know why. 684 00:34:00,589 --> 00:34:01,589 We've been in this together. 685 00:34:01,589 --> 00:34:07,949 And a lot of people are just so upset and hurting and sad how 686 00:34:07,949 --> 00:34:08,229 things. 687 00:34:08,229 --> 00:34:09,709 What all things have happened. 688 00:34:09,709 --> 00:34:11,389 Well, let's just pray about it. 689 00:34:11,629 --> 00:34:17,629 And maybe the revival would be the answer to that, to make us joyful 690 00:34:17,629 --> 00:34:17,949 again. 691 00:34:18,669 --> 00:34:19,309 Amen. 692 00:34:20,669 --> 00:34:21,869 You can keep the cards. 693 00:34:21,869 --> 00:34:23,949 So if you volunteer, you get a free card. 694 00:34:25,149 --> 00:34:25,989 Anybody over here. 695 00:34:25,989 --> 00:34:27,629 You got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 696 00:34:28,099 --> 00:34:28,979 Anybody lead this. 697 00:34:28,979 --> 00:34:30,579 Take this card and just get together. 698 00:34:34,019 --> 00:34:35,539 Brother Cox has got one. 699 00:34:36,739 --> 00:34:38,979 I could hear him volunteer from way over here. 700 00:34:40,339 --> 00:34:42,099 He was chomping it to bits. 701 00:34:42,659 --> 00:34:45,419 So in just a moment, if y' all back there could just kind of move 702 00:34:45,419 --> 00:34:48,419 to the middle or over there where Mrs. Cox is. 703 00:34:48,659 --> 00:34:50,179 And you don't have to pray long. 704 00:34:50,179 --> 00:34:52,499 Okay, again, just read it over. 705 00:34:52,499 --> 00:34:54,739 And if you don't want to pray, that's fine. 706 00:34:55,909 --> 00:34:56,909 Here's your one for you. 707 00:34:56,909 --> 00:35:01,029 And just rope some people together and get them. 708 00:35:01,349 --> 00:35:01,989 Thank you. 709 00:35:03,189 --> 00:35:06,149 So y' all go where the crowds are. 710 00:35:07,509 --> 00:35:08,629 You gonna take one? 711 00:35:09,029 --> 00:35:09,909 You got one. 712 00:35:10,229 --> 00:35:10,789 Okay. 713 00:35:10,789 --> 00:35:14,829 Find you four or five people, and after you're through, you can 714 00:35:14,829 --> 00:35:15,189 leave. 715 00:35:15,589 --> 00:35:17,909 We're not gonna have a closing prayer or music. 716 00:35:18,469 --> 00:35:22,269 Just read that out, say a prayer, and have a good evening. 717 00:35:22,269 --> 00:35:22,909 God bless you. 718 00:35:22,909 --> 00:35:24,309 Pray for the VBS too.