Does your heart yearn for something new? Are you hungry for something that satisfies your hunger for truth? Are you desperate enough to taste and see that the Lord is good? “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26 

Jesus is the answer to the current world crisis. If we get our eyes off the chaos, and look up and ask God for a revival, He will deliver, as He has, and is now doing. Hearts were changed at the Asbury Revival.   Revival has sparked the FLAME of the Holy Spirit and He is spreading the GOOD NEWS as He touches hearts through our obedience.

Father God, thank You for changing our hearts, for renewing our minds, for restoring our souls, for giving us hope. Our hard hearts are transformed by Your holy presence. You brake down our defenses, and our excuses and we admit we stretch the truth, lie, envy, and out of this evil jealousy, we gossip to kill the reputation of others. We confess that we need a Savior, and a renewal of our minds.  Revive our first love, increase our faith.

As Christians judge, the church is divided. Pray that Holy Spirit will convict us all so we can UNIFY and reflect Jesus who loves all. Through revival, people feel HOPE again. Emotions that were never there before, rise up to inspire us to actually believe in God. Our Father is always speaking. His way defeats hate. More than anything Father, we want to honor You with how we love one another. Lead us, show us ways to do this. “Movements are a team sport” and there are no bench sitters. All who accept Jesus become children of God regardless of race or denomination. NOW is the time for all flawed people  to unify for His glory!  He gave us new hearts filled with HOPE in Jesus, and He is returning to find us faithful.

The FAME of revival spreads the FLAME of the Holy Spirit. If at anytime you put anyone, or anything above Jesus, our relationship with the Father suffers.  The idols we place above God are many.  The Holy Spirit ignited a revival at Asbury College in February 2023. According to God’s perfect plan and timing, Holy Spirit Fire is crossing all man made boundaries.  REVIVE your soul as you renew your faith in God Almighty. He knows your name and He is waiting to receive you with open arms. Lord Jesus, help us focus on Your Word that we may be found faithful at harvest time.

Let us not complain about what is going on in the world, but let us begin praying as in 2 Chronicle 7:14. We are fishers of men, women, and children God desires “a people” that will be faithful to obey as they perceive the immensity of His love, plan, and Way. Pray for the suicidal youth of today to be awakened. Jesus canceled the Liar’s influence back then, and the Holy Spirit is still conquering souls. God is moving in  NEW ways. Look for Him in all creative efforts to draw more people into His kingdom. No matter your faith, or current life, the move of God cannot be stopped by grumbling. 

A teachable moment…one pastor transformed himself into a homeless person and went to the church that he would soon lead. He walked around the church grounds for 30 minutes while it was filling with people. Only 3 people said hello to him, most looked the other way. Looking hungry, he asked people for change to buy food, he only got looks of disgust. Clad in rags, he was told by the ushers that he needs to sit in the back of the church. He said hello to people but was greeted with cold stares by Christians who were judging him. He listened to the church announcements and he watched people around him continue to stare and make him feel unwelcome. The elders came up to introduce the new pastor.

The congregation stood up and looked around clapping with joy and anticipation. The guy they shuffled to the back of the church began to walk down the aisle. All the applause stopped and the church was silent. With all eyes on him….he walked up the altar and reached for the microphone. He stood there for a moment and then recited elegantly, a verse from the bible….“Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited Me in, I needed clothes and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you came to visit Me.’ “Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?

When did we see You a stranger and invite You in, or needing clothes and clothe You? “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for the least of my brothers and sisters, you did for Me.’ After the pastor read, he told the congregation what he had experienced that morning. Many began to cry and bow their heads in shame. “Today I see a gathering of people here but I did not feel the presence of Jesus. The world has enough people that look the other way. What the world needs is disciples of Jesus that will follow His lead, and do what He says. He then dismissed service “Go out and humbly present Jesus to the poor,  the lame, as Jesus did.

Read James chapter 2. Do NOT discriminate among yourselves and become judges by a reasoned decision to pay special attention to those who appear to have more influence, more authority, more power, or money. Such reasoning, this kind of thinking is evil. Amos 8:4 Do not trample on the poor. Maturity is to deal with all people without favoritism. God chose those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in FAITH and to inherit the kingdom He has promised those who love Him. Keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right. But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. SPEAK and ACT as those who are GOING to be JUDGED by the law that gives freedom. 💯 For JUDGMENT WITHOUT MERCY WILL BE SHOWN to anyone who has NOT been MERCIFUL. Mercy triumphs over judgment.” Matt 18:23

Pray to the name above all names ♡ JESUS ♡ for a revival ●  Imagine the King of kings knows your name. God is waiting for you to call on Jesus to restore you. EVEN though my name is in His book, being honest— staying faithful is hard. The creepy deceiver tempts us to repay cruelty, to exaggerate, to gossip, to speak unkind words, to be stubborn, to show favoritism, and to resist joy!  — BUT GOD! Mercy triumphs over judgment. James 2:6 Out of God’s great compassion, He cancels our debts. We are unable to repay God for His mercies. His Word is always GOOD NEWS. Our Father promised us in Jude 1:24 “To Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy—” 👍 This promise is worthy of celebration ! We will be tempted, we will fail, because we are human. Historically, people of great FAITH have had a HARD TIME REMAINING faithful.

●Israel walked out of slavery through the Red Sea, then started complaining about the food.
●David worshipped God as he wrote Psalms, but then he had his good friend murdered so he could marry his wife.
●Peter asked Jesus to enable him to walk on water, then Peter  began to doubt God and sank.
●MOST LIKELY within our lifetime, we will deny the power of Jesus at least 3 times. Faithfully He brings us back to our senses.  We confess, and our Father forgives us, then we mess up again. TRUTH IS: On our own, we cannot keep ourselves pure enough to stand before God.  Apart from God, on our own, we can do nothing to please Him. BUT GOD, waits for us, issues endless mercy, as we blow off steam. RAISE your HAND IF you ever wake up in a bad mood?
●BLOW baloons UP with all your bursting fear, worry, anger, envy and stubbornness. Tie it, and lift it up to God and ask Him to forgive you. Our Father is quick to forgive. Now Stomp on that baloon like a scorpion. POOF, you are all forgiven. Our Father makes life EASY with His constant grace.  GOD is able, and He is faithful to present us spotless before the throne! Our FAITH in God may FAIL MOMENTARILY, but not ETERNALLY. Thank God that our momentary failures do not exclude us from standing before Him as His beloved, spotless child.