The Keeper of the Spring - Prayer Needs for Revival

The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival Sunday Jan 15, 2023 The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival • We Can Do Nothing – Constructive – Life Changing – Eternal • Without Prayer • Prayer Is An Essential For The Church • We Need To Be A People Of Prayer The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival •Prayer Accomplishes Much In The Church •By Prayer That We Get The Important Things Of The Kingdom Done •We Pray That We Would Be A Church Of •1. “Praisers Who Will Praise” •2. “Servers Who Will Serve” •3. “Pray-ers Who Will Pray” The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival •The keeper of the spring works behind the scenes to keep the water source fresh, pure and useful •Some people don’t realize his worth, only his cost and they get rid of him •With no one doing his job the water soon becomes cloudy and useless •It remains that way until they rehire the keeper of the spring – who cleans things up and brings back the freshness, purity, and usefulness •Each new day we need to “rehire” the keeper of our inner spring, our souls, and invite him to clear away the debris to do his cleansing work in us, faithfully, silently, regularly patrolling the depths of our hearts, removing anything that threatens, chokes, or contaminates the fresh flow of His Spirit within us. The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival • In Your Life If You Don’t Maintain Things --They Go Backwards • If Your Prayer Life Is Not Maintained – And You Neglect Your Time with The Keeper of Your Spring -- It Can Stop The Flow Of Oxygen, Action, Activity & All That God Wants To Do In You The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival • We Need To Keep a Free Flow of A Humble Repentance: • The pollution of self-centeredness or self-justification in our lives will stop up the flow of our prayer life • (2 Chr 7:14 NIV) 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 will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival • God Calls Us To Be Modest And Humble Not Proud And Arrogant • (James 4:6 NIV) ... "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." • Pride Is One Of The Things That Keep People From A Relationship With God From Turning Their Lives To God • Humility In Our Prayer Life – Leads Us To Repentance – A Change In Directions The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival • We Need To Pray For The Free Flow Of A Spirit Of Generosity • The Church That Loves Should Also Be – The Church That Gives – The Church That Cares – The Church That Is Generous The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival • (Isa 58:10-12 NIV) and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. (11) The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. (12) Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings. The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival • (Prov 28:27 NIV) He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses. • You Can Open The Flow Wide Open By Being Generous And Caring To Those Who Need God’s Blessings To Flow In Their Lives The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival • We Need A Healthy Desire -- Even A Desperation -- For The Things Of God • (Jer 29:13 NIV) You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. • We Need A Renewed Desire For The Things Of God • God Give Us A Hunger For Prayer and For Your Presence The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival • We Need Hunger, Desire, and Desperation For God In Our Lives To Be Renewed • I Can’t Stop Until I Get There – I Must Be There! The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival • We Need To Pray For A Holy Unity And A Steadfast Spirit • Teamwork In Unity Is A Powerful Principle Of The Kingdom • Teamwork = Two Or More Getting Together, In The Same Place With The Same Heart, Focused On Jesus Christ. It Makes Our Prayers Powerful The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival • We Need Each Other – We Can Only Win Together – We Need To Learn To Live In Harmony The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival • (John 17:20 NIV) "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, (21) that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. • When We Are United, We Cannot Be Stopped. If We Are Divided, We Will Fall The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival • In 2023 We Can Come Together And Unite Around Our Need For Revival In Us, In Our Families, In Our Young People And In Our Church • REVIVAL: A Sovereign Work Of God's Spirit Producing An Unusual Awakening Of Spiritual Life Among God's People 1. Accompanied By An Awesome Awareness Of God 2. A Deep Hatred Of Sin 3. A Longing For Holiness 4. A Renewed Joy In Worship 5. A Passion To Reach The Unsaved. The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival • There Are Four Generations Around Us Of A Downward Spiral • APATHY -- UNBELIEF • AGNOSTICISM -- INDIFFERENCE • ATHEISM -- REJECTION • AGGRESSION -- OPPOSITION • We've Had Enough Of Apathy; Agnosticism; Atheism; Aggression • What We Need Is A Revival Of Faith & Belief; Winning People To Christ The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival • We Pray For Revival Not For The Enjoyment Of God's People But For The Honor Of God's Name • No Church Can Expect Revival Unless It Is Praying For It • He Is The God Of The Means Of Revival -- The God Of The Coming Of Revival -- He Invites Us To Ask In Order To Receive The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival •God Give Us A Hunger And Thirst For The Best • A True Spiritual Revival That Will Transform Us •To Transform The World Around Us The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival • We, As A Church, Will Never Rise To Assume Our Proper Position In This Community Without A Release Of God's Spirit. • We, As God's People, Will Never See A Full Release Of The Spirit If We Do Not First Establish Prayer As A Foundational Priority. The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival • We Need Prayer That Is Clean And Unpolluted. Guarded By The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer That Is Marked By: • A Humble Repentance • A Healthy Desire & Desperation For God • A Helpful Generosity • A Holy Unity The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival • The Victories Of The Church Are Won In The Secret Place Of Prayer The Keeper Of The Spring Prayer Needs for Revival • “Praisers” That Will Praise • Servers That Serve • Prayers That Will Pray • A Spirit Of Humble Repentance • A Renewed Desperation For The Move Of God • A Spirit Of Generosity • A Holy Unity And A Steadfast Spirit