Sermon Tone Analysis

16 This is what the Lord says – he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, 17who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together, and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:

18“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.

19See, I am doing a new thing!

Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?

I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

(Isaiah 43:16-19)

How do we get in on what God is doing?

Here are my suggestions.

And as I’m sure you’ll notice, they’re not anything new.

- Let go of our preconceived parameters for what is an acceptable movement of God.

- Pray with an open heart, asking God to point out our sin and our shame.

- Repent, confessing our sins to God and asking forgiveness in Jesus’ name.

- Fast, as a declaration of a “drop your fork” moment to recognize the God who can revive.

- Seek him.

Not just an experience of him, but him.

This is worship.

- Watch for God to show up and work.

It is, after all, his desire to save as many as will hear.

- Love the lost, the least, and the last and adopt a Jesus-style ministry to the broken.

God is absolutely doing an amazing work in the earth.

He is empowering his people by his Spirit to share the gospel with this generation in sometimes surprisingly innovative ways.

John Neuhaus wrote:

We have not the right to despair, for despair is a sin.

And we have no reason to despair, quite simply because Christ has risen.

Let’s seek real revival together.