The Heart, Home, and House of God

2 Chronicles 15:1–4 NKJV

Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded. And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him: “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you. For a long time Israel has been without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law; but when in their trouble they turned to the Lord God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found by them.

Revival in the Heart (Personal Altar)

Heart for God (love for God)

Heart for Prayer (conversation and fellowship)

Heart for worship (show homage to God as God)

Heart for the Word

Heart for doing the Will of God

Isaiah 57:15 NKJV

For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Revival in the Home (Family Altar)

Home filled with God (love for God, focus on God)

Home filled with Prayer

Home filled with Worship

Home filled the Word

Home committed to doing the Will of God

Joshua 24:15 NKJV

And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Revival in the House of God (Church Altar)

Corporate heart for God and for one another

Corporate heart for Prayer

Corporate heart for Worship

Corporate heart (hunger) for the Word

Corporate heart for the Will of God (to fulfill Christ’s mandates for the church)

Isaiah 56:7 NKJV

Even them I will bring to My holy mountain, And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices Will be accepted on My altar; For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.”

Response to the Word

It is time to rebuild the altars in our hearts, in our homes, and in the house of God!

It is time to seek the Lord while He may be found!

Isaiah 55:6–7 NKJV

Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the Lord, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.