Sermon Tone Analysis

*Don’t ever lose your visions and dreams*.

*I don’t care* if it *looks like* they’re *never* going to *come to pass*.

*People who have lost their dreams* and visions *are people* who have *no purpose in life*, and they are *miserable people*.

Have you *ever seen someone* who has *no goals*, *no dreams*, *no vision*, and *no purpose?*

*Nobody* he *enjoys being around them* because *they’re miserable*.

You *don’t* *“pal around”* *with people like that* because *they’ll pull you down* to their level.

And *if* you’re *not* *careful*, *you’ll wind up* just *like them* with *“no reason to live.”*

*I) **Jesus* *has a purpose for your life* you have *a dream* *or* a *destiny* that *God* *has given you*, *and* *you are expected to hold onto it*.

*A) **Don’t give up* *even if it looks like your dreams* are so *far* *out of reach* *that there is no way* they could ever *come to pass*.

*1) **God* is *not finish with you* yet.

*B) *Turn to *Acts 26:16*.

*1) **When God gives you purpose*, then *He is also* the* one* *who will make it come to pass*.

*a) **Your responsibility* *is to hold onto the dreams*.

*b) **Even* *if you have blown it* and *made mistakes*, *had setbacks spiritually*, *and* *even* *let sin back into your life*.

*(i) **Remember* that *God is a God of restoration*.

*2) *Turn to *Acts 3:19*.

*a) **God wants to give us a time of refreshing*.

*That’s what* *“THE SPIRIT OF REVIVAL”* *is* - *the time of refreshing*, *recovering from the effects of heat* *and* *re-capturing your divine destiny*.

*b) **How do you catch the spirit of revival?*

*(i) *In *(Psalms 16:11)* it says, *“In His presence is the fullness of joy.”*

*c) **First*, you need to *go before God* *and* *REPENT that your sins may be blotted out*.

*d) **2nd*, you need to *spend time in* *FELLOWSHIP AND PRAYER* *with the Father*.

*(i) **Spending time with the Lord will produce JOY *on the *inside* of *you*, and *that joy* *will give you the strength you need* *to get back on your feet* *and go after* *the calling God has put on your life*.

*e) *In *(Nehemiah 8:10)* it says,* “For the joy of the Lord is your strength.”*

*3) **As you* begin to *SPEND TIME in the PRESENCE OF THE LORD*, *you will be FULL OF HIS JOY*.

*IF you are FULL OF HIS JOY*, *you will have THE STRENGTH OF GOD in your life*, *and* *WITH HIS STRENGTH*, *you will be ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH HIS PURPOSE* *and* *calling* for your life.

*4) **On the other hand*, *if you aren’t spending time* *with God*, you *won’t have any joy*, *if you don’t have* any *joy*, *you won’t have any strength.*

And *if* *you don’t have any strength*, *you’ll never fulfill your purpose and dreams*.

*a) **That’s why it’s so important* *to catch the spirit of revival* in your life *again*.

*b) **God wants to restore that joy* in your life.

*(i) **Revival restores joy*.

*Revival restores hope for the future*.

*Revival restores the excitement* *in waiting for your dream* *and* *watching come to pass*.

*(ii) **God wants you to have* *joy* *back in your life*.

*c) **The spirit of revival* *will produce a force within you*, *which will cause you to be DETERMINED to fulfill your purpose and dreams*.

*5) **BUT NOW THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE GET THE SPIRIT OF REVIVAL?*

*a) **It doesn’t come by running to Florida* and *sitting in meetings* because you’ve *heard* *revival* has *broken out there*.

*(i) *It *doesn’t come* *by running to Ohio* *because* *revival* has *broken out there*.

*(ii) *It *doesn’t come* *by running to Canada* *because* you’ve *heard* *revival* has broken out *there*.

*(iii) **Revival* *doesn’t come by sitting in meetings* *or* by *running to this church* *or* *to that church*.

*b) **Revival doesn’t come from the outside in*.

*It begins first on the inside*.

*(i) **The only way that you’re going to experience revival* *in your life* *is by you pressing in* *to the things of God*.

*(ii) **You have to spend time with the Lord*.

*You have to spend time in the Word*.

*You have to spend time in prayer*, *praying in the Holy Ghost*.

*(iii) **The only way the church is going to experience revival* *is by the church has a whole* *seeking God’s face and spending quality time in prayer*.

*c) *The word *“REVIVAL”* comes from the Word *“REVIVE.”*

*(i) *Listen to the *DEFINITION* of the Word *“REVIVE,”* it means, *“TO RESTORE TO CONSCIOUSNESS OR LIFE.”*

*(ii) **Only by you spending time* *in the presence of God* *can you be restored to the God kind of life*.

*d) *The *SECOND DEFINITION* to the word “*REVIVE”* is this, *“TO RESTORE FROM DEPRESSION, INACTIVITY, OR UNUSED STATE: BRING BACK.”*

*(i) **Again* *spending time in the presence of God* *is going to restore you* *from depression* *and replace it* *with the fullness of joy*.

*(ii) *And *by you spending time in God’s presence* *no longer will you feel worthless* *and* *without purpose* *but God will replace that* *with His goals*, *plans* *and dreams* in your live.

*(iii) **Spend time with God* *and get revival in your life*.

*e) **You know* *when you come into church* *and the pastor preaches a message* *that really ministers to you* *and you get all fired up from that message*.

*But* *shortly after you leave the service* *the kids start fighting* *or* *somebody cuts you off* on the street *and* *you lose that zeal* *that you’d had* that came through the message.

*(i) **That zeal that you’d had* which came through the message *was God igniting the flame of revival*.

*(ii) **But now it’s up to you* *to fan that flame* *and get it to grow* *instead of letting Satan throw a bucket of cold water on that flame*.

*(a) **In* *(Mark 4:15)* it says, *“The word is sown; but Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.”*

*II) **Fire is a consuming force* that *when ignited*, *it will intensify* *and grow*.

*A) **As we allow God* *to ignite within us* *His vision*, *purpose*, *and* *dreams* *for our life*, *it will begin to intensify and grow* *until it completely consumes are very being*.

*1) **As with fire*, *your dreams need ignition* *and* *fuel to burn*.

*a) **God will ignite a dream in your heart*, *but YOU must continually add the fuel* *of the Word of God* *to your dream* *in order to keep it burning*.

*b) **There will be opportunities for other people*, *the enemy*, *and* *even yourself* *to try to throw cold water on your dreams*, *but you must continually protect* *and feed your dreams* *until it comes to pass*.

*2) *Turn to *Proverbs 29:18*.

*a) **People without a vision are nonproductive*.

*b) **There’s nothing more tragic* *than to let go of your vision* *and* *have no drive*, *no motivation* *and* *no fire*.

*c) **When you spend time in God’s Word* *and* *realize that God has called you for a purpose*, *there is a zeal* *or a fire* *that burns on the inside of you*.

*(i) **Just knowing that God thinks so much of you* *that he called you to fulfill his calling should excite you*.

*3) **Some* people *have the attitude* of *“Well I’ve tried this or that and nothing happens.”*

*a) **That’s not an excuse to give up*.

*b) **The Bible says* *that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God*.

*(i) **We need to constantly refresh ourselves* *in the scriptures*, *adding fuel to the fire*.

*B) **God will ignite* *that fire* on the inside of you *but you need to add the fuel of the Word* of God *to keep that fire burning*.

*1) **But in order for you to be CONSUMED WITH THE FIRE *of God *you need to LET THE WIND TAKE HOLD OF THAT FIRE*.

*a) **Have you ever seen* on the news the *brush fires* in Southern California?

*b) **What happens* *when* the *Santa Ana** winds* are *in effect?*

*(i) *It’s a *wildfire*, *a fire that cannot be stopped*, and *all consuming fire*, and *a fire that cannot be put out*.

*2) **You need to have the GREAT AND MIGHTY RUSHING WIND OF THE HOLY GHOST to keep that fire* on the inside of you *burning*.

*C) **In order for your dream* *or* the *vision* that God has given you *to come to pass* *you have to remain on fire*.

*1) **FIRST *of all, *YOU HAVE TO REPENT from* *your* *sins* *and* *shortcomings*.

*Let God reignite that fire* *by coming to church* *and* *sitting under the Word* of God.

*a) **SECOND *you have to *HAVE THE FUEL OF THE WORD OF GOD* *TO KEEP THAT FIRE BURNING*.

*b) **3rd*, you have to *SPEND TIME IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN PRAYER AND IN WORSHIP so that you’ll get the direction for the fire*.

*c) **FORTH*, you need to *GET THE WIND OF THE HOLY GHOST to keep that fire burning* *so that it cannot be quenched* *and you do that* *BY PRAYING IN THE HOLY GHOST*.

*D) **It’s easy to become relaxed* *and* *not go after anything*, *but you have to hunger for more of God’s Word* *and* *hunger for your dreams to be fulfilled.*

*1) **God responds to hunger*.

*2) **Jesus said*, *“When you are hungry and thirsty*, *you shall be filled.”*

*E) **Sometimes people say*, *“Well I'm TOO OLD now to see my dreams fulfilled* *and* *my vision to come to pass*.”

*1) **You’re never to old*.

*Moses was 80 years* old *before* he *stepped into the calling* that God had for him.

*2) **You can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens you.*

*a) **When the FIRE AND ANOINTING of God* *comes upon you*, *you’ll be equipped with SUPERNATURAL ABILITY and* *SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH to accomplish what he’s called you to do* *and* *to cause your DREAMS to BECOME a REALITY*.

*b) **God is waiting for you to get that fire back* in your life, *but will you let him?*

*c) **If so*, *hold onto that vision* *or* that *dream* *and don’t let it go* *and* *press into the things of God*, *and God will begin to make your dreams realities.*

WOLCC Sunday, February 07, 1999 from Jerry Savelle’s book entitled “Don’t Let Go of Your Dreams.”

Chapters 1 and 2.