The Recipe for Revival

Introduction - Name that Recipe:

Sugar, milk, unsalted b utter, cocoa powder, rolled oats, peanut butter, vanilla extract, kosher salt. Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies

eggs, water, powdered sugar, unsweetened cocoa poder, oil, vanilla extract. Brownies

Olive Oil, yellow onions, chopped thyme leaves, kosher salt, black pepper, worcestershire sauce, canned chicken broth, tomato paste, ground chuck, dry bread crumbs, eggs, ketchup. Meat Loaf

Butter, sourdough bread, eggs, milk, heavy whipping cream, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, syrup, blueberries. Cinnamon Bread French Toast

(CARBONATED WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CONCENTRATED ORANGE JUICE, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVORS, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVES FRESHNESS), CAFFEINE, SODIUM CITRATE, ERYTHORBIC ACID (PRESERVES FRESHNESS), GUM ARABIC, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), BROMINATED VEGETABLE OIL, YELLOW 5.) Mountain Dew

Question: When you hear the word revival - what do you think of?

A time when lost people get saved.

God’s renewal of his people -> resulting in the lost being saved.

What is a “Revival”

What is planned?

What qualifies?

Who? What? When? Where? Why?

The Recipe for Revival

At the decication of the temple, telling them the blessing there will be for obedience, the curse there will be for disobedience, and how to remedy it.

2 Chronicles 7:14 CSB

and my people, who bear my name, humble themselves, pray and seek my face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

Ingredients

People of God.

Who are called according to His name.

Revival starts among believers. It is a Reviving of those who already follow the Lord.

Humble themselves.

Realize our place before God.

Realize that He is God and we are not.

Pray and Seek God’s Face.

Prayer to God. Express a desire to seek him. A desire for Him to move. An expression of our commitment to Him. A rekindling of the relationship. To seek and know him. A cry for His help.

Repent and follow.

In this process we should become aware of where we have erred. Where we have fallen short. We should repent from the sin in our life and follow faithful. To live righteous lives.

God’s Response.

Renewal and Revival take place.

Steps to follow

We humble ourselves

We pray & fast

We repent and live faithful lives

God moves

Results

One of the ways we will do this is to have prayer vigil.