Private Devotions
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. – Acts 2:42
Our country has been spiritually bankrupt for quite some time. We are constantly searching for ways to fill the God-shaped hole in our hearts, but we always seem to come up empty. What we really need is a spiritual awakening. But no great awakening just happens on its own or by chance. God uses people and their faithfulness to Him to kick-start great awakenings. So today and tomorrow, I want us to look at a couple of specific things that need to happen if we want to experience a great awakening.
Great awakenings always begin in private devotions. They begin in personal quiet times and worship. When God decides to move upon a generation, He first starts a movement in the heart of an individual. Don't wait for the church to give you revival. It first must happen inside your heart when you cry out, “Oh God, do something in my life. Do something in my church. Do something in my city. Do something in our country. Do something that can only be explained by Your Hand upon it.” That's when an awakening can be birthed. Let me give you a couple of examples of what this looks like.
Evangelist Gipsy Smith was an evangelist of yesteryear. He was once asked how to start a revival. He said it like this, “Go home, lock yourself in your room, kneel down in the middle of your floor, draw a chalk mark all around yourself, and ask God to start the revival inside that chalk mark. When he has answered your prayer, the revival will be started.”
Additionally, D. L. Moody once said, “The world has never seen one man, totally and completely sold out for God, and I will be that man!” Even though Moody had only an eighth-grade education, the Spirit of God fell upon him, and he touched two continents for the Kingdom of God. During his lifetime, he watched so many powerful movements of God. He saw God doing things that could only be explained by God's Spirit because he was willing to start seeking God privately and personally before he expected God to move publicly.
If we want to see an awakening take place, it starts with each of us. It starts with our personal time we spend with Jesus each day. Don’t neglect to spend this precious time with your Heavenly Father. Make your time with Him a priority. You never know how could multiply it.
Our country has been spiritually bankrupt for quite some time. We are constantly searching for ways to fill the God-shaped hole in our hearts, but we always seem to come up empty. What we really need is a spiritual awakening. But no great awakening just happens on its own or by chance. God uses people and their faithfulness to Him to kick-start great awakenings. So today and tomorrow, I want us to look at a couple of specific things that need to happen if we want to experience a great awakening.
Great awakenings always begin in private devotions. They begin in personal quiet times and worship. When God decides to move upon a generation, He first starts a movement in the heart of an individual. Don't wait for the church to give you revival. It first must happen inside your heart when you cry out, “Oh God, do something in my life. Do something in my church. Do something in my city. Do something in our country. Do something that can only be explained by Your Hand upon it.” That's when an awakening can be birthed. Let me give you a couple of examples of what this looks like.
Evangelist Gipsy Smith was an evangelist of yesteryear. He was once asked how to start a revival. He said it like this, “Go home, lock yourself in your room, kneel down in the middle of your floor, draw a chalk mark all around yourself, and ask God to start the revival inside that chalk mark. When he has answered your prayer, the revival will be started.”
Additionally, D. L. Moody once said, “The world has never seen one man, totally and completely sold out for God, and I will be that man!” Even though Moody had only an eighth-grade education, the Spirit of God fell upon him, and he touched two continents for the Kingdom of God. During his lifetime, he watched so many powerful movements of God. He saw God doing things that could only be explained by God's Spirit because he was willing to start seeking God privately and personally before he expected God to move publicly.
If we want to see an awakening take place, it starts with each of us. It starts with our personal time we spend with Jesus each day. Don’t neglect to spend this precious time with your Heavenly Father. Make your time with Him a priority. You never know how could multiply it.
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