Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. - Romans 5

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Corey Russell: Revival is Jesus! Jesus is revival!
Francis Chan: Even when there is no revival, even when all there is rejection, suffering, and pain (as exemplified in the lives of the OT prophets), Jesus was there (he was the 4th man in the furnace).

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When Corey preached on Psalms 132 about how King David wanted to build a house for the Lord, and how the Lord was "impressed" and wanted King David to do it, I was like, "wait a minute...didn't God say no?" Great way to start a message on riling up people to growth the prayer movement of IHOP into the world.

Is God impressionable? I am not sure if King David ever impressed God, but God did find favor in him and loved him. Though God rejected King David's offer of building the temple because David's hands were too stained with blood (by God's commands mind you), God did pass the privilege to David's son Solomon (who did "impress" God with his answer to God's question on what his heart desired the most). Nevertheless, God called David "a man after my own heart," which is one of the chiefest honors anyone has gotten in the Bible as King David never put the fear of man over the fear of God.

What is the definition of revival anyways?
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