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To open their eyes, and to
turn them from darkness to light, and from the
power of Satan unto God, that they may receive
forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them
which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
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"Never lose heart in
the power of the Gospel. Do not believe that there exists any
man, much less any race of men, for whom the Gospel is not
fitted." (Charles H. Spurgeon)
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Our Mission, our burdens
and our Goals
In a land where once the glorious
Gospel of Jesus Christ was so faithfully proclaimed with great
fervency and
power, there
now
exists a great
spirit of indifference and an erry stillness concerning the
Gospel of Jesus Christ. A spirit of deadly apathy has
settled over this part of the country and many churches,
having succombed to this sprit of deadness and indifference,
have all but lost that great fervency of spirit and
diligence in preaching the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ
which once echoed so loudly throughout this part of the
country.
Could this be the evidence of divine
judgment, and if so, how are God's people suppose
to react? Is this a time to merely sit back and mourn over
such spiritual deadness? Are we do simply "accept" such
apathy and merely "hold on, do the best we can do"? Or is it time for God's children to
humbly and fervently seek their God in prayer, that He might
once again bring a true Revival to this great country, and
that we might once again see the power of
the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ (which alone has the power to save sinners)?
2Ch 7:14
If my people,
which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and
pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways;
then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin,
and will heal their land.
Many believers today, as well as Pastors, have all but
given up on any hopes of ever seeing God bring a true
revival to this spiritually indifferent and slothful
country, even though they insist on holding their "yearly
Revival meetings". Led by their "traditions" and years of
"habit", they rest in these annual "acts of revival",
convincing themselves that God has blessed their meetings.
Yet, where are the fruits which accompany true revival?
Where are all those who professed conversion at these
meetings? Where are the believers who profess that their
lives have been truly "changed and reformed" by the effects
of such revivals? For though a revival may last only a few
days, the "effects and fruits" of a God sent revival are
seen weeks and months after the "revival meeting" has come
to an end. Have we become so "content" with our "annual
traditional revivals" and their "short lived effects", that
we seek not more thorough and lasting effects from
such revivals? The truth of the matter is, that most
"revival meetings" today are not well attended. The majority
of revivals today have a very low attendance, especially
from those who profess to be believers.
But should we be surprised, when many of them have great
difficulty even attending church on Sunday? How could we
ever hope of seeing a true "revival" take place in this part
of the country, when those who profess to know God show so
little interest in the things of God themselves? Who
disrespect the Lord's Day, while following their personal
pleasures and interests? Why should the Spirit of God "send
a revival" for such spiritually indifferent and slothful"
believers?
For though we realize that we cannot "produce" a revival
of ourselves, nor can we dictate to the Holy Spirit how or
when a revival should take place (for every true revival is
a sovereign work of the Holy Spirit of God and
not dependent upon any thing man does), yet, we are
instructed in God's Word to employ all those divine means
which God has given us to seek and secure a blessing of the
Spirit of God for such a revival.
2Ch 7:14
If my people,
which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and
pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways;
then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin,
and will heal their land.
These glorious words of exhortation give us the divine
method of seeking and securing a true, God sent revival. May
they ever encourage and strengthen our hearts in our desires
to see God send this barren and unfruitful land a thorough
and genuine revival.
May God be merciful unto us all, and may we truly
seek to "humble ourselves, and pray, and seek His face, and
turn from our wicked ways: That God would hear from heaven
and forgive us our sins, AND HEAL OUR LAND!"
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We covet
the prayers of God's covenant people for this
country and our efforts to reach many souls for
Christ.
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God is our
refuge and strength, a very
present help in trouble.
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If God Had Not Been
on Our Side (Martin Luther)
1. If God had not been on our side
And had not come to aid us,
The foes with all their power and pride Would surely have dismayed us; For
we, His flock, would have to fear The threat of
men both far and near Who rise in might against
us.
2. Their furious wrath, did God permit,
Would surely have consumed us
And as a deep and yawning pit
With life and limb entombed us.
Like men o'er whom dark waters roll
Their wrath would have engulfed our soul
And, like a flood, o'erwhelmed us.
3. Blest be the Lord, who foiled
their threat That
they could not devour us;
Our souls, like birds, escaped their net,
They could not overpower us. The snare is
broken--we are free! Our help is ever, Lord, in
Thee, Who madest earth and heaven.
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