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Amen. 
I love when we sing songs that 

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ask rhetorical questions that we
all obviously know the answer 

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to. 
Who is like the Lord our God? 

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No one. 
Aren't you thankful for that 

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this morning? 
And we serve the one true and 

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living God. 
I wish there were some people 

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here this morning who love to 
praise Him for that. 

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I said, aren't you thankful for 
that this morning? 

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If you have your Bibles, if you 
would turn to the 119th Psalm 

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this morning as we continue 
walking verse by verse, section 

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by section through this 
wonderful chapter in Scripture. 

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Many of you may not realize 
this, but we have been looking 

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at the 119th Psalm in each of 
the eight verse sections. 

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We have been going through this 
since early April and here we 

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are on the 20th letter of the 
Hebrew alphabet, the letter 

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Hresh. 
We find that they're in verse 

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153. 
We'll be looking this morning 

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from 153 all the way to 160 in 
our eight verse section. 

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The psalmist here this morning 
is going to use a term that will

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be quite familiar to all of you 
who have been here throughout 

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this study. 
He's going to use a term that we

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have seen multiple times in the 
119th Psalm and and in this 

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particular section, he's going 
to repeat it three times so that

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we will understand that this is 
a major theme of the verses that

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fall under the heading of Resh. 
The NIV translates this 

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statement like this preserve my 
life. 

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I told you it would be a 
familiar statement. 

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Those of you who have been 
listening and learning through 

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the 119th, you know this, that 
he has often said this. 

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Preserve my life. 
The ESV, if you're reading from 

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that, says this give me life. 
The King James Version says this

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quicken me. 
And that's a word that we, we 

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don't really use a lot in our 
time, but it means to restore me

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or resuscitate me or to bring me
back to life, to quicken me. 

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The new American Standard and 
the LSV, which is the legacy 

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standard, they translate this 
revive me. 

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And I think that the NASV and 
the LSV get it right. 

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They hit the nail on the head 
when we go back to the Hebrew 

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and we really see what is the 
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He is asking that the Lord would
revive him, that he would bring 

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revival upon his life. 
We know as we have walked 

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through life with him and our 
study living life in the light 

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of God's Word and as He's taught
us how to do this, we have seen 

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that He's had many obstacles, 
many UPS, many downs, many 

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trials, many victories, many 
setbacks, many persecutions, 

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many. 
Suffering. 

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And he comes to this point when 
he cries out to the Lord, revive

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me Now, if you've walked with 
Christ any amount of time, you 

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know this. 
There are times in our walk with

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Christ where we all need 
revival. 

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In fact, truth be told, there 
are some of us who are here 

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today who are in need of a 
revival. 

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You are in need of God's 
strength and power to quicken 

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you where you are in your 
spiritual walk. 

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There's no shame in admitting 
that. 

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There's no shame in saying, 
well, from time to time, I need 

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revival. 
He knows this, and he's not 

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pushing you away just because 
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In fact, he longs to give you 
the revival that you need. 

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But I don't want anyone to be 
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Today, because the term. 
Revival can be so confusing in 

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the American mind and in the 
American church because we have 

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often used this term for a week 
long meeting that we do twice a 

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year and nothing really ever 
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for that corporate happening, 
that something would happen 

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corporately that our church 
would go through if you would in

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quotations revival. 
But I want us to see today that 

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corporate revival is never going
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individual revival. 
And psalmist is not even going 

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to approach God corporately. 
He's not praying on behalf of 

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Israel here. 
He's praying on behalf of 

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himself. 
He is saying that I need a 

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personal revival in my life. 
And again, that term to the 

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American can be confusing 
because I don't think we really 

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understand what revival really 
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But I, I hope that when we leave
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say that because we're confused 
about revival and some of us 

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even almost afraid of revival 
because of such movements that 

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call themselves revival. 
In fact, in in our time we have 

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seen many of those. 
In 1994 we see what was known as

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the Toronto Blessing that broke 
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church there in Toronto. 
This so-called revival was known

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for bizarre and physical 
manifestations like animal 

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noises and uncontrollable 
laughter, uncontrollable crying 

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and never led to anything other 
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Chaos and in fact, anyone who is
truly a theologian would quickly

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see the things that were going 
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give just criticism to the fact 
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What they were doing was not 
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There was no theological 
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that took place there. 
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of this claimed revival said it 
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critics agree that it was 
chaotic and God doesn't work in 

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the realm of chaos or confusion.
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In fact, that's why we were 
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things be done decently and in 
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And it is the Scriptures that 
tell us exactly what decently 

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and in order looks like. 
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that, when we violate the 
Scriptures, we find ourselves 

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very quickly in the midst of 
chaos and emotional frenzy. 

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Which brings us to the next 
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was the 1995 Brownsville revival
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Many of you are familiar with 
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It was a movement of intense 
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Though there was a call for 
repentance, there was no 

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evidence of any lasting 
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It was just simply repentance in
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emotional frenzy. 
Some may have praised its 

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impact, but critics can quickly 
point out the fact that that 

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this whole movement was relying 
on feelings and unverified 

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miracles. 
I just want to help you. 

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Jesus himself said a wicked and 
perverse generation seeks after 

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signs, miracles and wonders. 
And so we have to be very 

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careful when we call something a
revival simply because it's 

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based on some type of emotional,
frenzier, unverified, tangible 

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miracles. 
Because when Jesus did miracles,

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they were all verified. 
They were all tangible and they 

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were all for a greater purpose, 
to draw attention to the Savior,

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not to the emotional act and 
emotional trend that was going 

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on in that day. 
And then we have in more recent 

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times, the Lakeland Revival. 
Brought about under the 

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so-called leadership of a man 
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This revival too, claimed many 
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It claimed all sorts of crazy 
practices, in fact, aggressive 

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practices where people would 
kick people, kick people, and 

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the demons work to come out and 
the spirit was to come in. 

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I want to just make it clear to 
everyone here, if revival breaks

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out this morning and you kick 
me, I'm going to file assault 

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charges on you. 
If you kick anyone else, the 

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same charges will also be filed 
on you. 

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Nowhere in scripture do we see 
anything that gives us a reason 

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to kick others. 
That the demons may leave in the

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Spirit may come in. 
We saw ridiculous things like 

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this in the Lakeland Revival and
as we know Bentley was later 

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discredited due to his life and 
the movement was an over and 

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squashed and it too had no 
verifiable evidence of anything 

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and no lasting fruit, no lasting
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It was simply that, just a flash
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So I've told you these things to
make it very clear that this is 

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not what I'm talking about 
today. 

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This is not what the psalmist is
going to teach us about. 

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He's not teaching you about the 
old Baptist fall revival summer 

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revivals where we meet together 
and and we we get some good food

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before it happens. 
And then some people come to 

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know Christ, though that's 
always great that people come to

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know Christ. 
We're not talking about that 

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desire to just have a corporate 
revival for the sake of having a

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corporate revival. 
We're not talking about an 

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emotional stirring. 
What in fact we are talking 

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about, what the psalmist is 
going to talk about, is true 

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biblical revival, to which we 
are much confused about because 

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many Christians are enamoured by
corporate revival, right? 

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As soon as a group of college 
students on a campus start 

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singing songs around the fire, 
we want to label that a revival 

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very quickly. 
But generally, in the end, it is

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just an emotional service that 
started up in people's feelings,

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and as soon as their feelings 
had faded, it faded as well. 

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What the psalmist was talking 
about today is true revival, and

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true revival is going to bring 
lasting results. 

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So as we look at Psalm 119 in 
the 153rd verse, let us begin 

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this journey on answering these 
questions. 

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What is biblical revival? 
What does biblical revival 

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consist of? 
I guess what does biblical 

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revival look like? 
153 says this. 

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It says look upon my suffering 
and deliver me, for I have not 

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forgotten your law. 
Defend my cause and redeem me. 

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Preserve my life. 
That's the one that the NASB 

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says Revive me according to Your
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That's the first sighting of 
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Next he says salvation is far 
from the wicked, for they do not

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seek out your decrees. 
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Lord, it preserve my life. 
There it is again. 

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Revive me according to your 
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Many are the foes who persecute 
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your statutes. 
I look on the faithless with 

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loathing, for they do not obey 
your word. 

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See how I love your precepts? 
And he says again, Preserve my 

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life, revive me. 
O Lord, according to your love, 

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all your words are true, all 
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Let's pray together. 
Father, we thank you for your 

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word. 
Holy Spirit, we ask as we look 

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at Your Word and as we listen to
Your Word today, that truth 

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would be revealed to the depths 
of our hearts. 

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Lord, that if we need. 
Revival today individually, God,

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I pray that your word would 
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that revival, that we would be 
careful to give you all the 

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thanks and all the glory for it 
in Christ. 

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God, I pray for the soul who's 
here today, who is spiritually 

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dead, needing revival in the 
form of salvation. 

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Lord, we pray that by Your 
Spirit today and Your quickening

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power as the Word of God is 
preached, that you would birth 

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new life into them and they 
would turn from their sin and 

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turn to Christ as Lord and 
Savior, trusting in Him and Him 

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alone to free them from the 
wrath and the judgement of God 

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that is to come upon the wicked.
That they would walk out this 

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morning forgiven, clean, holding
on to the promise of eternal 

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life that You've made to all who
believe and trust in you and 

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God, we will be careful to give 
you all of the praise and all of

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the credit and all of the glory 
for what you're going to do as 

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your word is proclaimed this 
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We pray all these things in 
Christ's name, Amen. 

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So as we open the Word of God 
and as the psalmist begins to 

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teach us about true biblical 
revival, let's learn some things

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about this. 
First, I want you to see this 

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that biblical revival will be 
built on God's promises. 

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It will be built on God's 
promises, not on human emotion, 

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not on human manipulation. 
It will be built simply on the 

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promises of God. 
He says in 153, if you look back

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there with me, look upon my 
suffering and deliver me, for I 

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have not forgotten your law. 
He says I am in a bad place, I 

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need deliverance, I am suffering
and I'm holding on to your law. 

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I haven't forgotten your law. 
I have not forgotten your 

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promises. 
We see the Psalmist here 

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beginning this section calling 
on God in prayer. 

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I want you to recognize that. 
I want you to see his 

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desperation. 
He he doesn't call a friend, he 

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doesn't call a shrink, he 
doesn't call a pastor. 

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He specifically calls on God in 
prayer. 

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I can tell you this, if you want
to experience revival in your 

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life today, you're in that dry 
desert and you need to drink 

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from the well. 
Call on the one who is in 

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control of the well. 
Call to Him. 

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The psalmist here desperately 
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his advocate is, is that not 
what the scriptures say that the

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Lord Jesus Christ is for us? 
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that the Lord is our mediator. 
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In fact, there is one mediator 
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Christ Jesus, and He's calling 
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seeing him also as his advocate 
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teaches us that the Lord is our 
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defense. 
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upon my suffering and deliver 
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one that he could cry out to and
receive this kind of revival 

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that he's asking for is God 
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God for his deliverance. 
Oh, Please note, he's not trying

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to deliver himself. 
He's not trying to get all his 

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eggs in the right basket. 
He's not trying to, as we hear 

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all the time, get his life 
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He's running to God in 
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And I would to God that we as 
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because it's not being preached 
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Desperately running to God, 
knowing that He hears us, and He

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hears us based on his promises 
to hear us. 

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Here he is dependent upon God 
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well. 
What the word of God says Second

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Samuel chapter 22 verse two. 
He said the Lord is my rock, my 

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fortress, and my deliverer. 
The psalmist trusting in that 

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that the Lord is his deliverer, 
the Lord is his. 

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Folk fortress. 
He can count on the Lord in any 

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and every situation. 
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comes deliverance. 
From the Lord comes deliverance.

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Oh, it's not just a coincidence 
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crying out desperately to the 
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He knows that the only hope for 
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God in desperation. 
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all of you, because often times 
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revival, we try to fake it as if
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And we put on those pharisaical 
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as if everything is all 
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Did you know that's that's what 
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masks. 
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instead of running to God in 
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and saying, God, I need revival.
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We ignore. 
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when we know good and well it's 
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The psalmist here not falling 
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God in prayer desperately. 
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Because he knows true revivals 
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He's going to the promise maker 
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He's saying, Lord, I need 
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way that I can have revival is 
because you have made me 

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promises in your word. 
He's calling on God in prayer 

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and he's confident in God's 
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Look at 154. 
Defend my cause and redeem me, 

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preserve my life, Revive me 
according to your promise. 

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He's going back to the 
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holding on to the fact that God 
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revive those who trust in him. 
He's simply trusting in God as 

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his helper, as his Savior, as 
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Hebrews chapter 4, verse 14 it 
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Therefore, since we have have a 
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through the heavens, Jesus the 
Son of God, let us hold firmly 

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to the faith we profess. 
For we do not have a high priest

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who is unable to sympathize with
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who has been tempted in every 
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without. 
Sin watch what He says in 16. 

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Let us then approach the throne 
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Does not crawl in a corner and 
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He knows right where you are. 
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compassion for you. 
He says, let us approach the 

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throne of grace with confidence 
so that we may receive mercy and

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find grace to help us in our 
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The psalmist simply trusting in 
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and his defender, knowing that 
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throne in his time of need. 
Christian, let me tell you this,

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if you need revival, Jesus 
Christ, our Mediator, our 

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Advocate, and our friend has 
made a way for us to approach 

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God's throne of grace. 
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and anything that we need, He 
will provide that grace. 

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If it is the need for revival, 
cry out to him today. 

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For that revival, be dependent 
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confident. 
And that which he has promised, 

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clinging to things as the 
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one, where he says God is our 
refuge and strength, an ever 

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present help in trouble. 
Well, far too often, friends, we

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forget that, don't we? 
That he's an ever present help 

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in trouble, you say? 
Well, Kirk, you don't 

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understand. 
I got myself into this. 

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Yes, you did. 
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He is our Deliverer, even from 
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ourselves. 
What a kind and gracious and 

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merciful Savior He. 
Is the Psalm is here reminding 

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us to trust him a refuge in our 
strength or ever present help in

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trouble. 
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Psalm, he says therefore we will
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way and the mountains fall into 
the heart of the sea, though its

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waters roar and foam in the 
mountains quake with their 

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surging. 
He says there's nothing for us 

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to be afraid of because we are 
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confident in his word and the 
promises that he has made to us.

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The Psalm is here, trusting 
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the Scriptures for hope. 
Not only for help, but for hope.

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Oh, wouldn't it be nice in this 
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world that we live in, to find 
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You can find hope in the Word of
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that very clearly. 
That his hope comes from God's 

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word. 
He says preserve my life 

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according to your promise. 
He just say preserve your life 

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according to what I deserve. 
Revive me if you think I'm 

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worthy of it. 
Now see, he says, revive me 

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according to your word. 
He's turning to scriptures for 

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hope. 
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verse 114, you learned this when
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and my shield. 
I have put my hope in your word.

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Why was God his refuge and his 
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Because he had put hope in His 
word. 

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And when we put hope in God's 
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refuge and our shield. 
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Testament, Paul in Romans 
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everything that was written in 
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It was written to teach us so 
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encouragement. 
Of the Scriptures, we might have

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what hope here the psalmist is, 
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situation. 
He's calling on God, and now 

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he's finding hope. 
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He's finding hope because of his
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Isn't it interesting? 
When you meet people who are 

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confident in God's Word, you 
meet people who walk around with

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hope all the time. 
Isn't that what we should be 

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doing? 
Are you here this week after 

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week after week at the end of 
our service? 

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That we should go out and be 
light in darkness, and that when

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people inquire of what the hope 
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Because when we're walking in 
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we were walking and living life 
and light of the scriptures, 

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guess what's going to happen? 
We're going to walk in hope and 

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the lost world whose hopeless is
going to look at us and they're 

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going to say. 
What is different about you? 

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The whole world seems to be 
freaking out and you're not 

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freaking out. 
We get to sing at the top of our

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lungs in that moment. 
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nothing less than Jesus blood 
and righteousness. 

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My hope is built on the promises
of the word of God. 

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You want to see revival in your 
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You'll see revival only when 
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God. 
Thomas Watson, the Puritan, said

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this. 
He said God's promises are dated

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in heaven. 
They are as unchangeable as God 

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himself. 
So God has promised us hope and 

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his word, and that hope is not 
going to change. 

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When the psalmist says according
to your promise, according to 

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your word, you know what he's 
saying. 

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Revive me, Lord, just like you 
said you would. 

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Revive me, Lord, just like the 
scriptures declare it you will. 

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Lord. 
I am trusting in your word. 

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I'm not trusting in what I see. 
I'm not trusting in what's going

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on around me. 
I'm not trusting in Fox News. 

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I'm not trusting in politics. 
I'm not even trusting in my own 

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sin and my own weakness. 
I am trusting in You and. 

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Your word, there's where my 
confidence lies, and in that you

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have hope. 
Doesn't hope always bring 

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revival? 
And so do you want biblical 

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revival in your life? 
Do you? 

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Well, it comes by trusting God's
promises. 

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It comes by trusting his word to
desperately cry out to him in 

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prayer, knowing that he will 
work according to the Scriptures

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and having great confidence in 
that. 

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So we see that biblical revival 
will be built on God's promises 

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first. 
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revival will be brought by God's
mercy. 

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He says in 155 salvation is far 
from the wicked, for they do not

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seek out your decrees. 156 says 
your compassion is great, or in 

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some of your translations it 
says great are your mercies. 

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Oh Lord, preserve my life again.
Revive. 

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Me according to your laws. 
He keeps going back to God and 

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his Word, His statutes, His 
laws, His precepts, His 

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commands. 
And so the psalmist knows that 

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sinful man must depend upon 
God's endless mercies if he's 

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going to have a biblical revival
take place in his life. 

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Let me just ask you this simple 
question. 

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How many of you are thankful 
that God had mercy on you at 

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salvation when you came to know 
Jesus as your Lord and Savior? 

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And that is a huge deal. 
But how many of you are also 

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grateful that God's mercies 
continue in your life over and 

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over and over and over again? 
I am thankful for that, and I'll

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just be transparent. 
I'm thankful because most days I

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blow it and I am in need of His 
mercies constantly. 

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And without His mercy, there 
would never be any revival in my

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life. 
The psalmist understands this 

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and he turns to God and His 
compassion and His mercy, 

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refusing to take the path of 
wickedness. 

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Watch what he says in verse 155.
He says salvation is far from 

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the wicked, for they not seek 
your decrees. 

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That's not just out of place. 
He didn't just throw that in 

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there. 
He's making a. 

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Comparison, he's saying there's 
a group of people who they don't

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have your mercy and they don't 
rely on your mercy and they 

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don't trust in your mercy, but 
without your mercy I have 

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nothing to trust in. 
I have nothing to rely on. 

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And so the psalmist here is 
saying this. 

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He's saying that if I'm going to
have revival, I know that 

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revival must come because of 
your mercy in my life. 

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That's why he says the wicked 
before from salvation. 

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And they don't seek out your 
decrees. 

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They don't. 
Seek your word so they know 

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nothing of your mercy, But on 
the other hand, I know much of 

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your mercy because you have 
saved me by your mercy, and you 

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continue to save me by your 
mercy. 

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And So what he's doing here, 
he's refusing to. 

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Take the path of wickedness, and
one who's depending on God's 

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mercy to revive them will refuse
to take the path of wickedness. 

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He's saying I don't want to be 
like them. 

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You know why He knows he doesn't
want to be like them? 

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Because he once was like them. 
Isn't that true of all of us? 

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We've all taken the path of 
wickedness. 

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Salvation was far from. 
Us, we had not received the 

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mercy of God, but God then 
showered us with His mercy in 

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Christ. 
The psalmist refuses to take the

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path of wickedness, Noticing the
difference between light and 

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dark. 
You want to see revival in your 

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life? 
Learn the difference between 

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light and dark. 
I know it's hard in a culture we

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call right wrong and wrong 
right, and everything is so hazy

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and confusing. 
Can I speak boldly for a moment?

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Light and dark cannot coexist. 
You can't be darkness some of 

451
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the time and claim to be light 
some of the time. 

452
00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:33,960
You were either in Christ or you
are not in Christ. 

453
00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,000
You are either in the light or 
you are in the darkness. 

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There is no in between. 
The psalmist identifying that if

455
00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,040
I'm going to have revival, 
revival is not going to come in 

456
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the darkness. 
Salvation is far from the 

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wicked. 
I need the Lord's mercy. 

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00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,800
So I'm refusing the path of 
wickedness. 

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00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,040
Now be it. 
He's saying that wicked men need

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00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:59,520
God's mercy. 
Yeah, we, apart from the mercy 

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00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:01,160
of God are all wicked, aren't 
we? 

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There's none. 
Righteous. 

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00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:04,960
No, not one. 
Romans 323. 

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We've all sinned and come short 
of the glory of God. 

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So we see here that the psalmist
has repented of that wickedness,

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has distinguished himself from 
the darkness. 

467
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:21,520
He's turning to God depending 
upon his compassion, His 

468
00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:25,200
compassion alone. 
The one who's depending on God's

469
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,560
mercy to revive them will refuse
the path of wickedness. 

470
00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:28,800
You're not going to find revival
there. 

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00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:32,040
So if there's sin in your life 
today and you want to see 

472
00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:37,160
revival, turn from the 
wickedness of your sin and turn 

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to the mercy of God. 
And then we see this. 

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The psalmist is relying on God's
mercy alone. 

475
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:47,680
He's not saying Lord, I've done 
great things. 

476
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:52,560
And so bring revival in my life.
Lord, all my ducks are in a row.

477
00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:55,400
So bring revival in life. 
You know how we know his ducks 

478
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:56,840
aren't in a row? 
Ducks don't get in a row. 

479
00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:01,360
You look at your life. 
Just when you think you got all 

480
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,480
your ducks in a row, what 
happens 1 jumps out of the line?

481
00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,560
He's not claiming by his own 
works that he deserves revival. 

482
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:13,120
I wish that we would get that 
church. 

483
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:21,840
He is solely depending upon 
God's mercy alone, just as He 

484
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:25,640
did at salvation. 
He is continuing to do this. 

485
00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:30,760
Are you listening to me, Church?
Just as you had confidence and 

486
00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:35,040
relying on God's mercy alone to 
save you, continue to walk in 

487
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,480
that. 
Continue to rely on His mercy 

488
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:42,120
every single day of your life. 
Continue to go to His well of 

489
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:49,000
compassion that He has for those
of us who are wicked by nature. 

490
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:53,400
Oh, He's seeking God's 
compassion here for the Sinner, 

491
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:57,400
knowing full well that's what he
is, and were it not for God's 

492
00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,480
mercy, that's what He would 
always. 

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00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:04,200
Be. 
But he's saying, Lord, revive 

494
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:10,920
me, preserve my life in spite of
me, according to your mercies, 

495
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,520
according to your word. 
He's seeking compassion. 

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00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:19,880
And if we're seeking compassion,
where else can we go? 

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00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:25,600
Psalm 111, verse 4 says this. 
He has caused his wonders to be 

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00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:29,040
remembered. 
The Lord is gracious and 

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compassionate. 
I am thankful, and I know many 

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00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:38,840
of you are as well, for the 
grace and the compassion of the 

501
00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:41,720
Lord that is continual in our 
lives. 

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00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,440
You want revival, Depend upon 
that. 

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00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,320
It's brought by God's mercy, His
compassion, His grace. 

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00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:53,120
It's brought no other way. 
In fact, in our Scripture 

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reading today, let me remind you
of what it said in Joel chapter 

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2, verse 12. 
It said there in Joel even now. 

507
00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:03,240
Declares the Lord, Return to me 
with all your heart, with 

508
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:04,960
fasting and weeping and 
mourning. 

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00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:06,680
Rend your heart and not your 
garments. 

510
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:08,960
Return to the Lord your God, for
He is what? 

511
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:13,480
Gracious and compassionate, slow
to anger, and abounding in love,

512
00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:16,080
and He relents from sending 
calamity. 

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00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:19,920
If you're in need of revival 
today, stop running from God. 

514
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:26,280
See who He is biblically. 
He's a God of mercy. 

515
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:28,880
He is a God of compassion. 
Run to him. 

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00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:30,520
And I know what many of you will
say. 

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00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:34,880
You'll make excuses, but you 
don't know what I did yesterday.

518
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:40,520
Can I read for you again 
Lamentations chapter 3 verse 22?

519
00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:42,360
It says it's because of the 
Lord's great love. 

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00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:47,600
We are not consumed for His 
compassions never fail. 

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00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:55,880
They are new every morning. 
Great is your faithfulness. 

522
00:31:56,360 --> 00:32:00,160
Anyone here thankful that His 
compassions, His mercies for us 

523
00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:05,720
are daily renewed? 
Every morning that I wake up and

524
00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:10,080
I see the sun come above the 
horizon, I say Thank you Lord, 

525
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:15,440
because whether I realize it or 
not, whether I realize to the 

526
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:19,400
depth that I need it or not, I 
am in need of His mercies every 

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00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:23,600
single day. 
You know why many don't 

528
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,360
experience revival in their 
lives? 

529
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:30,520
I believe because they've 
forgotten how in need of God's 

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00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:37,360
mercy they really are. 
Were it not for His mercy and 

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00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:42,080
His love for the Sinner, 
Lamentation says, we would be 

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00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:45,000
consumed. 
Oh, I've often wondered that. 

533
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:48,840
Lord, why didn't you just kill 
me when I was wicked? 

534
00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:52,720
Why would you even still allow 
me to exist? 

535
00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:54,600
I know the American church 
doesn't think like this. 

536
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:56,840
We think God owes us something 
because we're a bunch of 

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00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:02,360
entitled full of brats. 
The only thing that God really 

538
00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:07,320
owed me was death and hell and I
asked myself daily why did I not

539
00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:10,200
get what I deserved? 
I'm a theologian. 

540
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:12,000
I know the biblical answer to 
that. 

541
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,560
I I can give you all the 
mysteries behind that in Christ,

542
00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:18,440
but what it ultimately boils 
down to is this, because of the 

543
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:23,200
Lord's great love for me, that's
so hard for me to understand. 

544
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,240
How could He ever love me? 
How could He give me such 

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00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:27,200
compassion? 
How could He give me such mercy?

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00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:30,160
Continually. 
Well, it's enough to think about

547
00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:35,200
that at salvation. 
He's continually giving me 

548
00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:38,680
mercy, just as a psalmist is 
seeing here, depending upon 

549
00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:39,840
that. 
Why? 

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00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:43,560
Because biblical revival will be
brought by God's mercy. 

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00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:46,000
Oh, we leave God's mercy out of 
this equation. 

552
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:47,880
You'll never see revival. 
So you know what that means. 

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00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:49,720
We run to God and we plea with 
God. 

554
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:53,480
God gives me mercy. 
God, I am in need of your 

555
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,720
compassion. 
I am in need of your loving 

556
00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:56,480
kindness. 
Lord. 

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00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:02,960
Thirdly, we see this. 
You've seen biblical revival 

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00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:06,280
will be built on God's promises 
will be brought by God's mercy, 

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00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:09,639
then I want you to pay attention
to this. 

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00:34:09,639 --> 00:34:14,159
It will be bent on obeying God. 
There will be lasting obedience.

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00:34:14,159 --> 00:34:16,320
This is the problem with many of
the so-called corporate 

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00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:19,760
revivals. 
There's no lasting obedience, 

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00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:23,400
there's no life change. 
He says in 157. 

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00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:26,960
Many are the foes who persecute 
me, but I have not turned from 

565
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:31,560
your statute, so I'm still 
focused on your word. 158 He 

566
00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:34,560
says, I look on the faithless 
with loathing, for they do not 

567
00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:37,400
obey your word. 
The psalmist here teaching us 

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00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,520
that true biblical revival will 
bring a new desire for obedience

569
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:44,520
to God's Word. 
There are many who claim to have

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00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:50,600
experienced revival, but there 
is no bend in their life toward 

571
00:34:50,639 --> 00:34:53,360
obeying God. 
Can I help you all out so that 

572
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:55,199
you're not deceived? 
That's not revival. 

573
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,640
That was a warm fuzzy. 
That was an emotional high. 

574
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:04,000
That was the flash in the pan. 
That was not God bringing 

575
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,120
lasting change. 
Because when God brings change, 

576
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:07,640
you know what happens? 
It lasts. 

577
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:12,360
You don't believe me? 
Ask Israel, who once was Jake 

578
00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:14,480
Jacob, who walked with a limp 
forever. 

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00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:21,160
God changes us. 
He bends us and conforms us. 

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00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:23,720
How is he bending us and 
conforming us if we're in 

581
00:35:23,720 --> 00:35:29,440
Christ, to the image of Christ? 
And so then we have to ask 

582
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:35,920
ourselves as Christ obedient and
every single command and every 

583
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:39,440
single facet of the law, he was 
obedient in our stead. 

584
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:43,160
That is the hope that we have. 
And our response ought to be out

585
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:46,040
of appreciation for what has 
been imputed to us in Christ. 

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00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:51,360
We ought to then live a life of 
obedience unto God and for his 

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00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,960
glory. 
So the psalmist reminding us the

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00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:59,600
importance of revival being 
marked with obedience. 

589
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:03,160
In fact, Deuteronomy chapter 30,
way back in the Old Testament, 

590
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:06,120
we see this in verse 2. 
God's already told the 

591
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,280
Israelites, you're going to, 
you're going to rebel against 

592
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:09,520
me, you're going to need 
revival. 

593
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:11,080
But here's what he says in verse
2. 

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00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:15,160
And when you and your children 
return to the Lord your God and 

595
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:18,120
obey him with all your heart and
with all your soul, according to

596
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:21,080
everything I command you, then 
the Lord your God will restore 

597
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:23,520
your fortunes and have 
compassion on you and gather you

598
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:25,520
again from all the nations where
he scattered you. 

599
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:28,000
You think obedience isn't 
important in regard to revival? 

600
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,960
In fact, all true revivals will 
be marked with God wrought 

601
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:39,840
obedience and repentance. 
And in every situation we'll see

602
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:41,560
that everything that the 
psalmist talks about, there are 

603
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:43,040
no accidents. 
He says many are the foes who 

604
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:45,440
persecute me. 
But I've not turned from your 

605
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:46,800
statutes. 
What is he saying there? 

606
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:52,880
He's saying this, that I'm going
to live a life bent on obedience

607
00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:56,440
to God despite any persecution 
or opposition, even in the face 

608
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:58,640
of my enemies. 
I'm going to continue to obey 

609
00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:01,400
God because that's what true 
revival will bring upon my life.

610
00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:07,360
True and active obedience, even 
in the face of those who hate 

611
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:12,080
me, even when it's unpopular to 
obey the word of God. 

612
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:15,640
He says, I have not turned from 
your statutes. 

613
00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:25,680
He desires obeying the Lord over
the respect of wicked men, 

614
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:30,800
faithfully obeying God in the 
face of of any obstacle, any 

615
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:36,440
obstruction, any persecution, 
any enemy that may come his way.

616
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:42,040
He says, God, I have not turned 
from your statutes. 

617
00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:49,440
I am still obeying you despite 
all of the things that he has to

618
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:56,920
face, refusing to fear men, but 
instead fearing God would that 

619
00:37:56,920 --> 00:38:00,840
there would be a revival of that
in Christ's church in America. 

620
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:07,160
How about you where men and 
women fear God and not man. 

621
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:12,200
When we get back to that 
biblically and what that looks 

622
00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:17,360
like, Psalm 118, the psalmist 
declares in verse 6, the Lord is

623
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:24,840
with me, I will not be afraid. 
What can man do to me? 

624
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:30,200
Psalmist declaring there and I'm
going to obey God and I'm going 

625
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:34,160
to be on the side of God and 
everybody else who opposes me. 

626
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:36,960
I'm going to give no thought to 
them because they can't do 

627
00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:41,720
anything to me anyway. 
Not that will affect eternity. 

628
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:47,920
And so we see that biblical 
revival will be bent on obeying 

629
00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:52,800
God's Word despite persecution 
or opposition, but also 

630
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:56,520
despising disobedience and sin. 
Watch the psalmist here doing 

631
00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:59,960
what we're afraid to do. 
In our time, he says. 

632
00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:04,080
I look on the faithless with 
loathing, he said. 

633
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:07,680
I am loathing the wickedness of 
the faithless. 

634
00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:10,400
I'm loathing the example that 
they're giving. 

635
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,720
I'm loathing the indoctrination 
that they're pouring into my 

636
00:39:13,720 --> 00:39:17,040
children in my home. 
I don't approve of such things 

637
00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:21,280
because they are not of God, 
because he's bent on obeying. 

638
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:22,040
God. 
Why? 

639
00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:24,360
Because true revival is 
happening in his life. 

640
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:30,080
He's holding on to God's Word 
and he's despising that which is

641
00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:32,240
evil and he's clinging to that 
which is good. 

642
00:39:32,240 --> 00:39:34,280
Is that not what Scripture tells
us to do? 

643
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:40,200
Living a pure and obedient life 
in the midst of darkness and 

644
00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:46,200
chaos and confusion and doing 
all of this due to the fact that

645
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,080
we have a genuine love for 
Christ? 

646
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:54,040
When is it not true what Jesus 
Himself said, that if you love 

647
00:39:54,040 --> 00:40:01,160
me, you will obey my commands? 
We in the American Church almost

648
00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:05,240
act as if that is optional. 
You can love me and it's somehow

649
00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:07,840
later you decide to obey me. 
So be it. 

650
00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:13,160
No true life in Christ, true 
revival in Christ will be marked

651
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:15,720
by obedience. 
John 14, verse 21. 

652
00:40:15,720 --> 00:40:17,560
Here's what the Lord has to say 
about it. 

653
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:21,960
Whoever has my commands and 
obeys them, He is the one who 

654
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:25,600
loves me. 
Let me give you a good 

655
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:27,400
hermeneutical practice. 
You can use this. 

656
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:33,080
Reverse what you just read. 
He who doesn't obey me does not 

657
00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:38,800
love me out of the mouth of the 
Lord Jesus Christ himself. 

658
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,600
He who loves me will be loved by
my Father and I too will love 

659
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:45,320
him and show myself to him. 
He's saying those who are the 

660
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:47,520
real dude who really love me and
they don't just talk about it, 

661
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:50,320
they'll actually obey me. 
There's been something that's 

662
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:52,120
going on in their life. 
There's been a change. 

663
00:40:53,720 --> 00:40:57,720
First John, the 5th chapter of 
John's first epistle, he says 

664
00:40:57,720 --> 00:41:00,040
this in verse three. 
He said this is love for God. 

665
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:06,320
You know what love for God looks
like to go to church, fill out a

666
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:09,280
membership card, be a part of a 
small group? 

667
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:12,200
Nope. 
This is love for God, to obey 

668
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:15,440
His commands, and His commands 
are not burdensome. 

669
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:18,200
What do you think that John 
would throw that in there? 

670
00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,280
His commands are not burdensome 
because you know what the world 

671
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:23,000
wants you to think. 
The world wants you to think 

672
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:26,920
that it is a heavy load to try 
to carry obedience to God. 

673
00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:30,680
Did you know this is not a heavy
load to carry obedience to God 

674
00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:34,080
at all? 
God does the work in and through

675
00:41:34,240 --> 00:41:35,440
you. 
Jesus said come on to me, all 

676
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:37,800
you who are weary and heavy 
laden, and I'll give you rest. 

677
00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:41,680
Take my yoke upon you, for my 
yoke is easy and my burden is 

678
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:42,680
what? 
Light. 

679
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:44,960
But you know what? 
The world has tricked you into 

680
00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:49,600
thinking that it's hard and it's
difficult to be obedient to what

681
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:52,720
God has commanded us to do. 
Not in Christ Jesus is it. 

682
00:41:52,720 --> 00:41:54,440
It isn't. 
You have been indwelt with the 

683
00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:57,680
Holy Spirit who lives in you as 
your guide and your counselor 

684
00:41:57,760 --> 00:41:59,680
and your comforter. 
You have been given the Word of 

685
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:03,440
God as instruction. 
You simply surrender yourself, 

686
00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:07,040
and in surrendering yourself, 
God does a work of obedience in 

687
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:12,400
you, through you. 
So many times the world doesn't 

688
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:16,680
really have any interest in 
being obedient to God. 

689
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:21,480
Their question is simply this, 
how much wrong can I still do 

690
00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:26,920
and be called a Christian? 
That ought not to be our heart. 

691
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:31,360
Our heart Heart ought to be the 
heart of what the New Testament 

692
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:34,280
teaches. 
To abstain from even the 

693
00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:37,360
appearance of evil. 
To desire holiness. 

694
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:40,640
To desire purity. 
If you have seen real revival in

695
00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:43,000
your life, you will desire 
holiness. 

696
00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:46,680
You will desire purity. 
You will not accept anything 

697
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:50,160
less. 
This is what the psalmist is 

698
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:53,840
teaching here, prioritizing 
righteousness. 

699
00:42:55,720 --> 00:42:58,160
Oh, could the church. 
Hear message after message about

700
00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:00,160
that. 
When are we going to prioritize 

701
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:05,000
righteousness? 
What is righteousness? 

702
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:07,920
Right living. 
And who decides what is right? 

703
00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:09,720
God. 
And He has revealed it in His 

704
00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:12,280
Word. 
And when is it going to become 

705
00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:16,400
important to us? 
Oh, if you experience true 

706
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:18,400
revival, let me just make you 
this guarantee. 

707
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:23,400
It will become important to you 
because immediately you will 

708
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:27,160
right wrongs. 
You will. 

709
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:30,840
Is that not what happened to our
friend Zacchaeus? 

710
00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:34,360
When the Lord changed him and 
revived him, what happened? 

711
00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:36,120
I've got to right my wrongs. 
Why? 

712
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:39,040
Because righteous living became 
a priority. 

713
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:43,520
Obedience. 
Don't dare say that you've 

714
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:46,000
experienced any kind of revival 
with righteous living is not a 

715
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:50,240
priority in your life. 
You're not hating sinful 

716
00:43:50,240 --> 00:43:55,280
practices. 
Yours first, desiring to please 

717
00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:57,000
God with every fiber of your 
being. 

718
00:43:58,080 --> 00:43:59,520
You have no inward desire for 
that. 

719
00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:01,880
Don't dare lie to yourself or 
anyone else and tell them that 

720
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:03,880
you've experienced some kind of 
revival. 

721
00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:10,720
Revival will be bent on obeying 
God and obeying His Word and 

722
00:44:10,720 --> 00:44:16,600
hating sin, loathing the 
practice of wickedness, walking,

723
00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:23,240
and righteousness and purity. 
Psalm 16 says, For the Lord 

724
00:44:23,240 --> 00:44:26,760
watches over the way of the 
righteous, but the way of the 

725
00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:29,480
wicked will perish. 
Oh, don't think that you can 

726
00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:31,120
hold on to your wickedness and 
live. 

727
00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:35,440
The way of the wickedness will 
perish, and it is the way of the

728
00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:38,040
righteous that the Lord watches 
over. 

729
00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:41,160
So we see. 
Thirdly, the biblical revival 

730
00:44:41,160 --> 00:44:50,640
will be bent on obeying God. 
Fourthly and finally, biblical 

731
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:53,680
revival will be based on God's 
faithfulness. 

732
00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:57,880
Oh, I'm so thankful that 
biblical revival is not based on

733
00:44:57,880 --> 00:45:07,080
Kirk's faithfulness. 
Anyone here thankful that one, 

734
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:11,400
we're faithless. 
He's still faithful in every 

735
00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:15,320
single situation. 
God is faithful. 

736
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:18,320
And I'm thankful that the 
psalmist is going to teach us 

737
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:21,520
that true revival, real biblical
revival, is going to be based on

738
00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:24,160
God's faithfulness, not on ours.
I would never see revival. 

739
00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:27,880
You would never see revival, he 
says in 159. 

740
00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:32,320
See how I love your precepts, 
preserve my life. 

741
00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:38,720
Revive me, O Lord, according to 
your love. 

742
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:41,680
Some of your Bibles say 
according to your loving 

743
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:48,440
kindness. 
The older I get and the more 

744
00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:51,280
that I grow in Christ, I am that
much more thankful for the 

745
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:56,200
loving kindness of our Lord, 
because it is His. 

746
00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:59,480
Kindness. 
It leads us to repentance. 

747
00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:02,160
Perhaps you're here today and 
you're here today because God 

748
00:46:02,160 --> 00:46:03,920
wants to bring revival in your 
life. 

749
00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:07,120
He wants you to see His 
kindness, to bring you to this 

750
00:46:07,120 --> 00:46:09,080
point where you can hear what is
true. 

751
00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:13,720
Biblical revival so that he can 
shower you with loving kindness,

752
00:46:14,120 --> 00:46:15,920
he says in 160. 
All your words are true. 

753
00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:17,640
All your righteous laws are 
eternal. 

754
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:23,640
Psalmist, you're reminding us 
that God will bring revival to 

755
00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:28,440
his people when they look to Him
and when they trust in His 

756
00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:32,240
faithfulness and stop trusting 
in theirs, right? 

757
00:46:32,240 --> 00:46:35,560
You can't approach revival as if
it's something that you deserve,

758
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:38,760
something that you have merited 
on your own or could ever merit 

759
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:43,400
on your own. 
And we approach true revival 

760
00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:49,680
like the psalmist here, 
dependent upon God's 

761
00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:53,840
faithfulness, His faithfulness 
to love His people. 

762
00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:58,040
Again, I ask myself over and 
over and over again, why would 

763
00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:03,520
God ever love me? 
The only answer that I can come 

764
00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:09,240
up with is because He chose to. 
And He doesn't answer to me. 

765
00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:13,720
And I'm so overwhelmed that He 
would ever choose to. 

766
00:47:13,720 --> 00:47:19,440
True revival will be based on 
His faithfulness, His 

767
00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:25,160
faithfulness to love his people.
Isaiah 54 verse 10 speaks of 

768
00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:28,480
this, says though the mountains 
be shaken and the hills be 

769
00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:32,240
removed, yet my unfailing love 
for you will not be shaken, nor 

770
00:47:32,240 --> 00:47:35,960
my covenant of peace be removed,
says the Lord, who has 

771
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:41,440
compassion on you, but we can 
take his faithfulness to the 

772
00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:44,240
bank. 
We can know that that's 

773
00:47:44,240 --> 00:47:46,280
something that we can depend 
upon. 

774
00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:49,640
Psalm 136, one it says, give 
thanks to the Lord for He is 

775
00:47:49,640 --> 00:47:55,360
good, His love endures forever, 
His love and His compassion and 

776
00:47:55,360 --> 00:47:58,960
His faithfulness to show love 
and compassion to His people. 

777
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:04,640
We can simply count on that with
the utmost confidence that we 

778
00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:10,480
can count on anything. 
God's faithfulness to love this 

779
00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:17,760
people, showing US time and time
and time again is undeserved, 

780
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:21,720
and His enduring, loving 
kindness to us. 

781
00:48:21,720 --> 00:48:27,960
I could spend the rest of the 
afternoon, but I know it's 

782
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:31,480
Sunday and you have to beat the 
Methodist to the chicken place. 

783
00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:44,520
I could spend the rest of the 
afternoon speaking on how God 

784
00:48:44,520 --> 00:48:52,760
has shown me undeserved love and
enduring loving kindness over 

785
00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:55,840
and over and over and over in my
life. 

786
00:48:58,080 --> 00:49:02,000
Jeremiah verse 3 of the 31st 
chapter says this. 

787
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:05,200
The Lord appeared to us in the 
past saying, I have loved you 

788
00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:09,040
with an everlasting love. 
I have drawn you with loving 

789
00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:15,080
kindness. 
Oh, if you want to see revival 

790
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:20,360
in your life this morning, let 
that revival be based on the 

791
00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:23,880
faithfulness of God to show His 
loving kindness to continually 

792
00:49:23,880 --> 00:49:29,040
draw you unto Himself over and 
over and over and over again. 

793
00:49:34,310 --> 00:49:39,950
Many of us can testify to this 
and we know that we're saved 

794
00:49:41,320 --> 00:49:45,280
because when we have tried to 
rebel against God, He is always 

795
00:49:45,280 --> 00:49:48,840
in his faithfulness unto his 
promises drawn us back through 

796
00:49:48,840 --> 00:49:55,800
his loving kindness, letting us 
know that Kirk, you can do a 

797
00:49:55,800 --> 00:50:01,760
million knuckleheaded things, 
but God is not going to stop 

798
00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:03,840
loving you. 
He's not going to stop being 

799
00:50:03,840 --> 00:50:07,440
kind to you in Christ Jesus. 
He is already preordained this 

800
00:50:07,520 --> 00:50:09,800
since before the foundations of 
the earth. 

801
00:50:13,440 --> 00:50:18,120
What a marvelous place to be be 
able to trust in God's 

802
00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:22,600
faithfulness to love his people.
Or you want to see revival? 

803
00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:26,440
Stop thinking that you deserve 
it. 

804
00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:31,080
And just know this, you don't. 
It's just like salvation. 

805
00:50:31,080 --> 00:50:33,560
You don't deserve salvation. 
He gives it because of his 

806
00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:37,400
loving kindness. 
And cry out to him, as the 

807
00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:44,360
psalmist is doing here. 
Revive me according to your love

808
00:50:44,360 --> 00:50:46,160
and kindness. 
You know what? 

809
00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:48,640
I could bring nothing else to 
that statement. 

810
00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:50,920
I can't say, Lord. 
Revive me because Kirk's good 

811
00:50:50,920 --> 00:50:54,120
enough. 
Revive me because Kirk's smart 

812
00:50:54,120 --> 00:50:55,880
enough. 
You've listened to me speak. 

813
00:50:55,880 --> 00:51:00,840
You know that's not the case. 
Revive me because I'm worthy. 

814
00:51:05,280 --> 00:51:07,200
Oh, the psalmist says. 
Revive me according to your love

815
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:11,400
and kindness, because you're 
faithful to love the unlovable 

816
00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:16,320
and to love us with an enduring 
love to love his people, showing

817
00:51:16,560 --> 00:51:19,840
his undeserved, enduring, loving
kindness along with his 

818
00:51:20,040 --> 00:51:24,520
unmerited favor upon our lives. 
Oh, Paul speaks of that, doesn't

819
00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:26,080
he? 
In Ephesians chapter 2, verse 4.

820
00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:31,960
But because of his great love 
for us, God, not you, not 

821
00:51:31,960 --> 00:51:36,240
anything you could do, But 
because of his great love for 

822
00:51:36,240 --> 00:51:40,520
us, God, who is rich in mercy. 
Made us alive with Christ even 

823
00:51:40,520 --> 00:51:42,400
when we were dead in 
transgression. 

824
00:51:42,400 --> 00:51:46,520
He is the God of revival and he 
is faithful to revive you. 

825
00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:48,840
He says it is by grace you have 
been saved. 

826
00:51:48,840 --> 00:51:55,040
How does he do this? 
Grace is grace offered to you 

827
00:51:55,960 --> 00:51:58,880
unmerited favor in the form of 
His loving kindness. 

828
00:51:58,960 --> 00:52:02,600
You're going to see revival in 
your life. 

829
00:52:02,600 --> 00:52:06,120
No Trust in God's faithfulness 
to love His people. 

830
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:11,720
And secondly, God's faithfulness
to fulfill His proclamations. 

831
00:52:11,720 --> 00:52:15,440
And when I say to fulfill His 
proclamations, I mean this. 

832
00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:22,720
Every single word He has spoken.
It is true, we can count on it. 

833
00:52:24,320 --> 00:52:29,920
Numbers 23 reminds us of how 
much we can count on God's 

834
00:52:29,920 --> 00:52:32,240
proclamations. 
In verse 19, it says God is not 

835
00:52:32,240 --> 00:52:35,000
man that He should lie, nor Son 
of man, that He should change 

836
00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:38,680
his mind. 
Does he speak and then not act? 

837
00:52:39,960 --> 00:52:44,760
Does he promise and not fulfill?
Again, speaking in rhetorical 

838
00:52:44,760 --> 00:52:47,880
questions, we know the answer. 
No, God doesn't lie. 

839
00:52:47,880 --> 00:52:50,880
In fact, Paul tells Titus he 
cannot lie. 

840
00:52:52,360 --> 00:52:54,720
He doesn't lie to us and he 
fulfills every single promise 

841
00:52:54,720 --> 00:52:56,040
that he has ever made. 
Everything that He has 

842
00:52:56,040 --> 00:53:04,960
proclaimed He will fulfill, 
stemming from eternity past when

843
00:53:04,960 --> 00:53:11,200
He made promises unto Himself in
the wise counsel of the Triune 

844
00:53:11,200 --> 00:53:15,760
Godhead, all the way to eternity
future where we're in His 

845
00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:19,640
presence, living and walking 
face to face. 

846
00:53:19,640 --> 00:53:25,120
Everything that He has promised,
He is faithful to fulfill. 

847
00:53:25,960 --> 00:53:27,880
You want to see revival in your 
life? 

848
00:53:30,840 --> 00:53:33,400
Trust in God's faithless to 
fulfill everything that He has 

849
00:53:33,400 --> 00:53:37,480
proclaimed all the way from 
eternity past into eternity 

850
00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:39,440
future places we know nothing 
about. 

851
00:53:40,440 --> 00:53:42,920
God has always been faithful, 
and He will always be faithful 

852
00:53:42,920 --> 00:53:44,880
to do that which He has 
proclaimed. 

853
00:53:47,240 --> 00:53:51,200
Everything that is spoken will 
come to pass exactly as He has 

854
00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:52,800
said. 
Hebrews, chapter 10. 

855
00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:55,520
It's why the author of Hebrews 
instructs the church to do this.

856
00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:59,400
Let us hold unswervingly verse 
23 to the hope we profess. 

857
00:53:59,840 --> 00:54:06,840
For He who promised is faithful.
True revival does not trust in 

858
00:54:06,840 --> 00:54:09,760
the faithfulness of the one 
who's receiving revival. 

859
00:54:11,680 --> 00:54:14,640
True revival trust in the 
faithfulness of the only one who

860
00:54:14,640 --> 00:54:20,000
can bring the dead to life. 
That is Christ, what he has 

861
00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:24,240
proclaimed in his word. 
He's eternal and he's true. 

862
00:54:25,360 --> 00:54:28,440
Therefore what he speaks is 
eternally true. 

863
00:54:29,560 --> 00:54:33,200
And he doesn't change Jesus 
Christ the same yesterday, today

864
00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:36,160
and. 
Forever, Malachi tells us, tells

865
00:54:36,160 --> 00:54:39,560
us this about our God, Malachi 
3/6 He says, I, the Lord your 

866
00:54:39,560 --> 00:54:44,840
God, do not change. 
Some of us act as if God somehow

867
00:54:44,840 --> 00:54:48,280
has changed his mind about what 
he said. 

868
00:54:50,320 --> 00:54:52,600
He has promised each and every 
one of you believers in this 

869
00:54:52,600 --> 00:54:56,640
room today that if you will come
to Him broken and contrite in 

870
00:54:56,640 --> 00:55:00,880
heart, He will hear your cries 
and He will restore you. 

871
00:55:01,040 --> 00:55:03,960
He has promised you that in some
way, shape, or form through the 

872
00:55:03,960 --> 00:55:08,920
entirety of Scripture, that 
promise is still good for each 

873
00:55:08,920 --> 00:55:10,720
of you today. 
He has promised to the 

874
00:55:10,760 --> 00:55:14,120
unbeliever who is dead in sin 
and in transgression. 

875
00:55:14,200 --> 00:55:18,280
He has promised to quicken you 
to new life today as you call on

876
00:55:18,280 --> 00:55:20,720
Him and as you repent of your 
sin and you trust in Jesus 

877
00:55:20,720 --> 00:55:25,040
Christ as Lord and Savior. 
He is the only one who can make 

878
00:55:25,040 --> 00:55:29,200
the dead alive. 
Bring true revival. 

879
00:55:31,920 --> 00:55:38,040
And so if he brings revival to 
you today, it's not because of 

880
00:55:38,040 --> 00:55:44,640
you, it's because he's faithful 
and all true revivals based on 

881
00:55:44,640 --> 00:55:48,840
his faithfulness. 
So we wrap it up Biblical. 

882
00:55:48,840 --> 00:55:49,880
Revival. 
Who wants it? 

883
00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:55,840
Oh, why would you settle for 
some emotional chaotic event? 

884
00:55:57,360 --> 00:56:00,080
When you can actually experience
true biblical revival. 

885
00:56:00,080 --> 00:56:03,640
Now let me just help you. 
Today, some of you are going to 

886
00:56:03,640 --> 00:56:05,280
experience true biblical 
revival. 

887
00:56:06,720 --> 00:56:10,640
There will be no flashy lights. 
There will be no hoopla. 

888
00:56:10,640 --> 00:56:18,840
There will be no show. 
I'm not going to slap you in the

889
00:56:18,840 --> 00:56:23,880
forehead or kick you. 
You're simply going to heed the 

890
00:56:23,880 --> 00:56:25,320
words of Scripture that we've 
seen today. 

891
00:56:25,320 --> 00:56:31,480
And you're going to take God at 
His Word, and He's going to show

892
00:56:31,480 --> 00:56:35,680
you just how faithful He is. 
And you're going to walk out of 

893
00:56:35,680 --> 00:56:37,120
here. 
Whether you realize it today or 

894
00:56:37,120 --> 00:56:39,280
whether you realize it down the 
road, you're going to walk out 

895
00:56:39,280 --> 00:56:44,280
of your trusting in God. 
And you may not see the evidence

896
00:56:44,280 --> 00:56:49,600
of this immediately, but you're 
going to notice your life is 

897
00:56:49,600 --> 00:56:53,280
going to change. 
He's going to conform you into 

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the image of Christ. 
And in doing that, you will see 

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true and real revival in your 
life, biblical revival. 

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It will be built on God's 
promises, brought by God's 

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mercy, bent on obeying God based
on God's faithfulness. 

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So, believer, those of you who 
profess Christ, are you in need 

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00:57:20,640 --> 00:57:25,120
of revival? 
God has come to you today in His

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Word and He's letting you know 
if you're in need of revival, 

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here is the answer. 
Here's what you need to know. 

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Do you need the Lord to revive 
you and to restore you 

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spiritually? 
Listen, we've all been there. 

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You say, well, pastor, you've 
been there. 

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Yes, more than likely I will be 
there again. 

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And I'm thankful for the word of
God that I can go back to and 

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say, OK, how do I experience 
revival again? 

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I go to the 119th Psalm and I 
go, I start at verse 153 and I 

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read all the way to 160 and I 
find this. 

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Here's how true, real biblical 
revival happen. 

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So call on the Lord desperately,
just as the psalmist did. 

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Confess your struggle. 
Maybe your struggle is 

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opposition. 
Maybe your struggle is a trial. 

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Maybe your struggle is an enemy,
a family member, or you're at 

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odds with one another. 
Maybe your enemy is sin, the 

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fact that you're still prone to 
it. 

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There's abiding sin in your 
life. 

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Confess all of those things to 
the Lord. 

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Confess them, admitting that you
need His help for deliverance. 

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Is He? 
Is He your deliverer? 

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The Scriptures say over and over
that He is. 

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Let Him deliver you. 
Trust Him to do that. 

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Confess your sin first. 
John 19 says if we confess our 

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sin, He's what faithful and 
justice forgive us our sin that 

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cleanses from all 
unrighteousness, and then 

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conform in obedience to His 
Word. 

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Just as the psalmist was saying 
there Lord, I'm not straight 

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from Your Word. 
I want to conform to obedience 

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in Your Word and then count on 
His faithfulness to revive You. 

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It's that simple. 
Walk out of here knowing this, 

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that if you trusted God, He's 
going to bring revival in your 

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life. 
You might not. 

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Bark like a dog, laugh 
uncontrollably, cry 

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uncontrollably, but you will be 
changed because God is faithful 

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to fulfill all that He has 
proclaimed to the unbeliever. 

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00:59:21,040 --> 00:59:25,560
I make you aware of this, not to
be mean or aggressive to to you 

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00:59:25,560 --> 00:59:30,040
or toward you. 
You were dead in your sins and 

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your transgressions just like I 
was before. 

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00:59:32,480 --> 00:59:40,440
God breathes new life into me 
and the only hope you have of 

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00:59:40,440 --> 00:59:45,560
coming out of your spiritual 
death is for God to work a work 

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00:59:45,600 --> 00:59:48,600
in you today through the power 
of the Holy Spirit as the Word 

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00:59:48,600 --> 00:59:52,240
of God has gone out. 
My prayer for you is that the 

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Spirit would quicken you to come
to new life, just as the word of

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Jesus Christ quicken Lazarus to 
physical life there in John 

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01:00:02,640 --> 01:00:06,520
Chapter 11 made today, the word 
of Christ quicken you. 

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To spiritual life so that you 
can see the wickedness of your 

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01:00:10,800 --> 01:00:14,000
sin, your need for repentance, 
and you can see that the only 

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01:00:14,000 --> 01:00:17,160
hope that you have in this life 
and the life to come of 

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01:00:17,160 --> 01:00:19,080
forgiveness and eternal life is 
through. 

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01:00:19,080 --> 01:00:23,560
Christ and Christ alone, may you
today, by that power, the power 

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01:00:23,560 --> 01:00:28,360
of God, surrender your life to 
Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior,

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01:00:28,360 --> 01:00:34,520
trusting in Helm and Him alone 
to save you, to take that which 

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01:00:34,520 --> 01:00:37,680
is spiritually dead and make it 
alive. 

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01:00:38,880 --> 01:00:41,240
He is able. 
Trust in him today. 

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01:00:41,640 --> 01:00:46,200
Cry out to him, call on his 
name, for whosoever shall call 

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01:00:46,200 --> 01:00:49,800
upon the name of the Lord shall 
be saved. 

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01:00:50,000 --> 01:00:51,600
Let's pray together, Father, in 
the name of Jesus. 

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01:00:51,600 --> 01:00:55,080
We come to you now, thanking you
so much for your word, thanking 

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01:00:55,080 --> 01:00:56,960
You that you have not left us in
the dark. 

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01:00:58,040 --> 01:01:02,400
Thanking You that we don't have 
to have catchy stories or cool 

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01:01:02,400 --> 01:01:09,400
illustrations, fancy backdrops. 
Lord, all we need is your Word. 

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01:01:11,640 --> 01:01:17,400
And as we've seen today, Your 
word will bring revival to your 

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01:01:17,400 --> 01:01:21,600
people. 
Your word will birth faith and 

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01:01:21,600 --> 01:01:25,840
those who you desire to save. 
What we ask that that happened 

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01:01:25,840 --> 01:01:29,800
in our midst today, we we know 
it's only because of your grace 

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01:01:29,800 --> 01:01:31,120
and Your mercy that it would 
happen. 

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01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:34,520
We trust in you. 
May your will be done. 

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01:01:35,480 --> 01:01:38,960
May our lives never be the same.
We pray and we ask these things 

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in the mighty name of Jesus, 
Amen. 

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01:01:48,360 --> 01:01:49,960
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