1 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:10,520 Hi and welcome to the Via Zion Sermon podcast. 2 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:13,600 We are a local church based here in Chennai, India. 3 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:16,840 We are so glad you are with us and hope that this will 4 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:20,400 encourage, inspire and instill fresh faith in you. 5 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:24,360 We celebrate today, the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit 6 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:26,840 mightily moved in their upper room at Jerusalem. 7 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:30,800 We are expectant of the same kind of move in these times in 8 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:33,040 our lives. We believe that the revival 9 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:36,400 reign of the Spirit will drench the body of Christ like never 10 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:39,600 before in order to bring about the harvest that the prophet 11 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:43,040 Joel spoke about. Are you ready for this revival 12 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,400 to reign over you and your church? 13 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:48,960 Hi Church. It's such a joy and a privilege 14 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:53,040 to be bringing God's Word to you today, even as we are preparing 15 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:57,080 ourselves for Pentecost Sunday, I believe God is stirring up the 16 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:01,720 Church to be prepared. God is asking us be expectant. 17 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:06,040 God is asking us that we'd be ready for His outpouring 2000 18 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:09,120 years back. His outpouring came on the Upper 19 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,720 room for the 120 odd people who are waiting. 20 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:15,400 I believe, as we wait a week from now to celebrate that day. 21 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,320 The reason we celebrate is a reminder that we are in 22 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:21,880 desperate need of the Holy Spirit today more than ever 23 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:26,720 before, and I love how the last two Sundays has set me up to 24 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,080 speak today. I know we didn't stream our 25 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:32,080 online service and we had a guest speaker here, but Jeremy 26 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,480 spoke on the recipes of Revival and he spoke to experiences. 27 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:37,640 Revival. We need to have certain things 28 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:39,400 in place. One is to be extremely 29 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:43,200 committed, to be extremely generous, and to be extremely 30 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:46,960 sacrificial. And even last week, as Tina 31 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:50,960 spoke about revival in families, she centered around this whole 32 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:53,520 thing that we need to praise and to pray. 33 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:57,880 We also saw that the river of God that she spoke about is 34 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:02,160 where God resides and he wants us to flourish. 35 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,480 And many at times it's us who's moving away from the river of 36 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:06,480 God. It's not the river that 37 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:10,000 disappears, but it's rather us which get so caught up with 38 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:11,200 everything that's happening around that. 39 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,800 We miss being around his presence. 40 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:19,200 We miss being in his presence. And today, as we continue on, I 41 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:25,560 have titled my sermon as Revival Starts with me, Revival Starts 42 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,720 with me. And I want you to repeat that. 43 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,040 Even wherever you're seated or wherever you're listening or 44 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,120 wherever you're watching, would you repeat this? 45 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:35,240 Revival starts with me. If you can just touch yourself 46 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:39,600 and say it starts with me. You know, many a times we've 47 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:43,160 seen and heard different outpourings happen. 48 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:47,200 The last we heard was it entered into a university campus and 49 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,640 they started experiencing the revival that got birthed out 50 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:52,440 there. When a lot of them started 51 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:57,160 coming in and just started experiencing Jesus, experiencing 52 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:00,600 His Holy Spirit, experiencing His presence, they were 53 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,240 convicted of their sin. They returned back to the cross. 54 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:07,680 They exchanged their sin, their shame, and they received His 55 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:11,080 grace and His life. We've heard from the Azusa St. 56 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:13,880 We've heard different expressions happen. 57 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:18,200 But many a times we are content knowing of these expressions, 58 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:22,480 but we rather are safe for many times hoping that you know it 59 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:24,120 doesn't. It shouldn't start with me, but 60 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:28,200 the Holy Spirit today is saying revival starts with you and with 61 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:30,280 me. Revival starts with me. 62 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:33,400 And so today, even as we dwell a little deeper, I want God to 63 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:37,480 really bring His word, enlighten His words, so that it'll not 64 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,400 just remain like an enlightenment moment, but rather 65 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:44,160 be a seed that falls in that this will become one of those 66 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,760 milestones or those one of those markings that we have to say 67 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:52,560 definitely it's after this that I have been intentional with 68 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,560 what the Holy Spirit is asking me to say. 69 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:59,600 And do you know when we think about revival, starting with me, 70 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:03,520 there's a bit of us that we are scared about. 71 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,960 You know, we we suddenly are so conscious of a lot of the 72 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,360 defects that we all have. If I have to ask you, do you 73 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:13,160 feel whole as a person? You know, you would say, you 74 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:18,279 know what, I've I I don't feel WHOLE, but I feel a lot. 75 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:23,280 I have a lot of HOLES. We feel we have a lot of holes 76 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:26,800 in US, and every time it's a shortcomings, it's the things 77 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,920 that we think we need perfection, we think we need, 78 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,080 needs to look right, that we think, You know what, if this is 79 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:36,960 not right, I don't think God can do any work in me, but I want to 80 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:41,200 remind you that when God created us, He created us whole. 81 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:47,280 When he thought of you and me in our mother's womb, when he knit 82 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:49,160 us together, he thought of us whole. 83 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:50,080 He didn't think. You know what? 84 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,920 I leave Geshom with a defect, or I leave Geshom with this gaping 85 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,800 hole in his in his life or in his physical form? 86 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,240 No. In who he was as God when he 87 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:04,840 created me, He created whole. But the problem is the condition 88 00:05:04,840 --> 00:05:08,680 I'm born into. This world has sin in it. 89 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,600 So everything, that's what we are born into sin, we when we 90 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:19,000 are born, we are born with so many things that don't work 91 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,560 right for us. We find our upbringing, our 92 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:27,800 challenges, our hardships, our struggles, the way we look, our 93 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:31,800 colour, you know, everything adds up and we feel we're not 94 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,680 whole. But today God's saying, even if 95 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:40,200 you feel you're not whole, revival still starts with me. 96 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:45,840 Revival still starts with you. So today what is my emphasis to 97 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:49,440 say that you don't have to discount yourself thinking 98 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:54,440 you're not whole our end. In fact there was a message 99 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:59,280 which I just preached 2-3 weeks back and it was on the lines of 100 00:05:59,280 --> 00:06:02,960 our we are exiled citizens. And in the conclusion I had 101 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:06,520 taken this passage from Haggai chapter 3 verse nine and in the 102 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,200 message it says this we who are his temple today. 103 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:13,680 It says this temple is going to end up far better then it 104 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,360 started out. A glorious beginning, but an 105 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:20,320 even more glorious finish. A place in which I will hand out 106 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:25,760 wholeness and holiness is the decree of the God of the Angel 107 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:29,680 armies. When we allow Jesus to come into 108 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:33,360 our lives, when we allow His Holy Spirit to work in and 109 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:38,240 through us, His residency is in our hearts, We become His temple 110 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:42,680 and in turn, the characteristics of God start coming into us. 111 00:06:42,840 --> 00:06:46,440 We become whole and we become holy. 112 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:50,440 Because wherever the Lord is there, His Holiness is. 113 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,560 And so today, for a lot of us who are in the corporate world, 114 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,520 for those of us who have gone through leadership courses and 115 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:58,720 all that, we probably have come across this work called 116 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,120 Enneagram. I completely agree with the 117 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,600 anagram test. It's kind of demarcates us. 118 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:07,760 It shows us how what we are, character are, what we have 119 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:11,200 built up about what we can do, what we cannot do. 120 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:13,880 And it has a very clear distinctive in terms of our 121 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:17,160 personality traits. And I want us to come to a place 122 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:20,200 to realize that even though we do all this, this helps us so 123 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,440 that when we're in a team, we realize that each anagram number 124 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:25,520 someone is different. You know? 125 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:30,120 And so me expecting something of someone to do it this way may 126 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:35,200 not be right because they they aren't wired that way, but 127 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:40,840 oftentimes even allowed that to be dictating what the Holy 128 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,480 Spirit can do in and through us. And God is saying today 129 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:47,800 irrespective of what your enneagram you know personality 130 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,320 traits are, there are totally 9 personality traits. 131 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:53,440 Whatever those nine personality traits are for each and every 132 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:57,280 personality trait revival is for each and every one of you. 133 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:02,120 So don't discount that. So the after effects of sin have 134 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:05,200 really left us helpless. When we see God move and want 135 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:08,360 revival, we do discount. We fall short. 136 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:12,600 We cancel ourselves. But every time the Spirit of God 137 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,440 came upon someone, the more we read the Bible, the more you 138 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:19,240 start meditating, the more you see his story intertwined with 139 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,680 each other. How he built an entire nation, 140 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:26,320 Israel, and how he led them on. And how in their disobedience, 141 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:29,840 how they went into exile and captivity, and how he brought 142 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,320 about the remnant doubt and how he established them. 143 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:36,880 And through that we see Jesus coming into this world so that 144 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:39,919 we all can be saved because his redemption was just not for a 145 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:41,960 nation but was for entirety of mankind. 146 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:46,800 We see at the end of it the revival that the Holy Spirit 147 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:50,440 brings is 1 where you and me are very much involved. 148 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:52,800 The story does not continue without us. 149 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:56,360 We find it easier to say. You know what I think it's just 150 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:58,040 for this particular group of people. 151 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,680 You know, It could be either for the apostles or for the 152 00:09:00,680 --> 00:09:02,720 prophets, or for the evangelists, or for the 153 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:05,760 teachers, or for the past as it's for them. 154 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:08,480 Because we've come up with all these roles and we think, you 155 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:10,000 know what? If that person fits that role, 156 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,800 this is only for them. The word revival is for no 157 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:16,440 revival is for everyone, because you and me today are the hands 158 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:18,840 and feet of Jesus. I can't enter the spaces where 159 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:22,040 God has ordained you to enter, and you eventually become a 160 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:24,960 carrier of his revival into that very space. 161 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:27,560 But today, are you willing to deceive it? 162 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:32,120 Are you willing to receive it? Because today I want us to come 163 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:36,920 to a place to realize when we are talking about revival, we 164 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:40,640 are saying, Holy Spirit, you can take residency here. 165 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:44,280 You can make this your home. This is your house. 166 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:49,360 This is your place of holiness. Use me as you see fit. 167 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,360 Maybe all this while you've accepted Jesus into your heart 168 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:54,640 and you've not allowed the Holy Spirit to move. 169 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,120 Or you've said you know what, God, I don't want the Holy 170 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:58,320 Spirit. I don't know what background 171 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:00,760 they're coming from. Probably, you know, we have so 172 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,240 many backgrounds from Presbyterians, Baptists, 173 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:07,560 Pentecostals, non denominational, whatever it is, 174 00:10:08,680 --> 00:10:13,240 we believe in God the Father, we believe in God the Son that is 175 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:16,480 Jesus Christ, and we believe in God the Holy Spirit. 176 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:20,840 And so today you need the Holy Spirit, He needs to move in and 177 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:24,000 through you. That Spirit is what breeds life. 178 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:27,720 And even as I was meditating and I was thinking, God, if that 179 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:31,240 revival has to start in me, where do you want me to, you 180 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:34,800 know, really look into your scriptures to really learn and 181 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,600 see this from? And he led me to this book in 182 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:41,440 John Chapter 4A story, which we, most of us have probably heard 183 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,200 of Jesus meeting the Samaritan word. 184 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:45,800 And so as part of our story today, we're going to see how 185 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:49,760 revival starts with each and every one of us included not 186 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,560 excluded. So the first thing I want us to 187 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:56,240 make a note is when revival has to start with you and me 188 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:00,720 involved in the mix. Revival first meets us in our 189 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:05,200 mundane. Revival first meets us in our 190 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:07,440 mundane. So what is that revival meeting 191 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,000 us in our mundane? You might think, OK, you know 192 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:13,600 what Revival will happen when we have a specific three day 193 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,640 prayer. The spirit of God will move, 194 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:21,000 yes, He will move. But us experiencing this 195 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:25,240 revival, us saying that revival starts with me, means I need to 196 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,640 take it into my Monday, into my Tuesday, into my Wednesday, 197 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,440 Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 198 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,720 It doesn't start on a Sunday and ends on a Sunday. 199 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:38,480 It starts on a Sunday and continues on all the way to 200 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:40,560 Monday, Tuesday, all the way through to Saturday. 201 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:45,520 And I want us to read today from John Chapter 4, to see what this 202 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:48,120 is reading from John Four. And this is what it says. 203 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:50,640 He had to go through Samaria on the way. 204 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:53,560 Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sikkur, 205 00:11:53,560 --> 00:11:56,960 near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 206 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:00,640 Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired from the long walk, 207 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:03,520 sat wearily beside the well about noontime. 208 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:07,520 Soon as Samaritan came to draw water and Jesus said to her, 209 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:10,760 please give me a drink. He was alone at that time 210 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:13,160 because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some 211 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:15,400 food. The woman was surprised, for 212 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,520 Jews refused to have anything to do with Samaritans. 213 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:21,760 She said to Jesus, You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. 214 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,200 Why are you asking me for a drink? 215 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:27,360 Verse 10 Jesus replied. If you only knew the gift God 216 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:31,880 has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me 217 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:34,240 and I would give you living water. 218 00:12:35,560 --> 00:12:39,160 You know, when we read the context here, we see that Judea 219 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:41,880 and Galilee and right in between that is Samaria. 220 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:46,920 And we see as Jesus is leaving Judea and heading into Galilee, 221 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:50,120 he has to go through Samaria. So it just lies here. 222 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:53,120 And so from Judea is going all the way to some Samaria, and 223 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:55,320 through Samaria he gets into Galilee. 224 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:58,640 And here is where Jesus encounters A Samaritan woman, 225 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:03,320 the enmity that we see happen time and again between the Jews 226 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:06,120 and the Samaritans. Samaritans were considered 2nd 227 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,840 grade citizens. They was looked down upon. 228 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:15,320 They believed in the God of Abraham and Jacob, but they had 229 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:16,600 no other place to go and worship. 230 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,080 So they had a place of worship within Samaria itself. 231 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:22,000 And we see this long standing feud that existed. 232 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:26,120 And so it was considered a taboo to actually talk to a Samaritan 233 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:28,120 person. But here is Jesus as he's 234 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,680 walking. He's tired, He's seated there. 235 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:35,040 But what we see happen is a samatan woman is coming at noon 236 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:39,200 to come and take water. And it's in that same place. 237 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:42,520 He needs her. You know, we, when we think 238 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,960 about it, is just an ordinary scene where she's coming to take 239 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:47,280 water. But it's one of habit. 240 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:51,080 It's one of discipline. When we For those of you who are 241 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:54,640 having a regular rhythm in life, you'll realize at this 242 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:57,400 particular point in the morning you're doing certain things. 243 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,800 You know, probably from 6:30 you're making coffee 644. 244 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:02,960 You're putting the laundry in seven o'clock. 245 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,240 You're doing your quiet time. These could be some of the 246 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:06,840 things in which you have certain things in order. 247 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:09,880 And probably this is where the Samaritan woman had this place 248 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,680 where she had to go and take water for the rest of the day 249 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:19,960 for her to use in the house. And it's in this special time 250 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,800 she meets with Jesus. And it's interesting. 251 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:26,520 As you know, Tina has been mentioning in her previous 252 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:30,920 sermon about the Holy Spirit being to one of the river of 253 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:34,400 God, the living water. It's beautiful how this is tying 254 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:39,000 into that where Jesus is asking this woman, could you give me 255 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:45,320 water to drink? And it got me thinking, what 256 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:49,560 does it look like if I had to take this living water into my 257 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:54,320 everyday life. You know, we we pray about it. 258 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:57,560 We say God be with me today, even as I go to work. 259 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,880 But are we specifically praying for everything that we are 260 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:04,600 doing? Are we are we expecting God to 261 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:08,280 show up? Because if God has to show up, 262 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:12,080 we need to be open for certain disruptions to happen. 263 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:18,320 The Samaritan woman made sure that this was her everyday 264 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:21,360 thing. Her mundane was being disrupted. 265 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:26,080 And I believe God wants us to to. 266 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:30,240 And I believe God wants to disrupt our mundane a bit so 267 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:34,560 that freshness can come in, so that there'll be a bit of 268 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:36,800 newness that come in. There'll be life that's getting 269 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:39,200 breathed. And his wind starts blowing and 270 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:43,440 it gives as this breeze of comfort knowing he's in control. 271 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:46,920 His living water comes in so that it wipes away everything 272 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:50,880 that is weary and dry and encourages that parch and dry 273 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:56,360 land to experience freshness. And you know, a sense of 274 00:15:56,640 --> 00:16:00,760 completion. For revival to rebirth. 275 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:04,040 We need to be open for our mundanes to be disrupted. 276 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:07,920 Mundanes are good. Mundanes Bring discipline. 277 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:11,240 It helps us stay in focus so we can accomplish all that we set 278 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:16,320 out to do. But may it also have room for 279 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:18,920 revival. May it also have room to be 280 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:22,560 disrupted so that the Holy Spirit can move and change 281 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:25,760 certain things. Let's continue on reading John 282 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:29,040 chapter 4, verses 10 to 14. The previous few verses that she 283 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:34,120 read were from NLT, but I've taken this John 410 to 14 from 284 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:35,880 the message version and this is what it says. 285 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:38,000 Verse 10, this is what it says. Jesus answered. 286 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,920 If you knew the generosity of God and who I am, you would be 287 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:46,360 asking me for a drink and I would give you fresh living 288 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:50,200 water, the woman said. Sir, you don't even have a 289 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,960 bucket to draw with. And this well is deep. 290 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:57,840 So how are you going to get this living water? 291 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,800 Are you a better man than our ancestor Jacob, who ducked this 292 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:03,720 well and drank from it? He and his sons and livestock 293 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,880 and passed it down to us? Jesus said everyone who drinks 294 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:08,880 this water will get thirsty again. 295 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:12,160 Anyone who drinks the water I give will never thirst. 296 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:14,960 Not ever. The water I give will be an 297 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:19,400 artisan spring within gushing fountains of endless life. 298 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:26,160 It's interesting that when we read this, Jesus is asking his 299 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:31,280 human form was one which probably desired, was tired, was 300 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:36,360 worn out, was probably tired and wanting to have physical water. 301 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:39,600 But when he saw this woman, I believe he was moved with 302 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:41,200 compassion. He wanted to touch up. 303 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:43,160 He wanted something in her life to change. 304 00:17:43,360 --> 00:17:46,640 And he says I would give you fresh living water. 305 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:51,880 And many a times this revival, this disruption that happens, 306 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:56,480 God will do it in such way where our logic is questioned. 307 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:58,800 The Samantha's woman logic was right. 308 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:01,080 She said, hey, you don't have anything here. 309 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:03,600 I'm the only person who can actually take and give you this 310 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:05,960 water. And what are you saying? 311 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:07,680 You'll give me fresh living water. 312 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:09,560 I don't see a bucket in your hand. 313 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,440 I don't see anything where you can draw water out from. 314 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,800 And Jesus goes on to say this profound thing, and I believe 315 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,560 this is the truth where we will need Jesus in our life. 316 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,240 He says he had everyone who drinks his water will get 317 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:27,520 thirsty again. If we are running after physical 318 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:34,800 things, we acquire it, we get it, and then we feel we don't 319 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:37,360 have enough of it's OK. Is this what I pursue? 320 00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:40,280 I think I need to pursue more. But Jesus saying, anyone who 321 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:44,080 drinks the water, I give the water that Jesus gives. 322 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:46,840 The revival that Jesus gives will never thirst. 323 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:50,680 Not ever. The water I give will be an 324 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:55,120 artisan spring within gushing fountains of endless life. 325 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:58,200 If you're taking notes, if you want to make a note on artisan 326 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:02,800 spring within gushing fountains of endless life, what does that 327 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,320 look like? Revival that the Holy Spirit 328 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:08,760 wants us to participate in is fresh and it's living. 329 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,880 It's fresh and it's living. What is fresh and living? 330 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:15,960 Which means every time you ask the Holy Spirit to come into 331 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:19,280 that situation, every time you ask God, come into my mundane, 332 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,240 come into my this He will bring a fresh anointing. 333 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:25,080 He will bring a living anointing. 334 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:28,200 He won't allow you to operate out of yesterday's anointing. 335 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:32,960 I love that a lot of us have been carrying and breezing 336 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:39,160 through life, carrying old water, carrying, recycled, 337 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,280 repurposed. But God's saying, no, I want to 338 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:44,280 give you fresh and living every day. 339 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:47,760 What does that look like for those of us who are parents? 340 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:51,600 That's something we need every day of fresh and living water. 341 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:53,320 The Holy Spirit is saying I can do that. 342 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:55,920 For those of us who are married and are struggling in our 343 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:58,560 marriages, he's saying I can give you that fresh and living 344 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:01,280 water. Would you ask me, Don't look to 345 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:03,480 your spouse, Ask me. Start praying about it. 346 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:07,000 Ask for everything, however small it may be. 347 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,920 If there are struggles, ask him. If there are communication 348 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,200 problems, ask him. If there are struggles and 349 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:15,160 getting along, ask he will find a way. 350 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:20,200 He will can mend broken hearts, he can put broken hearts 351 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:23,960 together, he can do everything. And the reason why I asked you 352 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:27,240 to underline this word. Artisan Spring and I was just 353 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:30,280 reading up on this. It's basically where this 354 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:38,320 waterbed is locked in between 2 sections of ground level of dirt 355 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:42,960 water and so usually what happens is this is where usually 356 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:46,280 the water is not coming onto the surface at all, so it's right 357 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:53,320 below in the deep. OK, so the reason why I talked 358 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:56,120 about these artisan springs is it's a waterbed which is present 359 00:20:56,120 --> 00:20:59,440 between 2 confining beds. So these two layers can be 360 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:01,880 different. In most cases it's a it's a 361 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,480 layer where it doesn't allow the water to go. 362 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:07,240 So eventually what happens is a pressure that gets formed 363 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,360 between these two layers and the waters present there. 364 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:14,480 And so when you stick an entire pipe which goes right down, it 365 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,720 causes, it crosses through this confining bed. 366 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:22,520 It could be clay, it could be a material, it could be a compound 367 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:25,400 on of the earth which doesn't allow water to go through. 368 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,320 And when you go through that and when you tap into that spring, 369 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,680 you don't even need a water pump for the water to come out. 370 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,520 It just starts gushing out. And that's what it says here. 371 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,120 Gushing fountains of endless life. 372 00:21:37,360 --> 00:21:42,600 And God's asking today, whatever your confining beds are, would 373 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:48,440 you push through so that you can put your pipe straight into my 374 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:52,960 living water so that it can gush fountains of endless life? 375 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:58,320 And this is what we all need. A lot of times our mundane is 376 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:02,840 just gone by every day after every day, week after week, 377 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:10,760 month after month, because because of us being in a place 378 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:13,520 of running after EMI is making payments. 379 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:16,880 You know what, I'm in this dead end job and I just have to do 380 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:18,840 this because I have things to do. 381 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,720 You need revival right now because there is something more 382 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:27,440 that the Holy Spirit wants to do, something more in terms of 383 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:31,480 the gushing fountains of endless life that he wants to pour into 384 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:34,400 your life, into your specific life, into every area of your 385 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:36,520 life. You can't discount that. 386 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:39,560 You know, if I have to talk about a science experiment with 387 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:42,960 this coming out of EBS, you can see it right over here behind. 388 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:46,760 And if I have to take, you have these Tetrapack juices and if 389 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,560 you hold it tightly, there's a pressure that's formed. 390 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,040 And what happens when I poke it with a straw? 391 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:54,880 Juice just keeps coming out. I don't know how to do anything 392 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:57,160 because the pressure causes the juice to come. 393 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:03,360 And I believe sometimes in our most crushing of these confining 394 00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:06,040 beds that we are, it could be work, It could be relationships. 395 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:09,360 It could be the pressure of being a child. 396 00:23:09,360 --> 00:23:12,320 It could be the pressure of, you know, walking through some of 397 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:14,160 the trauma that you've gone through. 398 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:18,040 It could be everything he's saying, The pressure of that 399 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:22,400 would you dig your pipe deeper in so that my living Water will 400 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:24,760 start working in until it'll refresh you? 401 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,720 It'll become your artisan spring. 402 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:34,240 The clear representation for us today is are we willing to stick 403 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:39,680 our pipes further in so that he will become our only source? 404 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:42,440 Are you in a dry and parchy land? 405 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:46,000 He is the water that you need. Are you struggling with thirst 406 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,080 and you feel you're choking? He is the water that you need. 407 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:51,880 Revival has to start with you and me. 408 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:56,560 And so in our mundanes, when our mundanes get disrupted, we soon 409 00:23:56,560 --> 00:24:00,400 realize there's more to what God has placed me here for. 410 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,720 It starts gushing out. It starts giving us this 411 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:06,240 curiosity. God, what is it? 412 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,040 And we start diving deeper into His word. 413 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,360 We start spending those moments of being quiet around him. 414 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:16,080 We tune our ears to His words. Not to the frequency of 415 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:19,800 everything that culture is not dominating and to what social 416 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:23,080 media and influencers are saying, but rather we tune it to 417 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:30,480 what the Holy Spirit is saying. So as we heard, when we move 418 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:37,200 towards this place and say God, and so today, even as I close 419 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:41,400 the first point, I want to ask you in this revival, would you 420 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:46,360 dig deep, put that pipe straight into that artisan spring so that 421 00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:49,800 his life would come out, his living life, The water that 422 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,960 never runs dry, the living water would come into each and every 423 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:56,320 one of our lives. The second thing that we see is 424 00:24:56,320 --> 00:25:01,080 Revival confronts our deepest, darkest secrets. 425 00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:07,280 Every day it it has to do it. It it confronts our deepest and 426 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,560 our darkest secrets. To access this artisan spring, 427 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,880 it has to go through some hard peeling and digging. 428 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,920 And a lot of times it's confronting the emptiness and 429 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:20,880 the lack that our lives have. You know, in the last few months 430 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:25,200 I've been walking through some my own personal journey and I've 431 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:30,160 realized I've had layers and layers of areas where I've just 432 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:33,200 masked it, thinking, you know what, It won't come up. 433 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:37,440 It won't come to the surface. But over time, I've realized the 434 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,280 Holy Spirit causing me to nudge that space. 435 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:45,600 And as I've been putting my pipe deep in, it's those pipes that 436 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,160 aren't defining me. It's that it's the joy of his 437 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:52,160 word that causes me to go deeper in always so that I'll enjoy 438 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:57,040 what comes out of him. It says here in John four was 15 439 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,760 to 20 and let's go on to read it says please Sir, the woman said, 440 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,720 give me this water then I'll never be thirsty again and I 441 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,040 won't have to come here to get water. 442 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,920 Go and get your husband. Jesus told her I don't have a 443 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:12,960 husband, the woman replied. Jesus said you're right, you 444 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,880 don't have a husband, for you have had five husbands and you 445 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,560 aren't even married to the man you're living with now. 446 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:22,160 You certainly spoke the truth. So the woman said you must be a 447 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,880 prophet. So tell me, why is that You Jews 448 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,560 insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship while we 449 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:31,480 Samaritans claim it here in the mount of Gethism where our 450 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:35,280 ancestors worshipped. We can see here the minute Jesus 451 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:40,440 talks of this life giving thing, she's ready to accept it. 452 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,200 There's a void in each and every one of our lives which only the 453 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,080 Holy Spirit can fill. There's a sense of purpose and 454 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,400 direction that only the Holy Spirit will cause us to have 455 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:53,440 contentment in. Yes, things may not change, but 456 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:55,640 because he's present, we'll have contentment. 457 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:57,560 We will start seeing things his way. 458 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:03,000 And here She asks Jesus, give me this water so that I won't be 459 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,160 thirsty again, thinking that I may don't have to come back to 460 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:09,280 the well. But she goes on to and Jesus 461 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:13,360 goes on to say conference by asking her where's your husband? 462 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:20,600 And even as she answers saying I don't have a husband, she Jesus 463 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,280 goes on to tell her history in just a verse. 464 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:28,920 And that's what many a times we are unable to participate in 465 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,280 revivals because we have a story cooked up. 466 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:35,480 We have a story that we've time and again told ourselves and 467 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,880 made it the truth. But Jesus saying, hey, when you 468 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,920 come to me, I know everything. I know everything. 469 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,440 I know your intentions. I know how the story came about. 470 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,720 I want you to admit the real truth. 471 00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:54,800 And we can see here that when Jesus points that out, she puts 472 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,280 a guard on and says you are a prophet. 473 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,320 What does this look like? We can pass off by saying our 474 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:06,320 version of the story, but the Holy Spirit knows us inside out. 475 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,200 It is there. He wants us to be real to 476 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,960 ourselves. We need to come to our place and 477 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:17,680 say admit this is my wrongdoing. This is something that I'm God, 478 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,440 I've, I've been struggling with. I've covered it up. 479 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:24,760 I've probably fabricated a good story so that I'll be acceptable 480 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:28,040 by people outside or I'll be it'll be OK for people to know 481 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:32,880 who I am. But Jesus is saying and the Holy 482 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,320 Spirit is saying today, if revival has to be birthed in 483 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:38,720 you, we need to come to terms with the story and with the sins 484 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,680 that you're dealing with. Not an embellished version, not 485 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,680 something that looks well. Because today we're living in a 486 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:52,440 world of filters. Filters look good, but sin is 487 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:56,240 sin and we need to come to the Father and say God, I'm sorry, I 488 00:28:56,240 --> 00:29:02,840 need your forgiveness. Jesus does not need any 489 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:07,960 convincing of our story. He knows all of me, even my 490 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,000 intentions, in which I'm telling the story. 491 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:15,320 And I love how the Samaritan woman did not try to justify 492 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:19,200 what Jesus said. Oh, God, I'm lonely. 493 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,680 That's why I've been, you know, switching partners. 494 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:23,680 Oh, you know what? I don't know if this guy's 495 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:25,560 committed. He's probably just here for a 496 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:27,200 fling. He didn't. 497 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,680 She didn't elaborate. She came to terms where this is 498 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,760 my life, This is where I'm rock bottom. 499 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:41,280 And that's where Jesus met with her, started giving her the 500 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:45,120 truth, and said you can experience this living water. 501 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:50,720 She deflects it by saying why do you insist that we come to 502 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:53,400 Jerusalem and we see? In the next few verses? 503 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:56,760 Jesus addresses that. But the truth is, today, are we 504 00:29:56,760 --> 00:30:02,560 willing to allow the Holy Spirit to revive us so that he can take 505 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,560 everything of us? When he wants to use us and 506 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,360 shape us and mold us, he wants to take everything. 507 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:16,040 And we sometimes are scared to show our sin, our brokenness, 508 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:20,080 our emptiness to the Creator himself, you know Genesis 509 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:23,920 chapter one verse 2 says the earth was formless and empty and 510 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,200 darkness covered the deep waters and the Spirit of God was 511 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,720 hovering over the surface of the water. 512 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:34,040 The Spirit of God was in holding over the earth, which was 513 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:38,840 formless and empty and dark. There's no amount of darkness 514 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:44,080 that will scare him away. If he can shape and bring life 515 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:47,720 into the earth, he can do that same into you. 516 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:53,360 So quit trying to cover up and tell God or put it in good words 517 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:56,160 to explain to God. Go out there and just say God. 518 00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:59,360 This is who I am. These are my intentions. 519 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:04,000 This is what I think. My, my, these are things that 520 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,240 I've struggled with. These are my my closeted issues 521 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:10,920 lot, which no one else knows. But I'm willing to open it up 522 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:12,840 because I want revival to come in. 523 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:21,040 I want revival to come in. The Holy Spirit is I love what 524 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:24,120 it says in the message version. In fact, it says he's owe 525 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:26,680 everything that is formless, empty and dark. 526 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:32,400 Earth was a soup of nothingness, A bottomless emptiness, an inky 527 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:36,000 blackness. Today, if you have to describe 528 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,280 sin, it will come under the any of this category. 529 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:40,440 You might feel like it's nothing. 530 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:42,400 You might feel the sin that you're in. 531 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,960 You are struggling to break the cycle of guilt. 532 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:49,280 You give up, you feel guilty, and then you go back to it. 533 00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:51,720 You feel guilty again. You go back to it and it's just 534 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:56,240 seems like a bottomless pit and you just feel that part of your 535 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,920 heart is just marked with blackness. 536 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:02,440 But God saying, I want to touch that very part and revive it. 537 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:07,360 The Holy Spirit is never afraid to handle our mess, be it 538 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:12,920 whatever shape, whatever size, however cracked it is when we 539 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:16,760 allow the Holy Spirit to come, and even when we're looking at 540 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:20,280 the Holy Spirit, this time as a river of God, as living water. 541 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:24,840 Water can take up any shape, it can come into any crack, it can 542 00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:29,360 come in and flood that space. But would you give room if an 543 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:34,320 iceberg could break a section of the ship on the board of the 544 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:37,040 Titanic and cause the entire ship to sink? 545 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:41,360 I believe water can come in. Give him, give him room so that 546 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:43,720 he'll be able to enter and give him room so that he'll be able 547 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,600 to come in and shape you and break you. 548 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:51,440 Break that pattern of sin. Break the clutches of what Satan 549 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:56,840 is having over you, John 421 goes on to say in message. 550 00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:58,360 And So what? It says the response. 551 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:01,560 Believe me, woman, the time is coming when the Samaritans will 552 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:04,080 worship the Father. Neither here at this mountain 553 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,880 nor there in Jerusalem. You worship guessing in the 554 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:09,040 dark. We Jews worship in the clear 555 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:11,320 light of day. God's way of salvation is made 556 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:15,000 available through the Jews. But the time is coming. 557 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:18,880 It has, in fact come when when what you're called will not 558 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,520 matter, and where you go to worship will not matter. 559 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:25,720 It's who you are and the way you live that count before God. 560 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,720 Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. 561 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,680 That's the kind of people the Father's looking out for those 562 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,320 who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their 563 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:37,080 worship, God is sure being itself spirit. 564 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:42,080 Those who worship Him must do it out of their very being, their 565 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:46,160 spirits, their true selves in adoration, the woman said. 566 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:49,240 I don't know about that. I do know that the Messiah is 567 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:51,320 coming. When he arrives, we'll get the 568 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:54,200 whole story and Jesus response. I love it. 569 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:57,600 He says I am, he said. Jesus, you don't have to wait 570 00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:01,640 any longer or look any further. The very question what the 571 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:05,200 Samaritan woman posed was to come into the technicality of 572 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:06,840 it. Saying you say that we're to 573 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:10,040 come to Jerusalem, but we are worshipping here, But Jesus goes 574 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:15,880 to the important issue. Saying no, when you worship the 575 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:22,040 way you live counts before God. Our worship must engage in 576 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:26,360 pursuit of truth. God is looking for those kind of 577 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,679 people. And so today when you and I are 578 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:34,719 in this walk moving towards worshipping God for asking for 579 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:38,639 his revival, may he invade every area of our lives. 580 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:43,239 May there be no area that is not where he's not able to convict 581 00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:47,560 us about or we are so sensitive that we don't allow God to push 582 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:50,400 the buttons. God should have a free reign 583 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,320 over us where he's able to push us whereas he's able to say you 584 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:55,800 know what if you're stuck up in this, this is the very area I'm 585 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:57,520 going to push you. I'm going to train you in this 586 00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:02,200 so that you allow me to be controlling of allow me to be in 587 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:03,560 control. I don't want you to be in 588 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:06,200 control. So today what happened when the 589 00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:10,800 somatic woman heard this, she could put two and two together 590 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:14,600 and realized they said of a Messiah who's coming, who will, 591 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:17,400 who will set right, who we'll be able to worship. 592 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:22,520 And Jesus says I am that person, I am that person. 593 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:28,280 And so today church, I want us to ask us personally, each and 594 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:31,560 everyone of us asking ourselves, God, would you come into those 595 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:35,760 areas where I have left undealt with, I've, I've probably 596 00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:37,720 brushed through it thinking you know what is allowed. 597 00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:39,680 It's OK. It's permissible. 598 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:41,960 But God, is it permissible to you? 599 00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:43,640 Would you convict me? Would you show me? 600 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:46,800 I pray God There are areas in my life which I've hidden away from 601 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:48,480 you. I've failed to confess it, 602 00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:50,920 thinking that if I confess it I might be the worst Sinner. 603 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:53,200 But God saying nothing would scare me. 604 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:55,000 Would you come? Would you allow my living water 605 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:58,920 to flow through? For those of you who are really 606 00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:03,480 struggling to give up sin patterns, I would request you. 607 00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,640 Would your hearts cry be for revival, To come and let the 608 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:10,280 living water flow through you? Let him go. 609 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,200 Go to him. Go to the source everyday. 610 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:15,000 Dig deeper your trenches so that you go in. 611 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:18,560 Don't let the markings of your trenches cause you to not dig 612 00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:20,920 deeper. Dig deeper so that when the pipe 613 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:24,200 hits the living water, you'll experience life, you'll 614 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:26,480 experience liberation, you'll experience truth. 615 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:30,000 So as we've seen two things. First, the revival. 616 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:33,520 As it starts with us, it meets us in our mundane. 617 00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:37,240 The second thing when it meets us in our mundane it deals with 618 00:36:37,240 --> 00:36:42,120 our deepest, darkest secrets so that God can do his work in and 619 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:45,240 through us, so that we can have living water. 620 00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:48,040 And the third thing is this revival experience that we've 621 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:51,360 had moves others towards transformation. 622 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:54,640 John chapter 4, verse 39 to 42, goes on to say many of the 623 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:57,960 Samaritans from that village committed themselves to him 624 00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:01,720 because of the woman's witness. He knew all about the things I 625 00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:04,720 did. He knows me inside and out. 626 00:37:04,720 --> 00:37:09,160 They asked him to stay on. So Jesus stayed two days. 627 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:11,600 A lot more people entrusted their lives to him. 628 00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:15,520 When they heard that, what he had to say, they said to the 629 00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:19,800 woman, we are no longer taking this on your say so we've heard 630 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,280 it for ourselves and know it for sure. 631 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:27,280 He's the savior of the world. The revival starts in me. 632 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:31,680 When it meets with me, when it deals with all my the deepest, 633 00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:35,920 darkest areas of my life. I'm unable to contain it. 634 00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,840 Why? Because I start understanding 635 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:42,920 that I can live in freedom. Jesus gave her the living water 636 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:46,640 and when she experienced it, she in fact left her thing there. 637 00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:50,480 And she goes into the village to go and tell group of people who 638 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:52,920 probably knew her and the way she was living. 639 00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:55,280 There's a man here who knows me inside out. 640 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:59,240 She probably didn't have a very good reputation, but in spite of 641 00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:01,280 that, she went. And when she went as a man who 642 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:04,080 knows everything I've done come and meet this man. 643 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:06,520 They took her at a word because if someone had to know 644 00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,760 everything that she's done, it definitely had to be someone 645 00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:13,080 like God. So they came and they found out 646 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:18,840 it was God. The personal story of the 647 00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:24,800 Samatar woman caused a stir in her itself, she realized. 648 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:28,680 This is my story. The living water that is coming 649 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:32,240 has is starting to work in me is my story. 650 00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:35,520 And many times we think when we have to share, we always are 651 00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:39,880 wanting a story to share. Share from your own life, share 652 00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:44,080 of what God's done. Even if it sounds small, it's 653 00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:46,720 OK. God is not looking at the 654 00:38:46,720 --> 00:38:50,480 quantity of our story. He's just looking at the fact 655 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:53,120 whether he's present in that story. 656 00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:56,600 Because if he's present in that story, the same living water 657 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,760 that worked in you will start working in others. 658 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:00,920 Too. Many times you're thinking, you 659 00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:02,640 know what? I need to have a perfect story. 660 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:04,880 I need to have a good intro and a good outer. 661 00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:09,560 I need to have a hook. If you have the Holy Spirit and 662 00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:11,960 if he's intertwined in your testimony, that's more than 663 00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:14,080 enough. We see when the living water 664 00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:18,200 came into the life of the Samaritan woman, it transformed 665 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:22,080 her, It changed her. And she went about telling what 666 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:26,320 God had done in her life. And I'm asking you today, if 667 00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:30,040 revival has to start spreading from us, It has to start with 668 00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:32,360 us. It has to start with you and me. 669 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:36,800 It has to start with us telling about our encounter with the 670 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:38,440 Holy Spirit. So what is God telling you 671 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:41,720 today, two days from now? What has God been speaking to 672 00:39:41,720 --> 00:39:43,440 you? What has He been doing in and 673 00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:45,200 through you? What is He revealing you? 674 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:47,520 What are some of the dreams and the visions that He's given to 675 00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:49,560 you? What are some of the deeper 676 00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:52,240 insights that he's been talking to you from His word? 677 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,640 Is it coming in alignment? Because when you start doing 678 00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:58,680 that, you'll start seeing connecting pieces time and 679 00:39:58,680 --> 00:39:59,920 again. That's why when we gather as a 680 00:39:59,920 --> 00:40:02,800 church, when we gather as communities, when we gather as 681 00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:05,480 fellow believers together, and when we see that a lot in the 682 00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:08,280 early church, when they gather together, the reason why they 683 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:12,120 were able to have a lot of community time was the fact that 684 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:15,880 in their personal time they saw. Some revelation the Holy Spirit 685 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:20,040 gave them come into, you know, some another person would have 686 00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:23,480 probably got a song or a word. And when they came together and 687 00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:26,880 everything came together, they knew this was what God was 688 00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:29,480 calling them to do. This is what God's calling us to 689 00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:31,880 step into. This is what God is calling and 690 00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:38,840 speaking to us as a generation. This is an indication of what 691 00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:41,280 freedom looks like for what the samatan woman did. 692 00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:44,480 Because when she walked out of the power of darkness into the 693 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:47,840 power of light, when she walked out of the freedom that came 694 00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:51,680 because the clutches of sin were broken, that living water, she 695 00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:54,840 was able to go and testify. And the fruit of that was people 696 00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:57,760 came to see who this God was, who this person was, that was 697 00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:01,280 able to identify her and tell her whatever wrong she did. 698 00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:04,120 She probably came to that well alone, knowing that she'll be 699 00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:06,400 talked about, she'll be scorned, she'll be looked down. 700 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:10,600 But what she received, she took it out there, and she came and 701 00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:12,720 draw. A lot of her brokenness was 702 00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:19,560 hers, but when she laid it at the altar for Jesus, when his 703 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:24,680 living water redeemed it, it became a testimony in her 704 00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:26,400 brokenness. She felt empty, and she could 705 00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:30,560 have kept the door shut, sitting all by her cells, because she 706 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:33,080 was already judged, ridiculed, mocked, scorned. 707 00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:37,880 But rather her brokenness made room for a saviour who wanted to 708 00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:44,040 change her state. In Two Corinthians, chapter 12, 709 00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:46,440 verses 9, This is what it says, But he answered me. 710 00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:49,920 My grace is always more than enough for you, and my power 711 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:53,240 finds it's full expression through your weakness. 712 00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:57,040 So I'll celebrate my weakness, For when I'm weak, I sense more 713 00:41:57,040 --> 00:42:00,320 deeply the mighty part of Christ living in me. 714 00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:09,440 The power of Jesus is evident when we are allowing Him to move 715 00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:14,000 in, and through our weakness His grace and His power finds its 716 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:17,120 full expression. So today, whatever it is, allow 717 00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:20,200 him to invade you with His living water. 718 00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:23,800 Because what will come out of that will be glorious. 719 00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:26,880 What will come out of that will be a Jesus testimony. 720 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,680 What will come out of that will be the outworking of the Holy 721 00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:31,040 Spirit. And then through you, what will 722 00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:34,120 come out of that will be you saying this is not me, but this 723 00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:38,400 is of the one who is in me, that I'm able to do all this. 724 00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:41,960 And what we see in the conclusion in John chapter 4 is 725 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:46,080 the people asked him to stay. And I love this section where 726 00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:50,960 they tell her, you know what, We no longer are believing this 727 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:56,440 because you told, but we are. We've heard it for ourselves and 728 00:42:56,440 --> 00:43:00,640 know for sure that he's a savior of the world are starting. 729 00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:03,800 The igniter would be a testimony, but the sustaining 730 00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:05,720 part will be his Holy Spirit's work. 731 00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:09,160 So a lot of us today, what God's preparing us as a nation? 732 00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:11,480 What God's preparing us as individuals? 733 00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:14,680 What God's preparing us as churches and as marketplace 734 00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:18,600 people and as His children who are in this world, not of this 735 00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:22,840 world, is that we will be ready for a revival that starts with 736 00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:28,360 you and me, ready for a revival that will change us, which will 737 00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:32,280 change, transform us personally. So when we take it out, our 738 00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:36,240 testimony with him will bring transformation to others. 739 00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:41,880 And I'm sure at the end of the day, that living water cost a 740 00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:46,400 revival in that own village, in that own town. 741 00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:49,840 And so today, can you and I be partakers of that? 742 00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:52,720 A lot more people entrusted their lives to him when they 743 00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:56,760 heard what he had to say. And I love that again. 744 00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:59,760 I am repeating that again. We've heard it for ourselves and 745 00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:03,280 know it's for sure he's the saviour of the world. 746 00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:05,400 They will taste and see that the Lord is good. 747 00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:08,280 That when they look into our lives, when they see our change, 748 00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:11,600 when they see what God's doing in and through us, they will be 749 00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:15,480 encouraged to seek for themselves and they will find 750 00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:17,480 him. We do not know who God will 751 00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:19,800 bring into salvation through our story. 752 00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:24,320 We can discount it because of our low self esteem, because of 753 00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:29,000 the nature of our brokenness, because of whatever we've been 754 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:30,680 through. But when we bring God into the 755 00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:34,200 mix, when we bring the Holy Spirit and His living, what into 756 00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:38,520 the mix, His grades, His strength, His redemption power 757 00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:41,800 gets mixed into our battle of our lives. 758 00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:46,400 And we are not our you're not us anymore, We are His. 759 00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:50,720 And we start pointing everyone to Jesus because he's in the 760 00:44:50,720 --> 00:44:54,760 mix. He, he, his hand is in that 761 00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:58,120 battle. He's starting to shape us, He's 762 00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:01,040 shot, starting to mold us. And I pray and ask that the 763 00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:04,040 living water will become ours forever. 764 00:45:05,240 --> 00:45:08,000 So Church, even as I close, I just want to ask specifically 765 00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:13,400 that as we prepare for Pentecost Sunday, we won't be ashamed, we 766 00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:17,080 won't be stiff, but we would rather be flexible. 767 00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:20,040 We would allow him to say, Lord, would you move in and throw us 768 00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:22,160 today? I want that artisanal spring. 769 00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:27,200 I want that revival to happen. Lord Jesus, in you, in me, in 770 00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:29,880 everyone that gathers, in everyone that calls on the name 771 00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:31,320 of Jesus, that they'll be revival. 772 00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:35,560 So today, even as I pray, can we just pray together that we'll 773 00:45:35,560 --> 00:45:38,520 experience his revival? Lord, I pray even right now for 774 00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:40,960 all those who are listening for, who are watching. 775 00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:43,440 I pray even right now. Holy Spirit, would you Would you 776 00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:45,920 just flood open into their lives? 777 00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:49,640 Lord, no longer, Lord, will they be so worried. 778 00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:54,360 I pray every worry, every shame, every guilt will be broken in 779 00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:57,320 the name of Jesus. We pray for your blood covering 780 00:45:57,320 --> 00:46:00,680 to Pierce through everything. I pray every abuse, every 781 00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:04,320 torment, everything that's been spoken off and spoken about and 782 00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:07,160 spoken into will be completely broken. 783 00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:09,680 Lord Jesus in the name of Jesus that they'll find deliverance. 784 00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:13,160 Every shackle will be broken. Every shame and guilt will be 785 00:46:13,160 --> 00:46:15,640 gone. Every cycle will be broken, 786 00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:19,520 every addiction will be broken. That you will set your people 787 00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:22,680 and your children free. Lord, we are about your mission. 788 00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:25,120 Lord Jesus and I thank you for the word revival. 789 00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:28,200 I breathe revival into my own life. 790 00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:31,000 I breathe your revival into each and everyone. 791 00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:32,680 Right now I ask you to breathe it in. 792 00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:37,280 Lord Jesus, I pray living what I pray we will all take our pipes 793 00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:39,920 and dig in to find that artisanal spring. 794 00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:42,760 Lord, I pray we will breakthrough every shackle, 795 00:46:42,760 --> 00:46:47,000 every everything that's taken shape to get that living water 796 00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:50,640 gushing out so that we will live in the fullness that comes from 797 00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:53,240 you. Lord, I pray even right now that 798 00:46:53,240 --> 00:46:57,000 our mundanes will see revival, disrupt our mundanes. 799 00:46:57,600 --> 00:47:00,760 I pray, Lord, our deepest, darkest secrets will experience 800 00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:04,360 a revival and they will get extinguished, gone once for all, 801 00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:08,280 Lord Jesus, the marks of it. Lord will be ones of redemption, 802 00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:12,040 one of grace, one of strength, one of overcoming by the blood 803 00:47:12,040 --> 00:47:14,960 of the Lamb and by the word of your testimony, Lord Jesus. 804 00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:18,280 It'll happen right now, Lord. I pray, Lord, that revival will 805 00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:21,560 just not stop with us, Lord, That we will be able to share 806 00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:25,440 our story with you and it, Lord, so that it'll bring about many 807 00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:28,920 others to find truth. And they'll be able to 808 00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:32,080 experience that living water, be glorified, be honored, be 809 00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:33,880 praised. Thank you for all that you're 810 00:47:33,880 --> 00:47:34,960 doing. Go before us. 811 00:47:34,960 --> 00:47:37,400 I pray, Lord, for your blood covering over each and every one 812 00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:38,520 of us. That you would strengthen us. 813 00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:40,800 I pray even as we are in the peak of summer. 814 00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:42,560 Protection will be upon each and everyone. 815 00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:46,000 I pray your hand of mercy and grace upon each and everyone. 816 00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:50,120 Lord, we thank you. Strengthen us, take charge, be 817 00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:52,040 glorified. We thank you for all that we get 818 00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:54,160 to do, Lord Jesus, because we are your children. 819 00:47:54,520 --> 00:47:57,440 I pray that we'll have testimony after testimony of your living 820 00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:00,800 water flowing in and through our lives, and we will see a 821 00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:02,200 revival. I pray even as you wait 822 00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:06,280 expectantly for this week, Lord, we ask that you would show up. 823 00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:10,640 Lord, there will be a revival that starts birthing out in 824 00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:14,880 different parts, in different sections in our online 825 00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:18,080 community, in our physical gathering, we'll see revival 826 00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:19,480 happen. Lord, so that you'll be 827 00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:22,040 glorified. In your most holy name, we pray. 828 00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:23,560 Amen. Amen. 829 00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:29,880 So, church, even as you step out into your mundane, even as you 830 00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:33,160 start working through and seeing all your deepest darkest 831 00:48:33,160 --> 00:48:35,920 secrets, I pray revival will be birthed. 832 00:48:36,520 --> 00:48:40,760 I pray as living water will flow through and leave you changed. 833 00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:45,160 I pray your story and the experience of that revival with 834 00:48:45,160 --> 00:48:50,400 Jesus and the Holy Spirit in the mix will bring about, will bring 835 00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:54,560 about a revival in others. That you will be the reason that 836 00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:58,280 many are able to see Jesus clearly, will be filled with the 837 00:48:58,280 --> 00:49:01,680 Holy Spirit and live in the holiness that he has called us. 838 00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:04,200 I pray that you have a blessed week ahead. 839 00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:07,280 God bless you all. So church can I close the 840 00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:09,320 service. May the love of the Father, the 841 00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:12,200 grace of his only Son, Jesus Christ, and the sweet fellowship 842 00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:14,840 of the Holy Spirit rest and abide with us now and 843 00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:17,640 forevermore And all God's people said, Amen. 844 00:49:17,720 --> 00:49:19,120 Amen. Have a blessed week. 845 00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:29,520 God bless you. Thanks for listening to this 846 00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:32,640 message. We hope you were blessed to hear 847 00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:36,360 more messages like this. Make sure to subscribe and check 848 00:49:36,360 --> 00:49:39,040 out our podcast channel for past episodes. 849 00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:42,800 If you like what you are hearing, consider rating us, 850 00:49:42,960 --> 00:49:45,960 subscribing, and even sharing it with friends. 851 00:49:46,320 --> 00:49:50,640 That would really help us. 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