This concludes a series of sermon notes on revival.  Please visit our website to read the first four parts.

3. REDEMPTION:


To buy back what was sold. To take back what was stolen.
There are many things that people have lost due to a culture of sin. Redemption goes beyond taking something back for an individual.  Redemption is the salvation of that which has been polluted by sin.

The individual can be saved and be set free from poverty. But if the entire area has a massive awakening to God, poverty can be eradicated from the culture.

Are you ready for a culture changing move of God?

Music is a cultural expression. Music and all the arts have been polluted. Music expresses the character and conduct of a society.

The power of God will redeem music back to its original assignment, To offer praise to God, not to sin and human desire. The enemy has polluted everything he can that once glorified the father. A revival that changes a culture will redeem all things to become servants of God and glorify Him.


I believe that Bartow and the surrounding area is in store for a mighty encounter with Jesus Christ. There is an awakening to God approaching us that has never been seen before. This city has had mighty moves of the Holy Spirit in the past, but what God has planned and is revealing to us now, is this next wave of the Spirit will be like no other move of God this area has ever seen.

 We are praying. We are expecting. We are declaring a Revival that will change a Culture.


Be Blessed!
Pastor Dave

This is part four in a series of sermon notes on revival.  Visit our website to find the rest of the series.

Previously we looked at the first spiritual phenomenon God uses to change a culture.  Today we'll explore the second, restoration.

2.  RESTORATION:


The act of putting back to or bringing back to the original form.
The power of the gospel of Jesus Christ will restore all that has been lost due to sin. There is no power on Earth like the power of God. Satan is a thief. John 10:10 says that the thief comes to kill, steal and destroy, but Jesus has come to give you life and life in abundance (paraphrased).




Joel 2:23-26


23 Be glad then, you children of Zion, And rejoice in the Lord your God; For He has given you the former rain faithfully, And He will cause the rain to come down for you — The former rain, And the latter rain in the first month. 24 The threshing floors shall be full of wheat, And the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil.
25 "So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, The crawling locust, The consuming locust, And the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you. 26 You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, And praise the name of the Lord your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you; And My people shall never be put to shame.
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Joel 2:28-29

28 "And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions. 29 And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
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Revival will bring about a restoration of all that was lost due to rebellion against God. All the penalty of sin will be reversed. This is what God promises, this is what we will see.

When restoration occurs part of this work is the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. No one is fully restored without the restoration of the fullness of God’s spirit in their lives.

Tomorrow we will look at the third spiritual phenomenon’s God uses to change  a culture, redemption.

Be Blessed,
Pastor Dave