Saturday, October 21, 2006

What ought we desire:

We can not just want a society, country, or town that is full of good people. We must work and pray for a people that are changed from the inside out by the power of the Holy Spirit and the Word at work in them. It is possible to see a government that is transformed – The Center For Christian Statesmen founded by D. James Kennedy is praying and working with leaders in government to transformation in our government by first of all seeking transformation in our leaders by the gospel of Jesus Christ. We can not sit around and wait for our governments to bring about transformation, only God can do that. And when we does, He really does.

This is what God is doing around the Globe:

Uganda: At the invitation of the President & First Lady of Uganda, thousands of believers gathered at the turn of the millennium to celebrate the transforming hand of God upon their nation. They dedicated their nation back to God from decades of the bloodshed and evil with this public proclaimation.
“We are conscious that we have put other gods before you and worshipped them … We renounce idolatry, witchcraft and Satanism in our land … Covenanting our nation Uganda to the purposes of God and to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Amen.”

Vanuatu: On the island nation of Vanuatu, in a public ceremony on October 20, 2002, the Prime Minister dedicated the nation to the Lord.

Almolonga, Guatemala: The jails have closed, the police no longer carry guns, churches have grown, crops were healed are a growing in abundance.

Fiji: Christians gathered in repentance. God healed lives, and their society. Leaders of a coup came to faith in Christ while in jail. A stream whose waters were dark and bitter was healed.

These are just a few examples. Examine your heart. What do you desire?

When we speak of revival and transformation, we are not talking about a bunch of people weeping or increased numbers of church members. We are talking about a massive moving of God’s Spirit in the Word to change lives. And it must begin with us. We must be willing to be changed and moved by the Holy Spirit.

Lives are changed, towns are changed, countries are changed when they are convicted by the Holy Spirit of their sins, they seek God in repentance, they are shaken down to their core, and surrender to Jesus Christ.

We need to be moved of heart. Do you want to be moved of heart? Are you happy right where you are? Ask the Lord to have His way in your live?

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