The Heart of Revival is to believe God can and will move

Part Two...
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The next section we discussed at length was the following scriptures...

We are knocking…
Matt 7:7-12(NIV)
7 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
9 "Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

Points to ponder
* Initiative on our part… it comes out of a heart that is desiring God to move…
* It requires effort to ask, knock and seek… Uncomfortable situations that are in our path – require asking…
* Good things will come from God… but sometimes bad things will be happening…
* Good Gifts… can be expected… but like any Gift – the giving is controlled by the giver… it is on his time and schedule… not ours…

He is knocking….
Rev 3:20-22(NIV)
20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.
21 To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne.
22 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."

Points to ponder
* He is available… Who is He? Do I know who I am expecting?
* When He comes – what will He do? When a guests comes to visit – what do you expect the person to do? What will the visit be like? Do we need to clean up before he comes into the rooms/our being?
* What is expected on our part by God – Over comers?
* What is the reward?
* What are we to do?

Conditions of His moving in us….
Luke 6:36-49
36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
37 "Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."
39 He also told them this parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
40 A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
41 "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
42 How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
43 "No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers.
45 The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.
46 "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?
47 I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice.
48 He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.
49 But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete."
(NIV)

Points to ponder
* What does God expect of us?
* Are there conditions to how we live and what we act like?
* Is Conduct important?
* How should you react when people are doing things that tear away at the fabric of your spiritual life?
* Do you understand God’s judgement?
* What kind of Foundation are you building for your life – and how are you doing it?

The Power…
Eph 3:16-21(NIV)
16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
18 may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,
21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

Points to ponder
* Once we know him – it will be different…We can expect Him to do great things –but Him will do them whether we expect it or not - do you know Him? Do you know his power?