Revival is the act of God pouring out His power and Spirit on His people in an unusual or greatly accelerated way that causes His people to be revived in their faith and devotion to Christ, and the lost to be saved, and communities and cities to be transformed. True revivals typically affect large regions, even continents, even multiple continents, and its effects are so sweeping that everyone knows about it and is somewhat affected by it.

I think it is fair to say that no other habit bears the fruit and transforms our inner man like the early morning time with the Living God.

Only when we fully submit ourselves to the Holy Spirit can we know His will – whether it be to bless our enemies or rebuke and disarm them like Paul did . Only when we receive those on the spot fillings of the Holy Spirit can we find the power to do whichever one He leads us to do

The best way to spot a counterfeit is to know and experience the real thing. The very fact that Jesus speaks of false prophets should tell us He expects us to have real or true ones operating in our midst; and the devil is going to seek to sabotage that.

John’s gospel stands alone and leaves out significant things like: Jesus’s genealogy, birth, baptism, temptation, casting out of demons, parables, transfiguration, instituting of the Lord’s supper, agony in Gethsemane, and His ascension. But adds a number of things that the synoptics leave out. Sometimes referred to as the “gospel apart”.

May 7th, 2014 INTRODUCTION – Bio on John the apostle – Father = Zebedee, mother = Salome, brother = James. John worked for his family fishing business (Matt. 4:21) until he began to follow Jesus full time. How Peter & John are typically viewed by folk: John’s failures and stumblings: Luke 9:51-56 “Sons of Thunder” Why? Luke 9:46-48 – arguing about who is the greatest – – connection to next passage Luke 9:49,50 – stopping the non team member Matthew 20:20,21 – Their mo

The godless, reckless, and destructive rule of King Herod Agrippa the first illustrates very vividly why the church must more faithfully pray for its gov’t leaders

There are many events in the course of Jesus’s life and ministry on earth that show us how merciful a God He is. But none more than His last moments on earth.

They easily could have been bitter; or they could have decided that proclaiming the good news of Christ and His kingdom only gets one in trouble. But instead they are just looking for opportunities to spread the gospel in the places they have been scattered to

Other religious men condemned them and wanted nothing to do with them. But Jesus’s interactions with these women marked them for life. Truth for sure flowed out of His lips with both of them. But an equal amount of grace did as well. They were convicted, but never condemned – never disrespected or looked down upon by Jesus.