The Glory Of God - Part 7 — Leonard Ravenhill

The Peace and Joy Jesus Gives

It's all there to be absorbed by us. My peace I live with. Not peace, my peace. Joy? No, my joy. No man taketh it from you. Take everything else. Take the shirt off your back. Take the money out of your pocket.

Take your friends. You can't take your joy. Joy, he says, your joy, no man taketh it from you. Read the 16th chapter of John. It's his joy, the joy that dominated his life, under pressure, when they threatened him, when they would have killed him.

But he was dominated by joy, by peace. And I leave you my peace, by joy. And his joy was doing the will of the Father. This is his legacy to his disciples. Any king died as poor as Jesus. He didn't have any houses he could share.

He didn't have any horses to leave them. He didn't have any money. He says, I give you my peace, I'll give you my joy. These are worth a million, million times the other things you have. And if I'm living in less than that, I'm not living where God wants me.

Reflecting the Glory and Beauty of Christ

And if I'm not living there, I won't reflect his glory, I won't reflect his beauty. Ah, yes. And while we're rejoicing, there's a world outside perishing. The more I see of him, the more I'll hate sin.

The more I see of him, the more I long that what Jesus died for will be accomplished in my generation. It hasn't been accomplished in any other. You've got the greatest chance in the world to make history.

Cleansing and Spirit-Filled Revival

And you'll only do it when you're cleansed and filled with the Spirit of God. We're going to pray. If you wish to go, you're free to go as we kneel to pray. We leave the service open-ended because so often we've...

Let me find the watch I borrowed. I don't know whose watch was it. Don't all put your hands up. Whose watch was this, some brother? Catch. No. Pass it over to him, please. Thank you so much. It didn't help me too much, but anyhow.

Praying for Revival in the Community and Church

Let's pray. We're praying for revival in this community as well as other places. We're praying for revival in your church. I felt there was real blessing down there at, what do you call it, Rose Heights?

Church of God. There's a lovely spirit, a very precious man there. I learned to love him in the few nights I was there. And I ask you to pray for that church as well, that the glory will come. I don't care where the fire falls, but it must fall somewhere.

So feel free. If you're not in the spirit, if you say, my life doesn't reflect the glory of Jesus, well, cough out what's wrong. Is it pride? Is it envy? What is it? Stubbornness? Jealousy? What is it?

The Cross and Resurrection Life

Don't say, bless me, Lord, kill this thing in me. Go to the cross and die and get resurrection life. So now we're going to pray. And as I say, you're free to leave anytime you like. Give me a chair, please.

Thanks, Jacob.