God Brought Revival - Who May Ascend Into the Hill of the Lord — Shane Idleman

Revival as Spiritual Awakening

This is not going to be your typical Christmas message. I had something prepared and then all week something's been stirring in my heart even as early as this morning. And what I want to talk to you about this morning is or actually this evening is that?

God brought revival and I think what happens in our culture is you know. We forget of course why Jesus came and the whole point of him coming born to die. And not only did he bring revival he revived his people he saved his people and I sometimes link them together.

Salvation is God Quickening dead man or the sinful heart the sin nature we have God reviving us saving us. And then also there's something in the Bible that talks about in regard to revival is God reviving believers.

Reviving his church, and I looked up the word revival there is to awaken or to restore or to renew or to repair. So what God does when he revised he awakens he restores he renews and he repairs us. And can I be honest with you tonight the church is in a sleep of death what I call.

We are being lulled to sleep. It's a sleep of death, and we see this happening everywhere. You can look at the media. Recently right the politically correct police shot duck dynasty and You know took them out for time being.

I mean we see the media's prejudice against Christianity we see politically. As we know there's two things to occur in order for severe persecution to hit these shores, and they are very simple number one you get rid of any legislation that protects our God-given right to worship God and to talk about God and You remove Godly leaders who are going to interpret those laws, and we see that happening now.

We we you saw it at the president's inauguration. I'm not taking sides here I'm just saying what happened we had they had somebody scheduled to speak there to pray pastor Louie Giglio you guys remember that He was scheduled to speak, but because of his stance on Homosexuality he was told to Take a backseat basically not show up, and then they brought in somebody who is in support of The the GLBT movement that this whole movement, and he actually prayed blessings upon our nation.

Folks we are a nation adrift. We are calling good evil and evil good. The need to be awakened from our spiritual slumber has never been greater. We are in a sleep of death. And I know you want to hear about a little baby born in a manger.

But sometimes we need to talk about some issues that are confronting us today also we see this in our military. I don't know how many of you have been following. But atheist groups are now coming against the military saying you can't have chaplains doing this you can't talk about God.

You can't do this you can't so they're hitting everything and the church is just lulled to sleep. There's no there's no call to to seeking God again. We see it in our educational system that you'll start seeing a lot of curriculum brought in now to the public schools talking about.

You know if long as little Johnny even though he got his answer wrong if little Johnny can explain Why he got his answer wrong and what his meaning was behind it, then he's right. As long as he can show us why he was sincere and how he came up with the wrong answer.

We call that right. It's relativism. Everything is sneaking in and the church. And that's what really brought me to this is a lot of people ask me shame. Is there any hope for this for the church for America and I say apart from a spiritual awakening of from of God?

No, there's not because we are on a slippery slope. We're going deeper and deeper in a lesson. God revives his people revives the church. He's not gonna revive the culture. He's gonna revive the church and then from the church from us go out as pillars of light.

But the the light has been dimmed. The salt has lost its savor. We've become so politically corrected. We offend no one and challenge. No one nobody. So that's why I want to speak on this topic tonight.

God brought revival and we think of Christ coming. God brought revival. He revived his people. That's what a genuine relationship with Christ does it revives us and revival quite honestly is our only hope.

The Fear of the Lord and Spiritual Renewal

And If if if you've came tonight seeking and not sure about things and distant from God that is that is what you need. We need revival. It's very interesting. I was reading this week that the Bible talks about fear and comfort in the same sentence.

Like what that doesn't make any sense. If you're fearful, you're not comfortable. You're not there's not peace. There's not joy but the book of Acts records that they walked in the fear of the Lord and In the comfort of the Holy Spirit, I'm gonna make a statement here.

I hope you never forget. When you fear God, there's tremendous peace and joy when you fear man there's tremendous anxiety and fear because you're fearing the wrong thing and It's not this isn't a fear of an angry abusive stepfather.

It's a reverent re fear fear for God. And we need to get back to that. We need to teach kids the fear of the Lord. That's what makes a sinner a saint. That's what helps kids walk the straight and narrow.

That's what helps little Johnny understand His answer is wrong. And here's why your answer is wrong there's an absolute truth given by God to direct man and The need to be revived has never been greater.

Pain, Repentance, and the New Birth

So with that introduction, here's the the thrust of this message. This is a time of joy for many people. But it's also a time of great sorrow. Is it not many people say I hate this time of year. I hate this time of year.

You lose a loved one. I Mean I'll never forget January 6 my dad passed away. It's been a long time but that time of year that you know, the seasons kind of bring in a different meaning. And I want to just encourage you tonight.

Allow that pain to drive you to the cross. Allow that pain to drive you because pain is often the catalyst to revive the heart. I Don't like that. I don't either I don't like that at all. But God uses pain to drive us back to him and we either become bitter or we become better.

Do we not? So we've got to use that pain if you're feeling that pain and I hate this time of year use that because often the greater the pain the greater the blessing if You can focus it back towards God.

Think about it before a child is born. Is it nice and relaxing? Every time I go in the delivery room, I say never again never again. I don't even know why guys are in there. My dad never was in there.

He said on the waiting room said Oh, it's a boy. Here you go. But what that pain that tremendous pain before the delivery of a baby? Did you know that I have seen more pain in somebody's eyes before? Salvation.

Obviously not after but before a person is saved by God often. There's tremendous pain why it's called travail of the soul the old sinful man says no. But God's calling and drawing and there's tremendous pain.

Usually there's dark days of depression. There's anxiety. There's fear there's fighting against God. I'm fighting God. I cannot submit to him. There's tremendous pain, but what happens what happens when that that decision is finally made?

Tremendous joy. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I was lost but now I'm found I was blind, but now I see. Towards grace it taught my heart to fear and grace my fears relieved.

Oh. How precious did that grace appear the hour? I first believed that's a sermon right there. I could sit down. I could sit down the worship team could come back up. You realize that. Do you know the history behind that song Isaac Newton used to command slave ships.

So when you hear his chains were broken now, I was blind but now I see. That's revival. God reviving us this I know for the Bible tells me so God often breaks a heart before he revives it so the spiritual condition of our church.

Especially in America is obviously appalling and many people are upset but I say it's something's coming because God can Use that that pain that we're feeling to drive us closer to him. And the verse I want to focus on briefly is this who may ascend into the mountain of the Lord.

Who may stand in this Holy place. Listen guys that wake up. This is scripture. This is God talking. He's basically saying who can stand. Who can stand in the holy place of God who can stand in the mountain of God?

The one who has clean hands and a pure heart and who has not lifted up his soul to an idol nor has he sworn. Deceitfully they will receive blessings from the Lord and vindication from God their Savior.

Clean Hands, a Pure Heart, and the Presence of God

Such as the generation of those who seek him who seek your face. Oh God of Jacob. So what if you look at that who may ascend into the hill of the Lord. Mountaintop Experiences. Moses meant God on the top of a mountain.

People would make God a mountaintop Experiences. Or who may send who may stand in this holy place? And if we had time we take you to the tabernacle where the Shekinah glory of God would fall in that place and people could not Stand in the mighty presence of God.

That's true revival when God's presence hits a place. And it's we learn we celebrate obviously Jesus's birth. But we forget about the 400 years of silence that many theologians talk about. Malachi ends then you have 400 years of silence.

Nothing. Is God dead? Hawkins and Dawkins and all these guys would like you to believe that he is great great minds. 400 years of silence and. Then what? The earth trembles. John the Baptist comes on the scene.

Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. There's one standing among you who I'm not even worthy to Baptize. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. This revival fire Jesus said if you believe on me as the scriptures say out of your belly will flow rivers of living water reviving his people.

400 years of silence and Jesus comes on the scene. We need a revived passion for the presence of God like never before. We need a revived Passion for the presence of God like never before. Many people say I don't feel like it.

Well, that doesn't mean we. Well, what do you want me to do with that? You don't feel like going to work. Do you? We don't feel like doing a lot of things. But that doesn't negate our responsibility and our need to seek in and I found that the reason many people are not Experiencing God quite honestly is they're not seeking in they're not pressing it.

The Bible doesn't talk about if you pray for five minutes, and if you come to church, you'll find me. If you seek me with all of your heart with all of your mind with all of your strength with all of your soul I will be found by you.

I am a rewarder of those who Diligently seek me. It's in that diligence. I don't feel like it, but I'm gonna seek him. I don't want to but I'm gonna seek him. Why. Because I'm resting in his promise is not what I feel like.

Seeking God Above the Idols of the World

Do you realize it's sinful fallen man does not want to worship God? There's something in here that doesn't want to worship him. I want to get the heck out of Dodge. I want to go eat. I want to stop preaching.

But the Spirit says keep going. This word is in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones. I'm weary of holding it back and the best tool that the enemy can use against us is ourselves. Five minute worship quick devotional.

I'm on the run. I did God a favor. That's not seeking him and you guys know I make fun of that show a lot duck dynasty, of course, but not a bad way. I make fun of it that we have so much time for this but no time for God.

We wonder why we don't know God an intimate relationship yet. We have all the time. We know all about these guys. I don't even know their names, but everybody knows all about their names or background this that.

Hey, don't get me wrong. I'm a redneck. I have duck calls. I have a 350 or a 12 gauge with three inch mag capacity to shoot geese in case they're far up. I know I love that. You know that that that's me.

Mm-hmm. I feel that. But that's natural so I could sit and watch that for hours. But to get the supernatural you've got to fight the flesh and pull back to God. Discipline is a spiritual principle. Paul says I discipline my body.

I bring it in subject. Subjection. I tell my body what to we're gonna worship God. I don't feel like you know, we don't feel like it. That's why we've got to worship a long time get into his word. If you seek me with all of your heart, you will find me.

That's how revival starts. Revival starts as men and women are pressing in and praying for God to move God revive our hearts who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord or stand in his holy place. He who has clean hands and a pure heart and has not lifted up his soul to an idol.

And then it goes on after that lift up your heads. Oh you gates and be lifted up you everlasting doors and I said, what's he talking about? Well in the gates protected Jerusalem. You have to lift up the gates lift up these things so the God can come in pour in the glory.

It's basically action on our part. He's saying lift up your heads lift it up. Look to God and God alone. Let him pour in let his she kind of glory fall in and then it says and the king of glory shall come in.

Not might not may consider it might put you on the schedule next week. The Lord of glory will come in. If what clean hands a pure heart not lifted up our soul to an idol. We're seeking him and that's my biggest concern is we think we're seeking him if we squeeze him in on a five-minute Devotion on a quick prayer on my way to work.

I got a man. No, you didn't get a man. You didn't get him in. Try eating once a week and see if you survive physically spiritually. There are hunger for God should match our hunger for the things of this world.

If your hunger for the things of this world are greater than your hunger for God the Bible calls it Idolatry. Now we all stumble and fumble and fall and are perfect. So please don't get me wrong. But there has to be a challenge in our hearts something drawing us back to God.

Humility, Pride, and Self-Examination

I Know many of you right now are saying amen. I know I'm starting tonight and I'm starting tomorrow. And many of you are convicted and upset maybe. And it begs the question why does seeking more of God upset people you want to know why because you're challenging pride.

You're challenging their heart. Are you saying? Are you saying? Pastor come are you saying me? I've been raised in a Christian home all of my life. When the binky went out the Bible went in. How dare you and I say no, how dare you sir?

That pride and arrogance will keep you from God every chance. It gets in every opportunity. It gets. I'm here to crush that pride. How do I know because have I said before I'm a prideful man. Working on humility by the grace of God.

Many of you have heard of CJ Mahaney. He was famous for saying that We are prideful people unless that pride is shattered and crushed. We will hold God off as long as we can because we get into a pattern.

I got him down. I've got my doctrine down. I've read the Bible all the way through Shane. Great. What's Jesus Christ saying to you today? Not 13 years ago. We have so many we have time for the gym and time for work and time for duck dynasty and time for this but no Time for God see the problem is we're all so busy.

We're not so busy. We're all involved in many of us in idolatry. We're loving the things of God. More than the things of the world. This I didn't come here to tickle ears tonight. I came here to challenge hearts.

Why so the deep lasting change can take place. But as a word of encouragement. This can't be this isn't a bad thing. This is a good thing if You use this to fuel you it's almost like the fire. The gasoline on the fire if you use this to move forward in God's direction.

Clean Hands as Righteous Conduct

And again, I'm gonna have to give the long version of this At the second service, but let's just talk about this briefly. Who shall ascend into the hill. The Lord's experience during revival he who has clean hands.

What's what are hands? I mean what we know. Yeah but do you know that they can hold or they can hit they can comfort or they can abuse they can they can stroke the Hair of a child or they can strike that child hands.

My niece is here from Arizona. She was telling me last night in Arizona happened in front of a still can't get out My mind in front she was in front of a bed bath and beyond and saw a dad Beating his four-year-old baby girl.

Right here Palmdale. No, okay. I'm like wow the hands of a father striking when they should be holding. My wife says you're lucky it wasn't Palmdale and you weren't there cuz you probably be in jail. I might be.

Cuz I'd say you want to know what that feels like. Come on. That's the hands though the hands that are meant to hold and Nurture and develop not beat down and crush. So when the Bible talks about hands, it's what we do it's what we do with our hands.

Do you realize that their nation has the blood of innocent children on her hands? So Shane, that's not my problem. Oh, yes, it is. It requires national repentance. Look at Daniel. Look at Nehemiah. Look at Moses crying out calling out to God an intercession for the people Lord We have sinned against you.

We confess the sins of our people. That's very healthy and If it's something we've done it requires repentance as well. What we've done with our hands. What about porn the porn industries is alarming the statistics and men they're looking at these things abusing addiction all these things.

We need to repent from that. What about our heart issue the arrogant attitudes of the heart? God condemns this area more than anything else. Does he not the hardness of our hearts. That's when we say I don't need more of God Shane.

Who are you to challenge me? And I was reminded if you ever read Paradise Lost by Milton. Milton's Paradise Lost hundreds of years ago he makes a statement in there and Lucifer he quotes Lucifer saying I Would rather reign in hell than be a servant in heaven.

I think many people feel the same way. I Will not bow to that God. I would rather reign in hell Than serve in heaven that book in that movie. I hope they serve beer in hell. No, they don't. The blasphemy the words we use towards God.

Idolatry and Divided Allegiance

This this pride and this arrogance our nation is is caught up in this number three idolatry. Which we talked about loving this world more than the things of God and basically that's double-minded unstable wavering back-and-forth serving two masters and We see this.

I see this often in our culture. Even in the Christian community look at look for a perfect example. This is country music. They'll put amazing grace on a CD. And then the next song save a horse ride a cowboy.

Amazing grace. Next song tequila makes your clothes fall off. Okay, guys, this is appalling. They come in and as if God's gonna endorse it look at this. We did amazing grace. No, you're mocking the very grace.

You should be praising. That's what idolatry is. These things might be a little crude little rude, but I got to wake you up wake up the culture. This is the world we live in. Give us clean hands and a pure heart.

Let us not lift up our soul to an idol nor should we swear deceitfully. There's a lot of church playing. There's a lot of coming in and and and acting as if we're doing God a favor, but we're living in deception.

So he calls the church out of that. But be encouraged again. This isn't meant to necessarily be a rebuke. It's meant to encourage say listen. Here's what the Bible says. Here's where I should get my life in order.

Right. Because these things clean hands a pure heart lifting up our soul to an idol seeking God with all of our heart. This is that's just the conduit those things allow us to clean out the heart and now it's a conduit you know what a conduit is a Conduit bring something from this end to that end or allow something to travel through it.

That's the conduit obeying God's Word is the conduit to receive his blessings in his favor. Some of you construction guys will appreciate this but I remember probably 2005 2006 I was operating heavy equipment and I had a Deep trench and kind of V cut and we were laying five inch Five inch conduit 80 to schedule 80 for Southern, California, Edison and As I'm digging this and putting in the conduit.

Which they're gonna run 12 ,000 volts through it. We're scurrying or get the measurements down we get slurry in there, which is concrete. They've they've concrete it all in it takes all day. And then we leave and then it's raining all night the night before.

Well the pipe comes up in this end of near a telephone pole in this end near Edison box and Somebody forgot to cap it right at the dirt. So we get there in the morning. And all this trash all this mud and rocks and water everything was ran into the pipe.

It's five feet deep with slurry over it. We're. It's oh my lord. We're done. Then Edison's got to bring over a mandrel. There are little things that go in the pipe to make sure the pipes clean and he's gonna be here in an hour.

We're done. This is this is just jobs ruined. Somebody said hold on. Brought over his truck on the back of it. He's got a trailer on that trailers an air compressor. Hmm whenever he have an air compressor on the back of a trailer.

It's a big one. So he said holding it ran the hose over. There's big two-inch holes have had a little mechanism. And he turned that air compressor on he put it in the pipe and all I heard was. And out the other end it looked like a volcano of just trash and debris and rocks.

Everything came out the pipe is clean. But see that's what God wants to do don't you see the parallel the imagery clean that? Conduit out allow the Holy Spirit to come in whatever you want to call it clean it out.

So that now it's it's whole it's pure. It's the conduit can now be used for what it's for but we've got all this trash and garbage and everything in there. You got to hook up the air compressor or something blow it out.

It's clean that out. That's what these things are clean hands a pure heart not lifting up their soul to an idol nor swearing deceitfully. That's the whole point of this. I actually want to read briefly.

Historical Revival and Its Cost

Something it's a it's a good little book. I received a while back the price and power of revival. And I want to talk. I want to just read briefly what I'm talking about when I mentioned revival. About 50 years ago they experienced in the islands around Scotland this this revival from where the book was written.

I want to just give you a sense of what what they were experiencing. Whole communities were mightily moved as God came in. The following instance is typical. Of what they witness in the churches and in the crowded homes.

A crowded church the services over the congregation. Reluctant to disappear or disperse stands outside the church in a silence that is tense. Suddenly a cry is heard within a young man burdened for the souls of his fellow men is pouring out his soul in intercession.

Heaven hears and the congregation moved by the power of God comes back into the church and a wave of conviction. Sweeps over the gathering moving strong men to cry for mercy. The service continued until the small hours of the morning.

But so great was the distress and so deep the hunger for God. The grip the people they refused to go home. The other church was art. The other service was already coming in and assembling together. And a number of those who made their way to the church were moved by the power of God that they have never for before experience.

Others were deeply convicted of sin and crying for mercy in their own homes. And Before coming to church none who were present at this early morning visitation will forget that moving scene. Some were weeping in sorrow.

Others filled with joy. Others on their knees praising God. Conscience only of the presence and power of God who had come in revival blessing. Within a matter of days the whole parish was in the grip of a spiritual awakening.

Churches became crowded. The services continued till 3 o 'clock in the morning. Work was largely put aside as young and old were made to face the eternal realities. Such as the background for the sermon trying to.

Have you understand the desperate need for revival. And revival is more than just singing. It's more than becoming a member. It's more than enjoying fellowship and reading the Bible. Revival is God at the center of your life.

It's at the center of your life. You might say Shane if you're making me feel uncomfortable again. I go back to that question. Why? Why does this make us feel uncomfortable. It should make us want to leap for joy and say Lord bring revival to my heart.

Revive this dead and barrenness that I'm experiencing. Well, here's one reason Robert Barr the Presbyterian Church in South Africa said this during I believe this time of this revival. This is what our age needs.

Not an easy moving message the sort of thing that makes the here feel all nice inside. But a message profoundly disturbing. We have been too afraid of disturbing people. But the Holy Spirit will have nothing to do with a message or with the pastor who is afraid of disturbing.

We say said we say send revival, but are we willing to pay that price? We say Lord revive me, but are you prepared for the fire? The God talking to God talks about the refining fire of the Holy Spirit the refining fire of God.

It's not some weirdness. It's God visiting his people and reviving them. Wilt thou not revive us again so that your people may rejoice in thee. I also want to read a quick excerpt from this as well page 60 wrote down so I wouldn't forget.

Revival Through Honest Self-Examination

This is this isn't tying you with this. So they waited and months and months passed and nothing happened till one morning a Young man in the company read the portion of Psalms 24 that we've been reading.

Who shall ascend into the hill the Lord who shall stand in his holy place? He hath clean hands and a pure heart looking down at his praying companions. He said brethren. It seems to me just so much. Sentimental humbug to be praying as we are praying to be waiting as we are waiting if we ourselves are not rightly related to God.

And then he prayed are my hands clean. Is my heart pure? He got no further at that moment there came to them a realization of God and awareness of his presence. That lifted them from the spear of the ordinary into the spirit of the extraordinary.

Revival had come and the power that was let loose in that barn shook the whole community of Lewis. Why because one man? Said is my heart pure. Is my heart right. See it's self-examination. This is very healthy.

It's very healthy to examine the condition of our heart. See what happens is we pray. People pray. Lord help me pray, but you still love your porn. You pray, but you're just as arrogant as ever. Well, let's let's talk about where the rubber meets the road.

That's what's happening here. We pray yet. We've never really turned from our sins. We pray but anger dominates our lives. We pray but selfishness still controls us. You realize when God calls us to prayer and revival.

He wants us to clean the conduit of our heart. I've said this before and I'll remind you that I don't think the Holy Spirit. You don't see him falling on like Ozzy Osbourne. You see him falling on a broken humble church.

Emptying themselves and saying Lord fill me would you fill me with your spirit? We're all worried about the culture, but the church is the problem now. Please don't misunderstand. There are wonderful churches doing great things.

I don't want to come up here and beat up the Bride of Christ because that's very dangerous. But I do want to call the church to her primary Responsibility and that is as a W Tozer said the number one goal of the church is not to go and spread the gospel.

To the other most uttermost parts of the earth. The number one goal of the church is to be spiritually worthy to spread it. Let that sink in. The number one goal of the church is not to spread the gospel.

Salvation, Repentance, and New Life in Christ

The number one goal of the church is to be spiritually worthy to spread it. Not perfection, but a heart set a fire on God. Well, let me just end with this in closing. Salvation can be a form of revival and I don't want to miss this opportunity.

If there's somebody here, you know listening on the radio or the Internet or here tonight if you don't truly know him. That's what this whole the season is about. Christ coming to die in our place a baby born to die.

If you like this talk revival or something stirring in your heart. There's no greater opportunity than tonight during worship cry out to God say Lord. I'm done playing games. I'm done playing church because you know my heart see we can fool everybody else.

We can fool everybody but God knows God knows he sees your heart right now. He can see that depth of a heart. Is it after him or is it after something else? So I would just encourage you tonight. We're gonna have a prayer area in the back during worship or or just as you're taking communion.

Now that you've repented and put your trust in Christ you want to be part of that. You can just you don't have to raise your hand. You have to say prayer. You don't have to be theologically correct. And I wonder this you just have to repent and trust in him or if you're a believer and you've drifted from God.

That is the word revival. God is restoring. He is reviving. He is reviving us and a church. Christians, you know, you can be alive but dead spiritually. Read the book of Revelation chapter 1 2 3 when he talks to the churches.

Oh, I know your work. But you're dead you say you're rich, but you're poor. So God is calling believers back to him as well. If there isn't full devotion and fully surrendered life, then maybe you're here for a reason tonight.

God is saying listen, I want all of you not five minutes here and a chunk here. Don't get me around. I don't go around just preaching and was praising all day long. I've got to work. I've got to change diapers.

I've got to clean things. I've got to take out the trash. I've got bills to pay just like everybody else. But is your heart is it set on God or Sodom and Gomorrah? Oh I'll stay away from that one tonight leave it for the second service.

God is reconciling that which is dead is now alive in Christ. That which was dead is now alive in Christ. God brought revival. That's the reason for this Christmas season. God brings revival. Amazing grace.

How sweet the sound. Can we truly say that? Do you know how many people just amazing grace and blah blah blah blah blah. It's all but do you realize how impactful that could be if the hearts engaged when that song really means what it says.

The Transforming Power of Grace

Follow one of the blind men around that Jesus healed. You think he just said oh, that's a little better. Thanks. I got it now. Thanks Jesus. They couldn't contain those guys. They had to tell everybody they had to tell everybody I was blind, but now I see I Was blind, but now I say I've got to tell the world Jesus say no.

No, no, don't go tell anybody. Don't go tell anybody. Don't I'm my time is not yet come. Raise the dead. Cure the leopard. Open the ears of the deaf. Heal the dumb. Everything was healed in Christ. There's power in his name.

People got excited over physical things. This is spiritual. I was lost eternally, but now I'm found eternally. This is eternal salvation. We should either be jumping for joy or weeping when those words are saying why.

Because the hearts not engaged. Go to a bar and watch them worship the 50-inch screen TV when their team wins, but they come in here. They're dead as a doornail. Why they need revival. They need God to revive their heart.

And it can't be forced. It can't be manipulated. I can't sit here and make you and go against your will. All I can do is bring the truth of God's Word and let it. Pierce your heart and that's when revival takes place.

When the heart finally breaks and says Lord, I'm giving you everything tonight. Because I can see I was lost but now I'm found. I was blind, but now I see. Can you say that and mean it? Look how quickly we go through these songs.

Sometimes I see those words. I'm like, do you just realize what we just read but it's like this. My phone on me. It's that worshiping God. We wonder why there's a disconnect with God. I don't know. I can probably tell you where to start right here.