Have you experienced something new
in your faith the last couple of weeks? Or do you desire for God to do
something new in your faith? Perhaps you have recognized your need for Jesus
because of sin and shame. Or you have been convicted about how your faith has
grown tepid or cold. Either way, you have cried out to Jesus, asked for
forgiveness, and you have proclaimed surrender to His work in your life. That
is great! Now what?
My encouragement to you is to ACT!
Move! Respond in such a way that confirms this surrender! Do you desire or are you experiencing
revival, renewal, or rejuvenation in the Lord? Here are some steps of faith to
fan the flame, feed growth, and to position yourself to experience ongoing
change.
1. Pray
believing He hears and answers
"But let him ask in faith,
with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is
driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will
receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his
ways." James 1:6-8
"The prayer of a righteous
person has great power as it is working." James 5:16b
2. Worship
expecting the Holy Spirit to move
"...be filled with the
Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing
and making melody to the Lord with your heart,..." Ephesians 5:18b-19
"...true worshipers will
worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people
to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit
and truth." John 4:23-24
3. Read,
study, and meditate on scripture knowing that the Holy Spirit is speaking.
"All Scripture is breathed
out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for
training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for
every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16-17
4. Love
generously those around you.
"A new commandment I give
to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to
love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if
you have love for one another." John
13:34-35
5. Share your
story of transformation in Jesus everyday knowing that the Holy Spirit is moving in the lives of everyone you
meet. He wishes to use your story, your words, your life to bring life to
others!
"Therefore, we are
ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on
behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who
knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
None of us would win the lottery
and keep it locked up or buried in a can in the back yard! We would spend it,
invest it and give it away! Faith unspent, un-invested, and selfishly hoarded
is a dead faith.
You want revival, renewal,
transformation?
Live it!
