January 3, 2016 Teaching Outline

Celebrate Life...By: “Fast - Forward”
 
 HOW DOES GOD PREPARE HIS CHURCH FOR REVIVAL?
 
 
WHAT IS GOD’S PLAN FOR REVIVAL?
HOW WILL IT COME TO US?
 
PRAYER AND FASTING –
 
 IT OPENS THE DOOR TO REVIVAL IN OUR LIVES AND IN OUR CHURCH.  THEY WORK TOGETHER –
 
FASTING IS THE SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE OF SELF-DENIAL OF FOOD FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING OUR PRAYER LIFE MORE EFFECTIVE AND OUR FAITH STRONGER.   

 
JOEL 2:12 –“TURN TO ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH FASTING”
 
ISAIAH 58:1-9 TELLS US GOD’S PURPOSE FOR FASTING –  
1. LOOSEN BONDS OF WICKEDNESS
2. UNDO HEAVY BURDENS 
3. LET THE OPPRESSED GO FREE
 4. BREAK EVERY YOKE/HABIT 
5. FEED HUNGRY AND PROVIDE HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS
 6. MOVE PEOPLE FROM DARKNESS INTO LIGHT
 7. FOR HEALTH TO SPRING UP
 8. TO CAUSE HOLINESS TO GO BEFORE THEM
 9. TO CAUSE THE GLORY OF THE LORD TO PROTECT THEM.
REVIVAL THROUGH SAMUELS CALL TO PRAY & FAST!
I SAMUEL 7:1-13
 
What Preparations were needed?

• Recognize your bondage. (8)
• Pray for God’s Presence. (7)
• Call on leadership to lead & others to join them. (1)

 
What takes place in a Fast?

1. Call the church together. (5)
2. Demonstrate true repentance. (2)
3. Confession of sin, restitution and reconciliation (6-7)
4. Acknowledge the Power of God’s Word (3:1)
5.  Celebrate the victory (11-12)

 
GracePointe Prayer for Revival:

  I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF GOD TO REVIVE US AGAIN.
  I BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL POUR OUT HIS SPIRIT ON US AND SEND US TIMES OF REFRESHING IN HIS       PRESENCE.
  I BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE HUMBLE OUR SELVES, PRAY, SEEK GOD’S RENEWAL AND TURN FROM OUR SINFUL WAYS, GOD WILL RESPOND.
·         THEREFORE, I WILL FAST AND PRAY FOR REVIVAL IN MY LIFE AND THE LIFE OF OTHERS.