Encouragement

Gone, But Not Forgotten

by John Puckett 
10/11/22
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Gone, but not Forgotten

Revival is not an Option
It is a necessity, just like the drought-stricken plant urgently needs reviving water to avoid dying.
So it is with much of the church here in the UK.
Revival is an urgent necessity.

History Points the Way to Revival
History is past tense. Church history is past tense.
We have records of it. Some folk may have memories.
Whatever we cannot easily re-create it.
Revival history stands tall behind us, reminding us today of our vast need for God’s intervention.

Local History Points the Way to Revival
When we first lived in Wales, we met Christians who had experienced the Welsh Revival of 1904. We also got to know many chapels which testified to the mighty work of the Holy Spirit years ago.
In Builth Wells, the old Alpha Church has the text ‘Ye Must Be Born Again’ carved in stone over its door.
Local history.

God tells us to listen to History
Isaiah 46:9 “Remember the former things of old...”
The history of God’s earlier activities should encourage us to cry out for Him to get active today.

We need history to be repeated
Society today is in serious trouble - internationally, nationally, and locally.
History records similar situations when God has mercifully intervened. He has stepped in, transformed the church, and transformed society through the ministry of the Lord’s people.

How urgently we need to cry out like the prophet Isaiah cried out!
“Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come down!” Isaiah 64:1