Our Great Need

Australia is broken. Damaged. Sick. We have need of healing.

The great need for our land is: Revival.

2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

We need divine intervention. Here are the requirements for revival.

IF my people… IF is a big word. There’s a choice. Revival starts with you and me. God’s own people.

1. Be Humble

We have to let go of pride. Pride caused the downfall of Lucifer.

James 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Humility is being totally consumed with glorifying God. He gets the glory, not us. God hates prideful religion.

1 Peter 5:5 …be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

There’s plenty of training in the world on building self esteem… but what about learning humility?

Pride is the enemy of revival. Let us be humble… and God will use us… Be a servant willing to serve.

2. Pray and Seek His Face

Prayerlessness is another enemy of revival. God told Solomon… 2 Chronicles 7:12 …I have heard thy prayer…

God hears the humble prayer.

Let’s be a praying church. Get a burden. There is power in prayer.

Let us pray fervently. Be faithful in prayer.

“Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tyre?”

Let us pray and seek His face. Understand His will, His heart.

Let us be stirred to prayer. To yield to God.

3. Turn from wickedness

Australia normalises now what just a few years ago was considered deviant. Criminal behaviour. It still is wrong in God’s sight.

We are a morally bankrupt nation. There is increasing evil and immorality.

May we be moved at the condition of our nation. To pray. We have need of a conviction of sin. Bow to the will of God.

As a people we have been going in the wrong direction. How we need a repentance. A turning unto God.

Sin will block prayer. We must humble ourselves and pray. We must turn from our wicked ways.

We cannot say, “Here am I” before we have ever said, “Woe is me!”

If we meet the requirements - there is a promise. THEN… He says…
He will hear
He will forgive.
He will heal.

As we yield to God, He promises forgiveness and blessing.