Stirring Up Revival Sample

3.   Spreading the message with boldness and authority, accompanied with signs and wonders!

What catches me about the book of Joel is that we have a job. “Make sure you tell them" and “don’t let this message die out.” We play a pivotal part and cannot remain silent. We cannot be timid or fearful but must courageously share the gospel.

“Attention, elder statesmen! Listen closely, everyone, whoever and wherever you are! Have you ever heard of anything like this? Has anything like this ever happened before—ever?Make sure you tell your children, and your children tell their children, And their children their children. Don’t let this message die out.” Joel 1:1-3 

Who do we tell? Your children, their children, and their children. It's a generational message. It reminds me of the worship song, “The Blessing” by Kari Jobe and Cody Carnes, with lyrics that declare God’s blessing over your children and their children. A generational blessing. Having become a first-time dad this year has significantly impacted my perspective on children and generations! 

What is this message? Paul, who used to kill Christians until his Damascus Road encounter where he stood before God and had sincere repentance with life change, wrote in Romans 5:8, “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” There has never been anything like it before, and never will be anything else like the good news of the gospel message of Jesus Christ. 

“Jesus came to pay a debt He did not owe because we owed a debt we could not pay.” – Greg Laurie 

Wonders and signs. 

Visions and dreams. 

Prayer and fasting. 

Worship and offerings. 

Generations and generations. 

These are some of the things that I long to see in our world today. Each of them begins with an inward transformation fueled by the same Sprit that rose Christ from that grave. When He takes residency in our hearts, there can’t help but be an outward overflow of what’s going on inside. 

“And that’s just the beginning: After that—“I will pour out my Spirit on every kind of people: Your sons will prophesy, also your daughters. Your old men will dream, your young men will see visions. I’ll even pour out my Spirit on the servants, men and women both. I’ll set wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth below…” Joel 2:28-32