February 19, 2023 … Seeking Revival …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 50 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Chris McClarney singing  about … Revival … poignantly and powerfully singing of how we Christians need to be humbly praying for genuine and Spirit-led revival in our lives and in our land.   

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Highlight Passage: … 2Chronicles 7:14  [NLT] … 

14 Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.   

… God’s promise of restoration and revival if His people are willing to humble themselves and repent from their wicked ways.                                                                                                    

Highlight Passage (Context): … 2Chronicles 7:11-6 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

…  After rebuilding the Temple, God promises Solomon to restore His people.          

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Reference Passage: … Psalm 51:10 [NLT] …  

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me..   

… King David humbly confesses his sin and in repentance and prays for God to restore a right spirit in him.  

Reference Passage: …  Psalm 85:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… A Psalmists prayer for revival.  

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 57:15 [NLT] …  

15 The high and lofty one who lives in eternity, the Holy One, says this:   “I live in the high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble.  I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts..   

… God declares, thru the Prophet Isaiah, that only the contrite and humble can come to Him expecting restoration in their repentance.  

Reference Passage: … Matthew 6:33 [NLT] …  

33  “But seek first the kingdom of God and HIs righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.   

… Jesus teaches that we must humbly seek His ways and His will for our Lord to provide what we need in life.      

Reference Passage: … Luke 9:23 [NLT] …  

 23 Then He said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me..   

… God declares that only those who’re willing to repent of self and turn to follow Him will experience His restoration and renewal.

                                                                                                          

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Sheridan Voysey … AT THIS LINK …  tells of one of several aboriginal tribes in a small town in Australia who had a history of revenging a murder across tribal lines by killing someone from the tribe suspected of the murder.  However, when the people became Christians, revival in the village caused the people to humbly seek God’s way rather than their old traditions.      

Do we look around us in our world and see any reason(s) to do what God calls His people toward In 2Chronicles 7:14? … . DUH!!! … Will you join me today to humbly pray, as God’s word calls, in His word above, to humbly pray that our God will bless our lives and our land with genuine revival?                              

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for calling us to humbly pray for restoration and revival in our land.              

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to humbly come to You, Lord, for revival in our land today.     … Amen

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