Notes from this week's podcast: Revival Is Among Us

God is moving and manifesting Himself in response to prayer. 

People are refusing to remain silent. They are willing to get in the fight. They are stepping into the moment. 

Esther didn't just pray; she stepped into the moment. 

"If you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance shall arise but from someone else." (Esther 4:14a)

Esther was challenged. 

Step 1: Pray. 

Step 2: Step into the action. 

God's response was relief and deliverance. 

Silent means to plow foward; to engrave, to leave a mark. 

Do what God has called you to do - don't miss the moment. Be a willing vessel. 

* Let God lead you to do something where you can make a difference for the Kingdom. 

Pray for spiritual awakening. Why? Because revival is always preceded by prayer. 

   Why spiritual awakening? Because in revival, in the time of spiritual awakening, it's when we come back to God with true repentance -- a godly sorrow that we've turned our backs on God. And during that repentance there's a true heart transformation, a true zeal to live for God, to please God. 

God can use us for that movement. 

Where does revival start? Reviving the hearts, reviving the home.

* Know that we're in a critical time. * It's already the hour. * Wake up. Come out of our spiritual complacency. Come out of our moral laxity. * Our salvation (our deliverance) is more near that ever before -- the day of Christ to return. 

- Example of Joe Rogan + Testimony of Nicole Shanahan

We cannot separate prayer from policy and politics. We can't separate prayer from cultural issues. We, as the body of Christ, must be in the fight. 

- Example of Chad Prewett + Example of local church + Testimony of Alabama Congressman + Example of President Trump (to have faith-based commission and boldly lift up the name of Jesus)

Revival is breaking out.

We need to keep on. We need this for our hearts to be revived. Why? So that we have the holy fear of God on our lives and that we submit with a heart of humility to follow the will of God.

We're in the urgency of the moment.

God is moving. He moves in response to prayer. Prayer always precedes and prepare for the spiritual awakening and for revival. Be a part of the move of God.  

 Scripture for further study: Esther 4:14, Romans 13:11-12, 1 Peter 4:6