Speaker 1: evening.
Speaker 1: We bless the Lord for you and we are glad to be in the house of the Lord.
Speaker 1: Amen.
Speaker 1: Are you glad to be in the house of the Lord?
Speaker 1: Are you glad to be in the house of the Lord tonight, hallelujah, amen.
Speaker 1: We bless the Lord and let me once again say the Lord has heard your prayer in Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: Amen.
Speaker 1: The Lord has heard your prayer and the Lord is faithful to answer that prayer.
Speaker 1: So may it be done unto you even much more, according to your faith in Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: Turn with me to the book of Acts, chapter 2.
Speaker 1: I will read verse 14 to 21.
Speaker 1: As we take a moment to hear from the Lord tonight.
Speaker 1: I pray that you are expectant in your spirit to receive from the Lord.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, let me say the Holy Spirit is in the house, amen.
Speaker 1: He's a miracle worker, hallelujah.
Speaker 1: And he's not a miracle worker on objects, he's a miracle worker on God's people and God's children.
Speaker 1: He's not going to work miracles on the chairs, on the seats, he's going to work miracles on you tonight, in Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: Acts, chapter 2, verse 14,.
Speaker 1: The Bible says.
Speaker 1: I'm reading from the NK, the New King James Version.
Speaker 1: It says but Peter, standing up with 11, raised his voice and said to them, men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and heed to my words, for these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it's only the third hour of the day, but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel, and it shall come to pass.
Speaker 1: In the last days, says God, that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh, your sons and your daughters shall prophesy.
Speaker 1: Your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams, and on my maid servants and on my men servants, and on my maid servants, I will pour out my spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy.
Speaker 1: I will show wonders in heaven above and signs in the earth, beneath blood and fire and vapor of smoke.
Speaker 1: The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord, and it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Speaker 1: Our Father in heaven, we thank you for your word tonight as we, as you open your word to us through me, speaking to me and speaking to all of us.
Speaker 1: I surrender myself to you and, father, I am a vessel in your hands.
Speaker 1: Use me, o Lord, as you desire, to speak to your people in Jesus' mighty name, and God's people said Amen.
Speaker 1: We are preparing ourselves, and we are in a season and a time of revival, and so this evening I will be sharing with us briefly on the subject Times of Revival.
Speaker 1: Times of Revival For those who are joining us, especially if you are visitors, whether online or here in the sanctuary.
Speaker 1: Our theme this year has been the year of the Lord's empowered world changes, and this month in particular, our focus has been on the sub theme empowered faith and deterred conviction.
Speaker 1: And we are in a season that we are ushering in the revival season here at Parklands Baptist Church, and this coming week, from Monday all the way to Friday, we shall be gathering here every evening, from 5.30 pm to around 8.30 pm, for a concentrated time or a devoted time of the Word of God and prayer, and then, on Sunday, we shall be here once again, and we have lined up our great men and women of the Lord, but, more so, we have set the stage for the Holy Spirit to revive His people.
Speaker 1: And so not only shall you expect to hear from the men and women of God, starting with our senior pastor this coming Monday.
Speaker 1: But above all, I want you to prepare your heart, because the Holy Spirit will be in the house to minister to us and therefore, as we talk about times of revival, I bring to your attention that revival is the work of the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1: The Holy Spirit is the main or the chief agent of revival.
Speaker 1: There can be no revival without the ministry of the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1: Yet many times many Christians do not understand, do not associate and do not interact with the ministry of the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1: If we are going to experience revival, then it has to be that we have engaged and we have been engaged by the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1: Times of revival are marked by the ministration of the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1: So when does revival then happen?
Speaker 1: Revival then happens when an individual or a church or a nation number one desires.
Speaker 1: There has to be a desire.
Speaker 1: Not only shall there be a desire, but there should be a preparation, and this preparation then gives room for the Holy Spirit to freely have his way.
Speaker 1: So revival will happen to an individual.
Speaker 1: It can happen to an individual, it can happen to a family, it can happen to a church, revival can happen to a nation.
Speaker 1: But this will happen when individuals first of all desire and my prayer is that you have a desire for the moving, for the touch, for the work, for the manifestation of the Holy Spirit this season.
Speaker 1: I pray that tonight I am speaking not only to individuals but to a church that desires the working and the moving of the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1: I pray that next week is not going to be an ordinary week, because we are preparing ourselves at the place of prayer, at the place of repentance, at the place of sanctification.
Speaker 1: We are preparing ourselves physically and spiritually and emotionally to engage and to be engaged by the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1: But let me also note that not only does the Holy Spirit work in certain times, but the Holy Spirit is at work throughout.
Speaker 1: However, many times we may not be aware or sensitive to the working of the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1: Hence the reason why, then, a church like Parklands Baptist Church has set aside some time that we may focus upon the Holy Spirit for his work and manifestation.
Speaker 1: The Holy Spirit is at work tonight.
Speaker 1: The Holy Spirit is moving in our midst.
Speaker 1: The Holy Spirit is speaking.
Speaker 1: The Holy Spirit desires to engage with you at a personal level.
Speaker 1: The Holy Spirit tonight desires to fellowship with each one of us.
Speaker 1: The Holy Spirit desires to speak to us.
Speaker 1: The question is whether we will allow him, whether we will have space and room and focus for him to manifest and to minister in our midst.
Speaker 1: Revival happens when people desire.
Speaker 1: Revival happens when people set aside time.
Speaker 1: And in the passage we have read, the disciples are at a point where the Holy Spirit manifests in their lives.
Speaker 1: The entire chapter from chapter, from verse one of chapter two talks about the engagement of the Holy Spirit in the disciples, and the things that I have mentioned are visible.
Speaker 1: The prerequisites for revival to take place, the prerequisites for the move of the Holy Spirit are very visible among the disciples at this particular time.
Speaker 1: Because chapter two, verse one, tells us that when the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord and they were in one place.
Speaker 1: Now there are three things that the disciples are doing that make room for revival to happen.
Speaker 1: Number one the Bible is telling us that they were in one accord and we will see two of those in this one verse.
Speaker 1: They were in one accord, they were united.
Speaker 1: But number two, they were in one place and, specifically for the disciples, they were in one geographical place.
Speaker 1: But there is a third aspect that you need to see that you will only see it in chapter one, verse four and five.
Speaker 1: Acts, chapter one, verse four and five.
Speaker 1: You will see the third aspect.
Speaker 1: The Bible says again, repeating the same, and being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem but to wait for the promise of the Father, which he had said you have heard from me, for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.
Speaker 1: So there are three things that make for the move of the Holy Spirit to happen.
Speaker 1: Number one is unity.
Speaker 1: They were in one accord, they were together, they were in agreement.
Speaker 1: But number two is environment.
Speaker 1: The Bible talks of a place, but we are not just talking about a place, we are talking about a favorable environment, for the move of the Holy Spirit is a prerequisite for revival.
Speaker 1: They had one understanding, they had created an environment of understanding for them to be in one place.
Speaker 1: Not only were they united, but they also were of one understanding.
Speaker 1: But thirdly, they were in one place, in one accord, but for one purpose, and that's why the Bible tells us in chapter one, verse four and five Jesus told them Go, do not leave Jerusalem until I have released the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1: So what were they doing?
Speaker 1: In one accord, in one place, they were waiting for the promise of the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1: Revival happens when our people are in unity, when our people are in understanding, when our people are committed to the same cause.
Speaker 1: I pray that Parkland's Baptist Church, that we are going to enter the revival season in unity, that we are going to enter the revival season as one family, that we are going to enter the revival season as one community, that we are going to enter the revival season as one people.
Speaker 1: I pray that in your family, you are going to enter the revival in unity, as a family.
Speaker 1: Come together as a family and therefore there is room to mend fences so that we can enter the place of revival as one people.
Speaker 1: May we not miss that opportunity, because revival will not happen when we are not in one accord, when we are not in one place, in one understanding, in an environment that invites the working of the Holy Spirit, and revival will not happen unless we are committed to receiving the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1: And so what are the markers?
Speaker 1: Again, this month, our character or focus has been Peter, and we have been talking about Peter all through.
Speaker 1: There are some things that then happen when the Holy Spirit has come that are manifested through the life of Peter or through this event that we have just talked about in chapter 2, verse 14, all the way to 21.
Speaker 1: Something is happening.
Speaker 1: The disciples are together in unity, the disciples are together in one place.
Speaker 1: The disciples are together, united in purpose, and the Bible says in chapter 2, verse 2, that when they were in that kind of environment, the Bible says and suddenly, hallelujah, suddenly.
Speaker 1: Revival is a suddenly moment.
Speaker 1: When the environment is ripe, when we have set the right environment, suddenly, without delaying, revival happens Suddenly, without delaying, suddenly, without hindrance, suddenly, without delay, the Holy Spirit manifests.
Speaker 1: The Bible says that suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind and it filled the whole house what an experience.
Speaker 1: Where they were sitting.
Speaker 1: And then goes on to say then there appeared to them divided tongues as of fire, and one sat upon each of them, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them.
Speaker 1: Revival does not happen in silence, because when the sudden lease of the Holy Spirit come, it is evident both by ear and by sight.
Speaker 1: People will hear of revival, but people will also see revival.
Speaker 1: The Bible says that suddenly the Holy Spirit, suddenly there was a loud voice there came from heaven, a loud voice like one of rushing mighty wind, and the entire place where they were waiting was filled with this voice.
Speaker 1: But not only did they hear, but they also saw, because there were tongues like fire that descended upon each of the individuals who were there.
Speaker 1: And then the Bible says and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and then they spoke in different tongues as the Holy Spirit enabled them.
Speaker 1: And then it is now at the backdrop of this I want you to see something else that, though there was a loud sound, when revival happens, revival is attractive.
Speaker 1: Revival is loud, revival is visible, but revival is attractive.
Speaker 1: You would expect, if you hear a loud voice and sort of commotion in a place, that people will take off.
Speaker 1: But in this particular passage we are told that there were people in Jerusalem from all over the world and they were attracted and they came to see what is this strange thing that is happening?
Speaker 1: When revival happens in your life, you attract people to the kingdom.
Speaker 1: When revival happens in a church, people are attracted to that church and as they come to that church they are attracted to the kingdom.
Speaker 1: When revival happens in a nation, people are attracted to that nation and as they draw near and associate themselves with that nation, they are drawn to the kingdom.
Speaker 1: I pray in Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: May you be attractive to the people around you.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' mighty name, may Parkland's Baptist Church be attractive to the nation.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' mighty name, because we are in a season of revival, we are in a season of a suddenly.
Speaker 1: We are in a season that we cannot hide.
Speaker 1: It has to be evident.
Speaker 1: May it gonna be evidence that revival is occurring in your house.
Speaker 1: May it be evidence that revival is Он occurring in your business Must be a need that revival is occurring in your family, family.
Speaker 1: May it be evident that revival is occurring in your own self, because there will be an attraction.
Speaker 1: People were attracted, people were amazed, people were attracted to see what is this loud sound that we are hearing?
Speaker 1: And I am here to declare that sound is the sound of revival, it is the sound of us.
Speaker 1: Suddenly, when the Holy Spirit finds an environment that has been set and prepared for Him, he does not delay, he moves in us suddenly.
Speaker 1: And so what happens when that suddenly happens takes place?
Speaker 1: Three things I want to share with us quickly.
Speaker 1: Number one is that there is a boldness to declare.
Speaker 1: In the times of revival there is a boldness.
Speaker 1: There is a boldness that comes with the revival and that boldness is the boldness to stand, it's the boldness to voice.
Speaker 1: The Bible says in verse 14, but, peter, when people came close and they were confused, they were attracted, they did not understand, they were amazed, they were perplexed and they were saying to each other what does this mean?
Speaker 1: Peter comes out, he stands out and he says man of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and heed my words when the suddenly of revival happens, you cannot keep silent.
Speaker 1: You cannot keep silent when the Holy Spirit is moving.
Speaker 1: In a church, the focus is proclamation, and Peter is not focusing on the amazement of the beauty of the Holy Spirit, but focusing on boldly standing and proclaiming.
Speaker 1: I pray that you shall be counted because the Holy Spirit is at work in your life.
Speaker 1: I pray that in this season there shall be men and women who will stand boldly and make proclamations and declarations in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Speaker 1: That will bring enlightenment, that will bring understanding, that will bring revelation.
Speaker 1: Why?
Speaker 1: Because the Holy Spirit is at work and it is a time of revival.
Speaker 1: There has been confusion in your family this week.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, you are getting the courage and the boldness to stand up and to voice because the Holy Spirit is at work in your life.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: This coming week, I declare in Jesus' mighty name that there will be a voice and a standing for this nation because the revival is happening.
Speaker 1: We cannot stay silent.
Speaker 1: There are things that you have been afraid to declare over your life and over the things and circumstances that are around you.
Speaker 1: When the Holy Spirit came upon Peter suddenly, the Bible says that he stood up.
Speaker 1: He could not remain silent.
Speaker 1: He stood out and he voiced to the people because the Holy Spirit was at work.
Speaker 1: It is a time that we focus on proclamation, but it is also a time of renewed passion.
Speaker 1: When revival happens, there is passion.
Speaker 1: You cannot be sluggish.
Speaker 1: When revival is happening, not only does Peter stand out to speak and proclaim, but you can see the passion that is in him.
Speaker 1: And what is this passion all about?
Speaker 1: This is the passion of empowered faith, more than ever before, his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ had been heightened.
Speaker 1: He believed fully that there is something that Jesus is doing.
Speaker 1: He believed fully that Jesus is here.
Speaker 1: He believed fully that this is not the work of confusion.
Speaker 1: This is the work of Jesus.
Speaker 1: He believed fully that now is the time and therefore he stood out.
Speaker 1: But he also had undeterred conviction, more than ever before.
Speaker 1: If Peter had any doubt in the Lord Jesus Christ, it was not this time.
Speaker 1: You know, there was a time he followed Jesus from a distance.
Speaker 1: There was a time he drew a sword and attempted to fight for Jesus because he thought that Jesus was not able.
Speaker 1: He needed to assist him.
Speaker 1: There was a time, after Jesus had died, had been buried, he said oh, it is finished, let me go back fishing.
Speaker 1: But this time, more than ever before, peter is convinced that Jesus is the Lord and that is why he's coming out boldly to proclaim him.
Speaker 1: I don't know whether you are convinced about Jesus.
Speaker 1: I don't know whether you are convinced about the promises of God.
Speaker 1: I don't know whether you are convinced about the working of God in your life During revival.
Speaker 1: May you have a boldness that is convinced that Jesus is at work.
Speaker 1: Maybe you are going through a difficult time at the moment, but the question is you know the Bible says in Romans, chapter 8, verse 28.
Speaker 1: Romans, chapter 8, verse 28.
Speaker 1: This is what the Bible says.
Speaker 1: The Bible says, and we know, that all things work together for good to those who love God and to those who are called according to his purposes.
Speaker 1: Now go back to that verse at the beginning.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you where the problem is with this verse, because there is a problem.
Speaker 1: Are you ready to know the problem?
Speaker 1: The problem is not that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
Speaker 1: That is not the problem.
Speaker 1: This is where the problem is.
Speaker 1: The problem is do you know?
Speaker 1: That's where the problem is.
Speaker 1: The problem is not that all things work together.
Speaker 1: Am I speaking to somebody?
Speaker 1: All things are working together in your life.
Speaker 1: I'm telling you, the good, the bad and the ugly, they are all working together for good in your life.
Speaker 1: I am telling you there is no doubt that you love God.
Speaker 1: I am telling you there is no doubt that you are called according to his purposes.
Speaker 1: I am telling you the problem is whether you know.
Speaker 1: That's where the problem is.
Speaker 1: That is why Paul later on, he says but I am convinced.
Speaker 1: I am convinced that there is nothing that will separate me from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus.
Speaker 1: Maybe you can go down a little bit, we see whether we can see that particular verse.
Speaker 1: He says, for I am convinced, let's continue going.
Speaker 1: I think it should be verse 30 there, about our 31.
Speaker 1: He says I am convinced, continue 31.
Speaker 1: Let's see whether we can get it.
Speaker 1: What then, shall we say to these things?
Speaker 1: If God is for us, who can be?
Speaker 1: How many things are against you?
Speaker 1: It's because you don't know who can be against us.
Speaker 1: Continue us 32.
Speaker 1: He who did not spare his own son but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not, with him, also freely give us all things?
Speaker 1: And then, who is he who condemns?
Speaker 1: It Is Christ who died and furthermore, also reason.
Speaker 1: Who is even at the continue?
Speaker 1: Continue.
Speaker 1: There is something I want us to see we are counted.
Speaker 1: Continue the next passage.
Speaker 1: He says yet in all these things, we are more than conquerors, through him who loved us, that I have great sorrow.
Speaker 1: And you've gone to chapter nine.
Speaker 1: Go back to chapter eight, verse 36.
Speaker 1: What does it say?
Speaker 1: There is a verse I am looking for, verse 38.
Speaker 1: Give me 38.
Speaker 1: Verse 38.
Speaker 1: Yes, doesn't that verse 38?
Speaker 1: Okay, for I am persuaded.
Speaker 1: Brethren, I don't know whether you are persuaded.
Speaker 1: When Peter stood out to speak to the Jews and all the people who are gathered, it was persuasion.
Speaker 1: He was persuaded, he was sure.
Speaker 1: Verse that it says for I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor heights, nor depth, nor any other created thing shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord.
Speaker 1: Are you afraid about the future?
Speaker 1: Let me tell you where the problem is you are not persuaded.
Speaker 1: Are you afraid of death?
Speaker 1: Let me tell you where the problem is you are not persuaded.
Speaker 1: Death will do you no harm.
Speaker 1: The future will do you no harm if you are persuaded.
Speaker 1: So when revival happens, when the Holy Spirit comes, there is a boldness to declare.
Speaker 1: In the times of revival, there is a standing, there is a voicing, but secondly, there is a discernment of the times.
Speaker 1: There is spiritual manifestation.
Speaker 1: The first one is that there is the infilling of the Holy Spirit and who is to be filled with the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1: The Bible says that all who are gathered were filled.
Speaker 1: Why were they filled?
Speaker 1: They were of one accord, they were in one place, they had one purpose and therefore nobody was left out.
Speaker 1: They were all filled.
Speaker 1: May you have a new experience with the Holy Spirit during this revival.
Speaker 1: I am preparing somebody for a new experience.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, I am preparing somebody for a new encounter.
Speaker 1: I am challenging somebody to desire more.
Speaker 1: I am challenging somebody to desire a fresh manifestation of the Holy Spirit in your life.
Speaker 1: So there was discernment of the times.
Speaker 1: People were asking what is happening, but Peter was able to tell says in verse 15, for this are not drunk.
Speaker 1: They thought that they were drunk.
Speaker 1: Peter tells them these guys are not drunk.
Speaker 1: After all, it is only the third hour in the morning.
Speaker 1: But let me tell you what is happening the discernment of the times.
Speaker 1: And Peter is telling them what you are seeing.
Speaker 1: This is what the Bible says For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.
Speaker 1: But this is what was spoken of the prophet Joel.
Speaker 1: Peter is saying what you are seeing.
Speaker 1: It is not confusion, it is the manifestation of the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1: May people look at you and see spiritual manifestation in your life.
Speaker 1: Because they said we are hearing these people speaking.
Speaker 1: They are Galileans, but we are hearing them speaking in Lua.
Speaker 1: They are speaking in Kikuyu, they are speaking in Maasai.
Speaker 1: Of course, those are not the languages that were spoken there, but they said all the people from all over the world, the Pathians and the Medes and the Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia and Judea and Cappadocia and Potters and Asia and all over, they heard something.
Speaker 1: What did they hear?
Speaker 1: They heard these people making declarations.
Speaker 1: We hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.
Speaker 1: Now let me say something.
Speaker 1: Revival is not just a manifestation of confusion.
Speaker 1: People have mistaken revival for confusion.
Speaker 1: It is not confusion.
Speaker 1: It is not just speaking things without understanding.
Speaker 1: Revival is about declaration of the wonderful works of God.
Speaker 1: That is what revival is and therefore, when revival is happening, whenever we open our mouths, we release a voice.
Speaker 1: We are going to release a voice of God's wonderful works.
Speaker 1: Revival is the miraculous works of the Holy Spirit, and so I declare, in Jesus' name, over your life, wonderful works are happening in Jesus' mighty name, wonderful works are manifesting in Jesus' mighty name.
Speaker 1: Where the Holy Spirit is present, miraculous works are manifested in Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: And therefore Peter continues to enumerate.
Speaker 1: He says, because the Holy Spirit is here, joel said that it shall come to pass in the last day.
Speaker 1: He says, god, that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy.
Speaker 1: I am speaking to sons and daughters of this house, you shall prophesy in Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: I am speaking to sons and daughters of Kenya.
Speaker 1: You shall prophesy in Jesus' name Because there is a miraculous working of the Holy Spirit at revival.
Speaker 1: You will prophesy, but he also says that your young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams.
Speaker 1: May our young men start seeing visions of God in their lives, in Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: Those that have been captured by the things of this world.
Speaker 1: May they be delivered in this season of revival and may they start seeing the heavenly visions of God's work in their lives.
Speaker 1: Let them see the vision of a great Kenya.
Speaker 1: Let them see the vision of a great Africa.
Speaker 1: Let them see the vision of a great church moving and conquering and taking territory.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, may the old men be renewed in their dreams that they will not just think about the past and the old good days, but they will have new dreams of the future.
Speaker 1: That the old men will not be left out, they will not feel that their time is over.
Speaker 1: Instead, they will be re-energized to dream anew in Jesus' mighty name.
Speaker 1: That they will be re energized to dream new dreams that will be the anchoring of the future, because there is revival.
Speaker 1: Old men cannot just talk about the past.
Speaker 1: They cannot just talk about the old good days when there is revival.
Speaker 1: When there is revival, they talk about new things that the Holy Spirit is still doing in their times.
Speaker 1: I want to speak to the old men and say the Holy Spirit is at work today, as he was many years in your youth.
Speaker 1: The Holy Spirit is at work, spiritual manifestation, discernment of the times.
Speaker 1: Are you able to discern the move and the work of the Holy Spirit in our time today?
Speaker 1: And one man asked a question.
Speaker 1: You know the Holy Spirit was released to the earth.
Speaker 2: You know that.
Speaker 1: You know God released the Holy Spirit to the earth.
Speaker 1: You know that you don't seem to know.
Speaker 1: God released the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1: Jesus said when I go I will send the helper.
Speaker 1: So the helper was already sent.
Speaker 1: But this gentleman said it's unfortunate that if the Holy Spirit was recalled, some Christians will not know.
Speaker 1: If God said Holy Spirit come back, some of us will continue as business as usual.
Speaker 1: Let it not be that said, let me not be so of Parkland's Baptist Church, that we are able to discern the working of the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1: But finally, there is scripture revelation for the times.
Speaker 1: Scripture revelation for the times, the word in action, and three things quickly the fulfillment of prophecy.
Speaker 1: Peter stands up and says what you are seeing today is what you have been reading all along from your prophets Joel.
Speaker 1: When revival happens, there is a message for the season.
Speaker 1: There is a word that is released specifically for the season.
Speaker 1: There is a word that is released for you, for the season when you engage in revival.
Speaker 1: And the question is what is God saying to you?
Speaker 1: Do you know this season?
Speaker 1: God may speak to you through a verse that you have read every other day, and it has been a common verse.
Speaker 1: You thought you knew it, but because you have allowed the Holy Spirit to work and manifest in your life, god gives you renewed revelation for that particular verse for this season.
Speaker 1: These people had read the Book of Joel.
Speaker 1: They knew.
Speaker 1: The Book of Joel says in the last days, god will pour out his spirit, but they never knew.
Speaker 1: It is at this time that Peter then reveals this scripture to them and says that time that you have been waiting for is now.
Speaker 1: I am here to declare that time you have been waiting for is now.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, that time that you have been waiting for, that moment that you have been waiting for, that promise that you have been looking forward to, it is now when you connect in revival.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, don't allow this moment to pass.
Speaker 1: You Don't come with an old mind.
Speaker 1: Come with a renewed mind.
Speaker 1: That's why I talked about expectation.
Speaker 1: I talked about desire.
Speaker 1: Come desiring something new, even something new out of something you know.
Speaker 1: Come with that desire and say what I have known.
Speaker 1: Jesus, you can reveal it to me for this season.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, I pray that we have men and women whose lives will never be the same again because we are in revival.
Speaker 1: I pray that we have men and women like Peter who will disarm that.
Speaker 1: The Holy Spirit is at work.
Speaker 1: But, finally, the Bible says in verse 21, and it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Speaker 1: You are the men and women calling on the name of the Lord.
Speaker 1: There is salvation for you.
Speaker 1: There is salvation for you in Jesus' mighty name, because we are in the times of revival.
Speaker 1: Shall we stand, hallelujah.
Speaker 2: BABBA WAMBINGUNI NOSHA KONO WAKUM WATU WAWONEN WALISI FUJINA LAKO.
Speaker 2: Ebuana BABBA WAMBINGUNI NOSHA NOSHA KWELIM KONO WAWATU WAWONEN WALISI FUJINA LAKO.
Speaker 1: Make that your prayer tonight.
Speaker 1: Father, may you stretch forth your hand, take a moment and express your desire to see the working of the Lord in your life.
Speaker 1: Take a moment to express your desire to allow the Holy Spirit to be at work.
Speaker 1: Take a moment to express your desire, the desire of surrender.
Speaker 1: That you surrender and allow the Holy Spirit during this time of revival.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: Hallelujah, somebody, somebody, open your heart.
Speaker 1: Open your heart, open your heart.
Speaker 1: Allow the Holy Spirit, allow the Holy Spirit to prepare you, to prepare you, to prepare you, to prepare you.
Speaker 1: Allow the Holy Spirit to make a way for himself in this season.
Speaker 1: Allow the Holy Spirit to, to, to, to that you may have a clear signal, that you may have a clear signal that will receive the message of the Holy Spirit, that there will be no interference with your signal connecting to the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1: Even tonight, the Holy Spirit is here, wants to connect with you, wants to prepare you, wants to set you free, wants to set somebody free, wants to give somebody boldness and courage, wants to give you discernment for your times.
Speaker 1: The Holy Spirit is here.
Speaker 1: He wants to manifest, wants to baptize you in a new way, wants to touch your life in a new way.
Speaker 1: There are things the Holy Spirit wants to work upon in your life tonight.
Speaker 1: Don't, don't, don't just allow him not to have that moment.
Speaker 1: There are things that he wants to confirm.
Speaker 1: There are things the Holy Spirit wants to remove and to get rid of.
Speaker 1: There are things, there are blessings, there are miracles that the Holy Spirit wants, wants, wants to release over your life.
Speaker 1: It's a suddenly moment.
Speaker 1: It's a suddenly moment when, when, when you are united with him, when you are, you are united, you are of one accord.
Speaker 1: When, when, when you are desiring his mover, it is a suddenly that he releases his anointing and his grace to break that yoke.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, he wants to minister to you, to prepare you for great works of revival over your life.
Speaker 1: In the name of Jesus, he wants to give you a new language.
Speaker 1: He wants to give you a new voice.
Speaker 1: The Holy Spirit wants to give you a new song.
Speaker 1: He wants to give you a new testimony.
Speaker 1: You have been holding on for so long to yesterday's testimony.
Speaker 1: In revival, the Holy Spirit releases a new testimony over your life.
Speaker 1: Call upon him, call upon him, receive it.
Speaker 1: Receive it in Jesus' name, in Jesus' name, in Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: You can't afford to remain silent when the spirit of God is at work.
Speaker 1: You cannot afford not to believe him in a new way, you cannot afford not to have an experience, in a new way, of the working of the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1: In the name of Jesus, holy Spirit, have your way.
Speaker 1: Have your way, holy Spirit.
Speaker 1: Revive or come.
Speaker 1: Revive us, o God.
Speaker 1: Hallelujah.
Speaker 2: Touch me once more.
Speaker 2: Touch me once more, lord, touch me once more.
Speaker 1: That is the desire of our hearts tonight.
Speaker 1: Touch us once more, lord.
Speaker 1: Touch us.
Speaker 1: Touch us once more.
Speaker 1: There are places you want to touch in our lives.
Speaker 1: We surrender to you that you may touch now, that you may touch now.
Speaker 1: That you may touch now.
Speaker 1: There are places you want to visit in our lives.
Speaker 1: Visit now, holy Spirit.
Speaker 1: Our hearts are open to you.
Speaker 1: Visit one more time, because revival is here.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, we pray and God's people say, god's people say Let us celebrate the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1: Hallelujah, come on somebody, let us celebrate, come on, let us celebrate the Holy Spirit at work.
Speaker 1: Hallelujah, hallelujah.
Speaker 1: May the Lord bless you.
Speaker 1: May the Lord keep you.
Speaker 1: May the Lord bless his face to shine upon you.
Speaker 1: May he be gracious to you.
Speaker 1: May the Lord uplift you.
Speaker 1: May the Holy Spirit touch you in a new way.
Speaker 1: May the Holy Spirit minister a new season, open a new door in your life In this season of revival.
Speaker 1: May the Holy Spirit release joy in your heart In this season.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, may the Holy Spirit break every stronghold over your life, that you may break free.
Speaker 1: In the mighty name of Jesus, because it is a time of revival.
Speaker 1: In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1: If you believe it, say Amen, amen, amen.
Speaker 1: God bless you, amen.
Speaker 1: In times of revival, there is eating.
Speaker 1: Tell somebody there is eating.
Speaker 1: Tell somebody there is celebration, there is feasting.
Speaker 1: Okay, so Petu tells me that we want to celebrate some birthdays.
Speaker 1: So which month?
Speaker 1: So there is July babies.
Speaker 1: There is a cake for you this side, and then so both July.
Speaker 1: So do we have some July babies in the house?
Speaker 1: Do we have some July babies in the house?
Speaker 1: All the July babies?
Speaker 1: Come to the front quickly, one minute, july babies.
Speaker 1: Can the July babies line up here?
Speaker 1: I want to release a blessing over you.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: Just line up here, july babies.
Speaker 1: If you are a July baby, come, come, come, come, come.
Speaker 1: If you are a July baby, come, you should be here.
Speaker 1: July babies are not confident.
Speaker 1: Okay, very slowly.
Speaker 1: July babies, I will ask some people to volunteer to be July babies if you are not very confident.
Speaker 1: Okay, amen, these are July babies.
Speaker 1: By the way, when was I born?
Speaker 1: Okay, let me leave that for another day.
Speaker 1: But, father, I release a blessing over this.
Speaker 1: Your children thank you on the seventh month that you blessed the world, you blessed the nations with these wonderful men and women.
Speaker 1: I commit them to you, oh Lord, in this month of revival.
Speaker 1: May something new happen in their lives as they begin a new year.
Speaker 1: Father, release a new testimony and a new song over their lives.
Speaker 1: Manifest yourself in a new way, father, I pray.
Speaker 1: Give them new goals, give them new passion, renewed passion for the kingdom, for their families, for the mission field, that this year they will serve you with conviction and passion and a lot of grace and a lot of blessing.
Speaker 1: And so I bless you in Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: Those who are online receive that blessing In Jesus' name, amen.
Speaker 1: So how many are you?
Speaker 1: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Speaker 1: So four of you come here.
Speaker 1: Four of you come here, worship them, bless these guys with a song as they cut that cake and share with the rest of us.
Speaker 1: Is that okay?
Speaker 1: So four of you come closer.
Speaker 1: Come closer, four of you, four of you on the other side, and now let us share the words of the grace.
Speaker 1: And as they cut the cake, they will share with us In Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: And now, may the grace of our Lord, jesus Christ, and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us now and forevermore.
Speaker 1: Amen.
Speaker 1: Please remember to invite somebody the whole of next week for a time of revival in Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: We have tea as well prepared for us, so you cut the cake here.
Speaker 1: Cut the cake here and be generous enough to share with us in Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: Worship them, amen.
Speaker 3: And now I invite everybody to come and see the power to you.
Speaker 3: Happy birthday, dear loved ones.
Speaker 3: Happy Birthday to you.