BIBLE STUDY OUTLINE
THEME: WE ARE ON THE THRESHOLD OF REVIVAL
TOPIC: TRIGGERS OF REVIVAL
TEXTS: PSALM 85:6; HABAKKUK: 3:2
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AIMS OF THE BIBLE STUDY
- To analyze and to help us understand some vital factors that spark off Revival
- To highlight the blessings that come with Revival
INTRODUCTION:
There can be no true revival without genuine repentance borne out of sincere brokenness of heart (Ps. 51:17). The Scripture shows that true repentance is an intentional action of “rending one’s heart and not his garment, and turning unto the Lord our God…” The people of Nineveh (Jonah 3:8-10) and the Prodigal son (Luke 15: 17-20) show us what true repentance that engenders revival and renewal could mean in the life of a nation or an individual. Beyond this however, a transformed life devoted unto righteousness and holiness is central to any Revival move of God among his people.
Revival does not come automatically; it must be sought for, fervently and passionately, wherein people take personal responsibilities for their current states and their expectations for a new manifestation of Gods glory. Thus, Revival could be delayed or even completely lost by sin in both the Church and in the individual lives of the people, by prayerlessness, and for lack of genuine passion for God.
In this Bible Study, the Lord will give us grace to explore, and to stir up a hunger for genuine Revival, that can impact not only the Church, but our immediate family and environments, and the nation at large.
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QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
- Discuss with practical examples, what you understand by these terms, and their place in driving the move of Revival: Repentance, Holiness, and Righteous living, Lk 15:17-20; 1Thess 4:3-7; Tit 2:11-15
- Mention and discuss the roles you think that Prayer, the Word of God, Evangelism, and Righteousness could play in advancing and sustaining Revival among God’s people, Ezra 7:10; Isa 40:29-31; Matt 28:18-20; Rom. 1:16, 10:14-18
- Highlight and discuss the blessing that accrue from genuine manifestation of God’s Glory and Revival among God’s people, Joel 2:23-27; Acts 2:37-41; Jonah 3:8-10
- What should be our response to this clarion call to Revival? Deut 28:1; Josh 24:14-17; John6:67-69
Conclusion:
In an age that is religiously Godless, the urgent need of the Church is the Revival evidenced in the conversion of souls, transformed lives and intentional, and vibrant life of holiness and righteousness among the people of God. Without this genuine revival, the embers of her vitality would be dimmed and famished, and the Church will obviously remain irrelevant in her world. We are therefore called to be the light and the salt of the world and the earth; but this can only be effectual when our lives is the reflection and manifestation of the glory of God in an atmosphere of revival. May we rise from this study with a stirred hunger for genuine revival, beginning with our personal lives and in the Church of God.
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Food for Thought: Lord send us Revival, and let it start with me
Memory Verse: Restore us O Lord God Almighty, make your face shine on us, that we may be saved (Psalm 80:19)