The famous quote, " if not now then when, if not us then who", should be a rallying cry to the Church! Now is our time to stand for the Lord! I believe this is the message of Hebrew 12: 1-3! It is our time to be faithful. The faithful servants of days gone by have run their leg of the relay and have handed us the baton! When will the church wake for our slumber of complacency? Our churches are empty while there are more people lost in their sins than ever before! The prayer meeting is no longer the boiler room that fires and fuels but gather a glorified gossip session, if a prayer meeting is even scheduled. While we are playing games, the devil is sowing havoc in the fellowship. Discord, deception, and debauchery are the norm in many fellowships. But don't mention it, it might offend someone!! As long as we have a crowd and a surplus in the bank, we think we are successful! The truth is there is a Laodicean compliancy so strong we do not see how bankrupt the church has become in these days. Yet Sunday after Sunday, the church continues to get her dose of sugar coated teaching and cotton candy teaching. No wonder the church is in a coma! We are suffering for a spiritual diabetic coma. We need some protein! We need to hear anointed preaching and teaching that magnifies Jesus above His Church. We need to be humbled in the dust of our unworthiness so that we are enraptured with the glory of His grace! It is not about us; It is about Him. No wonder the Holy Spirit is so grieved when all that is spoken is our church, our worship, our programs, and our agendas. We give an appearance of success but we are empty of the power of the Holy Spirit! Have you ever seen the caution signs in a neighborhood warning children are playing, some churches need to put one at the entrance of their parking lots! When will revival come? I ask you "if not now, then when". I ask you "if not us then who". If the Lord delays His coming for another 10 years, what will happen in our churches? As we are slumbering, the devil continues to deceive church goers, enslave believers, destroy homes, divide fellowships, and ensnare another generation of young people who have never seen the church on fire with Pentecostal fire! Now is time for revival. If we will not beg for it who will? I ask you "If not now, then when. If not us then who"? You are either part of the problem or part of the solution! May God burden your heart today and open your eyes so that it may be recorded that revival came in our time!
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