Revival Series 3 (How to have a personal revival?)

What is righteousness?
§ Rightness of God in thoughts, attitude, actions, speech; in home, office, church, etc.
§ To have rightness of God and reject the wrongness of the devil
§ To be careless in life means to have the besetting sins un-dealt with

Backslide:
§ Slide back to the original position of unbelief
§ Always in taken place in church
§ Always happens gradually


8 Main Symptoms of Backsliding

1. Growing cold toward the things of God
2. Giving up the life of faith [Scriptural reference Proverbs 14:14]
3. Losing sight of eternity
4. Becoming self-centered and worldly
5. Being overtaken by the cares of life
6. Being hypersensitive and easily offended
7. Be reactive and critical constantly

2 extreme manifestations of backsliding:

a. Total indifferent about things in church
b. Always complain and grumble

8. Surrendering to some besetting sin/s [Scriptural reference: Heb 12:1-2]

5 Searching Questions

1. What do you think about most of the time?
2. What do you do most of the time?
3. What is in your heart most of the time?
4. What is your usual manner of speaking?
5. Do you realize each time your thoughts, words or deeds have grieved the Holy Spirit?

3 Disciplines of Spiritual life

1. Regular hearing from Jesus through His word
2. Regular communicating to Jesus through prayer
3. Regular listening to your spirit-filled heart for a personal word

== Notes taken during Sermon by Ps Rony Tan @ Lighthouse Evangelism ==