REVIVAL BEGINS WITH ME – Pastor Martin Childs Jr. D. Min.

TITLE: REVIVAL BEGINS WITH ME

TEXT: EPHESIANS 5:8-18

INTRODUCTION

1. Difference between light and dark…
2. Fears are magnified in the dark
   1. The Bogey Man comes out at night
   2. There is something under my bed at night
   3. At night, noises are louder and scarier
   4. Even adults…
3. We prefer light to dark

DO I KNOW WHO I AM?

1. “You were once darkness”
   1. Not “Living in darkness”, rather, “Living darkness”
   2. The living Dead / The Walking Dead
2. “BUT, now you are light”
3. “Walk as children of light”
   1. Goodness
   2. Righteousness
   3. Truth
   4. Examining what is pleasing to the Lord
   5. Have no fellowship with unfruitful works of darkness

WHEN I DO…

1. Wake up – From the dead
2. Rise up – From the dead
3. And, Christ will give you light
   1. If I am not living in Christ, I am not living
   2. If I am not living in Christ, I am living darkness

THEREFORE,

1. Walk without deviation
2. Walk wisely
3. Walk intentionally
   1. Redeeming the time
   2. I have already given too much to Satan

CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:

THAT I WILL WAKE UP, RISE UP AND LIVE IN THE LIGHT