Revival Begins With Me – Pastor Martin Childs Jr. D. Min.

TITLE: REVIVAL BEGINS WITH ME

TEXT: PSALM 139:23-24

INTRODUCTION

1. We are living in difficult and distressing times (2 Timothy 3:1-5)
2. Righteousness exalts a nation (Proverbs 14:34)
3. Judgment begins at the house of God, first (I Peter4:17)
4. “I am the House of God” [The Church]

EXAMINE AND KNOW MY HEART

1. Examine = Examine thoroughly or intimately; to scout
2. Heart = The will, the soul, understanding; the seat of emotions and passions
3. My Heart influences my Thoughts 

TEST AND KNOW MY THOUGHTS

1. Test = Test (as with gold); examine; scrutinize
2. Thoughts = Anxious thoughts
3. My Thoughts control my Actions

 OUTCOME?

1. See if I have any wicked manners, habits, ways, and/or a wicked lifestyle and character
2. Lead [transport] me to manners, habits, ways, and/or a lifestyle and character of everlasting life

 CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:

THAT I WILL ASK GOD TO EXAMINE AND KNOW MY HEART,

AND TEST AND KNOW MY THOUGHTS