Dangerous Prayers: The Role of Confession in Revival
Psalm 32:3-5
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the summer’s heat. Selah 5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not conceal my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
Nehemiah 1:3
They said to me, “The remnant in the province, who survived the exile, are in great trouble and disgrace. Jerusalem’s wall has been broken down, and its gates have been burned.”
Nehemiah 1:4
When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for a number of days, fasting and praying before the God of the heavens.
_____________________in the Bible is Abstaining from Food for a period of time for the purpose of taking that Physical Hunger and Diverting that to God for a Spiritual Hunger in order to Hear from God more Clearly.
Nehemiah 8:1-3
All the people gathered together at the square in front of the Water Gate. They asked the scribe Ezra to bring the book of the law of Moses that the Lord had given Israel. 2 On the first day of the seventh month, the priest Ezra brought the law before the assembly of men, women, and all who could listen with understanding. 3 While he was facing the square in front of the Water Gate, he read out of it from daybreak until noon before the men, the women, and those who could understand. All the people listened attentively to the book of the law.
First thing the people did, they ALL ______________________ in Community.
1 John 1:7
If we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
The Red Woods have Shallow Roots, but they INTERTWINE with each other for _______________________.
Nehemiah 8:5-6
Ezra opened the book in full view of all the people, since he was elevated above everyone. As he opened it, all the people stood up. 6 Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and with their hands uplifted all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they knelt low and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
Nehemiah 9:1-3
On the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting, wearing sackcloth, and had put dust on their heads. 2 Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors. 3 While they stood in their places, they read from the book of the law of the Lord their God for a fourth of the day and spent another fourth of the day in confession and worship of the Lord their God.
The Gathered people spent a FOURTH of the Day in __________________________.
Honest _________________________ ALWAYS occurs PRIOR to God unleashing Revival upon His people.
Nehemiah 9:38
In view of all this, we are making a binding agreement in writing on a sealed document containing the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.
1 Peter 3:8
Finally, all of you be like-minded and sympathetic, love one another, and be compassionate and humble, 9 not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing, since you were called for this, so that you may inherit a blessing.
Ephesians 4:29-32
No foul language should come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear. 30 And don’t grieve God’s Holy Spirit. You were sealed by him for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, anger and wrath, shouting and slander be removed from you, along with all malice. 32 And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.
1 John 1:8-10
If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say, “We have not sinned,” we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Father, I enter into a posture of Confession and Repentance and ask you to Forgive me from the sin(s) of……
Dishonesty, Lying, Exaggeration, Covering up the Truth, Defensiveness, An Unwillingness to accept Responsibility for my sin, blaming others, Hatred, Prejudice, a Secret Addiction, Pornography, My Attitude, Stinkin-Thinkin, for Something I Stole or Took from someone.
Father, I enter into a posture of Confession and Repentance and ask you to Forgive me from the sin(s) of……
Pride, Bragging, Drawing attention to myself, Criticizing others and pointing out Flaws and Failures in others, Unkind Responses, Gossip, Lack of Love, Anger, Impatience, Resentment, Bitterness, Rudeness, Sarcasm, a Critical spirit, Negativity, Complaining, Secret Divisiveness, Little Interest in quite time with God, an Unsettled Grievance with a current or Former Church Member.
Father, I enter into a posture of Confession and Repentance and ask you to Forgive me from the sin(s) of……
Spiritual Indifference, Lukewarmness, Insensitivity toward others, Unwillingness to Serve (A Consumeristic approach) A Desire to be Served, Self-Centeredness, Hypocrisy, Disobedience to God’s promptings, Neglect of God’s Word, Prayerlessness, and unwillingness to reconcile with a brother or sister in Christ.