Introduction

The speaker introduces the topic of the sermon and explains that he will be continuing with the theme of renewal and reviving from last week's meditation.

• The speaker had planned to preach about the peace of God, but felt a sense of urgency to continue with last week's theme.

• He believes that God is doing something extraordinary in their congregation and they need to press into it.

• The speaker wants to speak in a sober, powerful, measured way about what God is doing.

Kairos Time

The speaker talks about being in a unique moment where God wants to do something extraordinary.

• The speaker believes that they may be in a kairos time, which means a specific moment of God's calling and intention.

• He emphasizes the importance of speaking soberly about this moment instead of using hypersonic charismatic lingo.

• The church needs to move in the 21st century with complexity and maturity demanded by this generation.

Devastation and Disaster

The speaker discusses how Ezekiel 37 provides an image of devastation and disaster for Israelites who have been exiled.

• Ezekiel 37 has been seen as a prophetic passage for the church throughout history.

• Just as those dry bones exemplify the devastation of God's people back then, today's church is like a valley of dry bones.

• In some ways, it is in captivity to bad theology, worldliness, sin, lack of power that God wants, reduced prestige as God's people, etc.

• When not being ignored by society at large, Christians are often scorned or ridiculed.

Holy Spirit Revival

The speaker talks about how Ezekiel 37 shows the Holy Spirit as the center of the scenario.

• The Holy Spirit tells Ezekiel to prophesy to the dry bones.

• The speaker believes that God wants to do something extraordinary in their congregation and they need to press into it.

Prophesying and the Anointing Word

In this section, the speaker talks about prophesying and how it is not just an announcement but an impartation enclosed within the anointed word of God. The power of God's word can turn dry bones into a mighty army of God.

Prophesying to the Nations

• We need to prophesy to the nations in the anointing and specific moment we are living in.

• Casting the word of God with power and conviction can turn dead people into people of power.

• The church needs to move in the anointing of God to break through what people need.

Anointed Ways vs Proper Ways

• The church needs to focus on anointed ways of doing gospel rather than proper ways.

• Revival comes when we are eviscerated by God, dying to our identity, treasures, and cherished things.

Spirit-Filledness and Anointing Ministry

In this section, the speaker emphasizes that spirit-filledness, anointing ministry in the power of God will only come when we are emptied out by God.

Empty Vessels for Anointing

• Dry bones can be turned into living beings full of Holy Spirit when we become empty vessels that contain His anointing.

• All that is inside us must be taken out by Holy Spirit so that we can be filled with His presence.

Decodifying What We Are Doing

In this section, the speaker talks about decoding what elements make up for momentum acquired in the service.

Elements of Momentum

• We need to learn from the momentum we are acquiring in the service.

• Decodifying what elements make up for this momentum can help us learn and enter into what God has for us.

Joel 2: Prophetic Passage

In this section, the speaker talks about Joel 2, which is an eminently prophetic passage with three fulfillments throughout history.

Fulfillment of Prophecy

• Joel 2 has three fulfillments throughout history.

• The sermon and notes are available through the website in sermon notes.

The Day of the Lord is Coming

This section describes a scene of devastation in Judah, where God is sending his judgment upon the land. It speaks about an army of locusts and impending destruction.

Impending Devastation

• The day of the Lord is coming, a day of darkness and gloom, clouds and blackness.

• A large and mighty army comes - both an army of locusts and an army of attack.

• It is dreadful; who can endure it?

What to Do About It

• Rend your heart even now declares the Lord.

• Return to me with all your heart with fasting, weeping, and mourning.

• Gather the people, consecrate the assembly, blow the trumpet in Zion.

God's Response

• The Lord replied to them as they obeyed his command and calling.

• He reacts when people call out to him in repentance.

• He promises to send grain, new wine, olive oil - images of beauty, prosperity, and blessing.

• He will no longer make them an object of scorn for other nations.

Becoming Green Again

This section speaks about how God will bless his people after they repent. They will become green again like trees bearing fruit.

Blessings After Repentance

• The pastors in the wilderness are becoming green; trees are bearing their fruit.

• Fig tree and vine yield riches; threshing floors will be filled with grain, vats will overflow with new wine and oil.

• God has nothing against prosperity, but it must be done according to his plan and values.

Pouring Out His Spirit

• Afterward, God says he will pour out his spirit on all people.

• Sons and daughters will prophesy; old men will dream dreams; young men will see visions.

• Even on servants, both men and women, he will pour out his spirit.

• The sun will be turned to darkness, the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.

The Need for the Holy Spirit

In this section, the speaker emphasizes the need for anointing and a visitation of the Holy Spirit to turn "methadone mile" into a miracle mile. He stresses that revival is costly and requires acknowledging spiritual poverty, repentance, and calling out to God for forgiveness.

The Power of the Holy Spirit

• Anointing and visitation of the Holy Spirit needed to transform "methadone mile" into a miracle mile.

• Urgency required in pushing through with momentum towards consecration, evangelism, and conversion.

• Revival useful only if it leads to evangelism, consecration, and conversion.

• Revival requires acknowledging spiritual poverty, repentance, and calling out to God for forgiveness.

Consecration Required for Effective Community

In this section, the speaker emphasizes that sanctifying oneself is necessary for becoming a spirit-filled militant effective community. He cites Joel's call to consecrate themselves as a general call to people.

Total Consecration Required

• Sanctifying oneself necessary for becoming a spirit-filled militant effective community.

• Acknowledging sinfulness and becoming desperate about it is crucial.

• Each individual must consecrate themselves; it's not just about collective sermons.

• Second Chronicles 7:14 provides a prescription: humbling oneself, praying, seeking God's face, turning from wicked ways.

Take God Seriously

In this section, the speaker emphasizes the need to take God seriously and experience a second conversion. He cites Second Chronicles 7:14 as a promise from God that if people cry out to Him, He will hear and visit them.

Total Consecration Required

• Urgency required in taking God seriously.

• Lion of Judah is a sacred space where crying out to the Lord can lead to His visitation.

• Second conversion necessary for total consecration.

Easter and the Need for Radical Christianity

In this section, the speaker talks about the need for radical Christianity and how Easter is often a poorly attended service due to people being tired from the previous Sunday's activities.

The Need for Radical Christianity

• Evangelicals need to be less predictable and more committed to God.

• Comfortable Christianity makes God nauseous. We need to be on fire for the Lord and willing to sacrifice everything.

• To become productive members of God's kingdom, we must yield ourselves as living sacrifices.

• Only then can we experience blessings and confirmation from the Lord upon our lives.

Consecration and Testing of God's Will

• We must offer our bodies as living sacrifices, including our physical appetites that hold us back.

• By doing so, we can test and approve what God's will is in our lives.

• When we take God seriously and consecrate ourselves, He can bless our desires, dreams, and impulses because they are sanctified.

Joel Chapter 2: A Spiritual Recipe for Renewal

In this section, the speaker discusses Joel chapter 2 as a spiritual recipe for renewal during times of crisis.

The Plague of Locusts

• The book of Joel describes a land in crisis ravaged by a plague of locusts as an expression of God's displeasure with sinfulness.

• Wherever there is individual or collective sin or resistance to the Spirit of God at any level (individual or collective), disaster is not far off.

Consecration and Renewal

• To experience renewal, we must consecrate ourselves and remove all that grieves God's Spirit.

• Joel chapter 2 provides a spiritual recipe for seeking, speaking, and experiencing the renewing visitation that we so desperately need.

The Time of God's Judgment

In this section, the speaker discusses how the current time is riddled with the bullets of God's judgment and how humanity is at a moment when they are unable to consume or harness the forces that they are releasing through their bare intellect.

Signs of God's Coming

• The speaker believes that Jesus' coming is near and that we need to be prepared for it.

• Humanity is at a moment when they are unable to consume or harness the forces that they are releasing through their bare intellect.

• The advancement of technology and science, people engineering their bodies, and doing all kinds of crazy things with their bodies attest to the fact that humanity is at a moment like in the tower of Babel where God needs to put a stop to what creation is doing.

• Although Jesus may not come tomorrow, his coming is nearer than some think.

Joel as an End Times Book

• The speaker believes that he will see many powerful manifestations of God in his generation.

• Joel is an end times book applicable three times: during Joel's time, Pentecost, and now.

• Peter applied Joel to his own time on Pentecost as a day of visitation from the Lord.

Devastation and Grieving

• Joel 1:11 describes physical barrenness as a mirror image of devastation at the spiritual level.

• Put on sackcloth you priests; mourn wail you who minister before the Lord altar. Come spend the night in cycle.

Consecration and Commitment

In this section, the speaker urges pastors to consecrate themselves and lead in fasting, prayer, mourning, and acknowledgement of their condition. He emphasizes that spiritual tune-up is necessary for many people who are casual about their commitment to the Lord.

Consecration Begins with Pastors

• Pastors should consecrate themselves and lead in fasting, prayer, mourning, and acknowledgement of their condition.

• The action of consecration should continue on to the lay men and women of the church.

• Many people need a major spiritual tune-up as they are very casual about their commitment to the Lord.

Men Called to be Spiritual Leaders

• Men are called to become spiritual leaders of their families by becoming students and doers of the word of God.

• Men must seek the face of God by getting up earlier and going to bed later praying for Him to visit them and purify them.

• There's a special place and blessing when a congregation experiences leadership from men who have died to the Lord.

Words Filled with Power

In this section, the speaker emphasizes that all knowledge will do nothing when teaching or discipling somebody. Words have to be filled with power from the Holy Spirit. This can only be acquired through dying in consecration, fasting, being in the Word of God, knowing that we are nothing without His blessing.

Anointing is Key

• All your theological knowledge will do nothing when you're discipling somebody or teaching somebody.

• Your words have to be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit, and your anointing has to be evident.

• This can only be acquired in the place of dying in consecration, fasting, being in the Word of God, knowing that we are nothing without His blessing.

Call to a Holy Convocation

The speaker believes that God is calling the church to remove all sin and sanctify the house. He suggests dedicating at least a week to seeking God's face through prayer, fasting, and universal dedication. The goal is to have an unprecedented time of commissioning and commitment.

Consecration for a Holy Convocation

• The speaker believes that God is calling the church to remove all sin and sanctify the house.

• He suggests dedicating at least a week to seeking God's face through prayer, fasting, and universal dedication.

• The goal is to have an unprecedented time of commissioning and commitment.

• The speaker calls on everyone in the congregation to consecrate themselves for this holy convocation.

Cry Out for Revival

• The congregation cries out to God for mercy and revival.

• They ask God to break them, cleanse them, fill them, and do surgical work in their lives.

• They ask God to lead them into an unprecedented time of commissioning and commitment.

• They open themselves up to receive renewal, life, and visitation from God.

Seeking the Lord's Visitation

The speaker begins with a prayer, asking for God's guidance and blessing. He challenges himself and others to commit to seeking the Lord's visitation through a solemn convocation of God before the Lord.

Committing to Seeking the Lord's Visitation

• The speaker challenges himself and others to commit irrevocably to this time of seeking the Lord's visitation.

• He encourages people to prepare themselves for what God has in store for them by paying an extraordinary price.

Final Blessing

• The speaker blesses the people and declares the anointing and blessing of God in their lives.

• He urges people to go in desperation, with an urgent sense, convicted of their calling to greatness, and seek the Lord's face.