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Welcome, welcome, welcome to God of Revival is the album that Bethlehem Music released just not

too long ago. And actually, we had planned to unveil this series and then this pandemic

hit. So we delayed it a little bit because we felt that we obviously needed to speak into

to that issue.

I'm really happy to be able to talk to you about revival. My problem is I've got about

a thousand things running through my brain that I want to say and that could actually torture

you and I don't want to do that so we'll try to keep it simple and focused.

The heart of God is for, use any term you want renewal, revival, awakening.

All those things are similar.

They're similar, but they are unique.

Revival historically has been a time where there's an outpouring

of the Holy Spirit, his presence and his works

become very pronounced in a dominant way.

They eventually dominate church life

and eventually culture itself.

I personally believe that God has intended revivals to never end.

I know that the studies of revival that I've seen, they all, they basically declare that

revivals are seasonal and that they are to give kind of a boost to the church in that particular season so they can go for a period of time without.

And the reason that conclusion has been made is because every revival has worked that way.

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