Revival

Do you want revival? Can real revival really happen with time constraints? Do you want the gifts of the Holy Spirit to operate in your church? Do we really believe in the gifts of the Holy Spirit? What if the Holy Spirit showed up in your service and disrupted everything you had planned? How much room or time do we give the Holy Spirit to actually work in our services?


I ask these questions simply because I would like to see revival and the operation of the gifts of the Holy Spirit in action. I got to thinking about this because recently I was in a church service that had everything scheduled out and the worship service was cut short because other events that morning took more time than anticipated. 

I understand schedules and being conscious of the time, but are we limiting the Holy Spirit by saying you can only show up in this time frame? Also are we shortchanging the people of God by only allowing a certain time frame for the Holy Spirit to work?

What would happen if Acts 2:1-4 happened in one of our church services? I am not even talking about speaking in tongues. I am talking about a rushing mighty wind blowing into our services and disrupting our schedules with a mighty move of God. Or are we beyond that and ok with the norm?

Or how about the Acts 4:31 experience?  Or was that for them and we are to trendy and stylish for that type of experience now? It would certainly disrupt the service and our lives. But wouldn’t it be worth it?

What if Rev 8:1 happened in our church services? Could you imagine silence at the next Sunday morning service for 30 minutes? I don’t know if we would know what to do with ourselves.

Remember, this is Ronnie’s Ramblings and I’m just saying what would happen if the gifts of the Holy Spirit like those in 1Cor.12:4-11 really happened in our churches?  Do we have time for that, or are we to busy with our own schedules and agendas?  Think on that.  I would appreciate your comments and discussions!