2. J.I. Packer’s Five Marks of Revival

3. J.I. Packer’s Five Marks of Revival
“The first and fundamental feature in renewal/revival is the sense that God has drawn awesomely in His holiness, mercy and might.”
Awareness of
God’s Presence

4. J.I. Packer’s Five Marks of Revival
“The message of the Scripture which previously was making only a superficial impact, now searches its hearers and readers to the depth of their being.’
Responsiveness
to God’s Word

5. J.I. Packer’s Five Marks of Revival
Sensitiveness
to Sin
“Consciences become tender and a profound humbling takes place.”

6. J.I. Packer’s Five Marks of Revival
“Love and generosity, unity and joy, assurance and boldness, a spirit of praise and prayer, and a passion to reach out to win others.”
Liveliness
in Community

7. J.I. Packer’s Five Marks of Revival
Faithfulness
in Testimony
“The new life overflows from the Church… Christians become fearness in witness.”

8. J.I. Packer’s Five Marks of Revival
J.I. Packer’s Five Signs of Health
J.I. Packer’s Five Marks of Revival
Awareness of God’s Presence
Responsiveness to God’s Word
Sensitiveness to Sin
Liveliness in Community
Faithfulness in Testimony

9. Inner Revival

10. Spiritual Goldilocks Zone

11. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.
- REVELATION 3:16

12. Therefore, let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.
- 1 CORINTHIANS 10:12

13. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh…
- GALATIANS 5:17

14. For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
- 2 TIMOTHY 1:6

15. You can be as straight as a gun barrel theologically – and be as empty as one spiritually.
- A.W. TOZER

16. What does inner revival look like?

17. There is a clearing up of our lives.
WHAT DOES INNER REVIVAL LOOK LIKE?
There is a clearing up of our lives.

18. Hezekiah’s Revival
2 CHRONICLES 29-30

19. In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them.
- 2 CHRONICLES 29:3

20. …consecrate the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filth from the Holy Place.
- 2 CHRONICLES 29:3

21. They gathered their brothers and consecrated themselves and went in as the king had commanded, by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord.
- 2 CHRONICLES 29:3

22. The Idolatry Test …is an idol. Anything I put before my God…
Anything I want with all my heart…
Anything I can’t stop thinking of…
Anything I give all my love...
…is an idol.
‘Clear The Stage’ by Jimmy Needham

23. There is a diving into the Word.
WHAT DOES INNER REVIVAL LOOK LIKE?
There is a diving into the Word.

24. Josiah’s Revival
2 CHRONICLES 34-35

25. Then Shaphan the secretary told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read from it before the king. And when the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes.
- 2 CHRONICLES 34:18-19

26. There is a drawing near to Him.
WHAT DOES INNER REVIVAL LOOK LIKE?
There is a drawing near to Him.

27. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double- minded.
- JAMES 4:8

28. I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land.
- PSALMS 143:6

29. My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord.
- PSALMS 84:2

30. Ezra’s Revival
EZRA 6-9

31. Celebrating the Passover
Remember His acts and His goodness
Returning to His ways
Obedience

32. There is a surrender to experience God on His terms.
WHAT DOES INNER REVIVAL LOOK LIKE?
There is a surrender to experience God on His terms.

33. The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
- JOHN 3:8

34. I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you;
- JOB 42:5

35. Inner Revival