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    September 28, 2025 - Revival: Jehosaphat - Mike Veitz

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 36:24


    September 21, 2025 - Revival: Josiah - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2025 29:44


    Looking for Revival 1 Kings 22:1-2, 10-13; 23:25   LORD, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, LORD. Revive them in our day, in our time, make them known; in wrath remember mercy. - Habakkuk 3:2, NIV   Everyone likes 2 Chronicles 7:14 – “If my people who are called by my name…” – because it promises what we deeply crave: revival. But revival isn't just emotional fire. It's not hype. It's not a nostalgia trip back to better days. Revival is when God invades the ruins of his people's sin with his mercy, his Word, and his Spirit — and makes us new again. We're walking through the lives of three kings — Hezekiah, Jehoshaphat, and today, Josiah — who each experienced this kind of God-driven revival. These were moments when God turned the lights back on, not because the people earned it, but because he remembered mercy. In the generation after Solomon, the country split in half, north and south, and the northern kingdom of Israel moved into stark idolatry under their rebel King Jeroboam. He built an alternative Temple for idolatrous worship, set up an alternative priesthood, and listened to false prophets. Right in the middle of that, God sent a true but unnamed prophet to Israel to announce that centuries later, he would raise up a king who would put the finishing touches on the demolition of this idolatry and renew the covenant between God and his people. The prophet said his name would be Josiah.   That's the King we are looking at today. He was the last great reformer before Judah collapsed. His story isn't just inspiring — it's prophetic. His name was called out centuries before his birth, a rare mark of divine intention. God raised him up for this moment: to tear down false worship, to rediscover the Word, and to renew the covenant — a picture of how God revives his people. 1 Kings 13:1-2 “By the word of the LORD a man of God came from Judah to Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make an offering. 2 By the word of the LORD he cried out against the altar: “Altar, altar! This is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David…That same day the man of God gave a sign: “This is the sign the LORD has declared: The altar will be split apart and the ashes on it will be poured out.” NIV   Let's look at the three movements in Josiah's story: 1. Discovering the Book 2. Repenting from Sin 3. Renewing the Covenant   2 Chronicles 7:14 is a beautiful promise from God made to Solomon when he dedicated the newly built Temple in Jerusalem. It wasn't just beautiful - it was essential. God's people would frequently stray from their faith and forsake the Lord. Yet God was also merciful, granting revival, reformation, and rescue from their enemies to his people time and time again. In the text before us today, we see the fulfillment of God's promise as King Josiah comes to the throne as an eight-year-old boy, near the end of Judah's national life, leading a country that has abandoned God, even though God never abandoned it.   I. Discovering the Book - 2 Kings 22:10-13 At age 26, Josiah's workers are cleaning out the Temple when they find something that should never have been lost — the Book of the Law. God's Word had been buried. Forgotten. Tossed aside. But once it was read aloud, everything changed. The spark of revival always starts with rediscovering God's Word. The Bible isn't magic, but when God's people stop ignoring it and start listening to it — deeply, personally, humbly — revival becomes possible. The Word cuts. It convicts. It calls. You can't have a revival without the Book. If the Word has gathered dust in your life — if it's been shoved in a drawer behind the hustle and noise — there's no revival without opening it again.   II. Repenting from Sin - 2 Kings 22:11-13 Josiah's response is immediate and raw. He tears his clothes — a public act of grief and repentance. He realizes that God's wrath is hanging over them, not because God is unjust, but because the people have rebelled. And Josiah doesn't just repent personally. He leads the entire nation in repentance. He cleanses the land of idols, smashing them to dust. He tears down altars built for false gods. He doesn't manage sin — he destroys it. Real revival always comes with repentance. That means naming our sin, turning from it, and refusing to make peace with what God has condemned. Is there something in your life that needs to be smashed, not managed? Revival isn't just singing louder — it's living differently.   III. Renewing the Covenant - 2 Kings 23:1-3, 21-22 Josiah calls the people together and publicly renews the covenant — their sacred agreement with God. He restores worship, reinstitutes the Passover, and re-centers the nation on Yahweh. This wasn't just a ceremonial act — it was national restoration. Revival isn't just about cleaning house; it's about reclaiming God's promises and re-aligning our lives under his rule. God made a covenant with his people. Even when they broke it, he didn't walk away. Josiah leads them back into it. But here's where the story takes a turn. As beautiful as Josiah's revival was, it didn't last. After his death, Judah fell back into sin. Within a few years, Babylon invaded, the Temple was destroyed, and the people were exiled. Even the best king couldn't stop judgment from coming. Josiah was a good king, a faithful king — but he wasn't the King. The King of the New Covenant Centuries later, another young man from the line of David would rise, who was also foretold by the prophets — not to repair a broken temple, but to become the Temple. Not to renew the old covenant, but to establish a new one in his blood. Jesus is the greater Josiah. Where Josiah rediscovered the Book, Jesus is the Word made flesh. Where Josiah tore his clothes in grief, Jesus was torn for us. Where Josiah renewed the covenant with sacrifice, Jesus became the sacrifice that secures the covenant forever. Josiah brought revival for a moment. Jesus brings renewal for eternity. Through his death and resurrection, Jesus offers a better covenant, sealed by his blood, written on our hearts by the Spirit, not just in a scroll or temple. He doesn't just clean the outside — he gives us new hearts, making us the temple. “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” (2 Corinthians 5:17) Conclusion: Looking for Revival Habakkuk's prayer is ours: “Repeat your deeds in our day, Lord… in wrath remember mercy.”   We don't need to manufacture revival — we need to seek the King who brings it. Let's follow Josiah's example: ● Return to the Word. ● Repent from sin. ● Renew our covenant commitment to Jesus.   Let's NOT put our hope in a political figure, not in emotional highs, not in religious nostalgia — let's put our hope in the King of the New Covenant, Jesus Christ, who revives the dead, restores the broken, and renews all things.   Response Questions: ● Where has God's Word been lost in your life? ● What sins are you managing instead of repenting from? ● Are you living under the old way, or under the new covenant with Jesus?   Let's pray for revival — not just around us, but in us — through Christ our King.

    September 14, 2025 - Revival: Hezekiah - Bill Mitchell

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 36:01


    September 7, 2025 - Revival: Repentance & Renewal - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 29:03


    August 31, 2025 - Loving Our Neighbors: The Debt of Love - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 28:30


    August 24, 2025: Wondrous: Lessons from Lazarus' Tomb - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 27:04


    August 17, 2025 - Wondrous: Raising Lazarus from the Dead - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 28:48


    August 10, 2025 - Wondrous: Healing the Man Born Blind - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 28:00


    August 3, 2025 - Wondrous: Jesus Walking on the Water - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 25:38


    July 27, 2025 - Wondrous: Feeding the 5000 - Drew Bennett

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 31:45


    July 20, 2025 - Wondrous: Healing the Paralytic at Bethesda - Randy Draughon

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 32:02


    July 13, 2025 - Wondrous: Healing the Official's Son - Brian Haring

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 27:29


    July 6, 2025 - Wondrous: Turning Water into Wine - John Houmes

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 33:19


    June 29, 2025 - Transformational Joy - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 29:09


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    June 22, 2025 - Joy For The Journey - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 9:25


    June 15, 2025 - Resilient Joy - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 33:27


    June 8, 2025 - Gospel Joy - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 32:46


    June 1, 2025 - Sacrificial Joy - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 29:50


    May 25, 2025 - Holy Joy - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 31:53


    May 18, 2025 - Humble Joy - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 28:31


    May 11, 2025 - Unconquered Joy - John Houmes

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 29:28


    May 4, 2025 - Unfailing Joy - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 32:39


    April 27, 2025 - A Conversation with Thomas - Brian Haring

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 30:34


    April 18, 2025 - Behold the Man, Behold Your God: Good Friday - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 65:04


    April 20, 2025 - Behold Our God: Easter 2025 - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 52:28


    April 13, 2025 - Behold Our King: Palm Sunday - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 26:29


    April 6, 2025 - Transfiguration of Jesus - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 32:13


    March 30, 2025 - Life on Mission: Life Unhindered - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 32:54


    March 23, 2025 - Life on Mission: The Perfect Storm - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 8:11


    March 16, 2025 - Fellowship 101 - Tommy Kiedis

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 31:06


    March 9, 2025 - Life on Mission: The Embrace of Grace - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 32:05


    March 2, 2025 - Life on Mission: Kingdom People - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 29:32


    February 23, 2025 - What it Means to Be a Christian - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 30:04


    February 16, 2025 - Life on Mission: Worshipping People - Scotty Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 29:18


    February 9, 2025 - Life on Mission: Courageous People - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 31:21


    February 2, 2025 - Life on Mission: Spirit-Clothed People - The Meaning of Pentecost - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 31:20


    January 26, 2025 - Life on Mission: Praying People - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 33:51


    January 19, 2025 - Confidence for The Storm - Brian Haring

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 27:43


    January 12, 2025 - Vision Sunday - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 32:05


    January 5, 2025 - Behold, I Do A New Thing - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 25:40


    December 29, 2024 - Grace Has Been and Always Will Be Enough - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 27:51


    December 24, 2024 - Behold the Wonder: Christmas Eve Service - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 79:39


    December 22, 2024 - Behold the Wonder: Name Above All Names - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 49:45


    December 15, 2024 - Behold the Wonder: Something Wicked This Way Comes - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 60:03


    December 8, 2024 - Behold the Wonder: A Sign of Contradiction - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 64:29


    December 1, 2024 - Behold the Wonder: Last Things First - Mike Veitz

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 65:47


    November 24, 2024 - That's a Good Question: How can I believe in a God I don't see or hear? - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 60:42


    November 17, 2024 - That's a Good Question: How do faith and science coincide? - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 32:51


    November 10, 2024 - That's a Good Question: How can Jesus be the only way? - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 90:07


    November 3, 2024 - That's a Good Question: How can I trust God's word when I don't find it credible? - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 85:07


    October 27, 2024 - That's a Good Question: Why is there so much evil and suffering in the world? - David Cassidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 85:13


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