Catch a Wave!!!

Waves = forward movements of the ocean's water, happening over and over...caused by a frictional drag of WIND over the water's surface.

I have preached on Mother's Day almost every year since we began the church back in 1990.In the last few years, God has challenged me to speak on subjects that would not be considered your traditional Mother's Day messages. This year was no exception! I have been feeling a stirring, not only in my own heart, but in the church, and among other pastors, Christians, and ministers.

I am hungry for Revival! Not a special service that we call Revival, and not a week long series of services that we call Revival. I am hungry for the trickling of God's rain that I have experienced already to become deep ocean waters, and for the WIND of the Holy Spirit to begin blowing so significantly that the waves begin to rise and the presence of God is powerful and undeniable!

When surfers go out to Catch A Wave, they will wait for and dream about the perfect wave. Can I tell you that once you've experienced even a small wave of the Holy Spirit, you wait for and you dream about the next one!!

One surfer said: "I have no control over the weather, I have no ability to produce a wave, the only thing I can control is where I am when the wave comes in."  Positioning yourself is everything!

Joel chapter 2 and Hosea 6 (along with other scriptures) both speak of the Holy Spirit being poured out on God's people in the "last days."  A wave WILL come in and I have to be properly positioned to experience this wave!

Because of the depth and seriousness of what God is stirring in our hearts, my Mother's Day message has turned into at least a 3 week series!

Revival is not just so we can be overwhelmed by His presence, but so that we would be so full of His presence that we would overflow and "leak" the power of God!  Don't you have friends and family that need to experience the power of God?? It has to start with us!

As we continue to prepare for this wave of the Holy Spirit, please join us the next couple of Sundays as we begin to recognize the SIGNS revealing our need for Revival!!

I don't want to sit on the beach.....I want to CATCH A WAVE!!!

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