Revive Me O Lord

Sunday, 30 December 2007 - Posted by Pastor Mario

The Lord has led us to make the subject of revival our yearly theme for 2008. Revive Me O Lord is our YEARLY theme statement. The word ‘revive’ means: renewed life, refresh, surge of energy, to awaken from an inactive state. In order to be revived there must be life, for example you can revive from your sleep if you have life (YOUR HEART IS STILL PUMPING BLOOD) otherwise if you were dead & you revived (CAME TO LIFE) that would be a resurrection. Therefore only a Christian can be revived because He/She has the life of the Holy Spirit within them – Romans 8:9.

Our country is in need of revival: a national revival begins with personal revival with the people of God. It is our prayer and desire that God will do a work of revival within our lives that will in turn affect the whole church & ultimately affect our country.

As we follow this theme this year with emphasis & in our teaching, we will endeavour to help you to experience personal revival in your life. This will ultimately result in more souls saved for the glory of God. Effective evangelism is not revival; it is the predominant fruit of a spiritual revival.

Join us at Metropolitan Baptist Church this year & grow with us as we look to the Lord to “revive us again that thy people might rejoice in thee” – Psalm 85:6.

Did you know?

Missions has always played a major role in the life of Metro with the first Missions Conference in 1975 raising over $7000 for the cause of Christ and missions.

Metropolitan Baptist Church has a theme in 2008 as a church family. It is "Revive Me O Lord".

Church Goals for 2008
  1. Teach Scripture Classes in public schools – Mark 10:14
  2. Maximize special monthly events (Big Days) – Revelation 3:7
  3. Train more Life Stage teachers – 2 Timothy 2:2
  4. Prayer Meeting for Revival & Soul-winning – 2 Chronicles 7:14
  5. Bible College Ministry - raise further financial support – Phil 4:15-19
  6. Update and approve new church constitution – Jude v.3
  7. Church growth spiritually & numerically – John 15:1-16
Church family member goals
  1. Personal revival in each of our lives – Psalm 85:6
  2. Read the whole bible in a year, 1 Proverb & 2 Psalms per day – Joshua 1:8
  3. Win & disciple one - Matthew 28:18-20
  4. Increase our faith in missions giving – 2 Corinthians 8&9
  5. Fast & pray once a month for national revival – Mark 9:29

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