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A Call for revival · UCT Youth Daily Devotion

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  Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and welcome to another episode
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  of the United Church of Tonga Youth Devotion.
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  Our Bible passage for today is taken from 2 Chronicles 7, verse 14.
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  It says, if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray
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  and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways,
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  then I will hear from heaven,
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  and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
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  The theme is a call for revival.
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  The book of 2 Chronicles is a guidebook for revival.
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  As we read through it, we learn about spiritual awakenings that happened one
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  after another. In this time and age, we hear so much about the word revival.
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  But what does it really mean?
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  Revival is an improvement in something or someone's condition, strength or fortune.
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  Revival is needed individually and in the church today.
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  Today's passage is God's spoken words to King Solomon, a message to the people of Israel.
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  It is a call for revival.
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  To revive God's people, they needed to do three things.
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  One, to humble themselves and pray.
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  Two, to seek God's face. And three, to turn away from their wicked ways.
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  When God's people do this, the Lord says, then he will hear from heaven and do two things.
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  One, he will forgive their sin, and two, he will heal their land.
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  We see here how revival must happen for the nation's awakening.
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  When a nation is awakened, many people are aware of their need for God's salvation.
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  We see multitudes come to Christ because he draws them to himself.
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  But for this kind of movement to take place, God tells King Solomon that my
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  people who are called by my name must go through revival.
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  They must humble themselves and pray.
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  Humility is knowing who God is.
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  He is holy and all-powerful. We are, on the other hand, a sinful people.
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  Humility is knowing that we only exist because of God.
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  With that knowledge, we pray without ceasing and turn away from our wicked ways.
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  We seek God's face daily.
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  We cannot serve two masters.
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  We must let go of our sinful ways and humble ourselves before God.
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  We see so much darkness in this world.
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  Sin is increasing. It is getting worse.
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  But what do we do about this as God's children?
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  The answer is found in today's passage. We need revival in our individual lives and in the church.
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  When genuine revival occurs individually and collectively, it flows out to the rest of the community.
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  People will see this light and want the same for themselves.
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  Let us allow the Holy Spirit to come in and revive us and his church today. Let us pray.
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  Dear Lord Jesus, here I am. I humbly come to you today.
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  Revive me. Please give me the desire to seek your face daily and turn away from my wicked ways.
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  Let it be for our church too.
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  In your holy name I pray. Amen.