The Fourth Generation

Based from a revival service preached by Sis. Nancy Renner--

"The first generation grew; the second, peaked; the third, declined. Then there's the fourth generation. The fourth generation had revival."

"The second generation served the God of their fathers. They were never dedicated to their parents' God, they were never dedicated to their lifestyle. If you want to live for God, you've got to do it for yourself."

"The third generations of Israel served other idols. You've got to have more than what mom or dad had. You've got to have you're own experience with God. That experience has got to come from the heart. Israel's third generation had no experience with God. Their parents had served the God of their parents. They didn't pass down the dedication. The third generation rationalized everything--the more you rationalize, the farther you get from God."

"The fourth generation is a generation of revival. It is a personal, dedicated life to God. Only you can make the choice. Only you can be what God wants you to be, what He created you to be."

"We make the time to have fun, to do what we need to do, but when it comes to the church, we limit our availability. The church should never be last on your list." God, wanting His presence in your life, working for Him, should be first. "Make sure you have your priorities straight in your heart. Want to be at church, long to be in His presence. The first priority of your life should be to put God first and bring the lost to Him. Have an experience with God that will never leave you alone. Be dedicated to your lifestyle, not your mom's or your dad's. We have got to have a relationship, if we don't have it, we won't make it. The only thing that's important is what God wants us to be. We'll either be what God wants us to be, or we'll be what we want to be."

Without our own experience, something to fall back on when we're going through a storm, we will doubt God has ever been there for us. With our own, personal experience with God, we will not be able to doubt Him, because we'll doubt our doubt.

Get an experience, trust me, it's a good thing to have. When the relationship with God falters, the experience is there to remind you--He. Will. Never. Falter.

We've got to be the fourth generation. We've got to have an experience with God SO strong that we pass the experience down to our kids, and they pass it on to theirs, and them to theirs. We've got to have revival, we have to BE the revival.