Team Revivalist

“All these things point to one conclusion, God is for us! Who can prevail against us?”
— Romans 8:31

Mike Bickle gives perspective on the manifestations of the Spirit at IHOP–KC

Three perspectives

1. We want the Holy Spirit to touch people in a genuine way (authentic), some of it is fake but we allow it so that we don’t shut down the genuine
2. Manifesting distracts you from connecting with God if you are just doing it based on a previous experience (Mike calls is auto-manifest)
3. Having a manifestation culture distracts others around you

Five values

1. Focus and connect on Jesus
2. Genuineness (what the Holy Spirit believes)
3. Don’t draw attention to ourselves but to Jesus
4. Liberty
5. Sensitivity to other people
   
   http://mikebickle.org/resources/resource/3131

God brings revelation in response to our hunger

God brings revelation in response to our hunger.

Deuteronomy 8:2-3 
And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.

(Source: biblegateway.com)

who i am in christ

strengthening yourself in the Lord

1. Remember the presence of God and what it is to worship.
   Sometimes when you are under a cloud, go to a place and worship God with reckless abandon and demonstrate radical rejoicing. Rejoice when the affliction is there. David was a man after Gods heart.
2. Review the promises of God. 3x5 cards, promises for your life are like a rudder. Don’t get blown of course. Treasure the word of the Lords spoken over your life, don’t despise the words over your life. If you want to make it through difficult times, don’t forget the promise. Don’t operate out of fear, envy, jealousy. Let the Lord speak into your heart.
3. Find people of faith to hang around. These are lifestyles, not just for hard times. Serve everyone but in relationships where it’s give and receive, choose carefully. I have enough of a challenge to walk in faith without hanging around depressing people and receiving from them. I’m fragile, I can easily get discouraged.
   
   David strengthens himself in the Lord. Leaders help others to see their higher calling and to be overcomers. The back door to the throne room, 2 Samuel 30.
   
   We all face difficulties, our metal is proven in those moments. Obey God, be honest with how you feel.
   
   

2 Corinthians 3 NLT

¹ Are we beginning to praise ourselves again? Are we like others, who need to bring you letters of recommendation, or who ask you to write such letters on their behalf? Surely not! ² The only letter of recommendation we need is you yourselves. Your lives are a letter written in our hearts; everyone can read it and recognize our good work among you. ³ Clearly, you are a letter from Christ showing the result of our ministry among you. This “letter” is written not with pen and ink, but with the Spirit of the living God. It is carved not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts.

 ⁴ We are confident of all this because of our great trust in God through Christ. ⁵ It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God. ⁶ He has enabled us to be ministers of his new covenant. This is a covenant not of written laws, but of the Spirit. The old written covenant ends in death; but under the new covenant, the Spirit gives life.

The Glory of the New Covenant

 ⁷ The old way, with laws etched in stone, led to death, though it began with such glory that the people of Israel could not bear to look at Moses’ face. For his face shone with the glory of God, even though the brightness was already fading away. ⁸ Shouldn’t we expect far greater glory under the new way, now that the Holy Spirit is giving life? ⁹ If the old way, which brings condemnation, was glorious, how much more glorious is the new way, which makes us right with God! ¹⁰ In fact, that first glory was not glorious at all compared with the overwhelming glory of the new way. ¹¹ So if the old way, which has been replaced, was glorious, how much more glorious is the new, which remains forever!

 ¹² Since this new way gives us such confidence, we can be very bold. ¹³ We are not like Moses, who put a veil over his face so the people of Israel would not see the glory, even though it was destined to fade away. ¹⁴ But the people’s minds were hardened, and to this day whenever the old covenant is being read, the same veil covers their minds so they cannot understand the truth. And this veil can be removed only by believing in Christ. ¹⁵ Yes, even today when they read Moses’ writings, their hearts are covered with that veil, and they do not understand.

 ¹⁶ But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. ¹⁷ For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. ¹⁸ So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.

(Source: biblegateway.com)