Yashira Photo by Cameron Nunez. With the amount of music available, attention spans are shorter. People want instant gratification. That being said, there are positives to the Jacksonville scene. Phill Newton plays in a melodic black metal band, The Noctambulant , and a German oompah band. Photo by Mark Pariani. Any style of music, anywhere in the world, is available right at your fingertips. Anyone can create a Bandcamp or a YouTube account to share their music. You can teach yourself to play any instrument with the amount of tutorials online.
A band can go on Facebook, invite all their friends to a show, who invite their friends, who invite friends of friends, and so on until a crazy amount of people know about the show. After salvation, the first tactic of the enemy is to distract you with the cares of this life or busyness of new ministry or even a religious lifestyle. We can become weighed down with the cares of life, rituals of religion, even ministry, and we soon find ourselves just going through the motions - thereby losing our first love.
It's then that we no longer experience the joy of serving Christ. True revival that is initiated by the Holy Spirit will always bring repentance and humility to the heart of a true believer, which helps restore that first love, passion and intimacy towards Christ. Repentance and humility must precede revival. Revelation talks about the problem of compromise with the world and incorporating worldly values into our belief systems. Revival helps us to rightly discern what values we should hold.
Matthew discusses the problem of tolerating false teaching in our churches. We need to examine the fruits that we bear and compare them to the message of the Bible.
Revival helps us to discern the truth. Revelation describes a dead church, a church that goes through the motions outwardly, but there is nothing underneath; there is no intimacy. Here is a picture of nominal Christianity, outwardly prosperous, busy with the externals of religious activity, but devoid of spiritual life and power. Revival helps to resuscitate spiritual life. In Revelation , we are further warned against spiritual complacency, a life that does not bear fruit.
True Holy Spirit inspired revival will always bear great fruit in the life of the believer. The true outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon believers and non-believers alike will change lives!
The non-believer comes and is delivered from sin and guilt, and the believer will always move passionately closer toward living a righteous life under the conviction of the Holy Spirit. After a year of well-received online webinars, we are excited to offer a new hybrid option for our Conference. Join us in-person in Orlando, Florida OR online. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change and the mountains shake. Four large group sessions will focus on a particular shift:.
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We help you put money to work in ways that benefit you most and achieve your most precious priorities. Directing your finances with purpose, chaos becomes order, financial peace is possible and the life you imagine comes within reach. Whether you require comprehensive financial oversight, a financial plan, professional investment management, or just advice around a specific financial question, we can help.
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