One of the core values NDC shapes it’s mission around is revival.  Revival is breathing life into something that is dead.  For us, this concept is a major thrust of what we are called to do.

Jesus came into a culture that had been dominated by religious people and religious thinking to the degree that most had an appearance of godliness but were devoid of any power.  Pharisees, scholars, and people’s fixation on the affairs of life led people into the practice of routines that seemingly stemmed from the law. However, those people were robbed of ever making a significant spiritual connection to what they were practicing.  I wonder how close our society resembles that one Jesus stepped into?  So many in our world go through religious routines but have no sense of the power of God, but we are the hope of glory and our mission is to make that connection for them.  It is upon us to be the bridge that joins the dead hearts of men to the vibrant Holy Spirit that causes life to flow back into to them, or as King Jame’s bible says….”quickens them.”   We owe our society an encounter with a living God.   Our father wants a relationship with His people and we get the privilege of brokering that connection for them.  Our focus has to be revival, whether we are a professor, a businessman, a principle, a teacher, a homemaker; whether we are married or single, our constant aim is revival.  Churches across the globe have done some form of marketing but history has proven that people give birth to people.  Physically and spiritually this is true.  I encourage every one of you to be a living walking revival.  Make revival a focus, look for places to release the life of God, build a culture of revival in your world.  Our world doesn’t need another gimmick, or more dead traditions, our world needs revival.  Determine to make yourself one who is a conduit of this precious revival.

This week is a Hosanna Week so we will all be together.  The weather forecast is good so please press to be in the celebration.  We love Hosanna Sundays because we get to see everyone together and it is so fun!