Revival Conference 2007 - Harold Vaughn - Part 7

Pharisee camp or in the Sadducee camp or somewhere in between, there's room at the cross for us to repent. He's a wealthy businessman in London. He loved to do things for the poor children in the ghettos, so he got a bus load and he went to the ocean. He wanted the children to see the ocean. They frolicked and played and swam all day long, had a wonderful time. The end of the day came, they're on the bus, they're going home. The wealthy businessman went from seat to seat and talked to child to child about his experience on the first island, seeing the ocean. He found a little kid that had a half bottle full of ocean water and he asked the little boy, he said, well, what are you doing with this bottle of water? The little boy said, well, my mother has never seen the ocean either and I want my mom to see the ocean, so I'm taking the ocean water in this bottle. I want my mom to see it. And the businessman said, well, son, how come it's only half full? And the little boy said, I had to leave room for the tide to come in. I had to leave room for the tide to come in. And my brethren, we can make room for the tide to come in. Amen. You see, there's forgiveness with God that he might be feared. And brother, nobody's totally consistent and nobody's perfect in this life. And brother, I'm just telling you, we ought to make a stab at it, but nobody's totally consistent. We know that and that's what Calvary's all about. And brother, we're no farther from God than we are from our knees and kneeling at the foot of the cross. I'm telling you, Calvary is only a step away. And I believe that God's calling some of us in these days. I came here, I said to my wife, I said, honey, what do you want God to do for you at this conference? Because I want God to do something for me. Don't you want God to do something for you? Brother, here's the answer. Get honest. I mean, judgmentally honest. Get holy. Get humble. Get hot in your obedience. And by the grace of God, let's get our homes in order. And brother, we can have a return of the glory of God. I'll say this and I'm gonna quit. I don't believe that God's foreordained us to a lay of the sea and deadbeat church age where things are never going to get any better and we're going to go down the tubes from here on out. I wouldn't blame God for the circumstances today because that would be blaspheming his holy name to believe that God would cause and prefigure a bunch of deadbeats to look like us, to give us an excuse for being what we are. My friend, I want to tell you, we need to get away from our eschatological let-offs and our theological fatalisms. And we need to believe God for a better day because the church can came into existence in a burst of glory. I think the true church is going to go out on a blaze. And brother, I don't know whether the nation is going to turn back to God. I don't know about all of that, but I believe the churches can turn back to God. And I know that individuals can turn back to God. And if nobody else gets revived, I want to be revived. And brother, I want to get hotter rather than deader as I go along. And brother, I'm looking to believe in God for a better day. What about you, my friend? What about it? The prelude to Ichabod. The prelude to Ichabod. What happened before the glory departed? Brother, at all costs, at all costs, in God's name, we've got to have a touch of God. It's not a nice thing. It's a must thing. We've got to have a touch of God. I got in a meeting. I got in a meeting that God was in. It is good to get down every now and then. When God is in, three o'clock in the morning, I got up in the middle of the night, such a burden of prayer. Met a guy in the parking lot. Been up all night. That guy carried, he was a hidden spring. He carried that meeting. I said, brother, you go on home. I got the third shift. You know something? After that thing was over, I was so exhausted, emotionally, spiritually, intellectually spent. But I said, God, when I got there looking at those stars, I said, God, I'd rather die young than see revival, than live to be a hundred and never see the glory of God. And I hope there's a burning in your heart. I know you wouldn't be here if it wasn't. Oh, may God intense the flames. At all costs, man, don't lose that sense of the glory of God. And if the glory has departed in your heart and your home, by God's grace, you can get it back because he's shown us the way. We can't ignore the word of God, but we can obey and we can be blessed. Could we pray? Heads are bowed, eyes are closed. Before we pray, I got three questions. Number one, I wonder if there are men, husbands, fathers, grandfathers here in the house that would say, Harold, God has spoken to me clearly, specifically and afresh about my responsibilities as the leader in my home. I'm wondering if there are men, fathers, grandfathers that would say, Harold, I would appreciate if you would pray for me because God has spoken specifically to my heart about my duties as the leader of my home. And I'd like to be prayed for. I'd like for those men and only those men that God spoke to in a specific way who would like to be prayed for to quietly stand to your feet. And we're going to have a word of prayer right where you're at, just for those men that God spoke to in a specific, definite way. God bless you men. Before we pray, I wonder if there are women, mothers, grandmothers here. You feel a keen need of a fresh touch from God. I know not everybody's in a perfect situation. I know some people are in very difficult circumstances, but I'm wondering if there's some ladies here that say, Harold, I need a touch from God because I want my home to be a revival center and I don't want to be a hindrance man. I want to be in that place of blessing. God has spoken to my heart as a mother, as a wife, as a grandmother. I would like to be prayed for, that God would do something significant for me during these days. I have a need. Pray for me. Would you quietly, with heads bowed, rise to your feet and join these men that are already standing, if you'd like to be prayed for. Just those ladies that have a sense of need and would like specific prayer. May God bless you sisters. Now, before we pray, I got one more question.