Title: IF WE REPENT THEN HE WILL RELENT
If, then: A conditional clause that reaps a promised consequence.
"God may be waiting on your response before He acts on your behalf"
Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:14-15 "If My people, who are called by My name, humble themselves, pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways then I will hear from Heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. My eyes will now be open and My ears attentive to prayer from this place. "
POINT #1: WE HAVE TO START INWARD, before WE CAN LOOK OUTWARD
Matthew 7- Do not judge...
John 8- You without sin, you cast the first stone
Luke 6- Remove the plank from your own eye
1Peter 5:8- "Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at your proper time"
POINT # 2: WE MIGHT HAVE TO FALL DOWN BEFORE WE CAN STAND BACK UP
"If the church is to advance, it will advance on its knees". Author unknown.
POINT #3: GOD IS OUR SOLUTION. SOLUTIONS ARE NOT OUR SOLUTION
"Seek more of His face and less of His hand"
Psalm 27:8- "When you said, "Seek My face" my heart said to You, "Your face Lord will I seek"
"Our goal is to make MOST of Jesus, so that He can make MUCH of us"