Sermon
God's Wake-Up Call
Bellevue Baptist Church
Speaker: Steve Gaines
August 3, 2014 · 35 min
Summary
Joel's call to Judah to awaken from spiritual slumber applies to modern America, which the preacher argues has slept for 40 years since the 1950s. God demands repentance through fasting, weeping, and mourning—starting with church leadership—and promises to restore the nation if it turns back to Him with a sincere heart.
Highlights
We can't just keep on doing the same old things and expect revival. We need fasting, weeping, and mourning, and asking God to forgive.
If we could have some men who would stand in the pulpits and be more afraid of God than they are of their congregations, we could have revival in our country.
God is not asking you to wake up. God's saying, 'Do it or else I'll give you over to my wrath.'