Revive Recap May 25'
A message from Pastor Derik
Rain, Rain, and More Rain
It seems the more we talk about it, the more it keeps coming. At the time of this writing, it has rained for almost a week straight. So if talking about physical rain seems to bring more of it, I’m going to start talking even more about the spiritual rain that God is pouring out.
I believe we are truly entering the season I wrote about in the last letter, and I want to go even deeper this time. Revival rain is a partnership. God pours out greater blessings on those who are both positioned for it and asking for it.
Let’s start with positioning. There’s a clear theme in Scripture: God does not allow us to be tempted beyond what we can handle, nor does He give us more than we are prepared to manage. In other words, if we haven’t positioned ourselves by being faithful with what He’s already given us, we won’t be ready for greater outpourings.
I believe God wants His children to hunger for revival and to establish daily encounters with Him—through prayer, thanksgiving, fasting, Bible reading, meditation, and more. In these daily moments, we deepen our relationship with Him and strengthen ourselves to carry more of His anointing.
So let’s make it a point to seek the Lord. The Bible says when we do, we will find Him—and He will show us great and mighty things we do not know.
The second key is asking. James writes, “You have not because you ask not, or because you ask with the wrong motives.” Sometimes the reason we’re not seeing the outpouring of God in our lives is simply because we haven’t made the request—or we’re asking with selfish motives.
As we continue to seek God’s face and pray for revival, it will open the door for God to pour out blessings we cannot contain. This is the true nature of revival. When someone says “yes” to God’s call on their life, the potential in that yes is greater than we can imagine.
So let’s pursue Him with everything we have. The Bible says: Seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened, ask and you will receive.
This truth was made evident this past Easter. We saw a record attendance of just under 350 people. We had to pull out extra chairs during service because people just kept coming in. That is revival. That is God moving.
Please continue to pray with me that God’s anointing would increase and that our hunger for Him would grow even deeper.
Let’s make May 2025 the most powerful month Revive Church has ever seen.
God Bless,
Derik Kerber
Lead Pastor
Revive Church
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"Change Lives, Reach the Next Generation, & Impact the Culture for Jesus"
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MONTHLY LOOK BACK
Revive Church had a fabulous growth month during the month of April. We had 16 new people attend the services. 22 individuals accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior and 5 people re-dedicated their life to Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:17 ( NLT) “This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!”
Look and See How God is Moving
When I was nine years old, my amazing loving dad took me on a long walk that changed my life forever. I knew that my dad had changed because for the first time, he had a spark in his eyes and he was so peaceful. My dad gently took my hand that day and asked me if I wanted my life to change. I knew I wanted what he had because my life did not have the peace I saw in his life. His dad's heart was so full of unconditional love that his daughter was going to experience the greatest gift of all that his eyes couldn't hold back the tears! We both cried together with joy and excitement! We both knew that day that my heart would belong to a different man other than my dad. Yes, I was a daddy's girl, true and blue! This man was Jesus. That day became a journey that showed that little girl that the man she entrusted her heart to was the deepest unconditional love that she has ever done. I would discover his protection, faithfulness and a love that continues to love me even when the world and my own choices try to grab my heart.
There were many things that I allowed in my life that were traps from the enemy. Please understand that the enemy has no power in my life unless I agree to the lie that he told me. Once I agreed to his lie, it produced an agreement that put me in bondage that of course, my loving Jesus rescued me from every time! There were many lies I believed about myself that produced death in my life. The first one was my identity! I believed that I was useless, dumb and worthless. I had someone in my life at the time that told me this lie all the time. I also had a learning disability that confirmed the lie . I really wasn’t dumb, but I couldn’t read! Being a nine year old and having a person telling you that you were dumb and stupid everyday, I believe that lie! Many times I cried out to God and many times he would speak the truth to me. I would get victory and freedom for a short time and then believe the lie again! Until one day I decided to really break free from this once and for all! I decided to get in the word and speak what God said about me in the mirror over and over again! At first it was hard! It got easier as I heard it, said it, and I watched myself in the mirror as I said it to myself! Then I spend time alone with God. Quiet time and waited until he gave me something to write down about myself. He did! Sometimes it was a picture and another time it was one word or a phrase. As I listened to the truth God was saying about me, the lie was broken off me! I knew from that day forward I wasn’t going to be used as a garbage dump for the enemy’s lies again! I had God’s authority to believe in who I really was! His child!
The second lie was something I let in! I was a teenager! My friends and I loved to go see horror movies! We liked the feeling of getting scared all the time! I didn’t realize that I was opening the door to a spirit of fear in my life! It was not a big deal at first! But it turned into a fear that gripped me as I got older! That fear took over my life in every way! It got into my relationships and even started to affect my children! That is where I put my foot down and said that is enough!! I will not allow this to spread to my children! First, I asked God where it came from and he showed me where I opened the door to horror movies! I asked God to forgive me for opening the door. Then I got into the word and looked up scripture on perfect love and peace! I then went to a service at our church where I had people I trusted at the time to agree in prayer with me to have this off me and my family completely! God delivered me right there! That agreement broke that thing off me! God gave me the desire to be delivered and he loved me so much, he rescued me from the things I put myself in! He is always there to pick me up when I fall and brush me off and encourage me to keep running the good fight of faith! He is gentle and loving and always holds me up even when I walk the wrong way! The love of my life still holds my heart and is faithful to me always! I gave my heart to him when I was nine and he has always proved to me to be trustworthy! He is the lover of my soul!
Joanne Piontek
