On June 11, Pastor Bai Yu'e shared online from Psalm 9 about church revival. She talked about revival beginning with the hearts of all believers.
To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne. (Revelation 3:21)
Every Christian has built a relationship with God after being born again. So the beginning of faith is rebirth. Then the process is to build a church, which is the kingdom of God. The objective is for the king of one's life be the Lord, which was also the blueprint for revival. However, how to achieve this great blueprint? How does revival begin? The answer given by Pastor Bai was that it starts from the heart.
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. (Proverbs 4:23)
There were two routes to grow in faith, one by experiencing it with the heart, and the other with the mind. God has hidden these things from the wise and the learned, and revealed them to little children. If we want to experience His presence, richness, works and power, every brother and sister should be in awe in their hearts, as well as walk and feel in their heart. Some people use their minds to understand God's words, but how can our limited minds understand the infinite mysteries of God?
Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. 21 She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.” (Matthew 9:20 -21) How can such a great miracle be figured out with our mind? When the mind controls the brain, the heart gets better and better. But when the mind controls the heart, the heart gets worse and worse. Because God did not look on Cain and his offering with favor, Cain controlled his mind with his brain and killed his brother.
The Bible said that everything we do comes from our hearts. The heart can move or inspire a person in the family, workplace, society, or in any field. Therefore, when our hearts have been changed, we become changed people. Then the family changes, society changes, and the country changes, which eventually affects the entire world. So, the heart is very important to each of us for it can have a great influence.
The Lord says:” These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught. (Isaiah 29:13)
Revival begins with the heart. Many people want to be closer to God, but their hearts are far from Him. We should give the Lord our heart, walk only in His way, and then we will change. As the Psalm said:” Who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.” If we are not focused on Him, then we will easily fall.
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’(Mark 12:30)
What does Jesus ask of us? He asks for an unreserved heart. “Heart” appears 1245 times in the Old Testament and 693 times in the New Testament, which shows that it is very important. When we communicate with each other in the church, family, or workplace, we communicate with our hearts. It’s not about a specific thing or to get a specific benefit, and we also don't do it to get praise. Only when the foundation is built on love can the road become longer and wider. Jesus is a very good example.
What is the result of winning people's hearts with our hearts? Joy will be both given to us and people who are served. This is what the Lord says:” Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord. But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.” (Jeremiah 17:9-10) Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. (Galatians 6:7)
-Translated by Elaina Wu
白玉娥牧师谈教会复兴（九）
6月11日，白玉娥牧师在线上分享了教会复兴的第九篇。讲述了教会复兴的开始，乃是从众信徒的心开始。
得胜的，我要赐他在我宝座上与我同坐，就如我得了胜，在我父的宝座上与他同坐一般。(启示录 3:21 )
当每一位基督徒重生的时候就已经与神的国度有了关系，所以说信仰的起点是重生。建立教会，也就是神的国度在教会中，这是过程。最终的终点也是复兴的蓝图，就是与主同做王。而如何实现这一伟大的蓝图？教会的复兴又从何开始？白牧师给出的答案是从心开始。
你要保守你心，胜过保守一切，因为一生的果效是由心发出。(箴言 4:23 )
信仰的成长有两条路线，一条是心路历程用心走出来的道路，另一条是用我们的大脑走出来的道路。他向智慧通达的人就藏起来，向婴孩就显出来。每一个弟兄姊妹用心去敬畏，用心去走路，用心去感受，就一定会经历到神的同在、神的丰富、神的作为和神的大能。有的人却是用头脑去想神的话，我们有限的头脑，怎么能够理解神无穷的奥秘呢？
有一个女人，患了十二年的血漏，来到耶稣背后，摸他的衣裳繸子；因为她心里说：“我只摸他的衣裳，就必痊愈。”(马太福音 9:20-21 )如此奇妙的神迹如果单凭头脑来想又如何想得通。该隐用脑控制了心，因为自己的献祭不被神所悦纳，便将自己的兄弟杀害了。
圣经说我们一生的果效是由心而发出来，能够感动或感召一个人，绝对是用自己的真心，无论在家庭、职场还是社会，在任何的领域。所以说当我们的心变了，我们人就变了，人变了家就变了，家变了社会就变了，带动国家也改变了，最终会影响整个世界，所以真心对我们每一个人来说都是非常重要，因为心能够产生巨大的影响力。
主说：因为这百姓亲近我，用嘴唇尊敬我，心却远离我；他们敬畏我，不过是领受人的吩咐。(以赛亚书 29:13 )
复兴是从人的心开始的，很多的人亲近神，心却远离神。我们当用心给主，眼目只喜欢他的道路，宁可吃亏也不更改。像诗篇所言，不放债取利，不受贿赂以害无辜。行这些事的人必永不动摇。如果不是在神面前以神为中心，就会容易跌倒。
你要尽心、尽性、尽意、尽力爱主－你的神。’(马可福音 12:30)
耶稣今天向我们索要的是什么呢？就是毫无保留的心。关于这个心，在旧约圣经里面出现了1245次，在新约出现了693次，可见我们的心是十分重要的。我们在教会、家庭、职场，都需要学会以心交心。交心不是为了某一件事、某一个利益，我们不是要做事给别人看的。根基只有建立在爱的基础上，路才会走的越走越长，越走越宽，我们的心才会越走越近。耶稣给我们留下一个非常好的榜样，因为耶稣就得着了门徒的心。
以心得心的结果是什么呢？就是在服侍的人中享受，被服侍的人也享受。靠人血肉的膀臂，心中离弃耶和华的那人有祸了，依靠耶和华以耶和华为可靠的那人有福了，因为人心比万物都诡诈，坏到极处，谁能识透呢？我－耶和华是鉴察人心、试验人肺腑的，要照各人所行的和他作事的结果报应他。(耶利米书 17:9-10 ) 我们在神面前送什么，将来就收什么，我们的神实在是轻慢不得。
On June 11, Pastor Bai Yu'e shared online from Psalm 9 about church revival. She talked about revival beginning with the hearts of all believers.
To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne. (Revelation 3:21)
Every Christian has built a relationship with God after being born again. So the beginning of faith is rebirth. Then the process is to build a church, which is the kingdom of God. The objective is for the king of one's life be the Lord, which was also the blueprint for revival. However, how to achieve this great blueprint? How does revival begin? The answer given by Pastor Bai was that it starts from the heart.
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. (Proverbs 4:23)
There were two routes to grow in faith, one by experiencing it with the heart, and the other with the mind. God has hidden these things from the wise and the learned, and revealed them to little children. If we want to experience His presence, richness, works and power, every brother and sister should be in awe in their hearts, as well as walk and feel in their heart. Some people use their minds to understand God's words, but how can our limited minds understand the infinite mysteries of God?
Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. 21 She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.” (Matthew 9:20 -21) How can such a great miracle be figured out with our mind? When the mind controls the brain, the heart gets better and better. But when the mind controls the heart, the heart gets worse and worse. Because God did not look on Cain and his offering with favor, Cain controlled his mind with his brain and killed his brother.
The Bible said that everything we do comes from our hearts. The heart can move or inspire a person in the family, workplace, society, or in any field. Therefore, when our hearts have been changed, we become changed people. Then the family changes, society changes, and the country changes, which eventually affects the entire world. So, the heart is very important to each of us for it can have a great influence.
The Lord says:” These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught. (Isaiah 29:13)
Revival begins with the heart. Many people want to be closer to God, but their hearts are far from Him. We should give the Lord our heart, walk only in His way, and then we will change. As the Psalm said:” Who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.” If we are not focused on Him, then we will easily fall.
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’(Mark 12:30)
What does Jesus ask of us? He asks for an unreserved heart. “Heart” appears 1245 times in the Old Testament and 693 times in the New Testament, which shows that it is very important. When we communicate with each other in the church, family, or workplace, we communicate with our hearts. It’s not about a specific thing or to get a specific benefit, and we also don't do it to get praise. Only when the foundation is built on love can the road become longer and wider. Jesus is a very good example.
What is the result of winning people's hearts with our hearts? Joy will be both given to us and people who are served. This is what the Lord says:” Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord. But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.” (Jeremiah 17:9-10) Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. (Galatians 6:7)
-Translated by Elaina Wu
Pastor: Church Revival Begins with the Heart
