What if we were genuinely thirsty for revival? Have you ever searched the Bible for the word Revival? Is revival something God desires? The answer is no…at least not in the strictest sense of the word. God would rather you stay vived…than needing to be re-vived! However, God does call His people back to himself…and when He does…what does He call them back to? What is revival? Have you ever experienced it? Could you define it? Would you know it according to God’s word? I hear people who say that they are pressing in after God’s heart as an expression of revival. People call for fire, for anointing, for signs and wonders…here is the good news…God does that stuff…praise God! here is the bad news…that is not the heart of God. God’s heart is and has always been about people.

Intimidation is about making you afraid. It is not fear…it leads to fear. Here are just a few definitions of intimidation: to make timid or to fill with fear, to frighten; to compel by threats, to frighten into submission. A few synonyms are: bulldoze, bully, or browbeat. To intimidate implies causing fear or a sense of inferiority into another...to break the spirit of a person, to cause to someone lose courage… Intimidation uses threats, insults, or aggressive behavior, or to treat someone with contempt.

I believe that most of us understand the concept of having giants in our lives. Giants are those things that are large in our eyes. From time to time we encounter giants. Maybe it is the giant of disease, of finances…or the lack thereof, maybe it is the giant of family problems, or relationship problems…whether it is the in the work place, in the marriage, in school or elsewhere…or maybe the giant of insecurity, or the giant of insignificance (do I really matter…am I important?) giant of low self-esteem, . Maybe you are facing a different kind of GIANT. It takes courage to face these giants…in fact as followers of Christ we are to do more than face the giants…we are to defeat them! We are over-comers…we are more than conquerors

This morning…I am excited to answer the questions…WHY? Why do we have a building? Why do we have a pastor? Why do we have elders? Why do we have teachers? Why do we have children’s ministries, youth ministries, adult ministries? Why do we have outreach events? Why, why, why? WHY EQUIP?

Why? Why is such a big word? It is one of the first words that kids learn that shapes their world. That one question causes us to grow more than any other question. This series is answer some basic “WHY” questions. The first question is WHY JESUS?