All the Pieces: Embracing the Process of Revival
March 24, 2024      |     By: Jonathan Brickley      |      Category: Sermons      |      Location: El Dorado
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Jonathan addresses unity in the church as revealed through the “songs of ascent” in Psalm 120-134, especially chapters 132 and 133.  As a body, we must go through Psalm 132 to GET to the unity described in Psalm 133.  And how do we do that?  Duncan Cambell says, “… When we come to an end of ourselves, we can reach the beginning of God.”

1 Kings 8:35-36 (NIV)
35 “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them,
36 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.

1 Kings 18 (NIV)

The process in preparation for revival

“I believe we are not going to see the movement we long for, and streams from the river of God, until Christian men and women cry out to God, “oh, handle the last piece!” If the fire is to fall, the last piece must be handled. The truth about the Holy Spirit is discoverable and verifiable only by submission to his power…When we come to an end of ourselves, we can reach the beginning of God.”
- Duncan Campbell

Making us fit vessels, a baptism of cleansing


Unity declared
Unity described
Psalm 133:1-3 (NIV)
1 How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!
2 It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron’s beard, down on the collar of his robe.
3 It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the Lord bestows his blessing, even life forevermore.

14th of the 15 “songs of ascent”  (Psalm 120-134)
Song as pilgrims traveled up to Jerusalem for worship at the temple

Psalm 132:13-18 (NIV)
13 For the Lord has chosen Zion, he has desired it for his dwelling, saying,
14 “This is my resting place for ever and ever; here I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it.
15 I will bless her with abundant provisions; her poor I will satisfy with food.
16 I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her faithful people will ever sing for joy.
17 “Here I will make a horn grow for David and set up a lamp for my anointed one.
18 I will clothe his enemies with shame, but his head will be adorned with a radiant crown.”

Seven characteristics of the church life
1) God, enthroned, dwelling and resting
2) Abundant provisions of food
3) Glorious clothing
4) Songs of joy
5) A horn of victory
6) Enlightening lamp
7) A shining crown - rule

From start to finish, God is in enthroned & ruling in his church

Ephesians 4:3-7 (NIV)
3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;
5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
7 But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.

Jehovah Rapha =  our healer, the God who heals

Our past relational wounding often produces present reactions and thinking and protective mechanisms to protect our self

Primary pain produces secondary problems

The essence of original sin is my claim to my right to myself
Consecration is my relinquishing of that right

Colossians 1:15-20 (NIV)
15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.
17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.
19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,
20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

High Christology promotes high unity