Rev.3:3 “Remember, therefore how you have received and heard obey it and repent.” The idea of repentance is a foreign one to many in our day and time. People seem to have the opinion that whatever they want to do is just fine and should be accepted by everyone. God is not obliged to accept the things you do! When there is sin in the life of an individual, there must be repentance before there can be restoration and revival.

The same is true for the church. When a church has allowed itself to be lulled into a state of slumber, their only hope is to repent! What does it mean to repent? It means that we come to a place where we experience a change of mind about our sins that result in a change of direction. We turn from our sins and we turn toward God. Repentance is a change of mind that result in a change of action! How long has it been since we as individuals and we as a church have repented before the Lord for our laziness, our complacency, our apathy, our wickedness, our look warm condition and our deadness, etc?