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Podcast Revival

The Revival Fellowship

Podcast Revival aims to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ to people all around the world through inspiring talks from speakers of diverse backgrounds and nationalities. The podcast includes messages that offer instructions for salvation and encourage listeners to live a life in obedience to God.

You will hear speakers from various countries that share their personal experiences and insights from the Word of God, providing a truthful perspective on Christian life. Listeners can expect to hear stories of transformation and hope, along with practical tips and guidance for living a life that is grounded in the teachings of the Bible.

The podcast features topics such as salvation, miracles, faith, and the second coming of Jesus Christ, providing an experienced understanding of what it means to follow God. Listeners can also expect to hear readings from the Bible and discussions on how to apply biblical principles to everyday life.

Overall, Podcast Revival is a valuable resource for anyone seeking to have a relationship with God and grow in their understanding of the Christian faith and how to walk in the Spirit.

Romans 10 v 17
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

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#840
Monday · 25 min
Things Learned But Not Yet Mastered - Sam Pearce
Title: Things Learned But Not Yet Mastered Speaker: Sam Pearce Date: 13th September 2026 Location: Adelaide, Australia Summary Some lessons take years to learn, and you can still be a long way from mastering them. This episode works through three things learned but not mastered: what hospitality actually asks of us, why Jesus dealt with sin before sickness, and how to handle change in a church you love. Hospitality is pulled away from the image of a grand dinner party and put somewhere plainer: noticing a need and doing something practical about it. The example given is a woman with very little to spare who had already put her own money towards medical care for someone she knew and was out looking for a tent for a person with nowhere to sleep. From there the talk turns to Luke 5, where a man is lowered through a roof to be healed and is forgiven first, which raises an uncomfortable question about whether our urgent list and God's are the same list. The closing section is about change, and it is the most personal. Daniel is told that God changes the times and the seasons. Isaiah 43 tells a people defined by one great miracle not to live only in it, because God intends to do a new thing. And a church, it turns out, is more cruise ship than speedboat. Key Points Hospitality is less about hosting something impressive and more about spotting a need and doing something practical about it. Carrying each other's burdens is presented as basic to Christian life, not an optional extra for people with spare time. The Good Samaritan is held up as the model: unglamorous help, done quietly, usually seen by nobody but the person receiving it. A real example makes it concrete, of someone with little to spare paying towards another person's care and then hunting for a tent for someone with nowhere to sleep. In Luke 5 the forgiveness comes before the healing, which suggests our sense of what is urgent and God's may not line up. For anyone unsettled by change, Daniel is given the reassurance that God is the one who changes times and seasons and sets up and removes kings. Isaiah 43 warns a people against living only in a past miracle, because a new thing is being promised ahead of them. A church behaves more like a cruise ship than a speedboat: slow to turn, but stable and able to carry everyone. If you want the direction changed, go to the wheelhouse rather than shouting from the top deck. Reference Scriptures Galatians 6:2 Romans 12:13 Hebrews 13:2 Luke 5:18-20 Luke 5:22-23 Daniel 2:19-21 Isaiah 43:15-19 Listen to the entire Podcast Revival library by visiting https://podcastrevival.com The Revival Fellowship is a Bible-directed, Spirit-filled Church and we welcome visitors to our meetings at any of our locations worldwide. To find your nearest venue visit https://therevivalfellowship.com © 2026 The Revival Fellowship. All Rights Reserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#839
August 24 · 34 min
The Tower of Babel - Pastor John Van De Giessen
Title: The Tower of Babel Speaker: Pastor John Van De Giessen Date: 16th August 2026 Location: Adelaide, Australia Summary "Sometimes the problem isn't what you're building. The problem is the foundation you're building it on." The Tower of Babel is one of those Old Testament accounts that is easy to skim past, so this episode slows down and looks at what actually happened on the plain of Shinar. A group of people with one language, real skill and genuine unity set out to build a city and a tower. They made bricks from clay and used natural tar for mortar, and the engineering was remarkable for the time. The problem was never their ability. It was their intent, because they wanted to make a name for themselves. From there the focus shifts closer to home. Life fills up fast with study, work, a mortgage and family, and it becomes easy to keep putting God off until things settle down. The caution is direct: the greatest tragedy is not building something that collapses, but building something that succeeds and discovering at the end that God was never in it. The episode closes by setting Babel beside Pentecost. At Babel people built upward and were scattered. At Pentecost God came down, filled people with the Holy Spirit and gathered the nations back together. Key Points One language and real engineering skill gave the people on the plain of Shinar genuine unity, but that unity was pointed away from God's purpose. The tower was never really about height. It was about making a name for themselves, and the intent behind it is what God responded to. What you are building matters less than the foundation you are building it on. Busyness will always find you. Study, career, a house and a family can quietly become reasons to postpone God indefinitely. The greatest tragedy is not a project that collapses, but one that succeeds while God was never part of it. Checking in on one another is the brick and mortar of a church, and nobody needs to wait for someone in leadership to make the call or the visit. Babel and Pentecost mirror each other: people build upward and are scattered, God comes down and gathers the nations together. Anything built without God ends up a monument to itself rather than a testimony to him. Reference Scriptures Genesis 11:1-4 Genesis 11:6-9 Psalm 127:1 Acts 2:1-5 Listen to the entire Podcast Revival library by visiting https://podcastrevival.com The Revival Fellowship is a Bible-directed, Spirit-filled Church and we welcome visitors to our meetings at any of our locations worldwide. To find your nearest venue visit https://therevivalfellowship.com © 2026 The Revival Fellowship. All Rights Reserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#838
August 20 · 39 min
Seeing Things That Are Invisible - Pastor David Kschammer
Title: Seeing Things That Are Invisible Speaker: Pastor David Kschammer Date: 21st June 2026 Location: Adelaide, Australia Summary: "How can you take your eyes off something that you can't see?" That question opens an episode built around a single line in 2 Corinthians 4: we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. Seeing things that are invisible sounds like a contradiction, and the episode sets out to show why it isn't. Much of the ground covered here is ordinary. People say seeing is believing, then trust a great deal they have never laid eyes on. Scientists depend on instruments, calibration and mathematics rather than direct sight. Atoms were accepted long before anyone could observe one. Thoughts, love, patience and, as the episode wryly points out, stupidity are all invisible and all plainly real, known by their effects rather than their appearance. From there it turns to Hebrews 11 and Moses, who endured as seeing him who is invisible, and to Elisha at Dothan, surrounded by an enemy army yet completely calm because he was certain of horses and chariots of fire he may never have seen himself. The closing point is a practical one. Faith here is not blind. It is persuasion built on evidence: answered prayer, changed lives and what God has already shown. Key Points: Looking at what cannot be seen is not a contradiction. The claim is that the unseen things are the lasting ones, and the visible ones are temporary. Seeing is often about perception rather than eyesight. When someone says they do not see it your way, they are describing a different starting point, not different eyes. Everyone already believes things they have never observed. Scientific work depends on trusting instruments, calibration and mathematics, and atoms were accepted long before anyone could look at one. Invisible things are known by their effects, the way the wind is known by what it moves. Thoughts, love, patience and their opposites are all real without being visible. Moses left Egypt without fear because he endured as seeing him who is invisible, and he was able to persuade others of something he alone could see. Elisha at Dothan was calm in front of an enemy army because he was sure of the protection around him, and he prayed for his servant's eyes to be opened rather than for a bigger army. The protection that surrounded Elisha is described in the New Testament as being inside the believer instead. Faith here is persuasion, not guesswork. Jesus invited people to examine the works if they would not accept the words, and one day the seeing will not require faith at all. Reference Scriptures: 2 Corinthians 4:18 Mark 16:16 Hebrews 11:1 Hebrews 11:3 Hebrews 11:13 Hebrews 11:24-27 Deuteronomy 18:18 Exodus 14:13 2 Corinthians 5:7 John 3:8 Romans 1:20 Galatians 5:22-23 2 Kings 6:8-17 1 John 3:24 1 John 4:4-6 1 John 4:13-14 1 John 5:19-20 Romans 8:16 2 Corinthians 5:1 2 Timothy 1:12 2 Timothy 1:14 Mark 16:15-20 Revelation 1:7 John 6:63 John 10:37-38 Listen to the entire Podcast Revival library by visiting https://podcastrevival.com The Revival Fellowship is a Bible-directed, Spirit-filled Church and we welcome visitors to our meetings at any of our locations worldwide. To find your nearest venue visit https://therevivalfellowship.com © 2026 The Revival Fellowship. All Rights Reserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#837
August 17 · 20 min
Comfortably Numb - Pastor Ben Smith
Title: Comfortably Numb: Waking Up from Lukewarm Christianity Speaker: Pastor Ben Smith Date: 14th January 2026 Location: Vancouver, Canada Summary "We don't want to be a people who are comfortably numb." A Pink Floyd lyric turns up in an unlikely place here, and it lands. The subject is lukewarm Christianity, approached through two passages: Jesus warning that love would grow cold as lawlessness increased, and his blunt verdict on the church at Laodicea, a fellowship so comfortable it had decided it was doing just fine. The name Laodicea means power of the people, and that is offered as the clue to what went wrong. A group can end up led by the mood of the room rather than by God's word and still feel entirely settled about it. The answer sits in the next verse: the one who endures to the end will be saved. Endurance does not earn salvation, but it is what faithfulness looks like stretched over years, and it is thin on the ground in a throwaway culture where marriages and commitments get dropped faster than they get repaired. Hebrews adds the practical edge: give earnest heed, so that what you have heard does not quietly slip away. That turns into a question worth asking often. Am I more zealous than I used to be, or less? Zeal and repentance are where revival has always started, ground also covered in Enduring to the end. Key Points Jesus listed increasing lawlessness and love growing cold among the signs that would mark the time before his return. The church at Laodicea was judged lukewarm, and comfort was the likely cause. A settled socioeconomic climate led them to conclude they were fine when they were not. Laodicea means power of the people, a fellowship steered by the general mood rather than by God's word. Endurance does not earn salvation. If it did, salvation could be worked for. Endurance is what faithfulness looks like over the long haul. Commitment is getting harder in a throwaway culture, and people walk away from marriages and fellowships rather than resolve what needs resolving. The warnings against slackening off were written into the early letters, which suggests the concern was live even then. Letting things slip is discouraging well beyond the person it happens to, and holding steady has the opposite effect. Repentance and zeal are the conditions revival has always come out of, and comfort is what dulls both. Reference Scriptures Matthew 24:12-13 Revelation 3:14-22 John 14:15 John 13:34-35 Hebrews 2:1-3 Hebrews 10:25-26 1 Corinthians 10:12 Hebrews 12:1 Listen to the entire Podcast Revival library by visiting https://podcastrevival.com The Revival Fellowship is a Bible-directed, Spirit-filled Church and we welcome visitors to our meetings at any of our locations worldwide. To find your nearest venue visit https://therevivalfellowship.com © 2026 The Revival Fellowship. All Rights Reserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#836
August 13 · 29 min
No Relationship Beyond Repair - Pastor Bill Allen
Title: No Relationship Beyond Repair Speaker: Pastor Bill Allen Date: 26th January 2026 Location: Gold Coast, Australia Summary: "There's no such thing as an irrevocably damaged relationship for those that look to the Lord and love the Lord." Episode 836 opens with a question most of us have asked at some point. Have you ever wrecked something so badly, a marriage, a friendship, a working relationship, that you assumed there was no way back? The episode works through John chapter twenty one, the last chapter of John's Gospel. The disciples are unsettled after the resurrection, so Peter does the one thing he knows how to do and goes fishing. Jesus meets them on the shore with a fire already burning and breakfast already cooking. Then comes the conversation Peter has probably been dreading, three questions that mirror the three denials by the fire only weeks before. The reading offered here is that Jesus is not reopening a wound. He is doing the opposite. By pointing Peter forward to a job that needs doing, feed my lambs, shepherd my sheep, feed my sheep, Jesus lifts him out of guilt and back into purpose. There is also a look at the friendship between Peter and John, why John is the one who recognises Jesus first and who he chooses to tell, and why the net breaking in Luke chapter five but holding here might be the whole point. Key Points: Peter carried weeks of guilt after the denials, and the shoreline meeting is most likely the first one to one conversation between him and Jesus since that night. The three questions match the three denials, but the purpose is restoration rather than punishment. The cure for condemnation is being given something to do. In Luke chapter five the net broke when the disciples worked in their own strength. Here the catch is bigger, the work is harder, and the net holds. John recognises Jesus first and tells Peter, not the others, which shows a friendship untouched by what Peter had done. John had already moved past it. When Peter asks what will happen to John, the answer is direct. That is not your concern, follow me. The first two questions use agape, the love of God. The third uses phileo, the love of a brother, an invitation into a personal, walking alongside relationship. Her sins were forgiven because she loved much. The questions that matter are whether we love the Lord, and whether we love the people around us. A person cannot be truly strong until they confront their own weakness. Peter was brittle before Pentecost and a tower of strength afterwards. Reference Scriptures: John 21:1-25 John 21:15-17 John 21:25 Luke 5:1-11 John 14:13 John 17 John 19:26-27 Luke 22:61-62 Isaiah 42:3 1 Corinthians 12:12-21 Matthew 4:19 Jeremiah 31:34 Luke 7:36-50 John 12:1-8 Romans 3:23 Listen to the entire Podcast Revival library by visiting https://podcastrevival.com The Revival Fellowship is a Bible-directed, Spirit-filled Church and we welcome visitors to our meetings at any of our locations worldwide. To find your nearest venue visit https://therevivalfellowship.com © 2026 The Revival Fellowship. All Rights Reserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#835
August 11 · 42 min
Trusting God's Goodness - David Rocchi
Title: Trusting God's Goodness Speaker: David Rocchi Date: 5th April 2026 Location: Dunedin, New Zealand Summary: "God is not looking for excuses to be bad to us. He is looking for excuses to be good to us." This episode works through Psalm 34:8 and its invitation to taste and see that the Lord is good. The idea is simple but easy to lose hold of: God is good, and he wants to be good to you personally. Most of us can agree that God has been good to others while quietly assuming we are the exception. This teaching sets out to remove that doubt for good. Building from Romans 5 and Ephesians 2, the case is made that the clearest evidence of God's goodness is already settled. Christ died for us while we were still opposed to God, which means the goodness was never earned and never can be. It is given freely. From there the episode moves through Psalm 139, Jeremiah 29 and Isaiah 46 to show how constantly God thinks about us and how he intends to carry us from beginning to end, through every stage and every kind of trouble. The closing section is practical. Mistakes and failures do not cancel God's goodness, and the way back is repentance, not self punishment. The response God asks for is thanks and praise, poured out in prayer and shared openly with others. Confidence in God's goodness makes the whole walk lighter, calmer and far more free from worry. Key Points: God's goodness is not a general idea about the world. It is his settled intention toward you personally, and you are not the exception. The death of Christ is the proof. It happened while we were still sinners, so God's favour was never earned and cannot be lost through failure. Assurance of God's goodness changes how we face trouble. Trials can be met with confidence rather than dread when we trust the outcome is in good hands. The Holy Spirit is what makes this real to us. We do not reason our way into it. It is revealed in prayer and settled in the heart. Mistakes are not the end of the matter. Confess, turn around, come back, and stop punishing yourself where God has already forgiven. The right response is thanks and praise, offered daily in private prayer and spoken openly to others. Reference Scriptures: Psalm 34:8 Romans 5:1-5 Romans 5:8 Ephesians 2:4-7 Exodus 33-34 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 Psalm 139:17-18 Jeremiah 29:11 Isaiah 46:3-4 Isaiah 44:21-22 1 John 1:9 Psalm 107:1, 8, 15, 21, 31 Psalm 31:19 Psalm 27:13-14 Listen to the entire Podcast Revival library by visiting https://podcastrevival.com The Revival Fellowship is a Bible-directed, Spirit-filled Church and we welcome visitors to our meetings at any of our locations worldwide. To find your nearest venue visit https://therevivalfellowship.com © 2026 The Revival Fellowship. All Rights Reserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#834
August 6 · 41 min
Well Pleasing in His Sight - Pastor Phil Haddad
Title: Well Pleasing in His Sight Speaker: Pastor Phil Haddad Date: 15th March 2026 Location: Adelaide, Australia Summary: "The Lord is not asking us to bring a perfect work. What he's asked us to do was already perfect." This episode looks at a question that sits underneath almost every decision we make: who are we actually trying to please? It opens with Caleb and Joshua, the two men who came back from the promised land with a good report and then waited forty years in the wilderness before they ever set foot in it again. They held onto God's promise while everyone around them let fear win, and God said of Caleb that he had another spirit in him and followed fully. From there the teaching turns to three moments in the life of Jesus that show us what pleases the Father: his obedience in baptism, his answers to temptation in the wilderness, and his willingness to lay down his rights at the cross. Each one is simple rather than impressive. The picture is drawn using a child running up the aisle with a coloured-in page, scribbled well outside the lines, desperate to hear a parent say they're proud. God is not grading the artwork. He is looking at the attitude behind it. There's a practical edge here too. Pleasing God often costs us popularity, and there are moments when the right thing and the easy thing part company. The episode closes with a list of eighteen things that please God, and a reminder that what we bring him each day is no longer a piece of paper but our decisions, our conversations and our attitudes. Key Points: God responds to attitude and obedience, not to polish, performance or impressive results. Caleb and Joshua held faith through a forty year delay, showing that waiting well is part of believing God's promise. At his baptism Jesus had performed no miracle and taught no crowd, yet the Father said he was well pleased, because obedience alone was enough. The three temptations in the wilderness each offered a shortcut to satisfaction, authority or attention, and each was answered with Scripture rather than argument. Seeking to please people and seeking to please God will sometimes pull in opposite directions, and popularity is the cost we may have to pay. Being falsely accused and taking it patiently, rather than defending ourselves, is described as acceptable to God. Simple daily practices please God: faith, obedience, humility, repentance, love, mercy, prayer, thanksgiving, serving others, endurance, truth telling, forgiveness, generosity, faithfulness and walking in the Spirit. Reference Scriptures: Numbers 14:24 Galatians 1:10 Matthew 3:13-17 Isaiah 9:6 Matthew 4:1-11 Philippians 2:6-8 Isaiah 53:7 Isaiah 53:10 1 Peter 2:19-25 John 4:34 John 5:19 John 5:30 John 8:29 John 8:50 John 18:11 Ecclesiastes 7:20 Ecclesiastes 12:13 Matthew 25:21 Listen to the entire Podcast Revival library by visiting https://podcastrevival.com The Revival Fellowship is a Bible-directed, Spirit-filled Church and we welcome visitors to our meetings at any of our locations worldwide. To find your nearest venue visit https://therevivalfellowship.com © 2026 The Revival Fellowship. All Rights Reserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#833
August 3 · 45 min
The Long Straight Road - Pastor Peter Lord
Title: The Long Straight Road Speaker: Pastor Peter Lord Date: 27th April 2025 Location: Perth, Australia Summary: "This road that is there is a road that is straight, it doesn't vary in any direction, and we know where we're going." That single image, a long, dead-straight stretch of highway crossing the Nullarbor, becomes the thread for this episode's message about walking steadily with God through every season of life. Using the picture of driving a long, flat road without deviation, this episode looks at how easy it is to drift, whether by glancing sideways at a distraction, chasing what looks like an easier path, or slowly losing focus without noticing. Scripture is used to show that while our footing can wobble, God himself never changes. His word, his promises and his presence stay exactly the same, and that unchanging nature becomes the firm base we can keep coming back to. The episode also unpacks what it looks like to stay the course over the long haul rather than in short bursts of enthusiasm. Regularly checking in with yourself, staying alert to what is around you, and leaning on the Holy Spirit for direction are all offered as practical ways to keep travelling in the right direction, even when the road ahead cannot be fully seen. Key Points: Walking with God is compared to driving a long, straight road: you cannot see the end, but markers along the way confirm you are heading the right direction. God does not change. His word, promises and character stay constant, which gives a stable foundation to return to no matter what happens. Small, gradual drifts, whether in focus, attention or belief, are often what cause people to end up off track rather than one big wrong turn. The Holy Spirit acts like a steering wheel or GPS, offering ongoing direction rather than a one-off decision. Faith is a long-term journey rather than a sprint, and regularly checking in on your own walk helps you notice small issues before they grow. Reference Scriptures: Hebrews 13:5-9 Matthew 7:13-21 1 Corinthians 1:17-25 Galatians 1:6-12 Psalm 102:24-28 Luke 6:46-49 Hebrews 12:1-3 2 Corinthians 13:4-6 Listen to the entire Podcast Revival library by visiting https://podcastrevival.com The Revival Fellowship is a Bible-directed, Spirit-filled Church and we welcome visitors to our meetings at any of our locations worldwide. To find your nearest venue visit https://therevivalfellowship.com © 2026 The Revival Fellowship. All Rights Reserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#832
July 30 · 39 min
Growing in Understanding Through the Holy Spirit - Pastor Tim Cope
Title: Growing in Understanding Through the Holy Spirit Speaker: Pastor Tim Cope Date: 4th May 2025 Location: Perth, Australia Summary: "Get wisdom, and with all thy getting, get understanding." This episode digs into a word the Bible treats as something bigger than knowledge or even wisdom: understanding. It's framed as something that grows in a person over time, through the Holy Spirit, rather than something learned in a single sitting. The episode opens in John 13 with Jesus washing His disciples' feet, then takes an unexpected detour into a New York Times piece on a seventy five year Harvard happiness study. The findings line up surprisingly closely with principles found throughout scripture: avoid comparing yourself to others, stay positive toward people, learn to be content with your circumstances, and don't dwell on the negative. From there the episode moves through Psalm 73, where Asaph wrestles with envy over the apparent ease of the wicked before finding clarity in God's presence, and finishes in John 3, using Nicodemus's conversation with Jesus about being born again as a picture of stepping into an entirely new way of understanding the world. This is a solid episode for anyone wondering why growth in faith feels slow or hard to explain, and how genuine understanding differs from simply knowing facts about God. Key Points: Understanding is presented as distinct from knowledge and wisdom, something that develops gradually through the Holy Spirit rather than arriving all at once Modern happiness research and biblical teaching point to the same practical habits: don't compare yourself to others, stay positive toward people, accept your circumstances, and avoid dwelling on negativity Being born again is described as a genuine shift into a new way of understanding, similar to how a baby has no concept of the world before birth Reference Scriptures: John 13:14-17 2 Corinthians 10:12 Luke 10:29-37 Philippians 4:6-7, 11-13 James 3:14-18 Ecclesiastes 7:1-4 Hebrews 12:11 Psalm 73 Proverbs 4:1-9 John 3:1-8, 23-30 Listen to the entire Podcast Revival library by visiting https://podcastrevival.com The Revival Fellowship is a Bible-directed, Spirit-filled Church and we welcome visitors to our meetings at any of our locations worldwide. To find your nearest venue visit https://therevivalfellowship.com © 2026 The Revival Fellowship. All Rights Reserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#831
July 27 · 43 min
Free Indeed - Pastor Rob Sinclair
Title: Free Indeed Speaker: Pastor Rob Sinclair Date: 19th July 2026 Location: Ballarat, Australia Summary: What does it really mean to be free? This episode traces one thread through the whole Bible: the difference between captivity and freedom, and how that freedom only ever comes from God's Spirit. It starts with Samson, tied up and surrounded by enemies who think they've finally beaten him, until the Spirit of the Lord comes on him and the ropes fall away like burnt string. But Samson's story is also a warning. Despite knowing exactly how God had set him free before, he kept walking back into danger with Delilah until he lost everything, including his sight and his freedom. From there the episode moves through Jesus in the synagogue at Nazareth declaring he's come to set captives free, through the cross where Jesus stayed bound by choice so we wouldn't have to be, and into Paul's letters about what it means to be truly free in Christ. It's a practical look at the kinds of captivity we don't always notice in our own lives, whether that's addiction, pride, or just the daily grind, and how real freedom is found. Key Points: Samson's strength came entirely from God's Spirit, not from his own power, and the same Spirit is what breaks any kind of captivity in our lives Being aware of a problem doesn't guarantee we'll avoid it. Samson had every warning he needed and still walked back into the same trap three times True freedom in Christ isn't the absence of a master. It's trading captivity to sin for a life spent serving God and others out of love Reference Scriptures: Judges 15:9-19 Judges 16:4-21 Luke 4:14-21 Matthew 27:1-2 Ephesians 3:1, 4:1-9 Psalm 68:18-19 John 8:31-36 Romans 5:21-6:23 Galatians 5:13-16 Listen to the entire Podcast Revival library by visiting https://podcastrevival.com The Revival Fellowship is a Bible-directed, Spirit-filled Church and we welcome visitors to our meetings at any of our locations worldwide. To find your nearest venue visit https://therevivalfellowship.com © 2026 The Revival Fellowship. All Rights Reserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#830
July 23 · 38 min
The Power of God: Why the Church Needs More Than a Feeling - Pr Sascha Bramao
Title: The Power of God: Why the Church Needs More Than a Feeling Speaker: Pastor Sascha Bramao Date: 22nd February 2026 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Summary: "When the power of God comes into someone's life, it starts to blow things up." That is the picture at the centre of this episode: real spiritual power is not a nice feeling, it is a force that changes everything it touches. Using the storms that recently knocked out power across the region as a starting point, this episode draws a comparison between losing electricity and losing spiritual power. Without power, there is no light, no warmth, no way to cook. The same is true spiritually. Many churches today have lost that power and settled for tradition, habit or a watered-down version of Christianity instead. Drawing on John chapter one, Luke chapter twenty four and Acts chapter two, the episode traces how Jesus gave people the power to choose him, and then promised a second, greater power, the Holy Spirit, that would completely disrupt and rebuild a person's life from the inside out. Real-life stories from professional rugby league players whose lives were transformed bring this to life, showing what it actually looks like when someone gets "plugged in" to God through repentance, baptism and the Holy Spirit. The episode closes with a simple but challenging question: are you connected to the real power source, or just going through the motions? Key Points: Genuine spiritual power is disruptive. It does not just adjust behaviour, it transforms a person from the inside out. Being connected to God works like a three-pin plug: repentance, baptism and receiving the Holy Spirit are all needed for the power to flow. Real change is possible for anyone, no matter how tough their life or reputation, as shown through stories of well-known rugby league players whose lives were turned around. Reference Scriptures: John 3 2 Timothy 3:5-7 John 1:6-13 Luke 24:45-49 Acts 2 Ephesians 2:1-6 Titus 3:3-7 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 Acts 2:37-38 Listen to the entire Podcast Revival library by visiting https://podcastrevival.com The Revival Fellowship is a Bible-directed, Spirit-filled Church and we welcome visitors to our meetings at any of our locations worldwide. To find your nearest venue visit https://therevivalfellowship.com © 2026 The Revival Fellowship. All Rights Reserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#829
July 21 · 32 min
The Double Portion: What Elijah Left Behind - Pr Kevin Quirk
Title: The Double Portion: What Elijah Left Behind Speaker: Pastor Kevin Quirk Date: 1st July 2026 Location: Adelaide, Australia Summary: "If you get a drop of God inside you, that will revolutionise your life." This episode opens with the dramatic account of Elijah being taken up in a whirlwind and Elisha asking for a double portion of his spirit, then uncovers a deeper meaning hiding inside a story most of us have read before. Working through Second Kings chapter two, the episode shows that the mantle Elisha picked up was never really about a magic cloak or simply passing a role to the next person. It points forward to Jesus, who was taken up to heaven and left behind something far greater than a garment: the empowering Holy Spirit. The Hebrew word used for that mantle carries the sense of glory, splendour, and magnificence, a small clue tucked into the text about what God actually gives. The second half turns practical. When we receive the Spirit, we tear off the old covering of self righteousness and good works, and God wraps us in a robe of righteousness instead. It is a gift, not a reward, and the episode closes on the quiet confidence that comes from knowing your record is clean. Key Points: The story of Elijah and Elisha foreshadows Jesus being taken up and leaving the Holy Spirit behind, not just handing on a role. Elisha's request for a double portion mirrors the promise that those who believe will do even greater works through the Spirit. Receiving the Spirit means discarding our old self righteousness, described as filthy rags, and being clothed in a robe of righteousness we could never earn. Reference Scriptures: 2 Kings 2 John 7:33-34 John 13:1 John 14:6, 15-16, 20 Isaiah 64:6 Isaiah 61:10 Romans 4 Hebrews 10 2 Corinthians 5 1 Timothy 2 Listen to the entire Podcast Revival library by visiting https://podcastrevival.com The Revival Fellowship is a Bible-directed, Spirit-filled Church and we welcome visitors to our meetings at any of our locations worldwide. To find your nearest venue visit https://therevivalfellowship.com © 2026 The Revival Fellowship. All Rights Reserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#828
July 16 · 42 min
The Friendship That Never Lets Go - Ben Campbell
Title: The Friendship That Never Lets Go Speaker: Ben Campbell Date: 5th July 2026 Location: Adelaide, Australia Summary: "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." This episode explores what true friendship looks like, using a personal story about a decades long relationship as the starting point before turning to one of the greatest friendship stories in the Bible: Jonathan and David in 1 Samuel. Unfamiliar with the show? This episode is a great entry point. It breaks down the qualities that make a real friendship work: loyalty, honesty, sacrifice and trust, and shows how those same qualities describe a relationship with Jesus. Rather than treating friendship with Jesus as a one way street where we only turn to Him in hard times, the episode challenges people to see it as a genuine two way relationship built on shared time, honest conversation and mutual care. The episode also covers what can damage friendships, particularly gossip and talking behind someone's back, and offers practical, scripture based guidance on how to sharpen and support the people close to you rather than tearing them down. Key Points: True friendship is a two way relationship built on loyalty, honesty, shared time and sacrifice, not a one sided arrangement where only one person gives. The friendship between Jonathan and David shows sacrificial love in action, including Jonathan giving up his robe, weapons and eventually his claim to the throne for David's sake. Gossip, whispering and talking behind someone's back destroys trust and friendship. Removing that kind of talk (like taking wood off a fire) allows conflict to settle. Iron sharpening iron means real friends challenge and strengthen each other rather than just offering comfort, and faithful correction from a friend matters even when it is hard to hear. Praying for friends, even when they have let you down, is one of the most powerful expressions of love and friendship. Reference Scriptures: Proverbs 17:17 John 15:13 1 Samuel 18:1 1 Samuel 18:3 1 Samuel 18:6-8 1 Samuel 20:1-3 1 Samuel 20:30-33 1 Samuel 23:15-18 Ephesians 5:29 1 Samuel 31:1-2 2 Samuel 1:26 2 Samuel 9:1-7 John 15:15 Proverbs 18:24 John 11:3, 5, 33, 35-36 John 13:23 Matthew 11:19 Proverbs 27:17 Exodus 33:14 Genesis 4:5-6 Proverbs 26:20 Proverbs 16:28 Proverbs 11:13 Proverbs 27:6 Job 42:10 John 17:9-12 Proverbs 27:9 Listen to the entire Podcast Revival library by visiting https://podcastrevival.com The Revival Fellowship is a Bible-directed, Spirit-filled Church and we welcome visitors to our meetings at any of our locations worldwide. To find your nearest venue visit https://therevivalfellowship.com © 2026 The Revival Fellowship. All Rights Reserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#827
July 14 · 40 min
Practical Faith - Pr David Sunderland
Title: Practical Faith Speaker: Pastor David Sunderland Date: 23rd November 2025 Location: Canberra, Australia Summary: "Be doers of the word and not hearers only" is the line that shapes this whole episode. Episode 827 walks through the book of James as a practical companion to the doctrine we already believe, showing what it actually looks like to live out a relationship with God day to day. The episode traces who James was, the half brother of Christ who described himself simply as a bond servant, and why his letter focuses less on doctrine and more on doing. From there it moves through a series of honest, practical questions drawn straight from James: are you controlling your tongue, are you patient with people, are you humble, are you quick to help someone in need, are you living with the awareness that Christ could return at any moment. Rather than treating James as a checklist to feel guilty about, the episode frames these questions as a form of ongoing self-examination, the kind Paul describes before taking communion. Faith and action are shown to work together. Good works do not earn salvation, they are the natural result of it. Key Points: James was written to be intensely practical, focused on how faith is lived out rather than on doctrine alone Genuine faith and good works are meant to work together, faith without action is described as dead Self-examination should be an ongoing habit, not a once-a-week routine before communion James raises specific, practical questions about temper, humility, favouritism, gossip, and patience We are not saved by good works, we are saved for good works Reference Scriptures: James 1:22 James 1:25-27 James 2:1-9 James 2:13-26 James 3:8 James 3:17 James 4:1-17 James 5:8 James 5:13-16 James 5:19-20 Hebrews 10:14 Hebrews 12:14 Mark 9:24 Romans 14 Romans 1:17 Habakkuk 2:4 1 Corinthians 11:28 Listen to the entire Podcast Revival library by visiting https://podcastrevival.com The Revival Fellowship is a Bible-directed, Spirit-filled Church and we welcome visitors to our meetings at any of our locations worldwide. To find your nearest venue visit https://therevivalfellowship.com © 2026 The Revival Fellowship. All Rights Reserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#826
July 9 · 38 min
The Promise - Pr Phillip Rowley
Title: The Promise Speaker: Pastor Phillip Rowley Date: 28th June 2026 Location: Bunbury, Australia Summary: "The promise is unto you, to your children, and to all that are afar off." That single line ties together a thread that runs from Moses to the earliest followers of Jesus, and this episode follows it all the way through. The episode traces one specific promise God made to his people, the promise of the Holy Spirit, right through the Old and New Testaments. Starting with Jesus telling his followers to wait in Jerusalem for "the promise of the father," the episode goes back through Deuteronomy, Isaiah and Jeremiah to show this wasn't a new idea. It had been building for over a thousand years, hinted at through the prophets long before Jesus was born. From there it moves through the birth of Jesus, his own reading of Isaiah in the synagogue, and finally to the day of Pentecost when the promise was poured out and people were filled with the Holy Spirit. The episode ties this history to something personal: how ordinary people today can be part of the same promise through repentance, faith and a life led by the Spirit rather than by willpower alone. Key Points: The promise of the Holy Spirit was foretold by prophets like Moses, Isaiah and Jeremiah, long before Jesus arrived. Jesus connected his own ministry directly to these Old Testament promises, showing they were being fulfilled in real time. The day of Pentecost marks the moment the promise was poured out, and the same promise is available to anyone today through repentance and faith. Reference Scriptures: Acts 1:4-8 Deuteronomy 18:15-19 Isaiah 11:1-5 Luke 2:7-20 Luke 4:16-21 Jeremiah 31:31-34 Isaiah 28:9-10 Matthew 3:1-12 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Romans 8:1-16 Acts 2:1-39 Matthew 13:16-17 Hebrews 11:1, 33-40 1 Peter 1:9-20 Listen to the entire Podcast Revival library by visiting https://podcastrevival.com The Revival Fellowship is a Bible-directed, Spirit-filled Church and we welcome visitors to our meetings at any of our locations worldwide. To find your nearest venue visit https://therevivalfellowship.com © 2026 The Revival Fellowship. All Rights Reserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#825
July 6 · 25 min
Fixing Our Mistakes - Pr Chris Jose
Title: Fixing Our Mistakes Speaker: Pastor Chris Jose Date: 23rd November 2025 Location: Melbourne, Australia Summary: "I don't think I should have been in there. I think I should have known better." That thought, borrowed from a tough work meeting years ago, sits at the centre of this episode about mistakes big and small. It starts with a home repair gone wrong: a simple job replacing garage door rollers that ends with a snapped cable and a scramble to fix the damage. From there the episode builds out four ways we relate to mistakes in life: avoiding them, making them, fixing them, and learning from them, plus a fifth option (ignoring them) that never actually works. Drawing on Deuteronomy, Matthew, Colossians, the Psalms and 1 John, the episode looks at why self-awareness and clear goals help us avoid unnecessary failure, and why the mistakes that matter most (the ones scripture calls sin) need honest acknowledgement rather than denial. It closes with a reminder that forgiveness is real and available, without ever being an excuse to stop trying. Key Points: Mistakes generally fall into four categories: avoiding, making, fixing and learning from them, and ignoring a mistake is never a good fifth option. Having a clear goal and a dose of self-awareness (Psalm 131 and Psalm 39) helps prevent unnecessary failure before it happens. Confessing a mistake honestly, rather than denying it, opens the door to genuine forgiveness (1 John 1:8-2:2). Jesus is described as an advocate and atonement for sin, meaning forgiveness is available, but it is never a licence to sin on purpose. Reference Scriptures: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Matthew 7:7-14 Colossians 3:12-17 Psalm 131:1-2 Psalm 39:4 1 John 1:8-2:2 1 John 2:15 Listen to the entire Podcast Revival library by visiting https://podcastrevival.com The Revival Fellowship is a Bible-directed, Spirit-filled Church and we welcome visitors to our meetings at any of our locations worldwide. To find your nearest venue visit https://therevivalfellowship.com © 2026 The Revival Fellowship. All Rights Reserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#824
July 2 · 37 min
Persisting in Prayer Through the Trial of Your Faith - Pr Peter Moore
Title: Persisting in Prayer Through the Trial of Your Faith Speaker: Pastor Peter Moore Date: 7th May 2023 Location: Central Coast, Australia Summary: "He prayed seven times not because it didn't work the first time. He prayed seven times because he believed." Elijah is one of the most dramatic figures in the Old Testament, but James holds him up as an example of something every believer can relate to: ordinary, persistent prayer. This episode takes a close look at 1 Kings 18, where Elijah prays seven times for rain before even a small cloud appears on the horizon. The lesson is not about spiritual superpowers. It is about staying in faith when nothing is visible yet. A key question worth sitting with is this: what exactly is the trial of your faith? The answer is broader than most people expect. The trial of faith is not just the dark seasons or the crises. It is every part of life, from the first moment of new birth. Whether circumstances are painful, enticing, boring, or even going really well, the trial of faith is present and active. Underneath all of this is a vital reminder about identity. Because of Christ, we are not the ones on trial. It is the faith of Jesus Christ living in us that is being proved, and his faith has already won. That truth reshapes how we pray, how we persist, and how we face whatever is in front of us right now. Key Points: The trial of your faith is not limited to hard times. It covers every part of life from the moment of new birth. Elijah's seven prayers for rain show that persistence in prayer is not a sign of doubt. It is a sign of belief. God's plan includes our prayer. Even when God has promised something, he invites us to pray it through. The faith being tested is the faith of Jesus Christ living in us, and his faith has already overcome. Our identity in Christ remains unchanged by circumstances. We are the righteousness of God in Jesus Christ. Reference Scriptures: James 5:16-18 1 Kings 17-18 1 Peter 1:6-7 Job 23:10 Galatians 2:20 Romans 8:16-17 Isaiah 55:11 Ephesians 2:6 Listen to the entire Podcast Revival library by visiting https://podcastrevival.com The Revival Fellowship is a Bible-directed, Spirit-filled Church and we welcome visitors to our meetings at any of our locations worldwide. To find your nearest venue visit https://therevivalfellowship.com © 2026 The Revival Fellowship. All Rights Reserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#823
June 29 · 31 min
What It Really Means to Wait on the Lord - Pr Jeremy Archer
Title: What It Really Means to Wait on the Lord Speaker: Pastor Jeremy Archer Date: 12th April 2026 Location: Bristol, UK Summary: Waiting on the Lord is not standing still. It is standing firm. That distinction sits at the heart of this episode, which takes one of the most quoted verses in scripture and roots it back in the ground it came from. Isaiah 40:31 is familiar to most people who have spent time in the Bible. But familiarity can strip a verse of its weight. The people who first heard those words were Jewish exiles in Babylon, thirty-five years into what would become a seventy-year captivity. They had lost their king, their temple, their language, their culture, and their homeland. They were exhausted, displaced, and mocked. When Isaiah wrote that those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength, he was not writing an inspirational caption. He was writing to people in the middle of a crisis with no visible end. The Hebrew word translated "wait" in this passage is qava, and it carries none of the passivity the English word suggests. The picture behind it is a rope pulled taut in a tug of war, an archer drawing a bowstring, a runner braced on starting blocks. The episode also looks at how Jesus opened his public ministry in Luke 4 by reading from Isaiah, applying the same captivity scriptures to a new generation living under Roman rule. That connection shows how these words keep speaking across centuries to people in remarkably similar circumstances. Key Points: Reading scripture without knowing its context risks turning the Bible into a collection of slogans or proof texts The Hebrew word qava, translated "wait" in Isaiah 40:31, means active, tensed readiness, not passive inactivity Isaiah 40 was written to Jewish exiles thirty-five years into a seventy-year Babylonian captivity, a people stripped of everything familiar That exile forced Jewish people to develop a portable, personal faith, one no longer grounded in the temple but carried individually Jesus opened his public ministry by reading from Isaiah 61 to Jews under Roman rule, showing how captivity scriptures keep speaking to new generations in similar circumstances Waiting on the Lord means standing firm under pressure and serving faithfully while trusting God to complete what he has already started Reference Scriptures: Isaiah 40:27-31 Psalm 130:5 Isaiah 61:1-3 Luke 4:14-20 Haggai 2 Ezra 3 Micah 6:8 Habakkuk 3:17-18 Matthew 23:37 Hebrews 10:10 Listen to the entire Podcast Revival library by visiting https://podcastrevival.com The Revival Fellowship is a Bible-directed, Spirit-filled Church and we welcome visitors to our meetings at any of our locations worldwide. To find your nearest venue visit https://therevivalfellowship.com © 2026 The Revival Fellowship. All Rights Reserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#822
June 25 · 1 hr 7 min
Better Things Concerning You - Pr Colin Tan
Title: Better Things Concerning You Speaker: Pastor Colin Tan Date: 7th June 2026 Location: Singapore, Singapore Summary: "We are confident of better things concerning you" — that phrase from Hebrews 6:9 sets the tone for this episode, which takes a direct look at what it actually means to grow up spiritually. The episode opens in Hebrews 6, where Paul urges believers to move beyond the basics of salvation and press toward maturity. The point is not about performing better, but about developing a faith that is genuine, active, and oriented toward others rather than self. Three vivid examples from Scripture bring this to life. David facing Goliath shows what it looks like to act from real faith when everyone around you is paralysed by fear and unbelief. David's response to Absalom's rebellion demonstrates something harder still: trusting God completely when betrayal comes from your own family, and choosing not to take revenge when you easily could. These are not feel-good stories. They are practical pictures of what it looks like to lead rather than bleed, and to see the bigger picture when others have lost the plot. The episode closes by working through James 3 and Proverbs 26-27, with a sharp look at how the tongue reveals the condition of the heart. It also draws on Acts 15 and 16 to show how Paul knew which battles were worth fighting and which ones to let go. Maturity is not about being right in every argument. It is about caring enough for people to speak the truth, keep your eyes on what really matters, and trust God with the rest. Key Points: Salvation is the foundation, not the finish line. God calls every believer to press on toward genuine spiritual maturity Real faith is visible in how you live and respond, not just in what you say you believe Spiritual maturity means seeing the bigger picture, choosing the right battles, and not letting emotions or offences cloud your vision The heart is revealed by the tongue. Flattery and manipulation are signs of spiritual immaturity, while honest and caring speech reflects a heart aligned with God Trusting God with outcomes, even painful ones, is central to the kind of faith David demonstrated throughout his life Reference Scriptures: Hebrews 6:1-12 1 Samuel 17:28-29, 33 (David and Goliath) 2 Samuel 15:25-26 (David trusts God during Absalom's rebellion) 2 Samuel 16:5-9 (Shimei curses David) 2 Samuel 19:9-13 (David's return to Jerusalem) Joshua 5:13-15 (commander of the Lord's army) James 2:18 (faith shown by works) James 3:5-6 (the tongue as fire) Proverbs 26:23-28 (flattery and deceit) Proverbs 27:5-6 (open rebuke) Acts 15:7-12 (Jerusalem Council) Acts 16:1-5 (Paul and Timothy) 2 Corinthians 5:12-14 (the love of Christ compels us) Listen to the entire Podcast Revival library by visiting https://podcastrevival.com The Revival Fellowship is a Bible-directed, Spirit-filled Church and we welcome visitors to our meetings at any of our locations worldwide. To find your nearest venue visit https://therevivalfellowship.com © 2026 The Revival Fellowship. All Rights Reserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#821
June 22 · 46 min
The Sure Mercies of David - Pr Mark Wattchow
Title: The Sure Mercies of David Speaker: Pastor Mark Wattchow Date: 10th May 2026 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Summary: "Hear, and your soul shall live" - these words from Isaiah 55 sit at the heart of this episode, pointing to promises that are not just old covenant history but a rock-solid foundation for every believer today. The episode unpacks the phrase "the sure mercies of David," beginning with what the word "sure" actually means. Drawing from Psalm 136, Hebrews 6, Luke 1, Psalm 89, Isaiah 55, and Acts 13, it traces how God's covenant promises to David and Abraham were never about an earthly throne alone. Every promise points forward to Jesus Christ, who brings them all to completion. His resurrection from the dead, never to die again, is the fulfilment of the sure mercies in the most literal sense. The episode closes with 2 Peter 1 and a reminder that believers today have been given exceeding great and precious promises. We receive the sure mercies of David when we receive the Holy Spirit, entering into an everlasting covenant that includes freedom from condemnation, eternal life, and a place in a kingdom that will never end. Key Points: The word "sure" in the phrase "the sure mercies of David" carries the meaning of a foundation or pillar - something permanent, established, and impossible to move Every promise God made to Abraham and David throughout the Old Testament finds its fulfilment in Jesus Christ, and in particular in his resurrection from the dead never to return to corruption We receive the sure mercies of David when we receive the Holy Spirit, which brings us into the everlasting covenant and its promise of eternal life Reference Scriptures: Psalm 136 Hebrews 6:16-19 Luke 1:30-33, 54, 67-75 Psalm 89:19-28 Isaiah 55:1-8 Acts 13:22-38 2 Peter 1:3-4 Listen to the entire Podcast Revival library by visiting https://podcastrevival.com The Revival Fellowship is a Bible-directed, Spirit-filled Church and we welcome visitors to our meetings at any of our locations worldwide. To find your nearest venue visit https://therevivalfellowship.com © 2026 The Revival Fellowship. All Rights Reserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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