COME DOWN, LORD!

Just recently, I have started doing a weekly devotional with my beautiful girlfriend, Debra, entitled "Come Down, LORD". The book is based on Isaiah 63:15-64:12, in which the prophet is pleading for the LORD to revive His people again into His good graces after they had disobeyed Him in their sins.

This book, written by Roger Ellsworth and published by Banner of Truth Publications, is an excellent read if one is trying to revive or refresh their relationship with the LORD Jesus. And being in a culture where most revivals are meetings that usually make one more tired and spiritually famished when they are completed, this book brings one back to the real essence of the true method of revival outlined in the Word of God.

The book (which is only 56 pages in length) covers the following topics:

1. We Miss You (Isa. 63:15-16)
2. We Need You (Isa. 63:17-64:2)
3. We Wait for You (Isa. 64:3-4)
4. We Will Meet You (Isa. 64:5)
5. We Have Wronged You (Isa. 64: 5-7)
6. We Belong to You (Isa. 64:8-12)
7. We Beseech You (Isa. 64:9)

And listen to some of the quotes that I have observed from reading just two chapters from this book:

"When we begin to smile complacently upon our sin, He (God) stops smiling on us and turns His face away". (pg. 9)

"The people of God have often heard the world tauntingly say: 'Where is thy God?'. But it is a sad thing when the people of God have to ask themselves that question". (pg. 11)

"When we who are God's people drift into sin, God for a while gives us opportunities to repent. If these opportunities are scorned, He just lets us go by giving us over to our sins. The first form His chastisement takes is removing from us the desire to turn back to Him". (pg. 17)

"God may never stop loving us when we get into sin, but He does withhold the expressions of His love and thus makes us think He will never love us again. We may argue and convince ourselves that God does still love us, and such reasoning is well and good, but it will never replace the actual manifestations of God's love. How much better it is not to have to convince ourselves that God loves us, but to have ready at hand abundant manifestations of His love". (pg. 12)

"There is only one thing that can melt the mountain, boil the water, and consume the brush of the sinner's heart and that is the fire of God! The power of God is our need! I am convinced that the church cannot truly evangelize until she gets on her knees and seeks the convincing, converting power of God!" (pg. 20)

During the coming weeks that Debra and I discuss this book, I will place some of the most powerful quotes from this book on this blog. But, if you want to read this book in its entirety, please pick it up at your local Christian bookstore. It is truly worth the money!!!!


Update: I was just informed by Debra that "Come Down, LORD" is possibly out of print. However, you can purchase the book from Amazon or any other similar site.