Lessons with Rickie Bradshaw

Ricki Bradshaw discusses the spiritual condition of America during its founding period. He describes how the nation was struggling with issues like alcoholism, immorality, violence, and a lack of religious devotion.

Ricki Bradshaw examines how the Second Great Awakening revival in the 19th century led to rapid growth of Baptist and Methodist churches across America. However, disagreements over the issue of slavery resulted in splits within these denominations, with the formation of Southern Baptist and Northern Baptist conventions, as well as a division among Methodists that led to the name "United Methodist Church" today. Bradshaw provides insights into the debates and votes surrounding whether slave owners could serve as missionaries during this pivotal period in American church history. Watch Pastor Ricki Bradshaw's Story : https://youtu.be/VuEBfsT7Nh8 For more information about Pastor Ricki Bradshaw and his ministry visit: https://fsbchouston.org.

Ricki Bradshaw examines the connections between the Second Great Awakening religious revival in the 19th century, an economic revival among businessmen in New York and other northern cities, and the outbreak of the American Civil War. He discusses how the revival led to a surge of people being baptized and joining churches, followed by an "economic revival" of booming business fortunes, particularly in the North. However, the issue of slavery became the flashpoint that ultimately divided the nation and Congress, leading to the catastrophic Civil War in which over 600,000 Americans, many of them believers, lost their lives amid disagreements over slavery and federal power. Bradshaw highlights how God used these interwoven movements to shape the course of the nation's history. Watch Pastor Ricki Bradshaw's Story : https://youtu.be/VuEBfsT7Nh8 For more information about Pastor Ricki Bradshaw and his ministry visit: https://fsbchouston.org.

Ricki Bradshaw examines the connections between revival, judgment, and acknowledging God's sovereignty, drawing lessons from the American Civil War era. He discusses how great revivals are often preceded by wars and judgments, as God humbles His people to seek repentance. Bradshaw highlights how President Abraham Lincoln's personal tragedies, including the death of his son Willie, led him to a crisis point of recognizing God's supremacy over the nation's affairs. Lincoln's reading of 2 Chronicles 7:14 and a pastor's sermon influenced his decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves. Bradshaw parallels Lincoln's experience to God's instructions to Joshua before conquering Canaan, emphasizing that true victory requires wholeheartedly submitting to God's sovereignty and obeying His commands, even when painful sacrifices are required. This message shows us the need for humility and repentance amidst revival and judgment. Watch Pastor Ricki Bradshaw's Story : https://youtu.be/VuEBfsT7Nh8 For more information about Pastor Ricki Bradshaw and his ministry visit: https://fsbchouston.org.

Ricki Bradshaw raises critical questions about the church's role in societal decline and the need for repentance. He suggests that the widespread departure of young people from the church after age 18 may be a consequence of broken covenants with God, where the church has failed to obey His commands. Drawing parallels to the Civil War era, Bradshaw argues that great revivals are often preceded by divine judgment, as God allows difficulties to humble His people and draw their attention back to Him. He cites how Abraham Lincoln called for a national day of humility and consecration during the war, which Bradshaw believes played a role in the North's eventual victory after initially struggling. Bradshaw challenges the modern church to examine areas where it has drifted from its "first love" and to humble itself through repentance and obedience, just as God required of the Israelites before allowing them to possess the Promised Land.

Ricki Bradshaw draws parallels between the church's current condition and the biblical accounts of God's judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah. He asserts that national judgment often stems from a compromised church that has drifted from obedience to God. Using the example of Abraham pleading for righteous people in Sodom, Bradshaw challenges believers to be the intercessors and repentant ones that can avert judgment. He recounts how Lot, Abraham's nephew and a leader in Sodom, initially tried to appease the wicked men of the city by offering his own daughters, highlighting his spiritual decline. Bradshaw warns that just as God first visited Abraham before judging Sodom, He examines His own house - the church - first. The message is a sobering call for the church to humble itself, turn from its brokenness and compromises, and cry out for revival. Only through repentance and aligning with God's righteousness, Bradshaw argues, can judgment be averted and transformation take place within society. This frank exhortation emphasizes the urgent need for a revived church to impact the nation. Watch Pastor Ricki Bradshaw's Story : https://youtu.be/VuEBfsT7Nh8 For more information about Pastor Ricki Bradshaw and his ministry visit: https://fsbchouston.org.

Ricki Bradshaw shares how his wife's public repentance in December 2022 sparked a revival in their church that continued through September 2023. Despite battling cancer and physical challenges, his wife felt convicted by James 5 about not murmuring against her circumstances. In an emotional moment during a church service, she apologized to Bradshaw for her past bitterness over his calling into ministry years earlier. Her humble repentance opened the floodgates of revival. Bradshaw recounts how his wife was miraculously healed from an incurable form of cancer after embracing a lifestyle of repentance and intercessory prayer, even starting a prayer ministry at MD Anderson hospital during her treatments. Her unwavering faith and obedience to God's prompting ushered in a season of refreshing for the entire church. This testimony highlights the transformative power of brokenness, repentance, and surrendering control to God. It serves as an inspiring reminder that revivals often begin with one person's yielded heart, leading to broader corporate renewal and miraculous outpourings when the church returns wholeheartedly to the Lord. Watch Pastor Ricki Bradshaw's Story : https://youtu.be/VuEBfsT7Nh8 For more information about Pastor Ricki Bradshaw and his ministry visit: https://fsbchouston.org.

Ricki Bradshaw shares his remarkable experience of divine healing from a life-threatening heart condition and God's call for revival within the church. Bradshaw recounts how he was rushed to the hospital with a dissecting aorta and a leaking heart aneurysm, leaving doctors perplexed and preparing for potential surgery. However, during a church service where people were repenting and praying fervently, Bradshaw experienced an intense sensation of heat flowing through his body. Subsequent tests revealed that his aorta had miraculously reattached, and the aneurysm had disappeared, leaving doctors baffled and acknowledging divine intervention. Through this experience, Bradshaw shares how God revealed to him a profound message from Revelation 2-3, where Jesus addresses the angels (messengers or leaders) of the seven churches. The Lord conveyed that the leaders had left their first love, and He desired to bring revival and healing to the church through repentance. Bradshaw's testimony serves as a call for spiritual leaders and the body of Christ to return wholeheartedly to their first love for Jesus, positioning themselves for the miraculous outpouring of revival and healing that God desires to bring. This awe-inspiring account highlights God's power to perform the impossible and His longing to revive His church through brokenness and obedience. Watch Pastor Ricki Bradshaw's Story : https://youtu.be/VuEBfsT7Nh8 For more information about Pastor Ricki Bradshaw and his ministry visit: https://fsbchouston.org.

Ricki Bradshaw shares his remarkable journey of repentance and calling pastors and church leaders across Houston and beyond to return to their first love for God. After a near-death experience, Bradshaw received a divine message to gather pastors and encourage them to confess their sins and seek revival. What followed was a wave of repentance, healings, and miracles as pastors and congregations responded to the call. Bradshaw's testimony is a stirring call for the body of Christ to unite in humility and prayer, inviting a fresh outpouring of God's Spirit and revival in our cities. Get ready to be inspired and challenged by this message of hope and transformation. Watch Pastor Ricki Bradshaw's Story : https://youtu.be/VuEBfsT7Nh8 For more information about Pastor Ricki Bradshaw and his ministry visit: https://fsbchouston.org.

Rickie Bradshaw calls on laypeople in churches to pray fervently for their pastors and to lead the way in repentance and seeking revival. Addressing the issue of lukewarmness and apathy in the church, the speaker challenges believers not to settle for mere programs or outward changes, but to return to the altar and weep before God. The call is for laypeople to model true repentance, joining pastors and leaders from various denominations who are gathering to cry out for a fresh outpouring of God's presence. With a sense of urgency, Bradshaw invites the audience to choose the path of revival, even amidst the possibility of judgment, by filling the altars with people returning to the Lord. The promise is that as we prepare the way, God will heal, deliver, and dine with us as the true Shepherd of the church. Watch Pastor Ricki Bradshaw's Story : https://youtu.be/VuEBfsT7Nh8 For more information about Pastor Ricki Bradshaw and his ministry visit: https://fsbchouston.org.