Pastor Melancon's Message

NO MORE BARREN ALTARS: REVIVAL IN THE HOUSE!

A modern-day cry to reopen the womb of the church— to trade programs for pregnancies, rhythm for revival, and noise for new life.

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🔥 Intro — “God’s House… But No Births!”

“He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.”

Psalm 113:9 (KJV)

We have learned to have church without birth: schedules full, altars empty. The Spirit speaks: “You’ve built systems around the silence of God's voice.” Today, we cry—no more barren altars!

I. The Danger of a Pretty but Powerless House

“But Sarai was barren; she had no child.”

Genesis 11:30 (KJV)

We can have doctrine on the sign and no demonstration in the service. We can have organization without offspring, motion without miracles, and sound without sons and daughters. Barren doesn’t mean broken—it means waiting—but when expectancy dies, barrenness becomes a culture.

Programs without Pentecost.
Rhythm without revival.
Lights & livestreams without life.

II. God Shuts What Man Cannot Fix

“But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb. And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.”

1 Samuel 1:5–6 (KJV)

Sometimes God closes the womb to awaken a cry. Hannah moved beyond composure into travail. Revival never starts with a crowd; it starts with a cry—not on the platform but on the floor.

Until we cry, there will be no crowning. Until we travail, there will be no transformation.

III. The Altar Is the Womb of the Church

“For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.”

Romans 8:22 (KJV)

The altar is not decoration—it is the delivery room of Heaven. We cannot swap travail for tempo or groaning for graphics. No birth without labor; no Pentecost without prayer.

When the altar weeps, the house conceives.
When intercessors cry, the womb opens.
When prayer outlasts posting, heaven answers.

IV. From Waiting to Weeping to Wonder

“Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.”

Isaiah 54:1–3 (KJV)

Faith sings while the womb is still empty. Praise is the sound of expectancy. Worship is the proof of pregnancy. God is turning a sterile sanctuary into a birthing room of souls.

V. A Healed House Becomes a Fruitful House

“He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.”

Psalm 113:9 (KJV)

He heals the womb, then sets the house in order, then fills it with joy. God will not send children to a messy house. Expect altars filled, baptismal waters stirred, youth ignited, elders dreaming again.

VI. When Travail Returns, Revival Is Born

“My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,”

Galatians 4:19 (KJV)

Not attendance, but Christ formed in people. No travail—no birth. No tears—no triumph. No pain—no Pentecost.

VII. Strength to Conceive, Carry, and Deliver

“Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.”

Hebrews 11:11 (KJV)

Receive fresh strength—to conceive, to carry, to deliver. You’re not finished; you’re next to deliver.

🔥 Quick Revival Hits

Not method—Master. God opens the womb; we make room.

Not platform—prayer. Birth happens on the floor, not just on stage.

Not tempo—travail. Groans > graphics.

Not programs—pregnancies. Sons and daughters, not spectators.

📜 Full KJV Verses Used

Psalm 113:9

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.

Genesis 11:30

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

1 Samuel 1:5–6

But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb. And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

Romans 8:22

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

Isaiah 54:1–3

Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

Galatians 4:19

My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

Hebrews 11:11

Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

He maketh. When God heals the womb, He heals the house—and fills it with joy.

🔥 Altar Call — “Lord, Open Our Womb Again!”

Come, barren intercessor. Come, weary saint. Come, empty church-goer whose vision has dimmed. He is calling you back to the altar—the place of conception, delivery, and power.

Pray it out:

“Lord, heal our barren church.”
“Open our womb again.”
“Let revival be born in this house!”

When Zion travailed, she brought forth her children— and she will again.

Proclaim Victroy Shout

No more barren altars!
No more empty pews!
No more powerless pulpits!
No more dry worship!

The womb is open. The travail has returned. Revival is in the house!