This week we are going to start a new series of messages
about the Holy Spirit and how He operates in the Church. We are going to be
looking at three chapters of the Bible throughout the summer; 1 Corinthians 12,
13, and 14…
My goal is this series is to talk about what it means to be
Spirit-filled. When most people hear about Pentecostal churches they have some
preconceived notions many of which are wrong. They think about the
manifestations of the Holy Spirit such as speaking in tongues. Or they think
about the emotional response of Pentecostals. They think that when we come
together that we are jumping around, raising our hands, or swinging from the
chandeliers, or rolling babies down the aisle. I think most people would be disappointed
to see just how normal we are.
Being Pentecostal is much more than the outward
manifestations. In fact, it goes much deeper than that. Being Pentecostal means
that we expect, allow, and prepare for God to interrupt us so that He can guide
us in our life. My prayer before every service is that God would interrupt
whatever we have planned. Why? Because I want to make sure that you and I have
a genuine experience in His presence. sometimes if we aren’t careful we can
program God right out of our services.
I don’t know about you but I need God interrupt me… I need
God to come down move powerfully…I need revival in my soul…
Some of you are out there in the world all week long being
drained of every bit of God’s Spirit and you need to be refilled…That takes a
powerful experience with God through the Holy Spirit.
‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord
of hosts. (Zechariah 4:6)
It isn’t our might that will revive us!
It isn’t our power that will revive us!
It is the Spirit that will bring revival!
It is the Spirit that will bring life!
It is the Spirit that raises the dead!
It is the Spirit that brings the healing power of God!
It is the Spirit that will lift you up!
It is the Spirit that takes your prayers before God!
The Church doesn’t need might. It doesn’t need power. It
needs the Spirit! We need to be interrupted by God’s Spirit! We need to hear
from God!
What makes us Pentecostal is we expect God to interrupt us,
we allow God to interrupt us, we are prepared for God to interrupt us, we want
God to interrupt us…
More than ever we need a move of the Holy Spirit…
Now don’t minimize the manifestations of the Holy Spirit
because those manifestations show us that the Spirit is at work. They show us
the might and the power of the Spirit…
So, let’s jump in…
We are going to have a great summer learning about the
Spirit…
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