Sunday, June 9, on each the Jewish and Christian calendars is Pentecost Sunday. The notice "Pentecost" comes from a Greek be aware which means 50. The Jewish competition of Pentecost befell 50 days after Passover.
In Acts, chapter 2, people from various international locations had gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate Pentecost. in their own language, they heard a hundred and twenty followers of Jesus in the upper Room "speakme in different tongues," and telling of the incredible works of God. Some americans mocked them, some spoke of they had been drunk, but God had filled them with the Holy Spirit and hundreds came to faith in Jesus. Pentecost became the birthday, the launch day, of the church.
New lifestyles assembly of God is a Pentecostal church. We agree with within the present demanding ministry and presents of the Holy Spirit, including presents of curative, prophecy and praying in tongues, among other divine manifestations and ministries of the Holy Spirit. i was raised in Pentecost and that i love the presence of the Holy Spirit in our church services. I pray for much more and more desirable manifestation of the spirit in our lives in my view and in our churches jointly.
i'm satisfied to share with anyone who asks in regards to the "signals and wonders" I've considered. I'm aware of two specific situations of people being healed and raised out of wheelchairs. I participated in one of those cases and within the different case, i know the girl who received the healing and the individuals who prayed for her healing.
I additionally participated in prayer for a blind man who bought his sight. We prayed towards spirits of infirmity in a person stricken with chronic returned ache. i used to be amazed as I noticed the ache and tension visibly drain from the man's face and saw his total body relax. His legs stopped jerking and his physique stopped writhing in pain.
An amazed look got here throughout the person's face as he too noticed he become not in pain. He stood up without effort, twisted his body back and forth, lifted his knees in a marching action after which began to walk around the room — all with out pain — issues he had now not been capable of do devoid of constant ache for a few years.
again, I'm happy to share with anyone who asks, about healings, deliverance, desires, visions, counsel, insurance policy, provision, and other signs, wonders and blessings facilitated by the Holy Spirit that I, or others i know, have experienced. These are the works of God. I can not produce or predict any of them. i am only a contented witness to the work of the Holy Spirit.
each and every of the issues I've outlined are signs pointing us to Jesus. when I'm riding to Denver, and that i see a sign that claims, "Denver, ninety miles ahead," I don't stop on the sign and say I've arrived. No, the sign isn't my destination, it aspects me in the route of my destination. The miracles and healings are signs, pointing us to Jesus and inspiring us to have religion in him.
Jesus talked about of the Holy Spirit, "he'll not speak of himself however he'll glorify me" (John sixteen:13). The ministry of the Holy Spirit is to aspect every of us to Jesus.
Jesus instructed his followers that after they had been baptized in, and crammed with, the Holy Spirit, they'd receive vigor to "be my witnesses." Healings, speakme in tongues, or every other of the Holy Spirit's gifts, don't seem to be a witness to an individual's superiority in any method. The gifts of the Spirit (1 Corinthians, chapters 11-14 and elsewhere during the Bible), all witness of Jesus, and God's love and salvation via him.
Of the healings, deliverance from addictions and different blessings I've bought or be aware of others have obtained, the top-quality blessing has been the increasing love for, and figuring out of, the man, Jesus Christ. within the Bible, the Holy Spirit is referred to as the instructor, recommend, helper and by means of a lot of different names, and he enables a person's relationship with Jesus.
He intercedes for us, praying for us and thru us, in line with the need of God (Romans eight:26, and many others.). He gives us potential and knowledge. He nurtures love, pleasure, peace, patience, gentleness, faith and different Christ-like character in us (Galatians 5:22-25). The Holy Spirit is the wind under our wings that lifts us to the liberty and plentiful life present in Jesus.
The annual day of Pentecost aspects to Jesus, reminding us that he ascended to the father and sent the Holy Spirit to motivate us, train us and empower us to live overcoming lives and to take the love of God and the decent news of forgiveness, peace, and salvation through Jesus into our world.
Dan Matney is the pastor at New lifestyles meeting of God in Avon. e-mail him at pastordanmatney@hotmail.com.
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