Text:
Act 1:4-8
TOPIC:
PENTECOST DAY-THE PROMISED POWER
Memory Verse:
Act 1:8
MESSAGE:
One of the biggest trade shows in the world is the annual Consumer Electronics Show hosted by the consumer Technology Association each year in Las Vegas. More than 180,000 people browse booths filled with the latest gadgets, tools, and toys put on display by hundred of vendors. The show in January of 2018 featured an unusual and unwelcome interruption – the electricity went out for more than two hours. Without power, none of the devices worked, no matter how advanced and how cutting edge they might be.
The Christian Life and our work for God depend on power, and that power does not come from us. The instruction that Jesus gave to His disciples was to not attempt to begin their work until they had received the promised power: “And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me” (Act 1:4) There are many sincere, dedicated, and devoted people who are not seeing the kind of result they want from their ministry because they are not operating in God’s power.
The Holy Spirit is given to every believer at the moment of salvation. But there is an ongoing process of allowing His Power to flow through us “And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the spirit” (Ephesians 5:18). There is no shortage of power on God’s part. His ” transmission lines” never go down. Ask Him to empower you today. This year’s Pentecost Day should mark another season of power encounter for you. Don’t miss it. The promise is also for you.
CONTROLLING THOUGHTS:
Effective work and ministry can only be accomplished through the power of the Holy Spirit on our lives.
PRAYER:
Lord, I don’t want to experience power failure, I need a fresh impartation,
BIBLE READING FOR THE YEAR:
Jeremiah 12-14; Matthew 22: 23-46
