THIS MORNING WE HAVE SPENT TIME PRAYING.

PRAYER IS IMPORTANT. WE ARE CALLED TO PRAY.

WE ARE ALSO CALLED TO ACTION.

PENTECOST IS THE DAY THE PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH TURNED INTO ACTION.

ON PENTECOST SUNDAY WE REMEMBER THE DAY JESUS EMPOWERED THE CHURCH TO FULFILL THE MISSION HE BEGAN

THIS IS THE CALL OF THE CHURCH: TO PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS.

WE HAVE A GOD WHO CARES ABOUT OUR WORLD.

JESUS DID NOT LEAVE US ALONE.

WE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FULFILL GOD’S CALL ALONE

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A GIFT, HE IS A GIFT FOR US, AND FOR THE CHURCH —BUT NOT JUST FOR US.

”Eagerly desire the gifts”

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

HOW DO WE EAGERLY DESIRE THE GIFTS…

THE DISCIPLES WAITED, IN THE UNKNOWN
THE DISCIPLES PRAYED, EXPECTANTLY
IT CHANGED THE WORLD…

WHEN WE WAIT ON AND PRAY FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT…IT CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.

THE CHURCH IS BORN AT PENTECOST.

IT STARTED IN AN UPPER ROOM, WITH PEOPLE PRAYING AND WAITING.

IT FUELED TO FLAME WITH THE COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND THE WILLINGNESS OF PEOPLE TO STEP BOLDLY INTO THE CROWDS.

THEY CONTINUED TO SEE THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVE THROUGH
THE MANY WONDERS AND SIGNS THE APOSTLES DID THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

WE SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE THESE THINGS TODAY.

IF WE ARE GOING TO FULFILL THE COMMISSION OF JESUS IN ACTS 1:8 THE CALL TO ACTION ON BEHALF OF A DYING, HURTING, GRIEF STRICKEN WORLD…

WE NEED TO EAGERLY DESIRE AND SEEK THE GIFT OF THE SPIRIT, AND THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT.

SO LIKE THE EARLY DISCIPLES WE ARE GOING TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO PRAY FOR THE GIFT AND PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND TO PRAY FOR HIM TO EMPOWER YOU THROUGH THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT TO FULFILL HIS CALL.

COMMUNION: remembering Him for what He has done.
The bread represents the body of Christ, in our place.
The juice represents the blood of Christ, paying for our sins.