SCRIPTURE: Luke (NIV) 24:49 I am going to send you what my Father has promised [the Holy Spirit]; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
Acts (NIV) 2:1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
OBSERVATION: Luke ends his book as he started. He speaks of the Spirit. His closing remark about the Holy Spirit leads right into his next book, the book of Acts. In Luke, the Holy Spirit is presented as the power through which Jesus ministered. In the book of Acts the Holy Spirit is presented as the power through which the early church ministered. Things should continue today in that same pattern!
APPLICATION: I need to follow the example of Jesus and the pattern set by the book of Acts church in allowing the Holy Spirit to indwell and empower me.
What a tragedy it would be for me to not take advantage of this promised empowering. It must be good; Jesus, Himself, promised it! It must be good; it was poured out on the Day of Pentecost! It must be good; read the book of Acts and see how the early church was affected! It must be good; Acts 2:37-39 says it is promised to all who will call upon the Lord!!! That’s ME!!!
PRAYER: Holy Spirit, I need you to take the lead in my life every day. I need you to minister through me. Without you living in me, I have no hope of fulfilling your will for my life. Amen.
Pastor Leon
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