From Disappointed to Dynamic 5

Hello Everyone,

As important as it is to think about —

Our first question was What Happened?

Our next question was Why it Happened?

And today the most important question we can ask and answer is —

Can what happened then … still happen now?

The short answer is — yes … it not only can happen … it MUST happen!

Listen carefully —

Without the SUPERNATURAL Empowering Partnership of the Holy Spirit we are destined for disappointment … we don't have what it takes to live life successfully!

Key question —

So how can we experience the filling the disciples experienced on the day of Pentecost … how can we be filled up with the PERSON and POWER of the Holy Spirit?

While there is no formula for fullness … there are some keys to spirit-empowered life:

The first key is our heart … it's an issue of — dedication!

Our hearts must be dedicated to Christ … because without forgiveness there is no fullness!

Acts 2:38 —

"Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."

The second key is our hunger … it's an issue of — desperation!

Matthew 5:6 —

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled."

In Luke 11:9-13 ⁹ “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

¹¹ “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? ¹² Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? ¹³ If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Listen—

The desperation we need to be filled isn't for an experience … it's for Christ … it's when we say — "Jesus I need all of you and your Spirit that I can get … I'm open and available and asking!"

The third key is our habits … it's an issue of — dependency!

Paul wrote to the Ephesians and said literally commanded them to —

'keep being filled up with the Spirit" (Eph. 5:18)

Cultivate the habit of dependency … of being plugged into the power source … the Holy Spirit!

Let's go back to the questions WE began with —

Have you ever been disappointed with you?

Have you ever wanted to be a better person? A better friend?  A better spouse/parent? A better believer in Jesus Christ?

Have you ever been disappointed because you really wanted to break a destructive or negative pattern or habit in your life? But you couldn't?

Have you ever been disappointed because you wanted to do great things for God and others? But you haven't?

Our disappointment with us is what makes us ready for our appointment with the Holy Spirit, because without Him disappointment is our destiny, but with Him, we can be dynamic people of incredible potential and power!

How can we experience a personal Pentecost?

— Dedicated hearts!

— Desperate hunger!

— Dependent habits!

Greater Things Are Still To Come!

Pastor Phil