TODAY’S “GOOD NEWS” – May 2, 2004

MESSAGE:  “POWER-LIVING:

…Finding Freedom From All Fear” Part II

SCRIPTURE:  Acts 1:1-8

KEY VERSE:  v. 8  “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you.”

FOCUS:  A personal Pentecost is waiting for the open, searching heart!

INTRODUCTION:  “What took place during the fifty-day interval between the Passover events of crucifixion, resurrection, and the empowering of Pentecost is as critical for us as it was for the disciples and followers of Jesus.  What He said and did during that crucial period solidified what had been, and raised expectation for what was to come.  The same preparation for power must happen to us.”   ~ Lloyd Ogilvie

These DISCIPLINES will enable us to discover and live in God’s POWER:

PRAY EARNESTLY ALONE AND WITH OTHERS

 

OBEY THE REVEALED WILL OF GOD

 

WRESTLE WITH AN UNRESOLVED ISSUE

 

EMBRACE THE HOLY SPIRIT’S WORK

 

REACH SOMEONE FOR CHRIST

 

CONCLUSION:  “He gives power to the weak.”  (Isaiah 40:29)

PREACHING:  Pastor Holland Lewis