Wind is not only powerful; it can move swiftly and unexpectedly.

Spirit
RUWACK (HEBREW)
PNEUMA (GREEK)
= Wind/Breath of air

John 3:8 | NIV84 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.

Catch the Wind.

Galatians 5:25 | NIV84 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.

“Catch the Wind” = We trust God to empower our mission and move us where He wants us to go, so that His Spirit propels and directs the journey of our lives.

Sailboats weren’t made to sit in the harbor; they were made to sail.

Colossians 1:6 | NIV84 All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God’s grace in all its truth.

Acts 1:6 | NIV84 “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”

Acts 1:7-8 | NIV84 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 2:1-4 | NIV84 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues f as the Spirit enabled them.

Acts 2:12-13 | NIV84 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?” Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”

God’s activity in our lives makes some people feel really uncomfortable.

Acts 2:15-17 | NIV84 These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning! No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: “‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people.”

Acts 2:36| NIV 84 “Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.”

Acts 2:37-38 | NIV84 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” Peter replied, “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 promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”

Acts 2:38-39 | NIV84 “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.

Acts 2:41 | NIV84 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.

God is still moving

“What about the people who didn’t respond?”

Have you settled for a life that’s less than what God intended for you?