The Promise Part 4 - Times of Refreshing
June 9, 2024
Series focus: the
The Feast of Pentecost on the Hebrew calendar is from sunset Tuesday June 11, to sunset June 12.
The promise is an baptism into a life in the power of the Holy Spirit that makes us
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” —Acts 1:8
- The
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,
That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your young men shall see visions,
Your old men shall dream dreams. —Acts 2:16-17
Spirit-filled community - God fills individuals, but the outpouring of the Holy Spirit consistently happens in
The
Vision 50 - launching 50 Life Groups in the 2nd half of 2024.
2 Things You Can Do:
- Pray.
Times of Refreshing
38 Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. —Acts 2:38
19 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. —Acts 3:19
- Times - seasons, opportunity,
- Refreshing - literally, a cooling. “Cool of the Day”. Figuratively it means
- Root Word of “Refreshing”: to cool off, recover from the effects of heat, to refresh (one’s spirit), to recover breath, to revive.
- He’s the Comforter, the helper. Comfort means “to
“I, even I, am He who comforts you.
Who are you that you should be afraid
Of a man who will die,
And of the son of a man who will be made like grass? —Isaiah 51:12
1. Times of refreshing are
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- The filling of Holy Spirit should not be just a
15 So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. 16 Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. 17 Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do. 18 Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit, 19 singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, and making music to the Lord in your hearts. 20 And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. —Ephesians 5:15-21, NLT
“be filled continually with the Holy Spirit.”
—Ephesians 5:18, TPTBut those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint. —Isaiah 40:31You will show me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. —Psalm 16:11Joy of the Lord is your strength. —Nehemiah 8:10
2. Times of refreshing are church-wide and
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- God-ordained
- The waves are coming with more frequency.
- The waves are coming with more intensity.
2 After two days He will revive us;
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight.
3 Let us know,
Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord.
His going forth is established as the morning;
He will come to us like the rain,
Like the latter and former rain to the earth. —Hosea 6:2-3Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus. —Acts 4:13
“They began to understand the effect Jesus had on them simply by spending time with him.” —Acts 4:13 TPT