Pentecostal Posture

hey this is pastor John Ryan Cantu from PNEUMA church in Houston texas thank you for listening

to the message today i hope that it blesses you and all those that you share it with god bless you

it's been a tough week been a tough week as uh as as many of you know by now you know last week um

we asked for prayer right we asked we stood up here we asked for prayer uh for ellie da who had

been in the icu uh she was fighting off an infection and and uh just just to kind of give

some details to those who don't know um friday night uh ellie delivered a a stillborn baby girl

and you know melissa and i actually got to the hospital when they were saying goodbye to this

baby girl of course as you can imagine it was very sad and uh we we visited with with jesse um ellie

that's fiance we also visited with with mia and we prayed for them we believed um that the lord was

going to bring healing over ellie does life right and and so the next morning jesse calls me on my way

to church and and and he lets me know that her oxygen levels fell really low and that's when we brought it

to the church and we um we lifted up ellie da you know together um in in faith that that god would heal

her and uh of course later that same day she she went to be with the lord and um you know it rocked

i think it rocked all of us it rocked many especially our youth ellie that was very much involved with our

youth and and um you know she served for some time on the worship team uh she'd been a member of our

church for probably 11 years she was loved very loved mia is loved and so today i just want to continue

to ask you for prayer i don't i don't believe that the messages that that god brought through myself

and through david pastor david uh were out of coincidence because they were the same message

and the lord was sending a message to his church uh to many who are feeling hurt um that he just wants

to embrace us with love and peace and comfort and i wish i could stand up here today and you know tell

you that the healing that we were believing for and declaring for last sunday became a testimony uh but

you know the lord is sovereign he's still sovereign he's still sovereign and and it's it's not and this

is something that we have to say in moments like this we have to remind ourselves that it's not our

jobs to control what god does we are simply to believe in him and believe in his power i truly believe

that when genuine faith listen when genuine faith doesn't move the mountain it still moves the heart

of god and so when we don't get what we were asking for god is still moved by genuine faith just because

he didn't doesn't mean he couldn't and just because he didn't doesn't mean that he isn't a good loving and

caring god and so you know we have to intentionally remind ourselves of that truth in moments like these

amen so right now our prayers are that the lord would just continue to bring comfort and peace uh

please pray for for jesse and mia who are much a part of this you know family um i also want to say

thank you man i want to say thank you to the church for being the church i i man i love the body of christ man

and and and many of you showed up the day of her of her passing just to be there and sometimes we

don't have the words we have no words to bring comfort sometimes we don't even know if we should

embrace somebody or if they just want some space like we just don't know sometimes but just through the

the ministry of presence um that that's powerful and it speaks volumes i know that many of you

i won't say names but you were there you showed up for for jesse for mia you walked alongside them

during this time many of y'all gave towards the funeral costs and thank you thank you man thank you

um amen you know a lot of elida's family showed up at the hospital many of us didn't know her uh her

family very well but um you know they saw a church who cared right they saw a church that showed up and

as we were all praying in the room together i was reminded of of John uh where jesus says by this

everyone will know that you are my disciples by your love for one another so thank you once again for

being in the church um tuesday morning uh is going to be her her memorial service at 10 o'clock

um i can't remember the name of the funeral home but uh details are um we'll post the details

um today is sunday and we still have to preach the word of god amen in the midst of of any situation

good bad or tragic we continue to point to jesus as our source of joy and freedom right we worship him

as christians in spirit and in truth in every season and today is a special day because it's it's not a

holiday and it's not even really a a day that every church celebrates so it often gets overlooked but

today is pentecost sunday any pentecostal christians in the room this morning

the day of pentecost uh it it occurred about a few weeks after the crucifixion of jesus the year was probably

uh 33 a.d and so it's been almost 2 000 years since the holy spirit descended upon the church

in power in a mighty way power listen power not so that the church could have church

you hear we you know what i'm saying that that's not the reason that the holy spirit descended upon

the church so that we could have church man i man i attended some churches this service uh this this week

i was uh about 50 pastors um from around the city and i was the only non-black pastor in that room

we we we all took a picture at the end and you could easily find me

but man man those brothers can get down man they took me to the presence of god uh just so soulful

and passionate and i and i loved it you know as as pentecostals we know how to have church so you know

we know how to have church we know how to worship we know how to be excited in the presence of god

we know how to make church service not boring and not quiet but powerful amen and so that's why

it's a little awkward when in a pentecostal service there's no pentecostal praise

but we know how to make it fun and exciting and you know i uh i hear it from people all the time

they say pastor i used to go to a church where i felt like if i sang too loudly i would get judged

and in here you know we judge you if you don't sing loudly right or i'll judge you if you sing badly but

hey just the lord wants your praise uh i i hear from people and it's so good to hear people say man when i

started coming to pneuma it it it was exciting to worship god just being surrounded with fellow believers

and and and and shouting and praising and and and being able to move and dance in the presence of god

is a beautiful thing and and i love to hear that but also you have to know that it's it's not really about

the church it's it's about the experience that we as a church choose to have in the presence of god

that's what makes a pentecostal church special but the holy spirit didn't come to give us power

so that we could have church he came to give the church power so that the church could be the church

to help transform lives when we're not at church it's not about a pentecostal church it's not about a

pentecostal sermon it's not about pentecostal praise and worship it's about a pentecostal posture

pentecostal spirit a pentecostal heart the apostles didn't demonstrate the power of the holy spirit

at church services we never read that they weren't really at church when the holy spirit came down and

all these miracles were happening they demonstrated the power of the holy spirit out in the world and so

today what i want to do on this pentecost sunday i simply just want to remind you of the power of

pentecost because i think that sometimes we forget about it a spirit-filled service is not as powerful

as a spirit-filled christian because a service happens once a week at church right we need to flood

the streets with christians who walk in the spirit who talk in the spirit who pray and believe in the

spirit who are moved led and empowered by the spirit so go with me to acts chapter two i was going to try

to be original today and not use acts chapter two but we've got to talk about the day of pentecost on

pentecost sunday would you stand with me we're going to read 21 verses don't fall asleep on me amen

i know there might be some of you who don't really know what the day of pentecost is and look it's right

here this is it we're about to read it when jesus resurrected he promised the disciples that he was going

to send the helper the helper to help them spread the gospel that's that's what the holy spirit is he is

our helper he is our guide uh he guides the church in truth and fills up the church with power and and

today the the power of the holy spirit it it brings conviction to the world he brings power upon the

church in a variety of ways through a variety of gifts the holy spirit the bible says the holy spirit

testifies about jesus that's what he does that that's his role and so without we're about to read

it but without the holy spirit can i just tell you i'll be honest all of this is just emotional

superficial stuff without the holy spirit we are nothing without the holy spirit there is no power

behind the pulpit there is no power without the holy spirit when the church doesn't have a feeling of

the spirit there's no power there's nothing that we can really do on our own and so we have to create

space for the holy spirit in our lives and in the church the church needs the holy spirit and so jesus

tells the disciples to wait for the coming of the holy spirit and here it is acts chapter 2 1 through 21

Acts 2 · chapter mention

says when the day of pentecost arrived they were all together in one place and suddenly somebody say some

suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind and it filled the entire house

where they were sitting and divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each of them

and they were all filled with the holy spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the spirit gave them

utterance now there were dwelling in jerusalem jews devout men from every nation under heaven and at the sound

the multitude came together and they were bewildered because each one was hearing them speak in his own

language and they were amazed and astonished saying are not all of these who are speaking galileans and

how is it that we hear each of us in his own native language parthians and medes and elamites and

residents of mesopotamia and judea and capas of capas of dia pontus and asia phrygia and pamphylia

egypt and the parts of libya belonging to syrene and visitors from rome both jews and proselytes

cretans and arabians i'm sorry arabians we hear them telling in our own language the mighty works of god

and all were amazed saying to one another what does this mean but others mocking said they are all filled

with new wine but peter standing with the eleven lifted up his voice and addressed them men of judea

and all who dwell in jerusalem let this be known to you and give ear to my words for these people are

not drunk as you suppose since it is only the third hour of the day but this is what was uttered through

the prophet joel and in the last days it shall be god declares that i will pour out my spirit

on all flesh somebody say all flesh and your sons and your daughters shall somebody say prophesy

and your young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams even on my male servants and

female servants in those days i will pour out my spirit and they shall prophesy and i will show wonders

in the heavens above and signs on the earth below blood and fire and vapor of smoke the sun shall be turned

to darkness and moon to blood before the day of the lord comes and great magnificent day and it shall

come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the lord shall be saved

you can take your seat

if you didn't catch it by now the the title of my sermon is pentecostal posture

and um a quick quick lesson on pentecostalism pentecostalism is not a church it's not a

denomination it's a movement that's what pentecostalism is and it's uh it represents actually the largest and

fastest growing movement in the evangelical church pentecostalism has its roots all the way back to the

18th century through a man named william seymour who was used by god to give birth to what's called the azusa street

revivals in california you can look all of this up there's plenty of history on it

and and these revivals i want you to i want you to get this the revivals brought back the lost idea

that the church still has power of pentecost

now prior prior to this it wasn't like the holy spirit wasn't working he absolutely was

it wasn't like the holy spirit wasn't bringing power behind every sermon and people weren't getting

saved no people were but the azusa street revival sparked a movement that made the church intentional

about spirit baptism that through the power of the holy spirit people could still be divinely healed

and prophetic word was still being spoken and that miracles were still happening

and you know as you can imagine these revivals spark controversy and some people didn't know

what to think of them and and the ministers that were involved in these revivals were criticized

you know pentecostals are still criticized today

i i uh i often hear of people who criticize worship music because it's it's it's too emotional

i've i've heard people criticize pentecostal preaching because all we do is yell

i i've heard people criticize other believers who speak in tongues and you know what the disciples were

criticized the day of pentecost nothing's changed people think that pentecostals are crazy today

they thought that they were crazy on the day of pentecost these men are drunk

they even criticized jesus when jesus would do miracles saying that he only could do miracles by the by the power of satan

and you know i i've come to find out that when people when whenever there's supernatural power involved

criticism is bound to happen because natural people don't understand supernatural things

and you know i'm not even talking about i'm not even talking about the world i'm talking about christians

there are christians who criticize the pentecostal movement and i don't understand that because our very

faith is supernatural we believe in a supernatural god i don't understand how christians can be surprised

and doubtful when god heals somebody in a supernatural way i don't understand how christians can put so much

faith in natural things but not so much faith and that god can do miraculous things i mean

we claim to believe in a god who became flesh was born of a virgin lived a perfectly sinless life

walked on water died and resurrected in three days by his very own power how is it that we have lost

the posture of pentecost

you with me today y'all quiet for pentecostal church

now look i'm gonna get i'm gonna give some grace because i'm saying this and some of y'all are like

look i understand people suck that's the best way i could say it people suck shame on the ministers

who have abused the power of the holy spirit shame on the preachers who prophesy with no actual

revelation shame on those who say they have word of god but really have word of opinion i'll even say

this shame on those who call everything a miracle because you are diluting the supernatural element that

makes a miracle a miracle it's a miracle that she got married that's not a miracle

maybe it's almost a miracle

but don't dilute the supernatural element that makes a miracle a miracle

and it's this type of rhetoric from ministries uh ministers that believers have uh no longer have

this pentecostal posture because of of rhetoric like this and i don't want you to forget though church

that god still does miracles god still does miracles and we need to pray and we need to believe and we need to

expect our miraculous god to draw glory from miracles that's that's what he did throughout scripture

god would bring glory to himself through the divine through miraculous works and wonders all so that the world will see his glory and so whenever church you're out in the world and you see an opportunity for god to get some glory

so that unbelievers would be drawn to him man pray for it and expect it we become so confident in the presence of believers all we pray with authority in the presence of the church but god wants to do miracles in the presence of unbelievers but first there's need there needs to be a a christian a holy spirit filled disciple of christ who would believe for the miracle that the believer doesn't even know to ask for

so that whenever the miracle can happen the believer can say and testify that was my god that was my god who did it

after after the day of pentecost uh the book of acts talks about this man uh who had been lame from birth he was unable to walk right and every single day somebody would have to

uh bring him to bring him to the temple gate it's right there in acts uh chapter 3 verse 3 i'll read it real quick it says seeing peter and John about to go into the temple

he asked to receive alms and peter directed his gaze at him as did John and said look at us and as he fixed his attention on them expecting to receive something from them

but peter said i have no silver i have no gold but what i do have i give to you in the name of jesus christ rise up and walk

understand this the man didn't know to ask for the supernatural thing

maybe if it was jesus walking by maybe he would have asked for healing but but this man just sees two guys

going into the temple maybe they have some money so maybe i'm gonna ask him and maybe they'll be able to give me a little bit of a blessing but

but what this man didn't know

was that while they had no money

they had something much more powerful

and church you might not have money

you might not have solutions and you might not have answers

but the same essence that was of jesus

is the same power that is in you today

and as a church we are called to represent the power of christ to people who don't even know him

and i'm not saying that you're gonna go out and god's gonna use you every single time to

to deliver a healing to somebody but i'm saying that that we need spirit-filled christians

out in the world

who who believe that if god can do a miracle

maybe he actually might do the miracle

we need the expectation

that the holy spirit is still moving

in the life of the church

and that our proclamation of the gospel

still has power to bring people

to the feet of jesus

god is not impressed with the pentecostal service

he's not

i don't care how much

how crazy you worship him

when we go out there and there's no power

what what are we what are we doing

what are we doing

we gather in here to worship

we gather in here to be filled

and and and to learn the word of god

but then we disperse

and that's where it matters

i think we've lost

we've lost that pentecostal posture

we know how to be pentecostal christians

we know how to be

we know how to go to pentecostal church

but the power of pentecost

was always meant

for the world

to see the power of god

and so we can't lose

the confidence

that the disciples had

man the disciples

they went out in confidence man

when the spirit fell upon them

in that upper room

they went out with certainty

peter brought a word

not even really knowing how to preach

he didn't even prepare it probably

he probably didn't take any notes

but he went out there

by the power of the spirit

and testified of everything

that jesus did

and what jesus is going to continue to do

and we need to be able to have

that level of confidence

whenever we walk out of this

out of this church

and go out into the world

because let me tell you something

god did not take away

the power of the spirit

he hasn't taken it away

the holy spirit didn't stop moving

the spiritual gifts did not cease

if anything has ceased

it is the pentecostal posture

it is our expectation

that god still does miracles

am i speaking to anybody today

now we're a pentecostal church

but again we're talking about a posture of pentecost

it's got little to do with what church you attend

you can come into a pentecostal church

but if the spirit of god doesn't move in you

there's a difference between

the spirit moving in you

and the spirit moving you

there's a difference

the spirit of god moves in every christian

the spirit of god

is what sanctifies us

he's what transforms us

he's what convicts us

he's what directs us

and gives us wisdom

but not every christian

is moved

by the same spirit

listen the holy spirit

has been trying to move

your mouth

among your peers

among your family members

some of you among places of influence

he's trying to move your mouth

because he's moving in you

but you don't let him move your mouth

you shut up the mouth

in rooms

where you should be

prophesying

in rooms

where you should be

preaching

in rooms

where you should be

pointing people

to jesus

you say

holy spirit

what if they judge me

what if they think i'm crazy

what if they think i'm just drunk

he's trying to move you

the holy spirit

has been trying to move

your faith

come on

he's been trying to move

your faith

in the midst of faithless people

when nobody

you're the only person

that believes like you do

but you are too afraid

that if you speak

with too much faith

you won't get the result

that you hope for

and it's gonna make you look bad

and he's just trying

to move your faith

he's not trying to get you

to control the results

we don't control the results

but we do control our faith

and that spirit

that is moving in you

is trying to move

your faith out there

the holy spirit

has been trying to move

some of y'all's feet

come on

he's trying to send you places

he's trying to elevate

your ministry

in the world

but you haven't moved

i don't care how well

you jump

in the presence

of other churches

your feet are planted

when they should be moving

the holy spirit

is trying to move your hands

to pray over people

because god knows

that everything you touch

is anointed

but you are keeping

your hands in your pocket

you pray for people

at church

but you don't pray

for people

who don't even believe

let me tell you something

i love it when somebody

prays for me

but i don't really need

to be prayed for

when i'm at the altar

i'm trying to have a moment

with god

trying to have a moment

with god

unless i come

and ask you

to pray for me

this is just a personal

thing

don't pray for me

i'm good

i'm good here in my spot

i'm worshiping god

but but but christians

we have this thing

where we feel like

oh well i'm gonna pray

for everybody

i'm gonna pray for everybody

that's what you do

at the altars

you just start laying hands

but god wants you

to lay hands out there

where it matters

where people are really

hurting

people are broken

people are in need

of salvation

he's trying to move you

that is what the power

of pentecost does

it moved the disciples

to go out and disperse

into all the world

they didn't stay right there

they didn't stay in the

upper room

peter didn't say

you know what

we're gonna plant this church

called upper room ministries

he didn't do that

they went out

into the world

with the power of the holy spirit

moving

their every step

and you know

we look at

i think about men

like samson in the bible

samson is not a great example

but when the holy spirit

got a hold of him

that man moved

and things happened

out in the world

we hear about

elijah

who went up against

450 prophets of baal

the spirit of god

was in him

and also moved him

to call fire from heaven

in the presence

of pagans

we know the spirit

was over the disciples

regular men

moved to spread

the gospel

listen

in the most hostile

environment

of the world

at that time

we're not even asking

we're not even being asked

to go out

into a hostile environment

everybody's a christian

out there

all of this movement

happened in the world

and i just want to

i'm not mad

i'm just passionate

about this stuff man

and i want to tell you man

that the spirit

that moves you

to tears in here

that moves you

to respond to the word

that moves you

to run to the altars

that moves you

to lift up your hands

that spirit

that puts you

on your knees

never meant

for your movement

to stop here

it's when you

walk out the door

that you really

need to get moving

it's

it's when you

drive out of the

parking lot

that your christianity

matters a lot more

than it does in here

i love having church

don't get me wrong

i love it

i love

having the

the movement

of the spirit

of god

in here

but i really want

to hear testimonies

about what god

is doing out there

you know we talk

a lot about

the the last days

pastor damaris

yesterday

i i kind of smiled

when she said it

she said it

during prayer

she said that the lord

had been impressing

on her on her life

recently

this urgency

because we're living

in the last days

the return of christ

can be at any

minute

any minute

and she said that the lord

had been trying to

to to bring the church

into alignment

because we're kind of

all everybody's all

over the place

i'm not talking about

this church

i'm talking about

the church in general

everybody's kind of

out there doing

their own thing

and and we're focused

on our ministries

and and and we're

focusing on all

these things

which is good

but we can't

lose the eminence

of the return

of christ

because he is

coming back

and he's coming

back soon

and it's good

that we have a

food pantry

and it's good

that we have a

closet

and it's good

that we're doing

all of the outreach

stuff but we

cannot forget

to preach the

gospel

we cannot forget

to point people

to jesus

because without

jesus

it's just charity

and so he's

bringing people

into alignment

when i think

about the church

it's easy

to be critical

man

you know

the body

of christ

we know

doesn't always

look pretty

but jesus

loves her

and i would

never talk bad

about a church

that jesus

loves

and when we

look at the

church yes

there's a lot

of division

there's a lot

of division

in the church

there's been

division for

centuries

there's churches

that got different

agendas

there's churches

that disagree

with us

maybe we don't

see eye to eye

on every theological

element but you

know what acts

Acts 2 · chapter mention

chapter 2 shows us

is that you can

be different and

still be united

you can clap for

that you can clap

for that you can

be different and

still be united

you can disagree

and still be united

and acts chapter 2

Acts 2 · chapter mention

you know what there

was a lot of men

from different

nationalities

there were jews

there were non-jews

there were people

from all parts of

the world and when

the holy spirit came

upon the apostles

they started to

speak in different

languages

they were speaking

in different languages

but speaking the

same message

it's like god was

saying you don't

have to be the same

to be united

you just need the

right spirit

because back in

back in genesis

11 the tower of

babel when when

men came together

and they came

in one spirit

they came united

to glorify man

they were all

speaking the bible

says there was

one language

they were all

speaking one

language and the

bible says that

god came down to

confuse their

language causing

them to disperse

and divide

see those men

didn't have the

right spirit

they had the same

spirit but it

wasn't the right

one and so god

caused differences

upon them to

manifest to divide

them and disrupt

them but they

but here in acts

god does the

opposite he

brings men in

the room from

all over the

world who spoke

different languages

to bring unity

through the right

spirit

and you know why

he did that

why did he do

that because when

jesus ascended into

heaven suddenly the

world was living in

the last days

jesus said i'm coming

back and it's not

our job to know

when it's simply

our job to be

ready and get as

many people ready

as we can and we

can't do that on

our own we can't

just look at

somebody and tell

you hey you might

go to hell if you

don't get right we

need a pentecostal

posture we need we

need power of the

spirit we need

passion when we're

talking about the

things of god

and there's too many

christians though that

i believe have become

relaxed to relax with

the last days we have

lost the urgency that

god can come back for

his church today

maybe this is why we've

also lost the pentecostal

posture that would

otherwise move us

boldly to proclaim the

gospel to people who

are different than us

so instead of what do

we do we come to church

we we we worship with

the church we have

conferences with the

believers and we have

nights of worship with

the believers and it's

the church that we run

to to see the power

where people think like

us and and and pray

like us and and

believe like us we're

pentecostal that church

but in the world that's

where it matters

holy spirit gave power to

the church not so that

we could have church but

so that we could be the

church

i really think that uh i

really think that the

disciples thought that

jesus was coming back like

within a few weeks i

really do jesus like all

right i'll be back peter

was probably like

tuesday i really think

because because they went

on to preach the word

with so much urgency

risking their lives not

asking any questions

and and when there were

other needs that popped

up in the church like when

there was a need to to

care for the orphan to the

widows the apostle said

okay this is really

important let's let's put

some structure to this but

we still have to preach the

word we can't stop

everything that we're

doing to tend to the to

real need there's a bigger

need there's a world out

there that has not heard the

good news of jesus christ

there's a world out there

that that doesn't know that

they can have access to

salvation they can have

access to the throne room of

god again we need to

continue to preach the

word why because we're

living in the last days

and so what does scripture

say about the last days

what does scripture say

about the last days that

peter said we are now in

he says in the last days

it shall be god declares i

will pour out my spirit upon

all flesh and and your sons

and your daughters shall

prophesy and your young men

shall see visions and your

old men shall dream dreams and

on every male and female

servant in those days i will

pour out my spirit the spirit

of god has been poured out

upon each of you every single

one of you once you have

declared jesus as lord and

savior the holy spirit is in

you and there is power to be

poured out all over you

verse 19 says and i will show

wonders in the heavens above

and the signs on earth below

flood and fire and vapor of

the sun shall be turned to

darkness listen this is really

important he says the sun shall

be turned to darkness and the

moon to blood before the day of

the lord comes the great and

magnificent day

several centuries before peter

quotes this passage the prophet

joel prophesied it and and do you

know what peter is doing here in

verse 20 he's alluding to just a

few weeks earlier when jesus died on

that cross and the sun did turn to

darkness and the moon did turn as

the blood peter is saying look the

last days have officially commenced on

that day that jesus died and the

confirmation of that is a spirit being

poured out upon all flesh all these

men are speaking in language that

they don't even speak and people are

hearing the good news of jesus christ

through through foreign lips the

spirit of god has been poured out and

that's that spirit is still upon the

church man

there is still power in the church

and and this morning

i just i wonder if we could just seek

the manifestation of the holy spirit

over our lives

i wonder if we could just seek the

baptism of the holy spirit

in our lives because what what god has

done before church

he can do again

god has done some amazing things when

we open up the scriptures god has

done some amazing miracles i believe

that if the same spirit is alive in

the church today those same things can

begin to happen

but we have to have that posture of

pentecost

i want you to stand with me

i want to i want to make a just a special

call this morning

and i don't i don't want anybody

can i be honest with you

this morning is is a little rough for

me

it's a little rough for me this

morning

nah and i i just i i sense i don't

know and it might not be like a spirit

in the room or anything i'm not gonna

make it super spiritual but right right

in my life right now in this moment

i'm feeling

i'm feeling a disconnect i'll be i'll be

honest with you

i'm i'm feeling a spiritual

disconnect

where i feel like man

and you you know how i can tell

i'm sweating

i only sweat when i'm preaching

when i'm like okay this is a little bit

too much me and less and not enough

spirit

and maybe the holy spirit is saying

Ryan you need to just shut up already

and let the spirit of god do what the

spirit of god is going to do

and so i'm simply going to make one

invitation to you

because i do believe that the power of

pentecost is in this room

and it doesn't matter if you're

in an emotional state right now i don't

think the holy spirit even wants you in an

emotional state right now i think the

holy spirit wants you

clear and and level-headed

to to ask and seek for the presence of

god more in your life

so that you would truly be empowered

by the holy spirit

because you have already been anointed

and so maybe you feel like man i'm there's

there's no power

i've got no power in my lips i've got no

power in my hands i i maybe i have the

anointing but when i when i get in front

of people i don't know what to say

when i'm when i'm being asked to pray for

somebody i don't know what to pray

i don't know how to minister to people

i don't know how to lead people

i don't know enough scripture i i don't

know but god is saying look

the spirit of god is in you man

the spirit of god will give you power

when you have nothing and so i'm gonna open up these altars to anybody who wants to truly seek the spirit of god over their life who say holy spirit i need more of you i need more power because i know that i've been anointed lord i pray that you would move me because i haven't been moving much if that's you this morning i want you to come forward and let the holy spirit fill your life

thank you jesus

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