When The Holy Spirit Comes | Acts 2:1-41, Week 2 | Rob Hall | New North Church

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Alright, I get to share some childhood trauma this morning, but um when I was a kid, I don't remember how old I was, I can't I kind of remember it was Christmas time, but I don't remember who gave me the gift, but I got a gift at Christmas, and I remember because I was traumatized, and I opened up the gifts and I was so excited.

It wasn't this, obviously.

I didn't haven't, you know, um, but I got a remote control car and it was amazing.

I was so excited, right?

And uh I ripped it open and I realized there was a huge problem.

And this box actually says it.

It says right here requires two AA batteries, and they are what?

Not included.

And so I realized that I had an awesome remote control car that had no batteries.

So that's okay.

I thought, you know, like I'll find batteries.

I ripped through the house, looked through every drawer, opened up all the remote control, like, you know, like where are two, and guess how many batteries I found?

0.0 batteries.

No batteries.

And this is, you know, long before like Amazon, where you could like two hours something, you know, nothing was open.

This is like in the Stone Ages, and uh, and I was so depressed, like so excited.

Thank you for the gift.

Could not use it.

And so it sat there all Christmas day until the next day, and I'm sure I went straight to Walgreens, because that's where I bought everything, you know, with someone and got two AA batteries, played with it, probably broke it later.

I don't remember.

But I was thinking about this experience because I think it relates to our Christian life.

See, like I really believe that if we're not careful, the Christian life can feel just like a remote control car without any power.

Think about it this way: most of us in this room, maybe all of us, came to faith in Jesus at some point.

We were given the gift of eternal life, salvation, our sins were forgiven, we were set free, we were baptized.

It was amazing.

For me, it was a dramatic experience.

Maybe for you, it was more of just a process that you found yourself walking with Jesus.

But here's what can happen, and I think this happened to me in some ways.

We can start to follow Jesus, but in a way where we don't understand or live with his power to obey him, to walk with him, to do the things he wants us to do.

And so if you were like me, you tried to like live with Jesus, you tried to obey him, but you did that in your own power and in your own strength.

You were like a car without batteries.

Yes, you had the gift of Jesus.

Yes, you were going to church, but you were living the Christian life as if everything actually depended on you, not God.

And let me just tell you this: life with Jesus, but without power from Jesus, is not very fun.

Because what happens, and I see this happen in the church, we become legalistic, thinking if I disobey these rules, then God will love me more.

No.

Or we'll become discouraged because we try to live for Jesus and we find ourselves struggling and struggling, struggling.

Or for some of us, we just give up.

We just give up.

Where am I getting this idea from?

Well, just consider the Old Testament, for example.

Like God gave his people his law, his rules for life, and it was meant to be good.

It was meant to be amazing for them.

But here's the problem: you see this all through the Old Testament was that human hearts were and are unable to obey God's law faithfully.

We can't do it.

See, God's good law showed us how to live for God, but it didn't and couldn't give us the power to live for God.

And so what you see in the Old Testament, you see, the Holy Spirit would often and sometimes come on people, but that was only temporarily.

And it was only usually for a task, never permanently.

And so this is why, if you keep going, the prophets of the Old Testament, they they promised a day when God would put his law in our hearts, where God would put his spirit within them so that we can live for and with God.

And then fast forward to the New Testament, you would think things would get a little better.

They didn't, because Jesus comes on the scene and he doesn't like dumb down the law, he doesn't turn down the requirements of it, he turns up the heat.

He said wild things like this.

Hey, if you're angry at someone, then you've actually committed murder in your heart.

Hey, you've probably never committed adultery.

Well, Jesus said, I tell you, if you even look lustfully at a woman, you've committed adultery in your heart.

So according to Jesus, I've murdered and committed adultery this week.

Thank you, Jesus.

Like, not literally, please don't email me.

Figuratively.

Because according to Jesus, it's not enough to obey the Ten Commandments or God's law.

Outwardly, he cares about what's happened inwardly in your heart.

Jesus even said things that honestly, from the outside, look impossible to live out.

He said things like, love your enemy, heal the sick, and this is the wildest one.

He's told us that you'll do even greater things than I did.

Like, how is that possible?

Jesus said that.

So Jesus was super clear, and his point is that it is actually impossible to live the Christian life on your own.

It is impossible to live for God by sheer willpower or by grit.

Everyone loves that word.

You just gotta have more grit, or by keeping all the religious rules, you will fail.

Why?

Because here's why.

The Christian life, following Jesus, is a supernatural life empowered by the Holy Spirit.

Let me say that again.

The Christian life is not just religious rule keeping, it's not just do's and don'ts, it's not just living your best life now and trying to white knuckle your Christianity.

It is actually a supernatural life empowered by the third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit.

Now, the Holy Spirit, just so we're clear, is not like batteries.

He is not an impersonal force like lightning or an it.

He is a person.

We can grieve him, we can quench him, we're called to walk with him.

Why?

Because he is God within us.

But just like a Torah without batteries, we were never supposed to live in our own power, in our own strength, but in his power and in his strength.

So how do we do that?

What does that even look like?

Acts 2 starts to tell us.

Last Sunday I looked all at Acts chapter 1.

Acts 1 · chapter mention

And in Acts chapter 1, and by the way, just in case you know, we're like I'm we're gonna move through Acts quickly because I don't want to be in this book until Jesus returns, just so you know.

Acts 1 · chapter mention

So we're doing long, long chapters.

Okay, just call you.

But last Sunday we left the disciples in what's called an upper room, waiting and praying for ten straight days.

That's what Jesus told them to do.

So that's what they did.

And so finally, the time had come.

If you have a Bible, we're looking at Acts chapter 2 now.

Acts 2 · chapter mention

Acts chapter 2, or you can open up your journals because it's in there as well.

Acts 2 · chapter mention

That's the New Living Translation.

I'm reading from the NIV.

Acts chapter 2, starting in verse 1.

Acts 2 · chapter mention

Here we go.

It says, When the day of Pentecost came, we'll talk about that.

They were all together in one place.

What place?

The upper room.

And suddenly a sound like, say the word like, like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.

And they saw what seemed, can you say the word seemed?

Seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.

And all of them were filled, say the word filled with me, filled with the Holy Spirit.

And they began to speak in other tongues.

Some translations say other languages, as the Spirit enabled them.

Now, there were stay they were staying in Jerusalem, there were staying in Jerusalem, God-fearing Jews from, listen to this, every nation under heaven.

When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment.

Because each one heard, listen to this, their own language being spoken, and utterly amazed, they asked, Yo, aren't all those speaking Galileans?

Like, how is it that each of us hears them in our own native language?

And then Luke tells us exactly who was in the crowd: Parthians, Medes, Elamites, residents of Mesopotamia, folks from Daily City, Judea, Cabbadocia, Pontius, and Asia, Fergia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and parts of Libya, near Cerene, visitors even from Rome.

Hey, they were both Jews and converse to Judaism.

Cretans, Abs.

We hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own language.

And amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, what in the world does this mean?

And there's always haters.

Haters are gonna what?

Hate.

Some, however, made fun of them and said, Man, they just had way too much wine.

I love it.

Let's pray.

Why don't you take a moment and just pray for yourself?

That the Holy Spirit would speak to you.

Pray for those around you.

Pray for me.

Let's ask the Holy Spirit to lead us this morning.

Why don't you pray?

Then I'll close us in prayer.

Father, we know that you're here, you're moving.

We know that you want to speak, so would you speak?

And would you help us to hear what it is you're telling our church, our people today?

In the name of the Father, Son, and Spirit, we pray.

Amen.

Alright, last week, uh, if you missed us, we saw how Jesus promised the disciples, the Holy Spirit, that he was going to come.

And when he came, they would receive power not to be special, but to be his witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

And so they were gathered in the upper room.

They were praying.

Meanwhile, Luke tells us outside of that room, thousands of visitors were coming from all over the world.

They were descending into Jerusalem, celebrating what was called the Jewish Festival of Pentecost or the Festival of Weeks.

And during this significant celebration, the Spirit of God chooses that moment to come and the Church of Jesus Christ was born.

Let me explain all that was happening as briefly as I can.

First, what we see here is the Holy Spirit was symbolized by wind and fire.

And that's significant.

If you go back to the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit is often described as both wind and fire.

In fact, Hebrew, and the Hebrew word, which is the language of the Old Testament, ruach, literally means spirit or breath or wind.

And you see that in the book of Genesis.

You see the Holy Spirit hovering over the waters of creation.

You see God breathing his ruach, his life, his breath, into Adam.

Fire, of course, represented God's holy presence, and you see that all throughout the Old Testament.

God appears to Moses in fire in a burning bush and says, Yo, take off your sandals.

This is holy ground.

God descends on Mount Sinai in fire.

As Israel wandered in the desert for 40 years, a pillar of fire guided them at night.

God's holy presence.

So here's the point.

Luke is connecting these dots.

At Mount Sinai, where Moses received the Jewish law, the Ten Commandments, and all 500 laws in addition, God's presence appeared with fire and a powerful sound like wind.

And then he fast forwards.

At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit, God's presence comes in a very similar way and indwells, lives with believers permanently.

And so here we are at Pentecost.

The Holy Spirit says, Luke tells us, came like wind.

He wasn't literal wind.

He came something like tongues of fire on believers, not literal fire.

So this was symbolic of new life and fresh power and God's holy presence coming and indwelling and resting on his people, empowering them to speak for Jesus and live for Jesus, and the church was born.

Here's what I think is happening in Acts chapter 2.

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It's describing what happened, what was written in stone, the Ten Commandments, the Jewish law, Luke is basically saying is now written on the human hearts by God's Spirit living in us.

We call this from old covenant to new covenant.

And then the Holy Spirit essentially breaks the communication barrier.

Men and women started hearing their native tongue, their own language being spoken by people who didn't speak their language.

Now let me step back.

Many preachers and scholars throughout church history have connected these events, what was happening in Pentecost, to what was happening in the book of Genesis, the Tower of Babel.

And I think there's something there.

See in Genesis chapter 10, chapter 11, after the flood, God's people shared one common language.

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And so they began to look at each other and be like, man, let's build a city.

So they built a city and they said, that's not enough.

Let's build the tower, not so going up to God so we can be like God.

And so they began to build this impressive tower.

And God said, uh-uh-uh.

Because the project was more about human pride and self-reliance than about worshiping Him.

And so God, what He does is He confuses their language.

He stops the tower work.

He then scattered His pee, the people of God all throughout the known world.

And so think about that.

At Pentecost, here you have is Jewish pilgrims, both Jews and people who are converted to Judaism all across the world, were gathering together in Jerusalem, and sudden they heard disciples declaring, Luke tells us, the mighty works of God in their own languages.

And so I love this connection.

When you connect Babel and Pentecost together, here's what happens: from making their name great to making God's name great.

From confusion of languages to understanding all languages.

From God scattering people to God gathering people around Jesus.

From human achievement to God's gift from heaven, the Holy Spirit.

So here's what Luke is describing.

He's saying, hey guys, there is people from all different cultures and languages, and suddenly, for a moment, they were united at the events of Pentecost by the Holy Spirit and the message of salvation in Jesus Christ.

It was a picture, just for a moment, of what heaven will one day look like when people from all nations, languages, and tongues come together and worship the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Now I just gotta stop and say, because I don't really say this much.

I love the diversity of our church.

I love that we sing in other languages.

By the way, where's our Tagalog singers today?

Let's go, Filipinos.

I love that.

And Tay's a perfect example.

We didn't even set this up.

I am the only white boy on our stage today.

And I'm a quarter Japanese, so I'm kind of wagian.

So that I don't know if that even counts.

But that's a beautiful thing.

Like what other organization or institution or place, whatever word you want to describe, were people from all different backgrounds and all different ethnicities and all different ways of voting and all different opinions come together and not kill each other.

The Church of Jesus Christ.

Because we're united under him.

Well, look at what happens next.

These believers were then baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit.

So I'm gonna do a little bit of theology here.

You're smart, hang in there with me.

Let me just say this out front.

You should know that Christians have understood these events differently across traditions for many years.

So let me tell you what I believe.

You can disagree with that, we can still be friends, that's okay.

I'm right, you're wrong.

That's how it means.

No, no, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not.

So I believe, let me be clear.

I believe that all the gifts of the Spirit are active today.

I like to call myself, I am a charismatic with a seatbelt on, because I didn't grow up in a charismatic church.

But where I would land differently than some of my Pentecostal or other charismatic friends is simply on the timing of Spirit baptism.

Like I've always understood spirit baptism happening once at conversion with filling of the Holy Spirit is an ongoing repeated experience after that.

So in my theology, when you come to faith, at that moment you are baptized with the Holy Spirit, but you need to be filled over and over again with fresh power, fresh strength from the Holy Spirit.

Now let me say this: Christians can agree, disagree with me on that.

That's okay.

But as I look through Acts, and I'm just gonna stay in Acts, spirit baptism and water baptism are actually closely related in Acts, but they're separated.

The word baptize really means to be immersed, to be overwhelmed.

So water baptism, and we're gonna see this all over Acts.

People hear, and it's like, I need to get hear the gospel, I need to get baptized.

So water baptism is just a visible response to an inward reality, coming to faith in Jesus.

And then the gift of the Spirit is given, and that is God's work within and among his people.

Both are necessary.

So when you read the book of Acts and the rest of the New Testament, you will find that being filled with the Spirit, in my opinion, is actually different than being baptized in the Spirit.

Again, you're baptized once by the Spirit, but man, you need to be filled constantly by Him.

So again, we may disagree on when that baptism happens.

That's okay.

We can all agree across all traditions that if you're gonna walk with Jesus, you need to be constantly filled with more of his presence, more of his power, more of his understanding.

That's the most important thing I want you to remember.

And so as you go throughout Acts, where you're gonna see is the Holy Spirit filling the disciples with really a fresh experience of God's power and direction.

Let me give you a few examples.

The disciples, we'll see Peter in a second, is suddenly filled with courage to preach and speak about Jesus.

You see the disciples, the Spirit filling them, giving them wisdom for ministry and spiritual power to love, to serve, to be his witnesses.

You're gonna see the disciples being led by the Holy Spirit to go to different places.

We're gonna see the Spirit filling the disciples with praise, with worship, and with bold, courageous prayers.

Acts chapter 4.

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And then we're gonna see the Spirit filling them with endurance and faithfulness as they endure intense persecution for the name of Jesus.

So all of this was happening at this very significant moment called Pentecost.

And I love what Luke says.

He says, Hey, some were amazed.

Some were kind of confused, like, what's going on here?

And some even mock the disciples, saying, Man, they were all drunk.

So here's what Peter does.

The apostle Peter is filled with the Spirit.

He stands up and he explains to this massive crowd, preaches a sermon essentially, and tells them exactly what was going on.

And 3,000 people, and in Acts, as far as we know, they only counted men, so there was more than this.

3,000 people received the message, were baptized in water, and added to the church.

Wow, wow, wow.

But this is what happens when the Holy Spirit moves.

And so in verses 14 through 41, I'm not going to read it all, I'm going to highlight some things.

Peter, he gets up and he teaches about the Holy Spirit.

He teaches about Jesus, he teaches from the scriptures with boldness, with power.

How does that even happen?

How does a guy like Peter, who disowned Jesus three times, who had his heart broken, who was hiding in an upper room praying, suddenly get up and become like Billy Graham in front of all these people?

The Holy Spirit.

By the way, Billy Graham was an old preacher who was amazing.

I'm starting to date myself.

I gotta think of someone else today.

But anyway, God, and so what we see is God keeps his promise.

He sent the Spirit.

The Spirit empowered the disciples.

Peter turned.

To the scriptures and he points the crowd to Jesus.

And I love this.

Let me stop for a moment.

Peter addresses the crowd, not with a funny joke, not with a nice little prop of a toy without a battery.

He goes straight to the Old Testament and makes a beeline to Jesus.

Good preaching always does that.

Whatever text, you make a beeline to Jesus.

Peter told them that what they are actually seeing is God fulfilling many of the Old Testament promises, and he highlights one of the most important, the prophet, the prophecy of Joel.

Look with me at verse 17.

Peter says this.

He says, Hey guys, there's what you're seeing.

In the last days, quoting from Joel, God says, I will pour out my spirit on all people.

Your sons and daughters will prophesy.

They will speak for God, his words.

Your young men, they're going to see visions.

Your old men, they're going to dream dreams.

Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my spirit in those days.

And they will prophesy.

And everyone, verse 21, who calls on the name of the Lord will be what?

Will be saved.

So let me stop here.

Let's just consider a sermon.

Like Peter could have focused on the wind.

Yo, did you see that?

Or the fire, wasn't that great?

Or the language.

Man, I was speaking whatever.

But he focused on none of those things.

He focused on Jesus.

He connects the dots from the Old Testament to the good news of Jesus.

He shared how Jesus did miracles with signs and wonders.

He did that all by the power of God, but Jesus was crucified.

God raised him from the dead.

Then he moves on and he quotes from the Psalms to show how death could not keep Jesus down.

He tells the crowd that Jesus is still alive.

He's sitting at the right hand of the Father, that the Holy Spirit was now sent in a very specific way so the crowds could see him and hear him for themselves.

And then Peter, I love this man.

He was bold, he was super direct.

He looks out and he says, verse 36, therefore, let all Israel, and he's speaking to primarily Jewish people at this point, be assured of this.

God made this Jesus, whom y'all crucified, both Lord, that means king, that means master, and Messiah.

That's a connection to the Old Testament, the holy anointed one.

Paul, or excuse me, Peter preached for a response and he got one.

But it wasn't because of his smart words or his eloquence.

He didn't prepare this sermon ahead of time, as far as we know.

Luke tells us that the crowd was cut to the heart by the Holy Spirit.

So this wasn't like manipulation, this wasn't pressure, this wasn't like emotionalism.

Peter preached Jesus and he let the Holy Spirit do the heart surgery.

Like I never want to guilt you or shame you or, like I say, should on anyone, but my goal is to preach Christ and allow the Holy Spirit to do what I can't do, cut you to the heart.

It's funny, let me just say this.

This is for free.

I've had people come up to me over the years and they'll say things like, hey Rob, that was you said this, and that really spoke to me.

And I'll say, I didn't say that.

And they're like, Yeah, you did.

I go, I didn't say that, but that's okay.

That's what the Holy Spirit wanted you to hear.

That's happened to me so many times.

Oh, Rob, that was so great.

You said this.

Because I'll say, well, what spoke to you?

And they'll say this, and I'll be like, huh, I don't think I said that.

But I love that.

That's what you needed to hear.

That's how the Holy Spirit moves.

But he also uses my words as well.

Anyway, so Peter, he then lands his sermon.

This is what good preachers do.

You got to land a sermon.

I'd listen to a lot of sermons.

A lot of times preachers will try to land and they'll take back off again.

And you're just like, come on, land the plane.

Peter lands the plane.

Verse 38.

Look what he says.

He says, Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins.

And when you do that, you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

So what does this mean?

To repent just means to turn around, to walk away from a life of sin, to turn to God, to turn from rejecting Jesus to embracing him as Lord.

And Peter says, if we do that, if you do that, God promises forgiveness and power from the Spirit to live for Him.

And look at what happened.

Verse 41.

Those who accept His message, so not everyone accepted His message, those who accept His message were baptized, and about 3,000 were added to their number that day.

Can you imagine being at church that day?

Can you imagine?

Like Peter gets up, you're like, eh, that's fine.

I've heard better.

You know, who's that Philip guy in uh, you know, uh, what's his name in uh Atlanta?

He's way better than Peter.

But look at what happened.

The Holy Spirit moved, he cut people to the heart, and 3,000 people were out of church.

Honestly, like I think in my mind, like, dude, how do they baptize that many people in one day?

I mean, did they go into the night?

I mean, that's my guess.

Like, I'm I bet you Peter's armor is about ready to fall off after, oh my gosh, how many more?

Whoo! 101.

100, I don't know, but I tell you what, this is happening around the world today.

We support a pastor in northern Indy, I can't tell you his name.

There's disciples all over the place.

When they do baptism, it is mass baptism.

I've seen video of a line of people for miles waiting to get baptized.

It's incredible.

The water looks disgusting, but it is incredible.

I've been all over the world.

Miles and a half.

We're like, Rob, you want to baptize people?

And I looked down and I said, nah, I'm good.

Go ahead, guys.

Like, it's like, is there a crocodile in there?

I don't know, but I'll be praying.

Forgive me, Lord.

You know, it's terrible, but that's what goes on my mind.

I'm good.

Um, you guys do it, you guys do it.

I'm a foreigner.

Um so here's what happens in Acts.

So here's what's going on.

A small group of disciples, about 120, are waiting on God, praying for God to move.

The Holy Spirit comes, but they don't stay in that room.

It's out into the streets.

They go out, and thousands of people hear the gospel.

Thousands receive the gospel.

They're baptized, they join the church, they receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

This was the birth of the church.

And the church, and we're gonna look at this next week, was multi-ethnic, intergenerational, spirit-empowered, Jesus-centered, and constantly grown with new converts.

This is exactly the type of church we want to be at New North.

So if you're taking notes, here's my big idea, my sermon in a sentence.

Here's what we see in Acts chapter 2.

Acts 2 · chapter mention

God pours out his spirit so that people can hear the good news, the gospel of Jesus, turn to him, and be his witnesses, not only in Jerusalem, but Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

And what we're gonna see is they didn't want to scatter.

So persecution comes on the church and then they start to scatter.

So, what does this mean for you?

What does this mean for me?

Let's go back to my toy illustration.

If you're not yet a believer, I'm wondering if you've been trying to live your life without God and his power.

I'm telling you what, that is really hard to do.

Life has a way of tenderizing us to respond to him in faith.

If you are a Christian, man, there's been so many moments in my life where I've tried to live for God without his power and without the Holy Spirit.

And so, what does this mean?

If you're not yet a Christian, I think the response is very clear.

The same words from Peter are for you.

Repent, turn from your sin, believe Jesus, and get baptized.

Like, I don't know your story.

I don't know what you've brought into this room or what you carry or what addictions or anxiety or exhaustion or conflict you have.

I don't know.

But I can't tell you this you don't have to face it alone.

God wants to meet you right where you are at today.

God wants to bring you into the church to a community of people who are not perfect, but that can pray for you and love you and encourage you.

Now, some of you are like, I'm not a Christian and my life is good.

You know?

Like, I don't you I talk to people all the time, I don't need anything.

I don't need God.

I'm doing great.

You know what the message is for you?

Same.

Repent, turn from your sins, and turn to Jesus.

Secondly, if you are a Christian and have never been baptized, it blows me away how many people in our church have not been baptized, but they're Christians.

Get baptized! Like, like, and that's not for me, that's from the commands of Jesus.

Like Jesus commands all followers to be baptized in water.

Yes, baptism doesn't save you, but I've seen this happen a thousand times.

The Holy Spirit moves in the waters of baptism, especially in response to your obedience.

So our next baptism is November.

Tap your phone, sign up.

Here's another application.

Here's what we see.

One of the roles of the Holy Spirit is to empower us, like Peter, like the disciples, to be his witnesses.

Peter stood up, gave a powerful sermon, and you don't need to do that.

But God wants you to speak for him.

You might be the only Jesus that anyone in your family has ever seen.

Again, you're not Jesus, but you're his representative.

You might be the only Christian in your school or your workplace.

God has you there for a specific reason.

So ask the Holy Spirit, say, God, lead me to someone this week.

Help me to share my faith.

Help me to listen and respond and share.

Man, I don't know much, but Jesus has changed me.

Come and see.

I don't know much, but I'm a different man than I was a year ago.

And Jesus did it.

And then lastly, here's my encouragement for every single one of us, Rob Hall included.

I want us to pray and ask the Holy Spirit to fill us again.

Because again, if you're anything like me, I bet you've been relying on yourself and your own strength and your own wisdom and your own resources instead of depending on the Spirit.

We're gonna ask him to fill you.

If you've been resisting him in any way, confess that and ask the Spirit to fill you.

Man, maybe you showed up today and you just feel weak.

And you're like, Rob, I'm barely here.

I need more of God.

Pray and ask the Spirit to fill you, and He will.

Let's ask Him to empower us, to fill us and send us out.

So let's stand together.

And I just want to invite anyone.

If you want to come to the altar during this last song, if you want to pray and worship, you can.

It's open.

Our prayer team will be off on the side.

If you need prayer from them, just find them.

Because sometimes I feel bad.

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