EMPOWERED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS

“‘In the last days, God says,  I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions,  your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below,  blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness  and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. And everyone who calls  on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ Acts 2:17-21

The promise of the Holy Spirit is for all people who believe in the Lord. The Holy Spirit is the gift promised by Jesus Christ after He ascended into the heavens. The Holy Spirit comes to empower the believer to be able to do extraordinary things. Without the Holy Spirit, you would be timid in the things of God. Apostle Peter was a timid man until he was baptized with the power of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. He denied Jesus three times when he was arrested to be tried and crucified, but when the Holy Spirit came upon him he became a changed man. He was able to stand boldly in the midst of the crowd to declare that Jesus was the Savior and innocent man whom they crucified. 

 22 “Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. 23 This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. 24 But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him. Act 2:22-24

We are in the last days where Christians must desire to be filled with the Holy Spirit to be able to defend their faith in the midst of persecutions and lawlessness. Christians must stand before governments to demand justice for the needy, poor, and dejected. Christians must stand against false prophets and religious fanatics. We cannot do this by our own strength or power. We can do this if the Holy Spirit is in us. 

For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, of love, and of sound mind. 2 Tim. 1:7

Fear is a product of the enemy, Satan the devil. It is False, Evidence, Appearing, Real. The true evidence is that we have been given the spirit of POWER, LOVE, and SOUND MIND.
Fear robs us of these things. It makes us believe we are powerless. We cannot love because we are suspicious  or fearful of the other person. Because we feel powerless and hopeless, we lose our mind. But when you know the gift that you have in the Lord and you appropriate it, you can go through this Christian journey with boldness and sound mind. 

Make the Holy Spirit you friend today by inviting Jesus Christ into your life and asking Him to fill you with His Holy Spirit. You can the live a victorious Christian life and begin to do extraordinary things. The promise of the Holy Spirit is for you and all generations to come . Amen!