Matt Reynolds :: Pentecost :: 05.23.10
In Acts 2, Jesus told the disciples to stay in Jerusalem, waiting for power from heaven. For 10 days they fasted and prayed, eagerly expecting this gift Jesus had promised. What happened on that 10th day, forever changed them and continues to change us today if we will allow it. The Holy Spirit came, filled the Apostles, and brought the Kingdom of Heaven to Earth eternally changing the lives of 0ver 3,000 people. Our prayer to see heaven come to earth is dependent on the same Holy Spirit power, given without measure to those who believe in Jesus. In humility, we set aside 10 days leading up to Pentecost, confessing Jeremiah 10:23 “I know, O Lord, our lives are not our own. We are not able to plan our own course.” and asking God, once again, to pour out His spirit of wisdom and revelation so our next step would align with His grand plan for the Kingdom to come to Atlanta.
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Matt Reynolds :: Ephesians 3 pt. 2 What Am I Made Of? ::05.16.10
Have you ever had a moment with God so powerful you were at a loss for the words to adequately describe it? Have you ever sensed God working deeply within you at a level you could only explain as being your inner man? The truths Paul is praying for the Ephesians to know and experience at the end of chapter 3 are beyond words and deeper than skin. It’s about people experiencing Christ’s Love down to there core…and it changes everything.3:16-19 “I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”
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