Empowered for Harvest: Embracing the Holy Spirit

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The day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came down because Jesus said don't go anywhere until you in De with power from on Earth you can imagine that what happened on that day and in the days after it was not a one by one evangelism even though one by one evangelism is very great is very good which we are trusting that it will be even effective with us but on that day I would like to say what I saw was a mechanized fing because how will you explain that yesterday a bunch of 120 people people powerless fearful afraid yesterday even the thought of denying Jesus had not left brother Peter. [00:06:33]

The Holy Ghost came on their lives and it was as if it was a joke everybody was saying there speaking in tongues and speaking Tong if it was just that they spoke in tongues and nothing else happened it would have been something people can easily read and say is this glosolalia the confusion of Tong but when Peter stood up and said look we are not drunk this is that which prophet Jo spoke about we are not wrong what you are seeing here is is something that God has spoken about and this man that did not plan to preach neither did he plan for an audience and the audience that gathered they were spontaneous audience they were not the organized kind of audience. [00:08:21]

The Word of God was coming and by the time he finished he had not even finished when the men interrupted him they said men and women stop tell us what shall we do to be saved and in that single day with a single altar call the Bible said 3,000 came and repented and 3,000 were baptized and the 3,000 stood in the apostles Doctrine and 3,000 continued in the word of God and 3,000 were added to the disciples and in another day they were just going to pray they were not planning to preach they were not saying let's go and show something no they were just going to attend normal prayer meeting in the synagogue. [00:09:33]

The analogy of mechanized farming versus manual labor highlights the need for divine empowerment. We cannot rely on human effort alone to bring in the harvest; we need the power of the Holy Spirit. As we prepare for a new outpouring, we must cry out to God for fresh anointing and equipping. Let us be the generation that sees the fulfillment of God's promises as His Spirit moves powerfully across the nations. [00:12:24]

The key to this empowerment lies in becoming vessels that God can fill. We must empty ourselves of pride, bitterness, and self-reliance, making room for the Holy Spirit to dwell within us. As we become sanctuaries for God's presence, His dominion will be established in and through us, enabling us to carry His power into every sphere of influence. [00:29:07]

The Word of God is the instrument through which this power is manifested. When God places His words in our mouths, they become like a hammer that breaks the hardest of hearts and like fire that purifies and refines. It is through the faithful proclamation of His Word that lives are transformed, and the kingdom of God is advanced. [00:49:40]

The empowerment of the Holy Spirit is essential for fulfilling God's mission. Just as the early church was transformed by the Spirit, we too must seek this divine empowerment to effectively reach our generation. We must become empty vessels, free from pride and self-reliance, to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Only then can we become sanctuaries for God's presence and instruments of His dominion. [00:58:59]

The first matter before us this morning where are those people in whom Jesus will find a sanctuary where are those Brothers in whom the Holy Ghost will find a seat to exercise Dominion so when we are asking for pouring and which we are going to go back to God for now I'm expecting that you will clear out and clean up and take out all rubbish and say Lord I am empty now fill me again fill me with yourself fill me with your power fill me with your spirit. [00:43:00]

The Word of God is the primary tool for transformation. When God places His words in our mouths, they become powerful instruments that break strongholds and bring healing and deliverance. The analogy of mechanized farming versus manual labor highlights the need for divine empowerment. We cannot rely on human effort alone to bring in the harvest; we need the power of the Holy Spirit. [00:49:40]

The empowerment of the Holy Spirit is essential for fulfilling God's mission. Just as the early church was transformed by the Spirit, we too must seek this divine empowerment to effectively reach our generation. We must become empty vessels, free from pride and self-reliance, to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Only then can we become sanctuaries for God's presence and instruments of His dominion. [00:58:59]

The Word of God is the instrument through which this power is manifested. When God places His words in our mouths, they become like a hammer that breaks the hardest of hearts and like fire that purifies and refines. It is through the faithful proclamation of His Word that lives are transformed, and the kingdom of God is advanced. [00:49:40]

The analogy of mechanized farming versus manual labor highlights the need for divine empowerment. We cannot rely on human effort alone to bring in the harvest; we need the power of the Holy Spirit. As we prepare for a new outpouring, we must cry out to God for fresh anointing and equipping. Let us be the generation that sees the fulfillment of God's promises as His Spirit moves powerfully across the nations. [00:12:24]

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