Pentecost Sunday: No Issues With the Oil • Ps Craig Clark

May 24, 2026

Devotional

Day 1: Oil, Not Diesel: Returning to the Spirit’s Supply

A fuel crisis reveals deeper blockages: when supply lines clog, surface solutions fail. The Holy Spirit isn’t a temporary fix for joy or peace—He’s the source. Like petrol stations empty of diesel, we often chase symptoms while ignoring the root. But Galatians 5:25 reminds us life flows when we walk in step with the Spirit, not our striving. His oil sustains joy in drought, peace in chaos, and purpose in uncertainty. [07:13]

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.”
(Galatians 5:22–25, ESV)

Reflection: What “diesel issue” (a surface struggle) have you been fixated on? How might surrendering to the Spirit’s oil shift your focus from lack to supply?

Day 2: Pure Hearts Fueling Unseen Service

Jeremiah’s encouragement to opponents mid-game wasn’t strategy—it was overflow. A heart uncluttered by applause or agenda becomes a pipeline for God’s voice. Servanthood isn’t a stepping stone; it’s the destination. Jesus honored the widow’s mites, not the showy offerings. When motives stay pure, even refilling a water jug becomes worship. [00:56]

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”
(Matthew 5:8, ESV)

Reflection: Where do you serve expecting no recognition? Ask God to purify one hidden act this week into an offering.

Day 3: Surrendering the Frontal Lobe: Speaking Heaven’s Language

Brain scans show tongues lower conscious control, activating surrender. Like a child releasing a balloon, speaking in tongues isn’t about eloquence—it’s trust. The disciples didn’t analyze Pentecost’s wind; they let it carry them. Your spirit, unshackled from logic, aligns with God’s frequency. [11:27]

“All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.”
(Acts 2:4, ESV)

Reflection: What overthinking habit do you need to “walk around the block” in prayer? Try praying in tongues (or groans) for 60 seconds today.

Day 4: Anointed for the Mundane: Carrying Oil to Your Workplace

Isaiah 61’s prophecy isn’t for pulpits alone. The Spirit’s anointing turns schoolyards into revival fields, office cubicles into altars. You aren’t just a parent, teacher, or mechanic—you’re a commissioned bearer of “oil” to dry places. The same Spirit who parted seas designs your Monday meetings. [18:54]

“The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives…”
(Isaiah 61:1, ESV)

Reflection: Name one mundane task this week. How could seeing it as “anointed” change your approach?

Day 5: From Addict to Anointed: One Moment in God’s Presence

A man walks in bound, leaves speaking tongues. No twelve-step program—just raw encounter. The altar isn’t magic; it’s surrender. Like the woman touching Jesus’ cloak, healing starts when desperation meets divine proximity. Your history isn’t a hurdle—it’s fuel for testimony. [17:33]

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
(2 Corinthians 5:17, ESV)

Reflection: What “old identity” still whispers? Write it down, then pray: “Spirit, replace this lie with Your ‘new creation’ truth.”

Sermon Summary

The Holy Spirit was promised and poured out, not to make a few elite people impressive, but to take the available and make them effective. Pentecost names the church’s birthright: baptized in the Spirit, speaking in tongues, laying on hands, the sick rising, even the dead raised. The movement is not by might or power, but by his Spirit, who turns ordinary vessels into carriers of extraordinary grace. The image that keeps ringing is simple and sharp: it’s not a diesel issue, it’s an oil issue. Visible shortages like peace, joy, and patience often trace back to one hidden lack, the supply of the Spirit’s oil. Galatians 5 calls love, joy, peace and the rest the fruit of the Spirit, so the answer is not grabbing more patience, but receiving more of him.

The Spirit of truth comes to indwell, not just to warm the outside. He coaches, corrects, and empowers from within, confronting a culture that claims there is no truth and a religious mindset that prefers control to surrender. Tongues becomes a grace that unhooks the frontal lobe and connects spirit to Spirit, creating a real-time posture of yielded trust and deep release, so hearts can pray past the limits of logic. From Genesis to Revelation, he is the wind in the sails: parting seas, giving blueprints, emboldening Esther, toppling Baal. The call is not to ask him to get in step with human plans, but to live in step with him.

Isaiah 61 announces the mantle: he is in believers for their sake, and on them for others. Those who wore ashes become oaks who rebuild cities long devastated. That turn happens in presence and power, not self-effort. Supply is not the problem. Heaven is full. Laying on hands is simple obedience that says, same power, many outcomes, all for Jesus. Some will laugh, some will weep, some will see, some will receive a heavenly language. The enemy will offer imitations and substitutes, but a Spirit-full life redirects the soul from craving to communion. The price has been paid by Christ, yet pride and familiarity must yield. And the warning lands: it’s cheaper to outsource oil, but it is unwise. Each disciple must dig a personal well so there is enough for others when environments run dry. The invitation is clear: repent, receive, be filled, and walk.

Key Takeaways

1. It’s not diesel, it’s oil The lack that keeps showing up as low peace, thin joy, or short patience is usually a supply issue with the Spirit. When the oil is flowing, the fruit grows even if circumstances don’t shift. The fix is not more additives, but a fresh infilling. Ask for the Giver, and the gifts follow. [07:13]
2. The Spirit of truth breaks control Truth is not an idea but a Person who indwells and leads past the limits of human understanding. A religious need to manage outcomes strangles surrender; tongues trains the heart to yield where the mind wants to grip. Surrendered people get God-sized outcomes. [10:06]
3. He’s in us for us, on us for others Isaiah 61 names the assignment: good news, binding up, freedom, comfort, beauty for ashes. Those once stuck in despair become oaks who rebuild what lies ruined. Power is personal in formation and public in service. [18:54]
4. Heaven’s supply is full, so lay hands Lack is not on God’s end; the Word authorizes simple obedience. Laying hands invites the same power to do different works as he wills. Expect joy, tears, vision, healing, and fresh language as the Spirit fills to overflowing. [21:55]
5. Stop outsourcing your oil Borrowed fire cannot sustain a long obedience. Corporate moments matter, but personal digging creates reservoirs that overflow when rooms run dry. A life that draws from God directly is steady, generous, and ready. [28:31]

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[00:00] - Welcome
[00:31] - Honoring a pure heart
[02:17] - Expectation for infilling and gifts
[04:16] - Pentecostal identity and promise
[05:56] - Fuel spike story sets the scene
[07:13] - Not diesel but oil
[09:18] - The Spirit within coaches and leads
[10:06] - Spirit of truth vs control
[11:27] - Tongues and a surrendered mind
[13:55] - From Genesis to the upper room
[16:14] - Revival altar and a word of knowledge
[17:33] - From addicted sinner to anointed saint
[18:24] - Isaiah 61 mantle and mission
[20:44] - From ashes to oaks who rebuild
[21:25] - No shortage in heaven’s supply
[22:37] - Lay hands and let God fill
[23:46] - Healings and the enemy’s imitation
[25:05] - Soul substitutes when spirit is empty
[26:25] - The cost is paid, pride must yield
[28:13] - Don’t outsource your oil
[29:45] - Hunger and surrender for more
[30:39] - The Spirit’s first work: draw to Jesus
[33:06] - Born again, not behavior first
[34:21] - Invitation and response
[36:08] - Prayer of surrender to Jesus
[37:13] - Check the oil gauge of the heart
[37:29] - Break free and be freshly filled
[38:43] - Come to the altar hungry
[39:15] - Come Holy Spirit, open heaven

Bible Study Guide

Bible Reading
Isaiah 61:1-3 (ESV)
"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; to grant to those who mourn in Zion—to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified."

Observation Questions

The sermon compares the Holy Spirit’s work to an "oil supply" rather than a "diesel issue." What visible struggles (like lack of peace or joy) does this metaphor suggest are symptoms of a deeper spiritual need? [07:13]
According to Isaiah 61:1-3, what specific tasks are given to those anointed by the Spirit? How does the sermon connect this to believers today? [18:54]
The sermon emphasizes that tongues "unhook the frontal lobe" to create surrender. What neurological shift does this describe, and how does it relate to yielding to God? [11:27]
What outcomes does the sermon associate with laying hands on others (e.g., joy, healing, heavenly language)? [21:55]

Interpretation Questions

Why might the Holy Spirit be called the "Spirit of truth" (John 14:17), and how does this contrast with both cultural relativism ("no truth") and religious control? [10:06]
The sermon warns against "outsourcing oil" and emphasizes personal spiritual reservoirs. Why would relying solely on corporate gatherings or others’ faith leave someone vulnerable in dry seasons? [28:31]
Isaiah 61 says those who once wore ashes become "oaks of righteousness." What does this transformation imply about the relationship between brokenness, the Spirit’s work, and purpose?
How does the metaphor of "oil" (Galatians 5:22-23) reframe the pursuit of qualities like patience or joy? Why is seeking the Spirit himself more effective than chasing individual fruits?

Application Questions

Where have you noticed a "visible shortage" (e.g., impatience, anxiety) in your life recently? What practical step could you take this week to prioritize the Spirit’s "oil supply" over trying to fix the symptom? [07:13]
The sermon encourages believers to "dig personal wells" through prayer, surrender, or tongues. What daily or weekly habit could you start (or deepen) to cultivate your own reservoir of the Spirit? [28:31]
Isaiah 61:1-3 calls believers to "rebuild ruined cities." Who in your sphere (work, family, community) needs "good news" or comfort right now? How could you intentionally rely on the Spirit’s power—not just your effort—to serve them?
Have you ever hesitated to pray in tongues, lay hands, or step into spiritual gifts due to fear of others’ opinions? What would it look like to surrender that fear and ask God for boldness today? [27:35]
The sermon warns against letting pride or familiarity block the Spirit’s work. Is there an area where you’ve resisted yielding control to God (e.g., relationships, plans, habits)? How might you posture your heart differently this month? [26:25]

Sermon Clips

25s

#ItsAnOilIssue

“What can happen in our lives, right, is that we can go, man, I got no peace. I need peace. I need peace. I need peace. I've got no joy. Where do I get joy? I want joy. I need joy. I've got no security, so I'm busy trying to get security, security, security. Right? But what we have to realize, what the holy spirit was saying to me, is it's not so much a peace issue or a joy issue or a security issue, it's an oil issue.”

27s

#BreakReligiousLimits

“Even a religious mindset would want to be restrictive to the things of the spirit. Why? Because we would rather have it in a place where we can understand it and we can control it and not actually surrender and give God total control. And that might be a little bit confronting, but we have to call it what it is because the reality is is if it's just what you can understand and just what you can contain, then I read my bible says his ways are higher than my ways.”

27s

#AnointedToProclaim

“I love the fact that the bible actually says that the holy spirit, speaking of from Isaiah 61, he says, the spirit of the sovereign lord is on me. You know that God is on you for a purpose. He is on us for a purpose. He's in us for us, but he's on us for others. Am I is anybody here? Yeah. Yeah. Right? The spirit of the sovereign lord is on me because he's anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. That's not just the call on Isaiah's life. Come on. Believe that's the call on every Christian's life.”

24s

#SpiritEmpowersLife

“Let's come back to the main thing. And the incredible thing is is that the Holy Spirit, when he moves in our lives and the way that he operates, is that, it's not just limited to a fuzzy feeling or it's not just this moment of warmth or it's not just a moment of joy, but, actually, it's the empowerment for us to live the godly lives that God has called us to live. It actually outworks all of God in our lives as as if Jesus himself,”

29s

#DrawYourOwnSupply

“right, is not just walking alongside us, coaching us, guiding us, and teaching us in life, but the holy spirit, god himself, is in us, and he's coaching us. He's leading us. He's teaching us and guiding us in the lives that we live. So therefore, if we are not filled with the Holy Spirit, we are still filled with something, but if it's not him, we're not gonna be able to live completely the lives that he wants us to live. That's why the bible calls him the spirit of truth. He's the spirit of truth.”

32s

#SpiritUnlimitedSupply

“It's cheaper. Listen, it's cheaper to live off somebody else's oil. It's like, oh, man, that's true. I don't know about you, but I find, man, thank you worship team for being ready. Oh, thank you for whoever's bringing the word because I I haven't been in my supply. Yeah. I'm drawing from your side. Man, I'm thank you for our discipleship group leaders, and we do. We thank God for them. But you know the truth of it is is one of the things the spirit does is bring community and bring unity.”

24s

#SpiritDrawsTheLost

“You know that we're actually not just to draw from our own supply, but we're supposed to have enough for others. But what happens when somebody else's supply runs out? Do we are we depleted? Come on, are we in crisis mode? Because, well, you weren't anointed today. Oh, no. So I've got nothing to draw from. No. No. We should all dig and draw our own supply. So maybe there'd be times an environment might be drier, but it's like, well, I'm not dependent on that environment. I'm drawing for my own source.”

32s

#PowerTransformsLives

“The Holy Spirit's first role is to actually draw those who are disconnected from God, unbelievers, draw them through grace, draw them through mercy, draw them through a love, but also an awareness that knocks on the heart and says, hang on, hey, you're not right with God. Hey, there's a separation between you and him, and he's drawing us to acknowledge our need of Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. See, the truth of it is is that we were all born into sin, basically means we're all born separated from God.”

33s

#SpiritForWorkAndFamily

“and be filled with the Holy Spirit, then come and stand over here. So he's now standing over here. Not too many moments later, he came with a friend. We're standing there just smiling and just looking because now he's laid out on the ground under the power of the holy spirit. Right? He's walked in an addicted sinner, and now he's an anointed saint. Like, I don't know what I don't know about you, but I'm just going, God, God, you are good. God, you can move. God, what has been a hold for years, come on, in a moment in God's presence. In a moment in God's presence. Isn't that powerful?”

32s

#InStepWithSpirit

“The awesome thing is, three weeks later, he's getting baptized as well with the other 50 something people who got baptized that Sunday. I'm telling you, God transforms from the inside out. That's the beautiful thing about it. We all marvel at the incredible words that the apostle Paul wrote. How did he write them? Under the anointing of the Holy Spirit. He makes us better than we are. He does things that we cannot do through human understanding. Isn't he awesome? Yeah. Oh, man. God, you're good.”

42s

#KnowGodPersonally

“Come on. We're in the especially in the day and age of what they wanna try and force our teachers to educate our children. Come on. We need wisdom. We need boldness. We need strength. Come on. If you're working in the marketplace and you're getting offered all kinds of things, come on. We need the holy spirit to be able to have clarity of confidence to be able to say yes to what we need to say yes to and know what we should say no to. There's moments of faith that God wants to lead us in our families, and if we don't have the Holy Spirit, we're gonna step back in fear but God has not given us a spirit of fear. He's given us one of power, love, and a sound mind. Oh, come on. Someone's gotta get encouraged that we don't need to walk this world in our own ability. We don't need to navigate our path in our own purpose.”

27s

#RealRelationshipWithGod

“Come on. All through the bible. I'm just here to say, we're not here to go, oh, yeah. Let's think about holy spirit a second. No. Let's live in step with the holy spirit. Not tasking him, can you get in step with me? No. We're here to be in step with you. That's why we gotta be filled because if we're not filled with him, then we get clouded and other things wanna talk to us. Other things wanna lead us. We've just done a whole wonderful series and tear down the idols. Who's loved that series? Yes. Mhmm.”

27s

#GodsComeback

“But the wonderful thing is is that God desired for you and I to know a personal relationship, not through another person, not through a priest or a speaker, know that we would all personally know God for ourselves. But until we acknowledge our need of God, what we're doing is we're living our lives, but we're living, walking in our own wisdom and our own ways, following our own desires. That doesn't mean you're maybe a bad person or maybe it does, like me. I was a bad person.”

28s

#GraceIsEnough

“Come on, a day of comeback of our God. Everybody's saying, it's getting so dark out there. Well, when it gets darker, the light shines brighter. Come on, there's gotta be something in this season that we're not looking at what is against us. Come on. We're standing with who's for us. The day of comeback of our God to comfort those who mourn. Wow. What a beautiful honor we have to provide for those who grieve and to actually place a crown of beauty and take off, come on, ashes,”

37s

#TakeEveryThoughtCaptive

“But the truth of it is the bible says all have sinned and fallen short. So it's not measured on how good your life has been. It's measured, do you know God? Have you surrendered your life? Have you invited his forgiveness? And have you turned to decide, I'm no longer following my ways. I'm gonna follow his ways. And the incredible thing is what we're doing in that moment is we're saying, Lord, I can't do this on my own. Lord, I've tried what I've tried. Lord, you have me here, but I sense this knocking on my heart. That's him drawing you, saying, I love you. I love you. I love you. You might even be in that moment saying, but I've done so much wrong. He goes, I don't care. I love you. My grace is enough. I'm for you. I'm towards you.”

28s

“But at the same time, when somebody else is dry, our source flowing, so therefore, we get to pour into somebody else. It's a beautiful picture of how God wants his body to work. But the truth of this is going after his presence means we do have to dig. We do have to go after it. We do have to have a hunger. And the last thing is is that we need is we need a surrender. And the last thing is is that we need is we need a surrender. We need to surrender that says, come holy spirit, do what only you can do. Come holy spirit, do what only you can do. See, what I love about the holy spirit is”

23s

“Sometimes, guys, if if you're feeling, man, why am I so impatient? And you're thinking it's, I just need more patience. I need more patience. I need more patience. Could we just turn that, god, I need more of you. Holy Spirit, I need more of you. I need more of you. When I have those moments, man, it's like, okay. Go and do it. I just call it a lap of honor. It's around my block. Get out, put my shoes on, and I walk around the block praying tongues for one lap. And go, I just gotta be repositioned”

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Pentecost Sunday: No Issues With the Oil • Ps Craig Clark

Devotional

Day 1: Oil, Not Diesel: Returning to the Spirit’s Supply

Day 2: Pure Hearts Fueling Unseen Service

Day 3: Surrendering the Frontal Lobe: Speaking Heaven’s Language

Day 4: Anointed for the Mundane: Carrying Oil to Your Workplace

Day 5: From Addict to Anointed: One Moment in God’s Presence

Sermon Summary

Key Takeaways

Youtube Chapters

Bible Study Guide

Sermon Clips

Pentecost Sunday: No Issues With the Oil • Ps Craig Clark

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