Waiting Well: Preparing for Pentecost and Revival

Don't leave this room waiting. Don't leave this room waiting too early. Some people leave too soon. They quit praying too soon. They quit believing too soon. They quit trusting too soon. But hear me. Some breakthroughs only happen for people willing to stay in the room. The disciples stayed. And because they stayed, the fire fell. [01:25:22] (40 seconds)  #StayAndReceive

And what was the instruction that Jesus gave? He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait. What were they waiting for? They were waiting for the father's promise. Church, we live in a generation today that hates waiting. We want instant answers. We want instant results. We want instant breakthrough. We want instant healing. We want instant success. Nobody likes waiting. But throughout scripture, we discover something that God often does his deepest work in waiting seasons. [01:12:39] (65 seconds)  #WaitForThePromise

We need to be hungry for the spirit of God. God still fills fills hungry people. He does. Hungry people. People who waited, people who prayed, people who were desperate for a move of God. And I wonder, I wonder this morning, what would happen if the people of God became hungry again? Hungry for holiness, hungry for prayer, and hungry for revival. [01:24:29] (52 seconds)  #HungryForRevival

There is a time in our spiritual lives where we need to have someone feed us. I think that time is actually very short. At some point, and I would say 99% of the people in this room are in that category, if I can be so bold, where you need to be feeding yourself. You say, well I'm not growing spiritually, I don't feel connected, I don't feel God. Well, that's on you. [01:22:43] (42 seconds)  #FeedYourSpirit

I fear sometimes we become comfortable without his presence, comfortable with church without power, comfortable with sermons without conviction, comfortable with worship without encounter. I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm not afraid to say it like it is. I'm not afraid to make you feel convicted. I'm not. Because Jesus is coming back soon and eternity is on the line. [01:23:25] (49 seconds)  #AwakeToHisPresence

It was a move of a holy God through the power of his spirit that we're still talking about today, two thousand years later. You're probably not going to be hearing too much about some of those sporting events and gaming experiences and movies in two thousand years because they were manufactured. I am really getting tired of a generation that is looking for manufactured experiences when all we need to do is look to the word of God and say, holy spirit, come and fill me. [01:16:39] (51 seconds)  #SeekAuthenticEncounter

Because something happens when we come together and wait. Somebody needed to hear that today. Because some of you feel like you've been waiting for a long time and nothing's happening. You're waiting for direction, waiting for healing, waiting for breakthrough, waiting for God to move. Just because it hasn't happened yet does not mean that God has forgotten you. [01:20:05] (46 seconds)  #WaitTogetherHope

And the spirit of God will respond to that. The spirit of God doesn't need our human effort. Spirit of God needs our obedience. They had to wait and waiting has a way of exposing what we trust Because in waiting, you discover whether you trust your strength or his spirit. Listen. Sometimes God delays movement because he's developing dependence. [01:17:30] (44 seconds)  #TrustHisSpiritNotStrength