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Church of the Nazarene – Harrisonburg
A New Wind
Allow His Spirit to be the power that you need.
As we prepare to journey into another new year, we consider this specific question:
What will make the biggest difference for you in the year 2024?
Today we will consider what would happen if you asked the Holy Spirit of God to blow through you in a fresh way in 2024.
John 3:5-8
Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
I wonder how many of us consider the work of God’s Spirit in our lives?
Do we believe it matters?
According to Jesus, it is essential, but do we treat it that way?
Is it just an ‘add on’? Something for the more ‘radical’ or ‘committed’ believers?
The Holy Spirit has many roles in our lives, but there is one specific role that I want us to consider today. The Spirit is how God imparts power to you in your everyday life.
The Spirit gives believers power, power to live the life God calls us to, power to use our gifts to serve and sacrifice for others, and power that is far beyond what we can do in our own strength.
Quite simply, too many believers are relying too much on their own power when we have been given this incredible gift: the gift of God’s power.
Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
The Botton Line:
Allow His Spirit to be the power that you need.
Verses for Further Study & Reflection:
John 14:26
1 Corinthians 6:11
Galatians 5:25
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