The intentional God

Based on the book of Acts because again, can someone tell me why I have chosen to study the book of Acts in these next few months? What has moved me to do it? I have shared it with you. Someone who wasn't sleeping at 9 in the morning when I shared that, someone who's daring and can tell me why I'm taking time to study the book of Acts. Don't all raise your hand at the same time because you're going to confuse me. Ah, this way, Victor. Stand up and thunder like your son, one of those who was here, who was giving the drama. Tell me.

I remember that you said that….. ok. One of the reasons that my desire as your pastor is that our church return to the roots, to the origins of the Christian faith as exemplified by the book of Acts, the lives of the first Christians. Someone else tell me a little more, complete what Víctor said very well. Up, ok, good sister. Stand up, please.

We want to expose our congregation to the supernatural move of the Holy Spirit, definitely, by meditating on this book that exemplifies that, we are keeping our mind active around that fact.

Someone else? One more person, let's see. Quick, if you know you have something to say, don't leave me dying here, raise your hand. Let's see, another person. They are asleep? Otherwise I'm going to make them run right there, I'm going to stop them and make them run where they are. Someone else? I want another person, I know there is another. Miriam, back there. Wow, I can see behind me, my eyes are getting better, that's great! I recognized Miriam back there. Yes, Miriam.

We need to have the same boldness, the same spirit, the same commitment, the same impulse that inspired and propelled these first-century believers, and we want to be inspired as we study their example and what God did in their lives.

They know I'm going to be pushy. Someone else? One more person. These people were the first church, they were the first Christian community, they were close to Christ, they exemplified those values that are gradually being lost over the centuries and the spirit, faith, inspiration, and radical character of the first Christians and we fall into the danger of falling into routine, of forgetting that first passion that led these people even to give their lives for the Gospel and to die martyred and be persecuted.

So there you have some ideas and many more, I could add to that, thus summarizing, that we want to cultivate that supernatural mentality of the first believers. Say with me, supernatural mentality. We want to be a church, brothers, that moves in the supernatural. My desire as a pastor is that in our church there are not those hot and cold areas that sometimes exist in the church, where there is a group of brothers who are passionate about God, radically committed to the Kingdom of God, when they come to the services are passionate, they participate in worship, they are moved by prayers, they are in contact with the pastor when he is preaching, they like the movement of the spirit and there are others who are there passive, sitting, watching as spectators, bored and looking at the clock hoping that the service will end soon to go home to watch the football game or whatever.

We want an equal church, where everyone can enter into that kind of worship that we had a little while ago here, where we let the spirit sprout and manifest. And that no one feels... that there is no difference, my wish is that we all be with that supernatural mentality, that radical commitment to Jesus Christ, that access to the tools, to the instruments, to the resources that the word of God provides. My wish is that from the youngest in the Gospel, the person who converted last Sunday, and the person who has been in the Gospel for 20 years, that there be the same passion, the same joy in the Lord, the same enjoyment of the praise, the same need to come to the house of the Lord, the same knowing the word, knowing where to look in the word to receive advice, comfort, encouragement, healing, deliverance, response to a need.

That is what we want, to create an even church. And brothers, I don't know where you are on that scale of growth, where you are in that process. I encourage you in the name of the Lord, seek more and more that fire of the spirit. Amen, seek more and more that passion of the Lord. If you do not feel moved by what is given here, ask the Lord to put fire in your heart and to give you that joy, that enjoyment of the things of God. Do not stay on the shore, seek more and more of the Lord and enter deeper and deeper into the things of God. And that's why we're discussing these things, that's why I think that this year, from what I see, at the rate we're going, and it's not because we're wasting time, we're going to be there all year, we're going to declare the year of the book of the Acts, the year of the Holy Spirit, as you wish, but we are going to meditate on this and we are going to be filled with that passion.

So, we have seen that in the last Sundays we stopped at chapter 1, actually, and we saw there how the Lord addressed his disciples, he told them, do not leave Jerusalem, wait to receive the power of the Holy Spirit before that they begin to preach the Gospel and to evangelize. Wait, because the promise that the Father gave is going to come and you are going to be invested with power from on high to be effective witnesses who can truly do the work to which I have entrusted you. He told them, don't go out yet, wait a minute, don't shoot each other because the gasoline you need is coming.

Then, we also saw about the ascension of Jesus, how after he had been among them for a while, he took them to a place apart and there he was lifted up and taken to the presence of the Father. We saw there how that ascent of Christ, that ascent is also a way, he entered the most holy place, now the risen Christ, resumed his glory that he had left behind when he incarnated in Jesus, and is seated at the right hand of the Father, but we saw that we are also sitting right? Next to Jesus and that Christ being raised up also puts us in a situation of power.

Say amen, even if it's to confuse me a little. It also puts us in a position of power, of authority, of ruling with Christ Jesus. We also saw that after the Lord ascends and ascends and sits on the throne, the disciples have to return to everyday life, daily life, they have to return, there are the other disciples who did not see Jesus ascend, and they meet with an administrative necessity.

Who remembers what was that need that they had to solve? There was a problem, a little thing they had to fix, an administrative matter. what was it? Yes, ... that's right, someone said treasurer, over here. It's true, yes, they doubt, not the corrupt treasurer, we don't want that kind of treasurer, right? But certainly Judas was a treasurer and he was an Apostle, he was the 12th Apostle that the Lord chose him not because he did not know who he was, but because it was necessary for him to be there. A little rotten apple is always needed. There has to be a bad apple in the basket if only to keep things interesting.

The case was that when Judas dies, he commits suicide, in fact, then the need arises for a disciple number 12, an Apostle number 12 to replace him and then they have to make a decision and they make a decision with the best they have, and we talked about of the importance of deciding. You have to make decisions in life, entrust yourself to the Lord, seek God's wisdom and believe in God's grace, if we have a family, marriage, financial, or work problem, God always has a solution, we must seek an answer, there is to find an answer to the need.

And we talked about that and also after that, the other party in the…. That's as far as we go. That was. I spoke of an x-ray of a decision. So we see now in chapter 2, where I want to go into briefly this morning is the beginning of the book of Acts but it's also kind of the culmination, in a sense, there's no higher point in the whole book of Acts, and I I would say in all the history of the church higher and more powerful than that moment described in chapter 2 where the Holy Spirit descends on those first 120 Christians who were praying, fasting and waiting for the visitation that the Lord said would come upon them .

Here what we have is the inauguration, the very beginning, the formal beginning, I would say, of the church of Jesus Christ on earth. Because when the Lord was with them it was one thing, but now it's like, this is like the seal, it's like the inauguration, it's like cutting the ribbon and saying, ok, now the thing begins, now life begins and the moving from the church of Jesus Christ, no longer with the Master in his own flesh instructing and teaching and doing miracles for them and preparing them. No, now the children have become adults and now they have to manage the house themselves.

But you know what? It's good that when the Lord left, he didn't leave us alone, as he said, but what did he do? He sent the dildo, glory to God. He sent the paracletes, he sent the Master par excellence that the Lord said, he will guide you to all truth, he will speak about me. And the word comforter itself, that word paracletos, means the encourager. I prefer the word animator. It is the one that stimulates us, it is the one that leads us forward, it is the one that strengthens us, the one that pushes us, the one that trains us, the one that directs us, the one that strengthens us, the one that gives us power, the one that spreads and shares his gifts with us, the one who gives us wisdom to be able to understand the truths and mysteries of the Gospel.

The Lord said, I am going to send it and when you start your life now as adults and in this new economy of faith that is called the church age, you are not going to be alone, I am going to send you help . I am going to send you someone who is going to strengthen you, who is going to walk with you, who is going to be there invisibly but very truly within you and with you both at the individual level, in your personal life as servants and as ordinary people who you live life and you have to solve problems, but also as a church collectively I am going to send you a resource, a power that has not been in that way before with the people of God. Wait for it, that is the promise that the Father has for you and you are going to receive it, wait, wait.

You know that the word wait is a very, very powerful word in this context of the Holy Spirit. Waiting was something these people had to do, but they had to wait, not like sitting on a bench with your arm around another chair and waiting passively, listlessly. No, it was waiting expectantly, waiting for what will happen, when it will come. Lord send it. We are eager, longing. It was a longing wait, a dynamic wait, an active wait, it was a wait that was crying out to the Lord so that the Lord would send what he said he had to send.

How does the Holy Spirit find these people? Look what it says, “…when the day of Pentecost came, they were all together with one accord….”

They were of one spirit, unanimous. It means one soul, one soul, one soul, one soul. They were together, they were unanimous. I imagine they were waiting, when will the Lord send him? And let me tell you something, if you want to receive the visitation of the Holy Spirit in your life, if you are hungry for God... if you still haven't received a personal touch from the Holy Spirit, if you still can't say for sure that you Have you been baptized or baptized with the Holy Spirit, if when I asked you, have you received the baptism of the Holy Spirit? You say to me, well, I'm not sure or not, I haven't received it, so the first thing you have to do is wait, but not simply wait for, well, God willing, whenever he wants, well I'm open . No, you have to search and hope that if Christ said you were going to receive it, you are going to receive it. If Christ said that if you ask, he will give it to you and then he begins to be restless, begin to pray to the Lord.

When there are opportunities to pray for the anointing of the Holy Spirit in the church, go ahead, receive that laying on of hands or that intercession in your house, ask the Lord to visit you, before you go to bed, Lord, that tonight is the night that you give me a special visitation. Visit places where the power of the Holy Spirit moves.

I just arrived this morning from Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklahoma and I was there and I tell you, about 3 or 4 times I almost canceled the trip because I don't have enough time, especially during this time. There was a conference on the Holy Spirit, a conference of world proportions. People came from all over the world and it was a conference that included theologians and practitioners of the ministry, part of it was how to consecrate to the Lord the union of generations, the ancient generations, those pioneers of…. Because we are now in the century, we are celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the Pentecostal movement that began in Azuza in California in the year 1906 and which was later confirmed that by 2010 one of the great Apostles of the ministry prophesied that by 2010 there would be a special visitation from the Lord.

And so this conference was to celebrate that and to meditate and talk about that visitation that is needed in the 21st century of the Holy Spirit. And the fact that the church of Christ needs to look for that fresh visitation. What are the challenges? What is the place of the Holy Spirit and the Pentecostal movement in the 21st century? And how can we prepare this new generation of young people so that they take up the baton, take up the sword of the generation that is already passing and that they now assume the ministerial call to conquer this world for Christ, but in the anointing of the Holy Spirit. And so it was an intergenerational conference, where young people played a very big role. And when I read about the conference I said, oh, I don't have time anymore, I've already been to so many of those conferences and what I'm going to do is better buy the cassettes when they come out. But no, it was like God was telling me, no, you are looking for the Holy Spirit, you are looking for more anointing in your life, as a congregation, you are looking for it in your ministry, you know it is time for a visitation from the Holy Spirit. and that what is going to be done in the 21st century has to be done under the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

I felt in my heart, look, even if it's just going there and honoring the Holy Spirit with the effort, I said, Lord, even if it's just investing time and offering you this holocaust of going there even though I can't and maybe I shouldn't and I didn't want to be so much time away from church and other commitments I have, and other things. But I felt from God that I had to push myself and kind of make a prophetic reversal and say to the Holy Spirit, I'm hungry enough for you and I attach enough importance to you to do something uncomfortable, something out of the ordinary and go there and be present. at that conference.

And God blessed me, I went with brother Miguel Preciado, he was there too. It was a great blessing and God blessed that time. But what I want to tell you, brothers, is simply my point is this, that we have to strive. If we really want a visitation, if you want to receive a greater anointing of the Holy Spirit in your life, you have to wait, but wait actively, wait passionately, search, touch, ask, be uncomfortable until you receive what God wants. The gift of God is something very beautiful, very powerful and God does not give it to a person simply who is there, well, if he gives it to me well, and if it is not well, there is nothing else I can do. No. You have to want it, you have to look for it.

These people were waiting. So it is very important at all times that we be eager, waiting for that visitation because that is what the Lord told them, wait until they receive that power from on high. So they entered into a time of prayer. We do not know exactly where they were when that visitation took place. Some think that it was, in fact, romantically the church in the upper room, because that is where the Apostles go in the previous chapter and find those who were there assembled and there they celebrate the election of the successor of Judas. And we sort of assume that happened almost immediately after that. As it is in the next chapter we thought, well, one thing happened immediately after the other. We are not sure. It could have been several days.

I think several days have passed. Some Bible commentators believe that they were in another place or even believe that they were possibly in the temple because it was the hour of prayer, it was the third hour when the Jews went to the temple to pray, because when they believe they are drunk, the people, Pedro tells you his sermon, brothers, these people are not drunk because it is barely, it is still early, it is the third hour of the day. Some think that they were perhaps in the courtyard of the temple and that they were there together praying and waiting and that there it was. Because? because notice that when this happens there are a lot of people around, there are people from all nations, from all countries who are there visiting Jerusalem at this time who come from their own nations to Jerusalem and are there when that visitation takes place. They hear this noise and they see these people speaking in other tongues and they are there to witness this, and they are immediately moved and begin to speculate, what is happening? They are drunk. What is this? They even hear the noise. Some think that they were in a place where there were a lot of people around them and it seems to me that this is possibly, for me, a good explanation.

Because if the Lord..., let's see, the Lord had a purpose in all the elements that make up that visitation. There was an importance in each one of them. And I believe that the Lord, including, the site would also have been very significant. And I think the Lord wanted it to be a public place and a place where there were a lot of people around who could listen and witness what was happening so that there would be that moment when Peter then preaches his first great sermon.

But the important thing is that, that you don't miss that. If you want a visitation from the Holy Spirit and you need it, I need it, you have to be anxious. Brothers, I beg you in the name of Jesus do not stop longing for more. And even if you've already been visited by the baptism of the Holy Spirit, don't say, ok, I've got it all, I've graduated, I've got my diploma. No, look for more. And every day ask the Lord for a fresh visitation, a new, fresh filling of the Holy Spirit. Do not settle for the bread from a week ago, because the bread gets hard. How many know that? How good is a bun taken out of the oven, huh?

And so it is also, we have to look for the fresh anointing, we have to look for a lot of filling of the Holy Spirit, we have to be burning and desiring and to those who desire, those are the ones that God visits and blesses. Those who are hungry, thirsty, those who want a vital life, those who are not satisfied with simply going to church, putting on the mantilla, crossing themselves, going home as if they had already done everything they had to do. But no, they want something, they want God to touch them, they want to feel a presence of God, they want the Lord to manifest in their life, they want to live a life by living fire, they want to be continually vital in their life.

So, it says here, when the day of Pentecost arrived… there is so much here that I think we won't be able to. This is endless. "... when the day of Pentecost came..." Look, people would think that the day of Pentecost was named after what happened that day. What does Pentecost mean? Pente is from the Greek which means 5, Pentateuch, the first 5 books of the Old Testament. It is a word that defines 5, 50 in this case. Pentecost was a Jewish holiday, a religious day, one of the important days in the Jewish liturgical calendar. The visitation of the Holy Spirit occurred that day. Because? because God had a reason for that day. When God does something, he always has a reason.

God is strategic, that is why sometimes, brothers, I fight, again it is what I tell you, that one begins and does not end in these things. I sometimes struggle because on the one hand I am longing, I am longing for a visitation of the Holy Spirit in New England. I know that this is going to come, I know that a rain like no other in all of human history is coming and it is going to cover the United States and I want God to take control of Europe, Australia, Canada, all these countries above all the hardest, the most difficult, those are the ones that I want God to take, because already in Asia and Africa and Latin America, that is like knocking down a short mango. That's already there, it's easy. But those tough countries is what I want God to give them a good hit on the head. What happens is that on the one hand we pray and yearn and fast, he says, Lord, send your spirit, send your spirit, we already want that to happen today, and we know that there is a role that we have to play in God sending his spirit . The church has to intercede, it has to cry out, it has to ask God, do something, Lord, if you don't do it we are going to die. We need your visitation.

But you know what? There is another part of the matter as well, and that is that God has his times and you cannot speed God up. God is never late nor is he ever too early. He arrives at the moment when he has to arrive.

So on the one hand, I know that we have to cry out and ask and beg, and ask for a visitation, but on the other hand, we also have to learn to wait for God's time. Because God knows exactly when his visitation arrives. I believe that there is a day on the clock, in God's calendar, that he knows that on that day the Holy Spirit will fall and there will be a visitation like the one we are hoping for and waiting for. And the seconds hand is giving and the minute hand is also getting closer.

I know that in the mind of God he knows exactly why it is that day and not any other. Because that day has a reason in the heart and mind of God. There is purpose, there is meaning, there is intentionality in that day. I would like to go in there to see that clock and know what day it is. But he knows the day.

God chose the day of Pentecost to pour out his spirit. It was not a coincidence. Why the day of Pentecost? And here I already lost the sermon, I think I'm going to stay only on that. Don't worry, just a couple more minutes. Why the day of Pentecost? Because, look, in the ritual calendar, in the Jewish liturgical calendar, when Easter came, which was celebrated recently, right? The Jews celebrated the Passover, the liberation when they came out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, the paschal lamb, the blood on the lintels, the crossing of the Red Sea, all these things, the liberation from Egypt.

So that Saturday after Easter began a time, a festival, a sacred time of the Jewish calendar that was 50 days, 7 weeks and one day. Now, what was that Saturday? In this time, what was it? That weekend was when Christ was resurrected, when Christ was crucified and resurrected. The day of Jesus' resurrection was the day that those 50 days began on the calendar. It was always the day after the Sabbath of Easter time. That first one, when that Saturday ended, the next day the 50 days began and finally ended on the 50th, which was Sunday, if you count, don't get too lost in the calculations, there were 50 days and it ended on a Sunday for us, after the last Saturday, 7 Saturdays plus one day.

So, interestingly the day of Pentecost is the day, that day 50, that began that week of Easter, which began with the day of resurrection, the 50 days that lead up to the day of Pentecost, already began to be counted on resurrection Sunday, last week, right? Last Sunday.

We are now in the 50 days, moving into the 50 days that culminate on the day of Pentecost. I did the calculation, May 23, if you are curious, put it on your calendar, because that is Pentecost Sunday, May 23. 50 days from Easter Sunday, resurrection Sunday to the day of Pentecost.

So, it's interesting, now, what was that day, what was that festival? How interesting. In this we only have a great lesson about the God who always does things intentionally, indeed, I could this sermon: the intentional God. Because look, that Jewish religious festival was the following: that Sunday, that first Sunday that this festival began was the festival, it was called the festival of the first fruits, the first fruits. It was also known as the harvest festival. And that Sunday the main priest would go to the field and cut the first sheaves, the first ears of fruit from the land. After weeks and weeks of planting there were different cereals that they grew, different plants, and that was the first day that formally, ceremonially, the first fruits were cut and the priest ceremonially took a bunch of those first sheaves, those first ears of corn. , it could be barley, I think it was barley, because it was the first thing that sprouted. You know, there are different plants that sprout at different times. It was the first of the entire crop that was going to be harvested for the next 50 days.

And then the priest would take that first harvest and wave it, lift it up and wave it before God. He presented her to the Father. That is why it was called the festival of the first fruits or the first fruits. So, from that day, resurrection Sunday, when Christ rose to be redundant, but that was important, that first day when the first fruits were taken, the firstfruits, they waved before the Father, thanks were given for the harvest, for the scoop, the clock began to tick 50 days until the day the harvest ended and thanks to God were given and then it was a gratitude to God for the harvest. And then of course, begin to fully and formally enjoy the food and all the fruits that God had given to his people.

Do you see an application to what is happening here? If not, let me help you because there is a lot of intention here in this, even something else, for the Hebrews in the history of Hebrew theology, not Christian, the day of Pentecost independent of what happens here in the book of Acts, they they considered that day the day that Moses historically received the law on Mount Sinai and therefore they considered that day the beginning of the Hebrew religion, of Judaism, the day of Jewish Pentecost. They considered that day the day they began their religion, their faith, the day they received the word, received the principles that were to govern, the commandments that were to govern their lives. So they considered that it was the day, it is the day that they reserved to celebrate the beginning of their faith.

Now, look at all this, let's take it. On that resurrection day, when Christ comes out of the tomb, what does Paul say in First Corinthians chapter 15 about Jesus? He says that he is the first fruits of those who were resurrected. He is the first fruit, Christ is the first to rise, the first man, remember that he was man and God at the same time. Christ was the representative of that redeemed humanity, in the new economy of the Christian faith.

God raised him from the dead. And he was the first to be raised to never die again because Lazarus was raised, the son of the widow of Nain was raised, but how many know that they ever died at some point? It was a provisional miracle, a resurrection, Christ rose forever.

And that is why he is the first, he is the prototype, he is the one who initiates the one who initiates this new thing of people who are resurrected so as not to die. You know that you are not going to die, they are going to turn off the light for a second, but the moment the light is turned off, another light will turn on for eternity. Christians do not die, we go from an imperfect life to a perfect life. Amen.

You don't die anymore, you are an eternal being. Understand that. At the moment you take your last breath there are two little angels ready to take you away and tell you, come, good and faithful servant, you have been faithful over a little, I will put you over much. Glory to the name of the Lord.

If you are afraid of death, start reading your Bible because there is no need to fear death. Where is your sting, oh death, where is your victory, oh grave, says the Apostle Paul in First Corinthians, death is swallowed up in victory. Because Christ has already done it, and Christ has risen. He was the first, he was the first fruit of that new era that he himself opened through his cross.

When the Lord rises from the grave he is that first sheaf, that first fruit that is lifted up and that is offered as the first fruit of the harvest, that harvest that is still standing, reaping souls for salvation. And one day the last harvest will come and then the end will come.

But the Lord was that first fruit, that first sheaf that was offered to the Father as the fruit of what he himself had done on the cross. So, that's why the day of resurrection. And if you look at how all the Old Testament festivals talk about Jesus. Why do you think Jesus said Moses spoke of me, the prophets spoke of me. I came to fulfill and carry out everything that was written in the Law because everything that is in the Old Testament points to Jesus. All the festivals, both types, symbols, things and many things that we can't even imagine are locked in a code in the Old Testament pointing to Jesus.

So, when the Lord resurrects on resurrection day, the clock starts at 50 days. The disciples did not understand this, they did not know. And the Lord told them to just wait and pray and wait for the visitation of the Holy Spirit. Now, to day 50, which is the day…. That is to say, when the day of Pentecost arrived, it is as I said, when the day of Washington arrived, when Labor Day arrived, the day of work, they were unanimous together praying and the Holy Spirit fell.

Who knows what feast day the Lord will choose to send his last visitation. Who knows what day we don't even know its meaning, but he knows it in eternity. So, the day of Pentecost, which was the day that culminated in that time of giving thanks to God for the harvest, that day that the Jews considered the day of the beginning of their faith, that day God inaugurates the Christian faith with the coming of the Holy Spirit. .

Like Moses, look, because if you look at Mount Sinai it was a kind of Pentecost. He says there was fire, there was thunder, those Jews in the desert were so terrified that they said to Moses, look, you go, leave us here because we don't want to die. The presence of God was so terrible. And Moses approached the very presence of the Father and received that revelation and here we have, on the day of Pentecost, fire, rushing wind, tremor, a powerful visitation from God, distributed tongues, supernatural movements that is like opening the door, it is like the beginning, it is the inauguration, it is the sound of the trumpet, it is cutting the ribbon, that is, today at this moment the era of my church begins and I am going to inaugurate it with trumpets, with bombs, with cymbals, with everything let it be to say, today begins the new era of my church. Today the Christian faith formally begins. That was, God chose that particular day that began with the resurrection of Jesus Christ to say, ok, today my church begins to move in the power of the resurrection, in the power of the Holy Spirit and now those fruits of that harvest begin to enter my town

So, notice that, we leave it here because later we will have time. God begins this new era of his salvific plan with this event that opens, inaugurates the new era. If the musicians can come here, I'll thank you.

This new age begins now with the baptism of the Holy Spirit. And that is why, brothers, it is that I think, God did this in that way because he wanted to say, look if you want to start your life as a Christian, if you want to start your own personal era, you need to start it as my disciples started looking for the anointing, seeking the filling of the Holy Spirit, seeking the initiation of the spirit because that is how I started my church.

And I always have a purpose, a reason, when I arrive, I know why I arrived. Do not be discouraged, do not be discouraged, keep waiting, keep looking, keep crying out to me because I have the precise day that I am going to give you what I have for you, but you have to look for it and you have to wait for it and you have to ask for it, but no leave Jerusalem, do not go ahead to live the Christian life fully without first seeking that anointing, that visitation of the Holy Spirit.

And we are going to talk a lot about how the Holy Spirit is received and we are going to have times to seek that anointing in our lives and we are going to be, not only, talking about theories but also about practice, but this morning I want to implant in you a conviction about the importance of having that experience, that visitation. Because that was what happened here on Pentecost, the Lord began the life of his church with a gale, with an infusion of the spirit.

We are going to ask the Lord right now, stand up for a moment, we are going to ask the Lord to do that and if you want to come forward here so that we pray for you this morning, so that you receive a fresh anointing, above all I would like people who have not yet received that baptism of the Holy Spirit, prefer people who have not received it, listen to me, to come by so that we can pray for you this morning and then I encourage you to believe that something has happened within you, if you receive it right now I believe that, look, it's all in that you simply believe it. It's like when I tell people, receive Christ as Lord and savior, and what do you do? You receive Christ as Lord and savior, you open your heart and you believe that he enters.

I believe that if we pray for you, you are going to receive and so I encourage you even right there if you want to glorify the Lord, give thanks for faith and then start looking for that Pentecostal manifestation, that manifestation because look how it manifested itself in this case with wind, with scattered tongues of fire, with prophetic expressions, with miracles. I think we have to look for that dimension as well. I believe that when people pray, that can happen at this very moment if the person believes, they can open their mouths, even speak in other languages. Sometimes we don't do it because we are rather putting up with it but another thing that you can do is also start and when you are in the congregation loosen your tongue, raise your hands, live a Pentecostal life, confess miracles in your life, believe that your you have the anointing of God and begin to adopt a pentecostal mind, an anointing mind, to live a supernatural life.

Confess, I have the filling, I have the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Do not doubt, do not go around from church to church looking for this, looking for the other, simply believe it, claim it, confess it, worship the Lord with freedom. When you are worshiping the Lord, open your mouth and speak in another language, you are going to have that, you are going to receive it this morning. Pray for the sick, rebuke the enemy, pray for the deliverance of people. Live a spirit-filled life, read your word, fast, and say I have it, I am, I am anointed, I am anointed, I have the Holy Spirit, I have the filling of the Holy Spirit and move in that passionate life, that dynamic life, that life that provides space for the manifestation of the power of God in your life.

So I want to pray for you and I encourage you as I pray for you that you confess with your mouth, Lord, thank you that I have it, thank you that I have received it. Thank you because you give it to me. Thank you because I'm moving on it. Thank you because you promised that you would give it to everyone who asked for it, thank you because you are with me and I have the anointing, the promise of the Father in my life.

And I want to invite anyone else who wants a fresh visitation, to stop by for a moment, while the others continue to pray and cry out to the Lord. And if you have to leave, I say goodbye in the name of Jesus, go quietly, quietly, the rest of us are still here interceding and praying.