News from St. John's

A Voice in the Wilderness

2021-05-13

Come Holy Spirit!

“All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit…” Acts 2:4

Can you imagine that first day of Pentecost. How surprising it must have been for those first disciples. In a moment they were filled with power along with the ability to proclaim the wondrous and mighty acts of God in languages that people from all around the known world could understand. God fulfilled a promise that he had made long before...that he would pour out his spirit upon all flesh; on all people.

It's a promise that he continues to fulfill even today. The Holy Spirit wasn't something that was given long ago just on that day of Pentecost. God continues to pour out his spirit with generous abundance. In fact the day of Pentecost happens every time that someone asks for God to pour out his Spirit upon them. Every time we celebrate a baptism we have a mini-Pentecost!

Maybe you have already experienced God's spirit in a powerful and profound way in your own life. Perhaps you are wondering what all the fuss about the Holy Spirit is. Maybe you are secretly wishing that Pentecost would happen in your own life...that YOU would be filled with the Holy Spirit.

This Sunday we celebrate the feast of Pentecost. And I would invite you to come expecting that God would pour out his Spirit upon us. And when he does, that we would be emboldened to proclaim his mighty acts in our community and to the world!

Almighty God, on this day you opened the way of eternal life to every race and nation by the promised gift of your Holy Spirit: Shed abroad this gift throughout the world by the preaching of the Gospel, that it may reach to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Blessings,

Matthew+

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