Franco preached a challenging word on Sunday 11th. Here’s a reviving look at it.
We all long for breakthroughs in our life, marriage & in children. Jesus is called the Prince of Peace! Anyone who is against peace is sinning against Jesus. If you are for Jesus then you have an enemy. (Mat 24:9)(John 15:18) The enemy wants to shut the Church’s mouth because we are the only people who are speaking about peace, joy, life, salvation, unity, harmony.
How do we re-ignite our passion to see the lost saved? How do we increase our excitement to do these things? In short how do we regain our pulse?
PULSE (Acts 4:23-37)
P = Prayer
U = Unity
L = Leadership/Lordship of Christ
S = Sharing – (Possessions/ Faith/ Life)
E = Encouragement
Great prayer will bring great increase of God’s power to meet your need. How does one PRAY…
A- Adoration
C- Confession
T- Thanksgiving
S- Supplication
One can also use the Lords’ prayer for praying as a pattern .
John 17 tells about unity. Where there is unity – God commands a blessing. There is something about God He cannot keep quiet or stop but bless when he sees unity.
When we are united we are portraying the Triune God that we worship. ‘FATHER’, ‘SON’ & the ‘HOLY SPIRIT’ Christians can be at three stages concerning unity:
A. United – Hot
B. Indifferent – Lukewarm
C. Disunited – Cold.
Are you united person? Do you have a spirit of unity? Where are you, concerning the church?
The book of Joshua records (Joshua 5:13-15), Jesus coming to take charge of Jericho, to give it to the Israelites. He won the battle for them. Jesus is our leader. He is the Head of the Church. He is the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.
We all want Jesus to help us in our problems. He doesn’t want to just help instead He wants to take over the driver’s seat. Are you looking for a solution to your problems? Let the Holy Spirit take the centre stage.
The apostles shared their possessions, faith & their lives. They had great fellowship and their pulse was increasing. They were like little children who were excited about Jesus.
Another most thing is that they were encouraging each other. Act 11:23 tells how Barnabas encouraged the church. Our God is a God of eternal encouragement, so speak positive affirmation into one another life.
May be your pulse has gone down. Pray for the Holy Spirit’s grace to see it increase
