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The immediate, experiential work of the Holy Spirit and the expectation of spiritual gifts.
Key question: “How does this text reveal the present-day work and power of the Holy Spirit?”
25,762 sermon illustrations through the Pentecostal lens
1/1 (1725): J. Bach leads the first performance of his chorale cantata Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41, which features the trumpet fanfares from the beginning also in the end.
You are very far -- But were no one Farther than you -- Do you think I'd stop For a Firmament -- Or a Cubit -- or so?
4/9 (1989): Tbilisi massacre: An anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strike in Tbilisi, demanding restoration of Georgian independence, is dispersed by the Soviet Army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
Arthur Phillip decides that Port Jackson is a more suitable location for a colony.
4/9 (1937): The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
5/8 (2025): The 2025 papal conclave elects Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, taking the name Leo XIV as the 267th Pope of the Catholic Church.
5/8 (1976): The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
3/17 (1860): The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.
12/25 (2003): The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.
"At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want." - Lao Tzu
"A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees." - Amelia Earhart
"Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways." - Sigmund Freud
"The goal of an artist is to create the definitive work that cannot be surpassed." - George Bernard Shaw
"Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other." - Brian Tracy