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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?”
24,436 sermon illustrations through the Pentecostal lens
Habakkuk 2: By the Spirit’s power, it awakens expectation for gifts, healing, and bold witness.
Galatians 3:23-29 exposes our control; the Spirit refuses to be managed—today, not someday.
1 Peter 1: By the Spirit’s power, it awakens expectation for gifts, healing, and bold witness.
Nehemiah 4: By the Spirit’s power, it awakens expectation for gifts, healing, and bold witness.
1 Corinthians 12:12-31a reminds us: God’s presence is not distant—He strengthens the weak and fills the hungry.
John 1: By the Spirit’s power, it meets us gently—awakens expectation for gifts, healing, and bold witness.
Ecclesiastes 3: By the Spirit’s power, it awakens expectation for gifts, healing, and bold witness.
1 Corinthians 1:10-18 2:23-32 reminds us: God’s presence is not distant—He strengthens the weak and fills the hungry.
James 2: By the Spirit’s power, it meets us gently—awakens expectation for gifts, healing, and bold witness.
John 12:1-8 exposes our control; the Spirit refuses to be managed—today, not someday.
Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 reminds us: God’s presence is not distant—He strengthens the weak and fills the hungry.
Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 challenges powerless religion—if nothing ever changes, what are we calling “Spirit-filled”?—today, not someday.
Isaiah 62:1-5 challenges powerless religion—if nothing ever changes, what are we calling “Spirit-filled”?—today, not someday.
John 21:1-19 challenges powerless religion—if nothing ever changes, what are we calling “Spirit-filled”?—today, not someday.
John 1:43-51 reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.
Psalm 126 expects God to act now—the Spirit empowers witness with holiness and power—today, not someday.
Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19 challenges powerless religion—if nothing ever changes, what are we calling “Spirit-filled”?—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 15:51-58 expects God to act now—the Spirit empowers witness with holiness and power.
1 Samuel 3:1-10 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Timothy 1:12-17 shows that revival is not hype; it is Spirit-wrought transformation—today, not someday.
Galatians 5:1, 13-25 invites expectancy: God can move in your life today—today, not someday.
Luke 20:27-38 Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, the Spirit turns ordinary people into bold messengers of Jesus—today, not someday.
John 1:29-42 50:1-8, 22-23 shows that revival is not hype; it is Spirit-wrought transformation—today, not someday.
Psalm 118:14-29 challenges powerless religion—if nothing ever changes, what are we calling “Spirit-filled”?—today, not someday.