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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
Galatians 5:1, 13-25 invites expectancy: God can move in your life today—today, not someday.
2 Corinthians 13:11-13 32:1-3a, 6-15 reminds us: God’s presence is not distant—He strengthens the weak and fills the hungry.
Galatians 3: By the Spirit’s power, it doesn’t flatter us—awakens expectation for gifts, healing, and bold witness.
Acts 2:14a, 36-41 Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, the Spirit turns ordinary people into bold messengers of Jesus—today, not someday.
Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 Timothy 3:14-4:5 exposes our control; the Spirit refuses to be managed—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 15:51-58 challenges powerless religion—if nothing ever changes, what are we calling “Spirit-filled”?—today, not someday.
John 3: By the Spirit’s power, it doesn’t flatter us—awakens expectation for gifts, healing, and bold witness.
Luke 12:13-21 invites expectancy: God can move in your life today—today, not someday.
Job 1–2: By the Spirit’s power, it doesn’t flatter us—awakens expectation for gifts, healing, and bold witness.
1 Corinthians 1:1-9 Luke 12:32-40 never disrupts comfort, it may be tradition pretending to be fire—today, not someday.
In Luke 6:27-38, the Spirit comforts, heals, and guides with real help for real people.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 137 exposes our control; the Spirit refuses to be managed—today, not someday.
Job 1–2: By the Spirit’s power, it awakens expectation for gifts, healing, and bold witness.
Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 exposes our control; the Spirit refuses to be managed—today, not someday.
Psalm 82 exposes our control; the Spirit refuses to be managed—today, not someday.
Matthew 5–7: By the Spirit’s power, it awakens expectation for gifts, healing, and bold witness.
In 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12, the Spirit comforts, heals, and guides with real help for real people.
Luke 12:32-40 expects God to act now—the Spirit empowers witness with holiness and power—today, not someday.
If Revelation 5:11-14 never disrupts comfort, it may be tradition pretending to be fire—today, not someday.
Exodus 24:12-18 Luke 17:11-19, the Spirit comforts, heals, and guides with real help for real people.
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 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.
If Luke 6:27-38 never disrupts comfort, it may be tradition pretending to be fire—today, not someday.