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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
James 2: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Isaiah 6:1-8 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
If Psalm 50:1-8, 22-23 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Luke 9:51-62 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 15: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 66:1-12 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Psalm 98 16:1-13 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
In Isaiah 62:1-5, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
James 1: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
1 Peter 1: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Ephesians 5:8-14 14 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Luke 10:25-37 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Revelation 1: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
In Matthew 2:1-12, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Luke 6:39-49 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
In 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
When Psalm 148 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Luke 15:1-10 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
In John 17:20-26, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
2 Corinthians 5: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.