Sermon Tone Analysis

In the last days people will act religious but will reject the power that could make them godly.

We are talking about personal revival!

Lord, move in my life and send revival inside this circle I have drawn around myself.

REVITALIZE MY LIFE, SPIRIT MAN, CHURCH and COMMUNITY and NATION

I REPENT of my SECRET SIN, MAKE RESTITUTION and FORGIVE THOSE WHO HAVE SINNED AGAINST ME

RESTORE a LOVE FOR YOUR WORD and DESIRE TO STUDY IT

NOW -

“Lord, I pray for a release of the Holy Spirit to give me empowerment for service and a compassion for lost people.”

The contemporary church is lacking the power of the Holy Spirit, and it is the same Holy Spirit that drives a compassion in our hearts for those who do not know Christ and need Him.

His power enables us to minister to the needs of those around us!

BUT THE CHURCH DOES NOT WANT TO BE BOTHERED.

I need salvation for me, thank you very much, meet my needs, thank you ---

GIVE, HELP, REACH OUT....

This comes from the overflowing power of the Holy Spirit within us.

What would happen if we began praying for God to release the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives - not to make us feel good - but to be USED BY GOD!!!!

I received the power of the Holy Spirit when I was 12 years old --- it transformed my way of thinking and the desires of my heart.

It fired me up to pursue God, the ministry and to make a difference in other people’s lives!

When I was 17 and heading to Bible College, I asked God to use me in the gifts of the Spirit because I did not think I would be effective in ministry if I did not have HIS power enabling me!

I asked for a release of HIS SPIRIT in my life - and HE GAVE IT---

Luke 11

If we ask for the Spirit - HE PROMISES TO GIVE THE SPIRIT!

1. Release Power to Live Right According to Your Spirit and Word

Something happens when the Holy Spirit empowers our lives ---

we begin LIVING RIGHT!!!!

Paul instructed the church to stop seeking fulfillment from worldly pleasure (drunkeness) and be filled with the Spirit.

The Holy Spirit is fulfillment of our needs - not the things of this earth.

When we have the fullness of the Spirit in our lives we will begin to truly WALK IN THE SPIRIT and not according to the flesh!

Let me ask a SIMPLE QUESTION...

If we are filled with the overflowing power of the Holy Spirit - wouldn’t it make sense that it would be easier to walk according to the Spirit?

As a Christian, God intended for you to have this fullness in your life...

Not just the measure of the Spirit you receive at salvation - but the overflowing power of the Spirit that comes from being Baptized in the Spirit which is evidenced by speaking in another language.

Luke, the author of Luke and Acts - presents the ministry of Christ through the Spirit and its intent in the Christian’s life.

This Baptism with fire, was first experienced on the Day of Pentecost - a time AFTER the disciples had the Spirit breathed on them for salvation ---

It was an empowerment to LIVE FOR CHRIST and DO HIS WILL AND WORK in the world!

FIRE PURGES IMPURITY --- the FIRE OF THE SPIRIT PURGES THE SIN FROM OUR LIVES

I want to walk in the SPIRIT and I want the FRUIT of the SPIRIT to grow in my life...

AGAIN, does it not make more sense, that the more of the Spirit in your life, the greater he can produce HIS FRUIT in your life....

If I want to have a personal revival - I need the RELEASE OF THE SPIRIT in my life to EMPOWER ME TO LIVE for CHRIST, WALK IN THE SPIRIT, and PRODUCE HIS FRUIT in ME.

2. RELEASE A BURDEN for the LOST and COMPASSION so OTHERS MIGHT BE SAVED

JESUS had COMPASSION on those perishing without HIM!!!

He came to SEEK and to SAVE that which was lost...

This is HIS HEARTBEAT, HIS WILL, HIS DESIRE...

If we are going to draw closer to the Lord, shouldn’t we share in that same desire!!!

When we ask for the Lord to RELEASE HIS HOLY SPIRIT in our lives - it is to help us be a part of fulfilling HIS HEARTBEAT --- REACHING THE LOST.

If we have no compassion for those who are lost, than we probably need a refreshing of His Holy Spirit in our lives!!!

His power is to make us HIS WITNESS to the LOST!!!

Remember the first week when we talked about humility?

Humbling ourselves means to seek the needs of others over our own --- something that is highly contradictory to our society’s way of thinking.

The spiritual need in our world is great --- people need Jesus

WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THAT?

Is our desires and want for ourselves and our families greater than the desire to see the lost saved???

When we pray for God to release HIS SPIRIT into our lives, we are opening ourselves up for HIM to pour HIS COMPASSION for the lost into our lives!!!!

3. RELEASE YOUR GIFTS AND ENABLE ME TO BE USED BY YOU

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These passages of Scripture talk about spiritual gifts, those the Spirit gives to the church as He wills for when He wills for the sake of encouragement and building up the body,

Also, those gifts each of us possess to be used for the glory of God and for His Kingdom.

There is so much ministry that needs to be done, no Pastor alone could do it...

Eph 6

God has given spiritual leadership to equip the body to do ministry ---

Can you imagine what would take place if everyone in the body started operating in their spiritual gifts????

Started using them???

And what would happen if we began taking those gifts to the marketplace - so when we prayed for people at work, our neighborhood, etc the RELEASE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT POURED THROUGH US through these TOOLS into the world and community around us!!!!!!!

There are needs in our community!

I have a vision to see a Celebrate Recovery ministry helping people overcome addictions...

I have a vision to see a ministry of helps serving those in practical ways - a widow needing to be moved or having her home fixed, or yard cleaned

I have a vision to see us feeding those in need, reaching out to the youth of our community who are at risk...

I cannot do that alone!

We each need to say, how has God gifted me, and how can I use that gift...

Maybe it is hospitality to invite that newcomer into your home,

Encouragement to take that sister or brother out who is discouraged and speak words of life into their hearts

Organization to help plan out various functions and roles

We all can be used in the gifts of the Spirit - praying for healing, miracles, allowing a word to be spoken through us as we pray for individuals...

The contemporary church flocks to hear an evangelist to receive the ministry of gifts into their lives, when an evangelist true ministry is to proclaim the Word for salvation to be released...

It is the body of Christ role to allow those gifts to flow through them...

Wouldn’t that be more apt to happen if we allow the Baptism and fullness of the Spirit to be released into our lives so Jesus can use us!!!????

Lord, RELEASE YOUR POWER in my life by your HOLY SPIRIT so I might be used in your gifts not only to the body, but to the lost!!!!

CONCLUSION

The Holy Spirit wants to EMPOWER HIS CHURCH

To RELEASE righteous living

To RELEASE COMPASSION to REACH THE LOST

To RELEASE power in ministry and prayer to one another

I believe that starts when we allow the HOLY SPIRIT to be RELEASED IN OUR LIVES through the BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

This is the initial release into our lives....

Once you experience this it is meant to flow in your life ...

If you have not experienced it --- you need it for PERSONAL REVIVAL

If you have experienced it but ignored it - you need it afresh in your life!!!!

LORD RELEASE YOUR HOLY SPIRIT IN US!