Naturally Supernatural Acts 2 1 4 NIV 1

Naturally Supernatural

Acts 2: 1 -4 (NIV) 1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.

Acts 2: 1 -4 (NIV) 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

Romans 5: 5 (NIV) 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

“Got it all? I simply ask in the name of God, why then are you as you are? If you have got it all, why are you unlike the New Testament Christians? Got it all at your conversion? Well, where is it, I ask? ” Dr Martin Lloyd-Jones

“Oh yes, I believe in a second blessing. It comes between the first & third blessing of God” Bishop David Pytches

What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit?

Ephesians 5: 18 -21 (NIV) 18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, 20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Ephesians 5: 18 -21 (NIV) 18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, 20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

1) A Spirit-filled Christian is a worshipping Christian

2) A Spirit-filled Christian is a grateful Christian

3) A Spirit-filled Christian is a relationship-building Christian

Luke 4: 18 -19 (NIV) “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour. ”

Anointed by the Spirit…. . • to preach • to deliver • to heal • to work justice

If you consider yourself to be a Christian, do you believe that you have as much of the Holy Spirit as you need?

If you consider yourself to be a Christian, do you believe you have as much of the Holy Spirit as God wants you to have?

1) Put yourself in environments where people are seeking more of the Spirit

2) Ask God!

“You do not have because you do not ask God” James 4: 2

“If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” Luke 11: 13