When I look at the challenge
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of the vast world's populations,
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it's clear to me
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that unless the
Holy Spirit works
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powerfully and dramatically,
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God's work on earth will
not be finished anytime soon.
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Technology is not
going to finish God's work.
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Television is not
going to finish God's work.
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Radio is not going
to finish God's work.
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All of the technological genius
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or the brightest
minds of the church
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will not finish God's work.
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God will reveal that He alone
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through the
outpouring of His Holy Spirit
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will finish His work.
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I long for meetings
when the Holy Spirit
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is poured out in abundance.
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I long for the sameness
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and the routine of
the church to be broken up
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and that the
power of the living God
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be poured out upon His people,
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because it is
spirit filled people
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that will finish
God's work on earth.
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And that's what I want to
talk to you about this morning,
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when Pentecost is repeated.
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Let's pray: Father
in heaven, we thank You,
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that man's extremity
is God's opportunity.
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We thank You that in
the final closing work,
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all of our human
glory and human pride,
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and human egotism
will be laid in the dust,
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so that Jesus
alone will be exalted.
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And I pray this morning
that our hearts would be
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open to the
manifestation of your spirit
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that we would
give glory to Jesus
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for what He will
do in the last days
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through a mighty
outpouring of the Spirit
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when Pentecost is repeated.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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My wife and I lived
five happy years in England,
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from 1985 to 1990.
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And we thoroughly
enjoyed those Sundays
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that we took tours of London.
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We often went down to
visit the city of London,
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one of the most
fascinating cities
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in the world,
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a great commercial
center, a center of art,
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center of commerce and industry,
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and a center of
culture and fashion.
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I loved going to the
parliament and looking at those
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magnificent parliament buildings
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and going to Westminster Abbey,
seeing the graves of the kings
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and enjoyed looking at
the grave of David Livingston,
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and noted that great
missionary to Africa.
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And of course, Big Ben
was always a major attraction,
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the London Bridge.
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The story is
told of a man one day
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who sat on the street
corner there in London,
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sat on a corner
of the London Bridge.
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He was a
poverty-stricken beggar.
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And he sat there scratching out
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some old tune on a violin.
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People just passed him by
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and he had his
violin case opened,
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hoping that some people
would drop in a few pence.
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People didn't pay much attention
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to the old man.
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They got to held
their hands over their ears
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for his scratchy music.
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But then an
elderly gentleman walked by
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and passed the old
beggar with the tattered clothes
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and the shaky
hands and the music,
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if you could call it music.
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And as the fellow passed him by,
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he went back and
he said to the man,
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"Sir, I don't have
anything to drop into your case,
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but I'm wondering
if I could play a tune
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on your violin."
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The old beggar handed
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the stately
gentleman his violin.
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And soon music began to waft
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through the air of
that London street corner.
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And the music got
louder and loudere
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and built to a
greater crescendo.
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And soon there was a
symphony in a concert
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that was being played
by this alone violinist
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on the street corner.
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Cars had stopped,
there were traffic jams,
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the music was magnificent,
it was breathtaking.
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And soon the
crowd began to whisper.
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The violin is in
the hand of the master.
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It was Paganini, that
was playing a free concert,
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and people began to walk up
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and drop a pound and two pounds
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and they began to drop money
into that old violinist case
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because the violin in
the hand of the master,
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accomplished what nothing could
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accomplish in the
hand of that old beggar.
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I long to be an instrument
in the hands of the master.
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The Spirit will do
more through our lives
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than we can possibly
imagine if we're instruments
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in the hands of the master.
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The Bible predicts
that in the last days
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of earth's history,
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the Holy Spirit
will be poured out
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in dramatic Pentecostal power.
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"Not by might nor by
power, but by my Spirit,"
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says The Lord.
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I long for the day
that God turns on His power.
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I long for the day
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that the feeble
efforts of the church
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will be animated by the
power of the Holy Spirit,
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and God will do
abundantly more than
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we can ask or think.
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Revelation 18:1,
let's read it together,
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"After these
things I saw another angel
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coming down from
heaven, having great authority,
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and the earth was
illuminated with His glory."
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One day the earth
will be illuminated
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with the glory of God.
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One day from north to
south, and east to west,
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the glory of God will
be revealed to every man,
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woman and child on planet earth.
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One day Saudi Arabia will be
touched with the glory of God.
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One day Yemen will be
touched with the glory of God.
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One day the light
of truth will shine
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through inter and South America,
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it will shine through Africa.
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We believe based on
the promises of God's Word
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that God Church will
not flicker like some candle
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and be blown out by
the winds of secularism.
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Secularism will not stand
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against the might
of the Spirit of God.
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None of the "isms" will stand
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whether it is Islam
or Hinduism or Buddhism,
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whether it is post modernism,
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whether it is
cultures that have resisted
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the gospel for centuries.
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God is going to do something
through His Holy Spirit.
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The Holy Spirit will be
poured out in full power.
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The gospel will spread
around the world rapidly.
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Multitudes will respond to
the preaching of God's word.
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Thousands will
share the words of life
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with their neighbors
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and find responsive
hearts waiting for truth.
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I long for the Holy
Spirit to be poured out.
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Matthew 24:14, read
that familiar text with me.
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"And this gospel of the kingdom
might be preached perhaps."
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This gospel of
the Kingdom," what?
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"Will be preached." I
love the certainty of that.
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This is a promise of God.
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"This gospel of the
kingdom will be preached
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in part of the
world that is receptive."
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"This gospel of the
kingdom will," what?
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Will be preached where?
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"In all the world as a
witness to all nations,
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then the end will come."
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What we have
been stumbling around
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feebly attempting to accomplish,
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God will do.
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He will take the
reins in His own hands.
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Because in Romans 9:28 it says,
"For He will finish the work."
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He will finish the work.
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God will create a set of
circumstances in the world
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where there is unusual
receptivity and openness,
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whether that is
through economic disaster,
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political turmoil,
natural disasters and upheaval.
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God is going to allow this world
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to get to the end of its rope,
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then He is going to
move with His spirit
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through consecrated
people who aren't concerned
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what ministry gets the glory.
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He is going to be
moving through His Spirit,
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through humble spirits,
who have their hearts open
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to see Him manifest His hand.
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Water is one of the
Bible's great symbols
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of the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit.
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And God uses two
symbols to describe
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what He's going to
do in the last days.
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The symbol of the
early and the latter rain.
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The terms early
and latter rain were
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part of the
agricultural cycle of Israel.
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In the spring,
the early rain fell
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to germinate the
soil, germinate the seed.
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In the fall in Israel,
the latter rain fell to bring
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the harvest to fruition
from the seed that had been
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germinated and growing
through the fall in the summer.
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God uses that expression
of early and latter rain,
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and the expression
of water to describe
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the ministry of His Holy Spirit.
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The earlier rain that watered
the seed had been planted
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and help to germinate.
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The latter rain fell at the
end of the agricultural cycle
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to ripen the grain and
bring it to full harvest.
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In James 5:7-8,
God takes that symbol,
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that allusion and describes
the church and He says,
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"Therefore be patient, brethren,
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until the coming of the Lord.
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See how the farmer waits
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for the precious
fruit of the earth,
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waiting patiently for it
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until it receives the
early and latter rain.
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You also be patient.
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Establish your hearts,
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for the coming of
the Lord draws near."
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So what James is saying
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is that the
church patiently waits
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until God moves
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with the
outpouring of His Holy Spirit
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in latter rain
power to accomplish
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what could not
have been accomplished
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with all human efforts
down through the centuries.
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The early rain was
poured out on Pentecost
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when the disciples
received the Holy Spirit
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and 3,000 were baptized
in one day, in one place.
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Now the Book of Joel calls
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that outpouring
of the Holy Spirit
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moderate in
comparison to what's to come.
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If you saw 3,000
people baptized in one place,
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in one day, would
you consider that to be
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a moderate
outpouring of the Holy Spirit?
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I think not.
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But it's only
moderate in comparison
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to what's to come.
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Joel 2 says he's poured
out the early rain moderately,
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but he will give
you the latter rain
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in abundance.
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We little realize what
God is going to do to show
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His power and
sovereignty, His might and grace
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in the last days
of earth's history.
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Pentecost will be
repeated on a larger,
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grander scale than
anything that we can imagine.
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Ellen White describes this scene
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in Great Controversy, page 611,
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"The work will be similar
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to that of the Day of Pentecost.
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As the 'former rain' was given,
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in the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit
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at the opening of the gospel
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to cause the upspringing
of the precious seed,
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so the 'latter rain'
will be given at its close
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for the
ripening of the harvest."
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So when does the
latter rain come?
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When does that
come? At the close.
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She continues, "The
great work of the gospel
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is not to close with less
manifestation of the power
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of God that marked its opening."
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Was the power of God poured
out on the day of Pentecost?
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Was it?
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Will God's work end with
less power than it began?
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What do you think?
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God's work is going to
end with greater power.
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I continue, "The
prophecies which were fulfilled
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in the outpouring
of the former rain
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at the opening of the
gospel are again to be
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fulfilled in the
latter rain at its close."
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Notice, Great Controversy,
page 612, "Servants of God,
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with their faces lighted up
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and shining with
holy consecration,
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will hasten from place to place
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to proclaim the
message from heaven."
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Did Ellen White see
a vision with people,
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going from home to home
with Bibles in their hands?
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They were filled
with the Holy Spirit.
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They were knocking on
the doors of their neighbors.
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They were sharing
the gospel of Jesus
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in this mighty outpouring.
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Did she see that in
vision? Did she see that?
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Let me ask you another question.
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Was this a fictitious vision
or did she see real people?
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You think she saw
real people in vision.
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My next question.
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Was this a vision of the
last days of earth's history?
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Did she see you in vision?
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Did the prophet of God
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in prophetic
vision see your life
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anointed and filled
with the Holy Spirit?
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Did she see you going
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with a new renewed
spiritual experience,
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a new revitalized
spiritual experience
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with a shining
face to use the gifts
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that God has given you
to finish His work on earth?
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Notice, Great
Controversy, page 612,
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"By thousands of
voices, all over the world..."
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How many voices?
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Thousands of them,
all over the world.
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"The warning will be given.
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Miracles will be wrought,
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although Satan
will work miracles
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in the last days
of earth's history."
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We can expect God
to turn on His power
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and see miracles again.
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The sick will be healed.
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Signs and wonders
will follow the believers.
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Pentecost will be repeated.
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I am told that
the banks of Scotland
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have 40 million
pounds in unclaimed deposits.
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Now I didn't check
the exchange rate today,
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but those of you
who are more astute
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than I in exchange
rates could tell me
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the exact figure.
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But this is
probably some place around
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$70 to $80 million
in unclaimed deposits.
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I mean, I just wish that I knew
about those unclaimed deposits
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because I think I
might go claim them,
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I know a few places we
could put it into God's work.
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I wonder though, if
the Bank of Scotland
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has $70 to $80
million of unclaimed deposits,
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I wonder if the bank of heaven
has any unclaimed deposits.
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God has promised the
outpouring of His Spirit.
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Is that an unclaimed
deposit for the church today?
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Are the unlimited
resources of the Holy Spirit
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often unclaimed by us?
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The question is this.
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How can I personally
receive the abundance
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of the Spirit that God
has promised at end time?
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What are heaven's
prerequisites for receiving
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this latter rain power?
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Why hasn't God
poured out His Spirit
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on the church in fullness yet?
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I have been coming
to ASI for 20 years,
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and some of you are
not getting any younger,
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some of us are not
getting any younger.
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I had a few less bags
under my eyes 20 years ago,
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a few less wrinkles on my face,
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and the 3ABN makeup artist
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would touch me up
in 30 seconds then,
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takes about half an hour now.
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Some of us have aged.
And here is my question.
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You know, my wife and I
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had a traumatic
experience this last week.
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My wife's mother
died of brain cancer.
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And I remember
sitting at her bed,
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holding my wife's mother's hand,
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looking in her eyes.
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My wife spent day
after day after day
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in that room holding mom's hand.
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And this thought
passed through my mind,
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how many more generations
of Adventist will be raised up
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before the Holy
Spirit is poured out
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and we can see the
coming of the Lord Jesus Christ
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and the dead resurrected?
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How many more
funerals will be held?
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How many more ASI members
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will pass into their graves?
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How many more ASI
conventions will we have?
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As I study the life of Christ
and study the Book of Acts,
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it seems to me that there are
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five basic
characteristics in the life
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of the individual believer
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for the reception
of the Holy Spirit.
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I want to review
them to you, with you.
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And I pray that in
this meeting today,
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the Spirit of God
is going to come down.
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I pray that this
is not going to be
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a common meeting,
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not going to be
an ordinary meeting.
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I pray that God is
going to touch your life,
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that the Spirit of
God will touch you,
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bring you to deep conviction
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that as I speak
that God will bring me
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to deeper conviction,
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for the need in
my own personal life
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of the Holy Spirit.
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I pray that God will do
something here this morning
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that's unusual, that's unique,
that's special in our hearts,
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that this would
not simply be a message
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that touches our head
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and that we walk
out these doors saying,
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'Didn't Mark Finley
preached a nice message?'
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But I pray that
the Spirit of God
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will come down, that
our hearts will be broken,
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that we will be led
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to an
understanding of our dire need,
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our spiritual poverty,
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our nothingness
without the Spirit,
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and that God will do
something in our lives that are,
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that is incredibly unusual.
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As I study the New Testament,
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there are some
things that are so basic,
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they are so obvious, but
God needs to remind them,
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me of them again,
and again, and again.
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The first prerequisite
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for the reception
of the Holy Spirit
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is earnest prayer and
asking God for the spirit.
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Zachariah 10:1,
let's read it together.
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"Ask the Lord for rain in
the time of the latter rain."
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It is so basic, so obvious.
But may I ask you a question?
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When is the last time
that you were on your knees,
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saying, God,
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fill me with
your latter rain power
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to be a positive
influence to my family,
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to my neighbors, to
my son, to my daughter
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that doesn't know
Christ, to my church.
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Is your church
gathering in prayer bands
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on Sabbath morning
before the worship service,
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on Sabbath after
the fellowship dinner?
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Are you part of
some prayer group
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that is seeking God
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and following
the counsel of Jesus?
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All the talking about
praying doesn't make up
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for groups of
people that are praying,
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that are seeking God
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for the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit.
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Review and
Herald, August 25, 1896,
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read it together,
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"We should pray as
earnestly for the descent
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of the Holy
Spirit as the disciples
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prayed on the day of Pentecost."
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Is this a
picture of your church?
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Is this a
picture of your family?
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Can we expect the Holy
Spirit to be poured out
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when we're
carelessly indifferent,
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when we think that if we just
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get on a number
of other TV programs,
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if we just have
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some new
internet idea or program,
00:21:54.81\00:21:58.45
if we just print another
billion pieces of literature?
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Oh, we can do it,
we can finish the work.
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Oh, God,
please. Oh, God, please.
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Sweep away all these
self-inflated importance.
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Sweep away all
these self-egotism.
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Oh, God, will Your
church on its knees,
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pray for the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit,
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so that Jesus will be
honored and glorified.
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You see, I've been
preaching 40 years,
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on the great
stadiums of the world.
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I know what it's like to have
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a hundred thousand
people come to my meetings.
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I know what it's like
to have 65,000, 25,000.
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But I also know, it's not a drop
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in the bucket in
reaching the whole world,
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unless God does something
that He gets the glory.
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Another generation will arise.
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Testimonies for the
Church, Volume 8, page 23,
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"My brethren and sisters,
plead for the Holy Spirit,
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God stands back of
every promise He has made.
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With your Bibles in your hands,
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say: 'I have done
as thou hast said,
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I present Thy promise."
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On our knees we're saying God,
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I'm pleading for
Your Holy Spirit,
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God, you stand
behind every promise,
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God, You promised the outpouring
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of the Holy Spirit
in the latter days.
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Lord, You stand behind that.
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This can no longer
be business as usual.
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This can no longer
be pleasures as usual.
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We are living on the
verge of the kingdom of God,
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"Ask, and it shall be
given, seek and you shall find,
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knock and it
will be open to you."
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God wants to do more,
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far more with our
local congregations,
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far more with our lives,
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far more with our
churches than we can imagine.
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You are looking
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at the largest
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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in the world.
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It is in Shenyang, China.
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And notice, it has
the Adventist logo on it.
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Not long ago my
wife and I represented
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the Seventh-day Adventist church
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and I've been to China
on a number of occasions.
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This is Shenyang, not Shanghai.
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Shenyang is
north of North Korea.
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It was 28 degrees
below zero Fahrenheit
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when we got there.
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This church started
as a small house group.
00:24:10.11\00:24:14.88
It was started by a woman
00:24:14.92\00:24:18.59
who was given
hydrotherapy treatments
00:24:18.62\00:24:21.36
when she was
sick, by her neighbor.
00:24:21.39\00:24:26.09
This woman was
nursed back to health
00:24:26.13\00:24:28.86
through the
Adventist health message.
00:24:28.90\00:24:31.43
Her daughter was a teenager,
00:24:31.47\00:24:34.24
but extremely bright,
and she as a communist,
00:24:34.27\00:24:38.67
became a Christian and
a Seventh-day Adventist.
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They started the
church in their home.
00:24:41.38\00:24:43.51
They began to share God's word.
And they were prayer warriors.
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The day that I
was at that church,
00:24:48.15\00:24:50.09
this was the
choir, over 350 strong,
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3,000 people meet
on Sabbath morning,
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the other 3,000 meet
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in smaller
satellite church groups.
00:24:58.86\00:25:02.03
My wife and I met with
the leader of this church
00:25:02.06\00:25:06.87
and we said to
her, she made an appeal
00:25:06.90\00:25:10.14
that Sabbath
morning and 400 people
00:25:10.17\00:25:13.27
who had been
attending her church
00:25:13.31\00:25:15.24
for the past year in
that local congregation
00:25:15.28\00:25:18.85
came forward to be baptized.
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It was obvious
that the Holy Spirit
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was in that meeting.
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And I said to her, my
wife actually asked her.
00:25:26.19\00:25:29.22
Teenie said to her, tell
us why it is that there is
00:25:29.26\00:25:33.73
something
different about this service?
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And she said, every morning
00:25:36.87\00:25:40.04
at 4:30 in the morning, AM,
00:25:40.07\00:25:44.67
my church doors are open
00:25:44.71\00:25:46.54
and I have 80 to
100 prayer warriors
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seeking God in prayer.
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And my wife said, do you do that
00:25:52.35\00:25:53.78
every day of the week?
00:25:53.82\00:25:56.08
And she said, oh, no,
we don't do it on Sabbath,
00:25:56.12\00:25:57.79
we do it at 6 o'clock on Sabbath
00:25:57.82\00:25:59.82
because we are
here all day on Sabbath.
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Teenie said, well, why
is it that you meet at 4:30
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in the morning to pray?
00:26:07.90\00:26:09.26
She said, oh, all of our
people have to go to work,
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so they want to be sure
they're at the church praying
00:26:11.13\00:26:12.63
for the outpouring of
Holy Spirit before they go.
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The church in China
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understands intercessory prayer.
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Are you part of a prayer group?
00:26:22.28\00:26:24.11
Are you seeking
God for the outpouring
00:26:24.15\00:26:25.68
of the Holy
Spirit in your own life?
00:26:25.71\00:26:27.55
Spiritual power
comes when we are connected
00:26:27.58\00:26:32.19
to the source of power,
00:26:32.22\00:26:34.42
when we are on
our knees seeking God.
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There are
churches in North America
00:26:36.93\00:26:40.30
that are leading out
in prayer ministries,
00:26:40.33\00:26:44.23
and God is doing
some amazing things
00:26:44.27\00:26:47.50
as men and women are
seeking Him in prayer.
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Now the second prerequisite
for receiving the fullness
00:26:51.97\00:26:55.31
of the Holy Spirit
is an undivided heart.
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When you study the life of Jesus
00:26:58.51\00:26:59.85
and you study the
life of the apostles.
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The apostles
sought God in prayer.
00:27:03.72\00:27:06.82
And the apostles came
to Jesus and they said,
00:27:06.86\00:27:09.16
'Lord, give me
an undivided heart.
00:27:09.19\00:27:11.36
Give me a heart
that's pure toward You.
00:27:11.39\00:27:14.16
Give me a heart
that's nothing between
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my soul and my savior.'
00:27:15.96\00:27:17.30
You know the old song,
00:27:17.33\00:27:18.67
'Nothing between
my soul and my savior,
00:27:18.70\00:27:20.77
not of this
world's delusive dream.'
00:27:20.80\00:27:24.97
The disciples longed
for an undivided heart.
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Jesus said in John
8:29, reading it together,
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"And he who
sent me..." is where?
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"With me.
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The Father has
not left Me alone,
00:27:35.22\00:27:37.75
for I always do those
things that please Him."
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What is the
passion of your life?
00:27:42.49\00:27:45.63
Have you said, Lord,
give me an undivided heart?
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You see, God cannot turn
on the power in our lives
00:27:48.26\00:27:52.60
if there is selfishness,
greed, lust, materialism,
00:27:52.63\00:27:57.37
criticism, and
gossip that fills our life.
00:27:57.41\00:28:01.74
God is not looking for
some ultra perfectionism.
00:28:01.78\00:28:05.85
He is looking for
hearts that are undivided.
00:28:05.88\00:28:08.88
He is looking for hearts
that want only what He wants,
00:28:08.92\00:28:12.85
for minds that are
totally connected to His mind.
00:28:12.89\00:28:17.33
There are times that
on my knees I say, God,
00:28:17.36\00:28:21.43
all I want to do is please You.
00:28:21.46\00:28:23.33
God show me what's inside of me.
00:28:23.37\00:28:25.87
Show me where
there is criticism.
00:28:25.90\00:28:27.64
Show me where in my heart
there is an undefiled nature.
00:28:27.67\00:28:31.34
Show me where I'm still selfish.
00:28:31.37\00:28:33.31
Show me where
materialism still fills my life.
00:28:33.34\00:28:36.51
And there are times
00:28:36.54\00:28:37.88
that the Spirit
comes upon my life
00:28:37.91\00:28:39.25
so strongly that I say, Lord,
00:28:39.28\00:28:40.62
I never knew that,
that was inside of me.
00:28:40.65\00:28:43.75
Somebody said to
me the other day,
00:28:43.79\00:28:45.12
you know, Mark, so and
so was criticizing you.
00:28:45.15\00:28:48.32
I said, that's
nothing, you should see
00:28:48.36\00:28:49.69
what the Holy Spirit did to
me the other night in prayer.
00:28:49.72\00:28:54.23
I don't worry about what
the brethren say about me
00:28:54.26\00:28:56.73
because I know my
heart more than they know it.
00:28:56.77\00:29:00.90
And I know what the
Holy Spirit says to me
00:29:00.94\00:29:02.90
in the private places of prayer.
00:29:02.94\00:29:05.87
My only hope for salvation
00:29:05.91\00:29:07.38
is a sinner
saved by God's grace.
00:29:07.41\00:29:10.45
And I love it when
the whole-- I love it.
00:29:10.48\00:29:12.38
I don't love it. But I
love the results of it.
00:29:12.41\00:29:15.88
When the Holy Spirit
comes on me so strongly
00:29:15.92\00:29:18.39
that he says,
00:29:18.42\00:29:19.75
you need to change in that area,
00:29:19.79\00:29:22.26
you're not as kind
as you ought to be.
00:29:22.29\00:29:24.49
You're not as
sensitive to other people's
00:29:24.53\00:29:26.23
needs as you ought to be.
00:29:26.26\00:29:28.40
The Holy Spirit is
not going to be poured out
00:29:28.43\00:29:30.43
on some
lackadaisical Christianity
00:29:30.47\00:29:32.77
that is some kind
of formal religion
00:29:32.80\00:29:34.70
that does not have
hearts that are on the floor
00:29:34.74\00:29:37.41
weeping before
God in repentance.
00:29:37.44\00:29:39.81
Asking God for
an undivided heart,
00:29:39.84\00:29:42.41
saying, Lord, you show
me what's inside of me,
00:29:42.44\00:29:45.65
reveal that to me.
00:29:45.68\00:29:47.42
When God has a group of people
00:29:47.45\00:29:49.42
with the main desire of
their life to please Him,
00:29:49.45\00:29:52.65
seeking for the
outpouring of His Holy Spirit,
00:29:52.69\00:29:55.72
then He will pour out
His Spirit in abundance.
00:29:55.76\00:29:59.53
Jesus said, Matthew 26:39,
00:29:59.56\00:30:02.46
"Not as I will
but as Thou will."
00:30:02.50\00:30:07.20
A young couple came to a seminar
00:30:07.24\00:30:09.07
like this one
on the Holy Spirit,
00:30:09.10\00:30:11.77
and they came looking for
the deeper spiritual life.
00:30:11.81\00:30:15.28
They came
feeling that they really
00:30:15.31\00:30:19.71
were no longer satisfied
00:30:19.75\00:30:22.72
with living a
superficial spiritual life.
00:30:22.75\00:30:26.12
This couple was
coming to church each week.
00:30:26.15\00:30:29.09
They were nominal Christians,
00:30:29.12\00:30:30.46
but they've got themselves
into some real problems.
00:30:30.49\00:30:33.13
They were $12,000 to $14,000
or more in credit card debt.
00:30:33.16\00:30:39.00
They seem to be
00:30:39.03\00:30:40.37
unable to
control their Visa Card
00:30:40.40\00:30:43.20
and they purchased
on a whim rather than
00:30:43.24\00:30:45.74
having any financial plan.
00:30:45.77\00:30:48.28
In the seminar
on the Holy Spirit
00:30:48.31\00:30:50.45
when the discussion
was on Matthew 26:39,
00:30:50.48\00:30:55.32
"Not as I will but Thou will."
00:30:55.35\00:30:58.35
They left the
meeting and they said, look,
00:30:58.39\00:31:00.66
let's make this our goal:
We will never put anything
00:31:00.69\00:31:04.36
on our credit card over $100
00:31:04.39\00:31:08.10
unless we first
ask if it's God's will.
00:31:08.13\00:31:11.73
Now I'm not ask, I'm not
arguing against credit cards,
00:31:11.77\00:31:14.30
I am arguing against debt.
00:31:14.34\00:31:16.24
Because debt
shackles you and debt often
00:31:16.27\00:31:21.58
becomes a major roadblock
in the ministry of the Spirit,
00:31:21.61\00:31:26.15
particularly if you're obsessed
with spending on credit cards.
00:31:26.18\00:31:31.02
So this couple said,
we're not going to do
00:31:31.05\00:31:34.82
anything unless
we first consult God.
00:31:34.86\00:31:39.96
One day they were in the mall
00:31:40.00\00:31:43.43
and as they were in the mall
they, this couple love skiing.
00:31:43.47\00:31:48.40
Oh, they love skiing.
00:31:48.44\00:31:50.54
And they just had
some old set of skis,
00:31:50.57\00:31:53.04
and wouldn't you know it,
00:31:53.07\00:31:54.41
as they were
walking down the mall,
00:31:54.44\00:31:56.85
they saw a large
sign and it said,
00:31:56.88\00:32:00.52
"Going out of
business, ski sales,
00:32:00.55\00:32:05.15
50 percent reduction."
00:32:05.19\00:32:07.52
He looked at her
and she looked at him,
00:32:07.56\00:32:09.92
and they said, this must
be the providence of God.
00:32:09.96\00:32:14.76
We came across a sale for skis.
00:32:14.80\00:32:17.17
They went in, they got outfitted
00:32:17.20\00:32:19.10
for new ski
outfits, the jackets,
00:32:19.13\00:32:20.80
the pants, the boots,
snowboard wax, you know.
00:32:20.84\00:32:23.54
The skis, it wasn't that much.
00:32:23.57\00:32:25.47
I mean, I think it
was 5,000 to 6,000,
00:32:25.51\00:32:27.04
but you can put that on
your credit card, you know.
00:32:27.08\00:32:28.41
I don't know they
got expensive stuff,
00:32:28.44\00:32:29.91
I don't know
about all that stuff.
00:32:29.94\00:32:31.48
And so they were
going through line
00:32:31.51\00:32:33.68
and they're getting all
this stuff to check out,
00:32:33.72\00:32:35.05
they had been in
the store couple hours.
00:32:35.08\00:32:36.92
And you know those machines,
00:32:36.95\00:32:38.29
you know they go zit, zit,
00:32:38.32\00:32:39.65
you have this
little plastic card,
00:32:39.69\00:32:41.02
you put 'em in there
and it goes zit, zit,
00:32:41.06\00:32:42.39
it gives you
something and it has got to,
00:32:42.42\00:32:43.76
you know, some
carbon paper on it.
00:32:43.79\00:32:45.13
You know those things,
00:32:45.16\00:32:46.49
you probably saw
one occasionally.
00:32:46.53\00:32:47.96
Anyway, they're going through
00:32:48.00\00:32:49.83
and the lady is just
about ready to go zit, zit.
00:32:49.86\00:32:53.74
And the man looked at his wife,
00:32:53.77\00:32:55.34
and she looked at him,
00:32:55.37\00:32:56.71
and they caught one
another eyeball to eyeball.
00:32:56.74\00:33:00.78
And as they caught one
another, he caught her eye,
00:33:00.81\00:33:05.45
she caught his
eyes and they knew
00:33:05.48\00:33:08.55
what each other was thinking.
00:33:08.58\00:33:10.09
They said, let's not
sign that credit card thing,
00:33:10.12\00:33:12.65
let's not sign it.
00:33:12.69\00:33:14.72
They left it, they walked out.
00:33:14.76\00:33:17.33
He said to the
clerk, I need a little time.
00:33:17.36\00:33:19.59
He walked out
00:33:19.63\00:33:20.96
and held his
wife's hand in the mall.
00:33:21.00\00:33:24.00
They found a quiet
bench and they said,
00:33:24.03\00:33:26.50
we did not ask if
this was God's will,
00:33:26.53\00:33:29.60
this purchase.
00:33:29.64\00:33:31.11
We want an undivided heart.
00:33:31.14\00:33:33.61
We don't want to live
life making our own choices.
00:33:33.64\00:33:37.95
We don't want to live life
fulfilling our own desires.
00:33:37.98\00:33:43.08
We want an undivided heart.
00:33:43.12\00:33:45.05
And as they
prayed, the Spirit of God
00:33:45.09\00:33:48.12
came upon them
and they went back
00:33:48.16\00:33:50.89
in to the clerk and
said, you know what,
00:33:50.93\00:33:53.86
this is going to
sound strange to you,
00:33:53.90\00:33:56.26
but we've made a
decision in our life,
00:33:56.30\00:33:58.93
because of our debt
00:33:58.97\00:34:00.70
that we would
not make any purchase
00:34:00.74\00:34:03.74
unless we sought God's will.
00:34:03.77\00:34:06.11
They ripped up the
credit card voucher,
00:34:06.14\00:34:09.81
never signed it, and walked out.
00:34:09.84\00:34:12.05
And the man said this
later, I'll call him John.
00:34:12.08\00:34:14.12
That was not his real name.
00:34:14.15\00:34:15.48
But this what John said,
00:34:15.52\00:34:16.85
he said the
happiest day of my life
00:34:16.89\00:34:19.39
was the day that I
decided not to live my life
00:34:19.42\00:34:23.59
in harmony with my
will but God's will.
00:34:23.63\00:34:27.30
What is it going to
take for the Holy Spirit
00:34:27.33\00:34:29.93
to be poured out
00:34:29.96\00:34:31.30
upon the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:34:31.33\00:34:33.30
in the last days
of earth's history?
00:34:33.34\00:34:35.40
It's going to take groups
of people that are seeking
00:34:35.44\00:34:37.61
God in prayer.
00:34:37.64\00:34:39.84
It's going to take small
groups and individual prayer
00:34:39.87\00:34:43.88
where there is open
heart and receptive mind.
00:34:43.91\00:34:47.08
Secondly, it's going
to take men and women
00:34:47.12\00:34:52.25
who have undivided hearts,
00:34:52.29\00:34:54.66
who want Jesus to
come more than they want
00:34:54.69\00:34:58.29
the materialistic
values of this world.
00:34:58.33\00:35:01.66
Our Lord's intent is
that we live abundant,
00:35:01.70\00:35:05.10
full Christian lives.
00:35:05.13\00:35:07.57
God does not desire us to
live frustrated, defeated,
00:35:07.60\00:35:12.74
guilt ridden Christian lives.
00:35:12.77\00:35:15.11
And the Holy
Spirit is the answer.
00:35:15.14\00:35:17.38
Testimonies
Volume 8, page19 says,
00:35:17.41\00:35:19.25
"There is no
limit to the usefulness
00:35:19.28\00:35:21.25
of the one who,
putting self aside,
00:35:21.28\00:35:23.39
makes room for the
working of the Holy Spirit
00:35:23.42\00:35:25.69
upon his heart and lives a
life wholly consecrated to God."
00:35:25.72\00:35:29.16
There is no limit
to your usefulness.
00:35:29.19\00:35:33.53
God wants to do with your life
00:35:33.56\00:35:35.90
more than you
can possibly imagine.
00:35:35.93\00:35:38.70
God wants to do in your soul
00:35:38.73\00:35:41.80
more than you
possibly can ever understand.
00:35:41.84\00:35:44.74
The Holy Spirit and God have
limitless plans for your life.
00:35:44.77\00:35:50.01
Now the third prerequisite
00:35:50.05\00:35:51.61
for the reception
of the Holy Spirit
00:35:51.65\00:35:53.05
is saturating our
minds with the word of God.
00:35:53.08\00:35:55.28
If you look
through the Book of Acts,
00:35:55.32\00:35:56.65
the Bible says that their minds
00:35:56.69\00:35:58.19
were filled with the Word of God
00:35:58.22\00:35:59.69
and they went
everywhere preaching God's word.
00:35:59.72\00:36:02.72
Matthew 4:4 says, "Man
shall not live by..." what?
00:36:02.76\00:36:05.59
"Bread alone, but by every word
00:36:05.63\00:36:07.66
that proceeds out
of the mouth of God."
00:36:07.70\00:36:10.73
John 6:63 says, "The
words that I speak to you,
00:36:10.77\00:36:13.40
they are spirit
and they are life."
00:36:13.44\00:36:14.77
My wife and I right
now have said to ourselves,
00:36:14.80\00:36:17.27
to one another,
00:36:17.31\00:36:18.64
we want in
these ages of our life
00:36:18.67\00:36:20.88
to saturate our
minds with God's word.
00:36:20.91\00:36:22.88
So we're memorizing,
memorizing the word of God.
00:36:22.91\00:36:25.11
Someone, "Blessed
is the man that walketh
00:36:25.15\00:36:26.98
not in the
counsel of the ungodly,
00:36:27.02\00:36:28.72
nor stands in
the way of sinners,
00:36:28.75\00:36:31.22
nor sits in the
seat of scornful.
00:36:31.25\00:36:32.59
But his delight is
in the law of the Lord."
00:36:32.62\00:36:34.32
Psalm 23, "The
Lord is my shepherd,
00:36:34.36\00:36:35.82
I shall not want.
00:36:35.86\00:36:37.19
He maketh me lie down
beside green pastures."
00:36:37.23\00:36:38.86
Psalm 46, "God is
our refuge and strength,
00:36:38.89\00:36:41.83
A very present help in trouble.
00:36:41.86\00:36:43.20
Therefore we will not
fear, that the earth be removed,
00:36:43.23\00:36:44.93
and the mountains carried
into the midst of the sea.
00:36:44.97\00:36:46.50
The mountain shake
with the swelling thereof."
00:36:46.53\00:36:48.04
Psalm 91. And on and on and on.
00:36:48.07\00:36:51.84
Recently we were driving
00:36:51.87\00:36:53.21
from Chattanooga,
Tennessee to the Virginias,
00:36:53.24\00:36:57.45
and you know, my son was moving
00:36:57.48\00:36:59.21
from Chattanooga to Virginia,
and I'm no truck driver,
00:36:59.25\00:37:01.62
and I'm no mover.
00:37:01.65\00:37:02.98
But I move my kids long enough
00:37:03.02\00:37:04.35
that I could be a mover
if I retired from ministry,
00:37:04.39\00:37:06.65
because I move my
kids all the time.
00:37:06.69\00:37:08.02
They didn't move, they call dad.
00:37:08.06\00:37:09.39
Dad, we got to
move, let's load the truck
00:37:09.42\00:37:10.76
and you drive the thing,
and we'll drive the cars."
00:37:10.79\00:37:12.29
So I had this 26 foot
Penske truck and you know,
00:37:12.33\00:37:16.20
I know, I'm on television
00:37:16.23\00:37:17.57
so I don't want to give that ad,
00:37:17.60\00:37:18.93
it could have been
U-Haul, it could be Ride,
00:37:18.97\00:37:20.30
it could have anything else,
so I've covered myself now,
00:37:20.34\00:37:21.67
okay, anyway.
00:37:21.70\00:37:23.04
So I have this
truck, and my wife and I
00:37:23.07\00:37:24.41
are driving, it's a long
drive you know, 10 hours.
00:37:24.44\00:37:26.51
And so, we say, let's
go over the Book of John,
00:37:26.54\00:37:29.64
and we'll go from
John 1 to John 22,
00:37:29.68\00:37:31.95
we'll say the
whole book together,
00:37:31.98\00:37:33.72
we'll describe
what's in every chapter
00:37:33.75\00:37:35.08
of the Book of John.
00:37:35.12\00:37:36.45
We could be
listening to the radio
00:37:36.48\00:37:37.82
or something else.
00:37:37.85\00:37:39.19
We have committed our
lives that we want to be
00:37:39.22\00:37:41.32
saturated with God's word,
00:37:41.36\00:37:43.02
because how you
filled with the Holy Spirit?
00:37:43.06\00:37:45.33
The Holy Spirit is
not some mystical force
00:37:45.36\00:37:47.90
that tickles your
tonsils, if you have them still,
00:37:47.93\00:37:51.23
or tickles the ends of
your ear or your fingertips.
00:37:51.27\00:37:53.97
The way you're
filled with the Holy Spirit,
00:37:54.00\00:37:56.54
the words that I speak
unto you, they are what?
00:37:56.57\00:37:59.31
Spirit in life.
00:37:59.34\00:38:00.71
If you want to be
filled with the Holy Spirit,
00:38:00.74\00:38:02.78
fill your mind
with the word of God
00:38:02.81\00:38:04.55
and the word of God
changes your mind currents.
00:38:04.58\00:38:07.05
But if you are
spending more time
00:38:07.08\00:38:08.42
in front of the TV
then you are in the Bible,
00:38:08.45\00:38:10.79
even if it is
religious television.
00:38:10.82\00:38:14.26
Are you listening to me, church?
00:38:14.29\00:38:17.69
Even if it is Hope Channel,
00:38:17.73\00:38:19.06
even if it is Three
Angels Broadcasting,
00:38:19.09\00:38:21.76
even if it is SafeTV,
even if it's Loma Linda.
00:38:21.80\00:38:26.00
If you are listening
to Mark Finley more than
00:38:26.03\00:38:31.27
you are reading God's word,
something is wrong with you.
00:38:31.31\00:38:37.18
Or any of those
00:38:37.21\00:38:38.55
other Adventist
so-called preachers.
00:38:38.58\00:38:42.28
Religious television is good
00:38:42.32\00:38:44.95
if it leads you to the
word of God personally.
00:38:44.99\00:38:48.02
But if it becomes
a substitute for that
00:38:48.06\00:38:51.23
and you get your
nourishment secondhand,
00:38:51.26\00:38:54.36
there is nothing like
opening the word of God
00:38:54.40\00:38:57.83
and letting the Spirit
of God fall upon your life.
00:38:57.87\00:39:02.37
When will Holy
Spirit be poured out
00:39:02.40\00:39:03.74
in the church in
Pentecostal power?
00:39:03.77\00:39:05.11
One, we are on our
knees, seeking God in prayer.
00:39:05.14\00:39:07.81
We're asking God daily,
do something in my life too.
00:39:07.84\00:39:11.55
When we have undivided hearts?
00:39:11.58\00:39:13.31
When we say, God,
take away anything in me
00:39:13.35\00:39:16.52
that will block Your spirit.
00:39:16.55\00:39:17.92
Lord, I want an undivided heart.
00:39:17.95\00:39:19.29
Three, when we are serious about
00:39:19.32\00:39:21.66
filling our mind with
the word of the Living God.
00:39:21.69\00:39:24.59
Spirit filled lives
are guided by the word,
00:39:24.63\00:39:26.53
instructed by the
word, empowered by the word,
00:39:26.56\00:39:29.06
sanctified by the word,
transformed by the word.
00:39:29.10\00:39:32.20
Now, fourth prerequisite
in receiving the Holy Spirit
00:39:32.23\00:39:34.74
in the fullness of
power is to put away
00:39:34.77\00:39:36.97
all dissension
between you and anybody else.
00:39:37.01\00:39:38.74
There are times you got
to spend political capital.
00:39:42.34\00:39:44.38
Forty years I've been preaching,
00:39:48.18\00:39:49.52
I'm willing to spend
some political capital.
00:39:49.55\00:39:51.75
There is too much competition
00:39:51.79\00:39:53.12
between ministries in
the Adventist church today.
00:39:53.15\00:39:56.56
And you know
what the competition
00:39:56.59\00:39:57.93
basically is over?
00:39:57.96\00:39:59.59
It's the dollar.
00:39:59.63\00:40:02.86
It's the dollar.
00:40:02.90\00:40:06.60
This church has the
resources to rock the world.
00:40:06.63\00:40:13.34
If ever there
were a coming together,
00:40:13.38\00:40:18.15
not concerned
who is the greatest,
00:40:18.18\00:40:21.68
do you remember
that James and John
00:40:21.72\00:40:25.75
were on the verge
of the kingdom of,
00:40:25.79\00:40:28.86
they were on the
verge of the crucifixion.
00:40:28.89\00:40:31.26
They were to enter in
00:40:31.29\00:40:32.63
to the greatest
trials of their lives.
00:40:32.66\00:40:38.80
Christ was
going to be crucified.
00:40:38.83\00:40:41.70
But they were not concerned
about Christ being crucified,
00:40:41.74\00:40:45.27
they were concerned
about who is the greatest.
00:40:45.31\00:40:51.18
It took the
crucifixion of Christ
00:40:51.21\00:40:54.38
and the trauma of the
cross to bring them together.
00:40:54.42\00:40:59.32
And these disciples
that are so much like
00:40:59.35\00:41:01.52
we are were
crushed at the crucifixion,
00:41:01.56\00:41:06.06
and disaster and
calamity brought them together
00:41:06.09\00:41:10.13
in prayer bands,
00:41:10.17\00:41:11.77
and God poured
out His Holy Spirit.
00:41:11.80\00:41:14.67
Oath that every ASI
ministry would be united.
00:41:14.70\00:41:19.61
Oath that lay
people and the church,
00:41:19.64\00:41:22.48
organization would drop
their suspicion and criticism
00:41:22.51\00:41:26.95
and be united.
00:41:26.98\00:41:28.52
Oath that every
pastor in his congregation
00:41:28.55\00:41:30.99
would be united.
00:41:31.02\00:41:32.62
Oath that Jesus
would bring us together
00:41:32.65\00:41:35.46
in a loving unity.
00:41:35.49\00:41:36.99
Acts 2:1 says,
00:41:37.03\00:41:38.53
"They were all with
one accord in one place."
00:41:38.56\00:41:41.76
Are you with one
accord with your brethren?
00:41:41.80\00:41:45.10
If there is any competition
or bitterness in your heart
00:41:45.13\00:41:48.80
and you are not in one
accord with your brethren.
00:41:48.84\00:41:51.97
If you're in
competition with others,
00:41:52.01\00:41:54.64
the Holy Spirit will be
limited through your ministry.
00:41:54.68\00:41:57.65
Oh, you can do wonderful things,
00:41:57.68\00:41:59.05
you can write wonderful reports
00:41:59.08\00:42:00.58
and you can talk
about how great you are,
00:42:00.62\00:42:02.65
but it is limited in
comparison to what could come.
00:42:02.68\00:42:06.99
You are waiting in
a kiddies wading pool,
00:42:07.02\00:42:09.89
when you can dive in the
depths and get the pearls.
00:42:09.92\00:42:12.76
You're getting a few
drops of rain on your nose
00:42:12.79\00:42:15.46
when you can get the Holy Spirit
00:42:15.50\00:42:16.83
poured out in abundance.
00:42:16.87\00:42:18.53
Oath that God would
take away all of our pride,
00:42:18.57\00:42:22.67
bring us together in
unity with the passion
00:42:22.70\00:42:25.24
to finish His work.
00:42:25.27\00:42:26.61
They were all with
one accord together.
00:42:26.64\00:42:28.34
I love that word
'together'. They were together.
00:42:28.38\00:42:32.11
God's people together in prayer,
00:42:32.15\00:42:33.88
together in the
word, together in praying.
00:42:33.92\00:42:37.85
They were one...
00:42:37.89\00:42:39.22
They were one in their desire
00:42:39.25\00:42:40.59
to bring the
gospel to the world.
00:42:40.62\00:42:41.96
We may have our differences,
00:42:41.99\00:42:43.32
we may approach
things differently,
00:42:43.36\00:42:45.06
but one in the desire to
bring the gospel to the world.
00:42:45.09\00:42:47.66
Testimonies for the
Church, Volume 8, page 21,
00:42:47.70\00:42:50.80
"Let Christians put
away all dissension,
00:42:50.83\00:42:53.23
and give themselves to God
for the saving of the lost."
00:42:53.27\00:42:55.70
Don't you like it?
Put away all dissension.
00:42:55.74\00:42:58.51
"Let them ask in faith
00:42:58.54\00:42:59.87
for the promised
blessing and it will come.
00:42:59.91\00:43:01.81
The outpouring of the Spirit
in the days of the Apostles
00:43:01.84\00:43:04.21
was the 'former rain'
and glorious was the result.
00:43:04.25\00:43:06.78
But the latter rain
will be more abundant."
00:43:06.82\00:43:08.82
When we put away,
the word for 'put away'
00:43:08.85\00:43:11.59
in the Bible is
the word 'divorce.'
00:43:11.62\00:43:13.82
God believes in divorce.
00:43:13.86\00:43:15.66
In divorcing
ourselves from all dissension,
00:43:15.69\00:43:18.43
divorcing ourselves
from all competition,
00:43:18.46\00:43:20.83
divorcing ourselves
00:43:20.86\00:43:22.33
from everything
that separates us,
00:43:22.36\00:43:24.37
so that we can be united
00:43:24.40\00:43:25.73
in bringing the
gospel to the world.
00:43:25.77\00:43:27.10
Corrie ten Boom was
in a German prison camp,
00:43:27.14\00:43:32.97
and she saw in that prison camp,
00:43:33.01\00:43:35.34
her sister Betsy
tormented by a Gestapo guard.
00:43:35.38\00:43:39.95
This guard ripped
off Betsy's blouse,
00:43:39.98\00:43:42.28
hit her in the face,
knocked her to the ground.
00:43:42.32\00:43:44.52
And just to hear
00:43:44.55\00:43:45.89
the agonizing
crunch of broken ribs,
00:43:45.92\00:43:48.96
stamped on Betsy's ribs.
00:43:48.99\00:43:50.86
Broke them of course,
00:43:50.89\00:43:52.23
Betsy developed
serious lung infection
00:43:52.26\00:43:54.63
and eventually died.
00:43:54.66\00:43:57.50
Corrie left the
prison camp, shattered.
00:43:57.53\00:44:01.54
But she worked her
way through forgiveness.
00:44:01.57\00:44:04.87
She worked her way
through the bitterness
00:44:04.91\00:44:07.81
because she knew that bitterness
00:44:07.84\00:44:09.78
would poison her spirit.
00:44:09.81\00:44:12.11
One night she was
preaching in Munich, Germany.
00:44:12.15\00:44:15.25
And when she was preaching
on forgiveness and God's love,
00:44:15.28\00:44:18.35
a band walked up the aisle.
00:44:18.39\00:44:20.16
She said, I wish I would have,
00:44:20.19\00:44:23.02
I wish I could get
that face out of my mind.
00:44:23.06\00:44:25.49
He was one of the
German Gestapo guards,
00:44:25.53\00:44:27.93
he was the guard the
treaty Betsy so cruelly.
00:44:27.96\00:44:30.57
He was the guard
that spit in Betsy's face
00:44:30.60\00:44:32.67
and stamped their ribs.
00:44:32.70\00:44:34.04
And this man
reached up to Corrie
00:44:34.07\00:44:35.40
and she said,
Corrie, will you forgive me?
00:44:35.44\00:44:40.88
And Corrie said, I could not.
00:44:40.91\00:44:43.24
He had treated us
so cruelly and badly,
00:44:43.28\00:44:46.08
I could not.
00:44:46.11\00:44:48.12
And he said,
would you forgive me?
00:44:48.15\00:44:49.65
And she said, in
spite of all these
00:44:49.68\00:44:51.69
feelings of
anger and bitterness,
00:44:51.72\00:44:53.25
I acted not on how I felt
but on how God's love had been
00:44:53.29\00:44:56.22
poured into my life
and how He had forgiven me.
00:44:56.26\00:44:58.53
And she reached out
and said, I forgive you.
00:44:58.56\00:45:01.00
Is there somebody
that you need to forgive,
00:45:01.03\00:45:05.07
they have really wronged
you, they've really hurt you.
00:45:05.10\00:45:08.20
They've hurt you so
bitterly and deeply.
00:45:08.24\00:45:11.54
Unless you find it in your heart
00:45:11.57\00:45:14.14
to forgive them,
00:45:14.18\00:45:15.94
the spirit's ministry
will be limited in your life.
00:45:15.98\00:45:19.88
Is there somebody you have hurt?
00:45:19.91\00:45:22.75
You have treated
unjustly and unfairly,
00:45:22.78\00:45:25.72
and you need to
go to them and say,
00:45:25.75\00:45:27.19
please, forgive me.
00:45:27.22\00:45:29.02
Unless you find the
moral courage to do that,
00:45:29.06\00:45:34.53
God will be limited in
what He can do for you.
00:45:34.56\00:45:38.90
When God has a church
that's on its knees praying.
00:45:38.93\00:45:43.04
When God has a church
of men and women weeping,
00:45:43.07\00:45:47.04
saying, give me
an undivided heart.
00:45:47.08\00:45:49.78
When God has a
church that wants nothing
00:45:49.81\00:45:53.82
but His will.
00:45:53.85\00:45:55.18
When God has a
church that says, Lord,
00:45:55.22\00:45:59.29
I really desire to be
filled with Your word,
00:45:59.32\00:46:03.39
Lord, I hunger after Your word.
00:46:03.43\00:46:06.36
When God has a church that says,
00:46:06.39\00:46:09.86
Jesus, I don't
want any dissension
00:46:09.90\00:46:12.73
between me and anybody else,
I don't want any dissension.
00:46:12.77\00:46:17.24
Lord, I only
want a focused unity
00:46:17.27\00:46:21.68
and I don't care
who gets the glory.
00:46:21.71\00:46:24.18
When we don't
care who gets the glory
00:46:24.21\00:46:27.52
and give it to Jesus, He
will pour out His Spirit.
00:46:27.55\00:46:30.92
Yes, Corrie said, I forgive you.
00:46:30.95\00:46:33.49
And they embraced together.
00:46:33.52\00:46:34.86
And Corrie said, that was
a turning point in my life.
00:46:34.89\00:46:37.63
Now the last prerequisite
for receiving the latter rain
00:46:37.66\00:46:40.03
is active labor for others.
00:46:40.06\00:46:41.60
The Holy Spirit is poured out
to finish God's work on earth.
00:46:41.63\00:46:47.04
Why would God give
you His Holy Spirit
00:46:47.07\00:46:49.87
to finish the work
00:46:49.90\00:46:51.31
if you're not
participating in the work?
00:46:51.34\00:46:53.91
Now, now is the
time to share Jesus'
00:46:53.94\00:46:57.81
love and grace with others.
00:46:57.85\00:46:59.71
The more we share
His love with others,
00:46:59.75\00:47:01.35
more the Holy Spirit fills
us up with God's grace to share.
00:47:01.38\00:47:05.02
If I don't care
about witnessing,
00:47:05.05\00:47:06.65
if I don't care
about soul-winning,
00:47:06.69\00:47:08.16
if I don't care about
winning the lost today,
00:47:08.19\00:47:10.36
why is God going
to pour out His Spirit
00:47:10.39\00:47:14.00
to accomplish the
finishing of the work
00:47:14.03\00:47:15.76
if I am too complacent to be
involved in witnessing today?
00:47:15.80\00:47:18.80
Do you want the Holy Spirit?
00:47:18.83\00:47:20.30
Share what Christ has
put in your heart today
00:47:20.34\00:47:22.60
with somebody else.
00:47:22.64\00:47:23.97
Find somebody to
share God's love with.
00:47:24.01\00:47:25.77
Find somebody to pray for,
00:47:25.81\00:47:27.58
Find somebody to give a
piece of literature out to.
00:47:27.61\00:47:29.91
Find somebody to
study the Bible with.
00:47:29.94\00:47:31.91
Find somebody to develop
a Christian friendship with.
00:47:31.95\00:47:34.42
Bring soup to somebody.
Bring bread to somebody.
00:47:34.45\00:47:36.99
Get involved in
loving ministry for Jesus.
00:47:37.02\00:47:39.72
And the more we
give, the more we receive
00:47:39.75\00:47:41.62
because the Bible said,
it's more blessed to do what?
00:47:41.66\00:47:43.89
Give than it is to receive.
00:47:43.93\00:47:45.63
Get involve in some
soul winning ministry
00:47:45.66\00:47:47.96
for Jesus Christ.
00:47:48.00\00:47:49.36
Why would God
empower us to share our faith
00:47:49.40\00:47:51.73
if we are not
interested in sharing it?
00:47:51.77\00:47:54.14
It is now time with
consecrated hearts to seek
00:47:54.17\00:47:57.94
the mighty
outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
00:47:57.97\00:48:00.61
Many years ago in
the Country of Wales,
00:48:00.64\00:48:06.75
the churches
were large and formal.
00:48:06.78\00:48:11.42
Six or seven old women
met for prayer meeting,
00:48:11.45\00:48:15.22
and they mumbled the
same old stale prayers
00:48:15.26\00:48:19.56
week after week.
00:48:19.59\00:48:21.30
One day, one evening,
12 or 13 year old girl
00:48:21.33\00:48:25.40
happened to come
into the prayer meeting.
00:48:25.43\00:48:26.77
She heard these
old women praying.
00:48:26.80\00:48:30.31
She knelt in
their prayer circle.
00:48:30.34\00:48:32.77
And after they had
prayed their formal prayers
00:48:32.81\00:48:35.98
she said, Oh, oh Jesus,
00:48:36.01\00:48:39.98
oh, Jesus, I love you.
00:48:40.02\00:48:43.18
Oh, do I love Jesus.
00:48:43.22\00:48:45.55
But she said it not
simply with her lips,
00:48:45.59\00:48:49.39
she said it with her heart.
00:48:49.42\00:48:51.53
She said it from
the depths of her being.
00:48:51.56\00:48:54.23
And one of the old
women said, I love Jesus too.
00:48:54.26\00:48:56.56
Another one said, I love Jesus.
00:48:56.60\00:48:57.93
And they began to pray,
00:48:57.97\00:48:59.33
and that one sentence changed
that whole prayer meeting.
00:48:59.37\00:49:02.64
And the ladies prayed
00:49:02.67\00:49:05.11
and they met the
next night and prayed,
00:49:05.14\00:49:07.38
and soon the eight
became 15, and the 15 became 20,
00:49:07.41\00:49:10.08
and the 20 became 30.
00:49:10.11\00:49:12.21
And soon from village to
village throughout Wales,
00:49:12.25\00:49:14.32
there was a
mighty spiritual revival.
00:49:14.35\00:49:16.85
And churches
were open for prayer
00:49:16.89\00:49:18.22
at 6 o'clock in the morning.
00:49:18.25\00:49:22.02
Saloons shut and they became
the centers of Bible study.
00:49:22.06\00:49:28.00
And children at
school form prayer bands
00:49:28.03\00:49:29.90
at their lunch hour.
00:49:29.93\00:49:31.70
And there was a
mighty spiritual revival,
00:49:31.73\00:49:34.60
the effects of which the world
still experiences in Wales.
00:49:34.64\00:49:41.08
A policeman was directing
traffic one day in Cardiff,
00:49:41.11\00:49:44.98
the capital city of Wales.
00:49:45.01\00:49:46.95
And some reporters
had come down from London,
00:49:46.98\00:49:50.19
and they wanted to find
out where the revival was.
00:49:50.22\00:49:54.96
So they came to the policeman
00:49:54.99\00:49:56.59
and they said to
this Welsh policeman,
00:49:56.62\00:49:58.19
"Sir, can you tell
us where is the revival?
00:49:58.23\00:50:04.87
Direct us to the revival."
00:50:04.90\00:50:07.64
The policeman stood
up and took a deep breath
00:50:07.67\00:50:11.34
and he said,
00:50:11.37\00:50:13.64
the revival is in this uniform.
00:50:13.68\00:50:20.02
Revival always
begins with one man,
00:50:20.05\00:50:25.35
one woman, one boy, one girl.
00:50:25.39\00:50:30.06
If your church is
going to be revived,
00:50:30.09\00:50:31.83
you must be revived.
00:50:31.86\00:50:34.06
If you are the
leader of a ministry,
00:50:34.10\00:50:36.23
you set the tone.
00:50:36.26\00:50:38.03
There is nothing
more important that you do
00:50:38.07\00:50:40.77
than being a
spiritual man or woman for God.
00:50:40.80\00:50:43.10
I love this old song
by Julian Owens Borton,
00:50:43.14\00:50:46.27
"The Savior is
longing His Spirit to show."
00:50:46.31\00:50:49.01
I pray it often.
00:50:49.04\00:50:51.21
As mighty in
power as days long ago,
00:50:51.25\00:50:57.19
but hearts must be
open and emptied of sin.
00:50:57.22\00:51:01.92
Revival is needed within.
00:51:01.96\00:51:08.00
The Savior will take
away hardness of heart.
00:51:08.03\00:51:10.90
Do it for me, God.
00:51:10.93\00:51:12.80
Take away the
hardness of my heart.
00:51:12.83\00:51:16.17
Fulfill every
need, boundless strength
00:51:16.20\00:51:18.77
He will impart, Lord, I
feel weak so many times.
00:51:18.81\00:51:22.14
So many times I
stand before audiences
00:51:22.18\00:51:25.01
and I feel so spiritually weak.
00:51:25.05\00:51:27.45
Fulfill every need,
boundless strength feel impart
00:51:27.48\00:51:31.89
and make up our lack.
00:51:31.92\00:51:33.25
Lord, I lack so much.
00:51:33.29\00:51:36.02
With His merit
divine, remove every barrier
00:51:36.06\00:51:40.10
that hinders today.
00:51:40.13\00:51:42.03
Oh, cleanse me from sin.
Make me pure, Lord, I pray.
00:51:42.06\00:51:47.47
Lord, someway,
00:51:47.50\00:51:48.84
somehow purify these
motives in this heart.
00:51:48.87\00:51:52.54
Shine forth in thy
beauty and help me to be
00:51:52.57\00:51:58.01
a power-filled witness for thee.
00:51:58.05\00:52:01.98
Do you sense God
speaking to you today?
00:52:02.02\00:52:04.95
Do you sense God leading
you to a deeper prayer life?
00:52:04.99\00:52:08.16
Has your prayer life
been superficial or shallow?
00:52:08.19\00:52:13.73
Is there anything in
your heart that is divided?
00:52:13.76\00:52:17.37
Do you sense God calling you
00:52:17.40\00:52:19.23
to a deeper spiritual experience
00:52:19.27\00:52:22.57
to remove the hindrances
and barriers in your heart
00:52:22.60\00:52:25.87
to give you an undivided heart?
00:52:25.91\00:52:30.15
Have you neglected the
word for other good things?
00:52:30.18\00:52:35.18
And do you hear the
gentle voice of the Spirit
00:52:35.22\00:52:38.95
calling you to be
renewed, refreshed,
00:52:38.99\00:52:41.62
reinvigorated,
revitalized in the word?
00:52:41.66\00:52:46.19
Is there something in your heart
00:52:46.23\00:52:49.66
that is limiting the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit through you?
00:52:49.70\00:52:54.80
Did you look in the ASI program
00:52:54.84\00:52:58.81
and see other
ministries that got finances
00:52:58.84\00:53:01.51
and go back to
your room and say,
00:53:01.54\00:53:02.88
I didn't get that, and I should,
00:53:02.91\00:53:04.25
why didn't the
committee give it to me?
00:53:04.28\00:53:07.38
Do you see other
ministry seeming to take off
00:53:07.42\00:53:09.68
and you're stagnant and have you
00:53:09.72\00:53:11.59
become envious of them?
00:53:11.62\00:53:16.12
Do you feel that
00:53:16.16\00:53:17.56
you're in
somewhat of a competition?
00:53:17.59\00:53:21.16
Maybe today,
this will be the day
00:53:21.20\00:53:25.53
that the Spirit
of God comes down
00:53:25.57\00:53:28.84
and takes all that
away and cleanses our heart
00:53:28.87\00:53:31.87
so we can be
filled with the spirit.
00:53:31.91\00:53:34.41
Have you done more talking about
00:53:34.44\00:53:36.24
reaching the lost than actually
00:53:36.28\00:53:38.21
participating in
soul winning ministry
00:53:38.25\00:53:40.28
and you sense today that
00:53:40.32\00:53:41.65
if you're going to
receive the Spirit,
00:53:41.68\00:53:43.02
you need to step
out into the water now.
00:53:43.05\00:53:46.15
Just now.
00:53:46.19\00:53:49.26
Would you like to say, Lord,
00:53:49.29\00:53:51.83
I am going to
take this one thing
00:53:51.86\00:53:53.66
away from this meeting.
00:53:53.70\00:53:56.67
The Spirit of
God has touched me.
00:53:56.70\00:53:59.27
The Spirit of God
has spoken to my heart.
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I want to go from here
and make this decision.
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This what I like you to do.
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I like you to turn
to somebody around you
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and in one or two sentences
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say to the person next
to you, here is one thing
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that the Holy
Spirit impressed me
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with in this meeting today.
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Here is one thing that for
me is going to be life changing.
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Here is one thing that
God touched me with today.
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I'm going to take this
and cherish it in my heart.
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After you share
that with a friend,
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would you then kneel
down with that person?
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It could be in a
group of two or three,
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and pray
together about that thing
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that the Spirit
of God will come.
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And then I'll close
the meeting with prayer.
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Just now, turn to
somebody next to you.
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Tell them what God
impressed you with.
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Tell them what you're going
to take home from this meeting.
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Then together, if
you can kneel in prayer,
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if you can't kneel,
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gather around in a little group,
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open your heart to the spirit.
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Well, let's pray
for the anointing
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of the spirit here
today and then I'll pray.
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