Week of June 19

Waiting on God

Sowing our Prayer… Reaping the Spirit

If it’s true that the Spirit of God dwells in us and that our bodies are the Holy Spirit’s temple, then shouldn’t there be a huge difference between the person who has the Spirit of God living inside of him or her and the person who does not?

… Churchgoers all across the nation say the Holy Spirit has entered them.  They claim that God has given them a supernatural ability to follow Christ, put their sin to death, and serve the church.  Christians talk about being born again and say that they were dead but now have come to life.  We have become hardened to those words, but they are powerful words that have significant meaning.  Yet when those outside the church see no difference in our lives, they begin to question our integrity, our sanity, or even worse, our God.  And can you blame them?

-Francis Chan

Monday	Exodus 35:31-36:1; Acts 19:1-6
Tuesday	Judges 3:7-11;  Romans 5:5
Wednesday	2 Chronicles 24:20; Acts 2:4-38
Thursday	Isaiah 11:1-4;  Acts 6:3-10
Friday	Isaiah 61:1-3; Acts 4:8, 24-34
Saturday	Micah 3:8-12; 2 Timothy 1:6-7

Together we are learning more about the Holy Spirit to help us focus on Him as we move through this period of waiting.  This week’s scriptures focus on what happens when humans are filled with the Holy Spirit.  As you read and reflect on these passages, notice the many different manifestations of the Spirit and all the different ways His Power comes through in the lives of the people he fills.  You could even make a list of all the ways the Spirit empowers people in the Bible.  After this, think about different manifestations of the Spirit’s filling that you have seen and add them to the list.