Acts 2:37-41

When the Holy Spirit is truly guiding your life, other people find it irresistible. 3,000 people got saved in one day because they saw the work of the Holy Spirit. It's like visual evidence that God is alive. When we see products like this in the Bible, I wonder why we so often diminish what we believe the Holy Spirit can accomplish now. I'm not talking about charismatic things, to me there's not anything really compelling about someone speaking in a language that nobody on the face of this planet can understand. But what if we believed the Holy Spirit was a real part of our lives and that he really did give us power like the Bible says, not so that our lives could be better, but for the advancement of the Kingdom? I know my life would be immensely different. JM

Acts 2:1-4

Sometimes what you are supposed to do next is obvious. It's clear when you need to take that next step. The disciples had kind of been holed up, just trying to make it through. Then the Holy Spirit came down and things got all crazy. It became obvious that they were supposed to go out. That it was time for them to move.
It's also interesting how powerful the Holy Spirit was compared to how much we limit the Spirit's power now. We like to box it in and say that if we get a tingly feeling that's the Holy Spirit, as if that's all that it can do. How pathetic. Perhaps we should adjust our view of what the Holy Spirit can accomplish and pray those things to fruition. JM

Matthew 1:6-8

It's so awesome that God gives us power. I look at it like before Jesus, the prophets had power. While Jesus was here, he and the disciples had power. Now, the Holy Spirit empowers every Christian. How awesome is that! I literally have power to accomplish the work of God.
The problem is that most Christians don't live that way. We don't act as if we have the power to change the world. The power that changes lives is within me, and I walk around acting like an impotent slug. I'm guessing that's not how Jesus imagined it when he gave me the Holy Spirit. JM