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Aug 17, 2025

The Day It All Changed | Spirit, Power & The Church

The Day It All Changed | Spirit, Power & The Church

Follow Along with the Message

The Day It All Changed

 

August 17, 2025

Acts 1:8

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 2:1
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.

PRINCIPLE: Gather, worship, praise, and pray especially in the hard times of .

Acts 2:2

Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.

Acts 2:3–4
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.

PRINCIPLE: God’s presence was no longer to be celebrated for falling on a place because it is now fallen into .

Acts 2:4–5

4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. 5 Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.

Acts 2:6–7

6 When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. 7 Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?”

Acts 2:8–12

8 Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? 9 Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome 11 (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” 12 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

Acts 2:13
Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”
4 Holy spirit walkaway challenges

1. Trust in God’s , because it’s always perfect.

Acts 1:4

“Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.”

Psalm 40:1–3

1 I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. 2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. 3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him.

2. Stand in God’s promises and not our .

Amos 4:13

He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind, and who reveals His thoughts to mankind, who turns dawn to darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth – the Lord God Almighty is His name.

2 Corinthians 1:20

For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God.

 

3. Walk in the that the Holy Spirit has you.

Acts 2:4

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

2 Timothy 1:7

"For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline."

4. Allow the Holy Spirit to you.

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