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If someone asked you what jobs please God the most, what would you say? Would it be something in the realm of church ministry or evangelism, or a career in humanitarian efforts? Or something else? Join John MacArthur as he launches his study called Wisdom for the Workplace—a series that will help you honor the Lord in your work, whatever it is.

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Pain and Providence – Pain and chronic illness can erode your joy like acid and can lead you to question God and his power. Join Joni in taking a close look at what the Bible says about pain and the sovereign providence of God.

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The Minions get predictably chaotic in Minions & Monsters, but this time, they decide to conjure up monsters via a spellbook.

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Michelle Ablard discusses a pivotal moment in her journey as a foster parent.

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Michelle Ablard was content with her life as a schoolteacher, with 3 dogs and a mortgage. But then God nudged her into foster care, which began an unlikely journey of fostering two kids from her school and eventually adopting them. Michelle simply obeyed God’s prompting and credits her community of friends and family who made her miracle family possible!

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1 Kings 18:40 (NIV) reads, “Elijah commanded them, ‘Seize the prophets of Baal. Don’t let anyone get away!’ They seized them, and Elijah had them…slaughtered there.”

This moment does not sit well in our modern, westernized mindset. Elijah, a man of God, brandishing a sword and executing several hundred men? Except for the fact that these weren’t just men; they were disciples of the devil. They were demonic in their devotion to the cause of hell, all in the name of God.

In the final days, as recorded in Revelation 20:3 (NKJV), God will “cast him [Satan] into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him so that he should deceive the nations no more.”

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God blessed the Hutchcraft home with three very unique children. Anybody who knows them, nod your head now. Good…okay. I realize that’s three more than a number of families, some of whom would love to just have one child. We’ve had some friends tell us, “Ron, we’ve been trying to have children for three years,” or five years, or ten years. And today doctors do all they can to increase those possibilities. They’ll suggest times of the month when the baby would be most likely conceived; sometimes they’ll give you fertility drugs. And many a childless couple does all that they can to conceive a new life, and the way that they do that is just to create the conditions, to the best of their ability, in which the miracle could happen. Even though they can’t make it happen, they do their best to prepare for a life to begin.

I’m Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about “Getting Things Ready for God to Come.”

Our word for today from the Word of God comes from Acts 2:1-2, and it records for us the most dramatic visit - Holy Spirit visit - in history. “When the day of Pentecost came,” it says, “they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.” And you know from there it became even more exciting as the Holy Spirit changed the city of Jerusalem and launched a movement that has reached you and me today.

Maybe today you have a longing deep inside to have a special, personal touch from the Holy Spirit. You know you need one; maybe a touch of what they call revival. You don’t even know what the word means, but you’d love to experience some. You know you need a reviving work for the Holy Spirit, something new and fresh and more powerful than you’ve had before. Maybe it’s a supernatural provision for a God-sized need right now. It’s a healing touch, or a restoring touch.

Well, if you need a little personal Pentecost right now, you’re in the same situation in a way as the couple who wants a child. You can’t make the miracle happen; that’s up to God. But you can create the conditions that the Holy Spirit can respond to, and that’s exactly what these people did when this great Spirit visit happened at Pentecost.

In Acts 1:12 it says, “They returned to Jerusalem from a hill called The Mount of Olives and waited there.” And that’s exactly what Jesus had commanded them to do - to wait in Jerusalem. Verse 14: “They all joined together constantly in prayer.” See, the way you create the conditions for the baby to come, for the baby of revival to come, of healing, of God’s restoring touch, is first to obey: to do what the Lord told you to do, to wait patiently, to be in the place God has placed you. Be sure you are where He wants you to be.

Second step, you’ve got to pray. You obey and then you pray. And you notice it says, “They prayed constantly.” That means through the day, dialoging with God, and often saying to Him as you ride, as you walk, and as you’re in the middle of your responsibilities, “Lord, please give me that special touch.” Cry out to Him often, pray constantly for it. “Seek the Lord continually,” David said.

And thirdly it says, “They stayed together.” You obey, you pray, and you stay together. And you eliminate any walls between you and any other believers. Usually these kinds of Spirit-touches come from praying together. God comes to places where His kids are all together, persistently asking Him to come. It’s not a microwave revival. It’s from people who will wait, who will pray, who will stick together, who will pursue Him together passionately. Who will pay the price.

Pentecost doesn’t begin at a public meeting; it doesn’t begin at a planning meeting. It usually begins in a prayer meeting. So if you’re hungry for a new spiritual life to be conceived, cre