"He takes me to lush pastures, and refreshing water"

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm 23v1 ESV

On what are you ruminating?

Look again!

Frequently Accessed Failures

1. I've lost my way/my purpose
2. I'm out of ideas
3. I'm in a prolonged period of drought
4. I've messed up

• Is there some pain in your past that is distorting your view of the future?
• What we see affects where we step
• We are to live by faith not by sight

At any given moment, you and I have a choice of what "lens" to look through. Is it the lens of pain, of cynicism, of fear, of regret or is it through the lens of Faith?

Adoration - Live in action

Adoration ...

• begins with love
• shows up in the body / is expressed through joyful and wholehearted worship
• changes the atmosphere

A Spirit filled life is full of

• Empowerment
• Encounter
• Embrace

Holiness - "Be Holy because I am Holy" 1 Peter 1

"We are holy only to the degree that we are wholly devoted tp God" - Tim Keller

Number 20v 12 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust me enough to show me as holy before the Israelites, therefore you will not bring this community into the land I have given them.”

Pentecost - A relationship with the Holy Spirit

Powerful and Personal

One God - three persons - the Trinity

Expectation - The atmosphere where God moves

Expectation positions you

Faith activates expectation

Expectation precedes miracles

The Holy Spirit - poured out for a purpose

Urgency - Jesus is going to return for His Church

Urgency - does not mean "immediate" but also it does not mean "never"

Urgency - doesn't mean pressure

Urgency is the opposite of complacency