Looking at Acts 2 we discover the miraculous signs and wonders that Pentecost represents, and the shared experience that we can all expect to have! Are you ready to be filled afresh?

Putting aside the baggage we bring with the word "conviction" and looking at how being convicted by the Holy Spirit is much more positive and freeing than you'd think.

Three challenges we must pose to ourselves which will position us for God's blessing.

The importance of making space for God to move in our lives, and how waiting for the Father leads us to a life full of freedom and healing.

Practical advice on what to do when life feels like more than you signed up for.

HOW TO BE BOLD 

AN EXPERIENCE WITH JESUS BRINGS BOLDNESS

Acts 1:8 (ERV)

But the Holy Spirit will come on you and give you power. You will be my witnesses. You will tell people everywhere about me-in Jerusalem, in the rest of Judea, in Samaria, and in every part of the world.

AUTHENTICITY BRINGS BOLDNESS

Proverbs 28:1 (NLT)

The wicked run away when no one is chasing them, but the godly are as bold as lions.

BOLD FRIENDS BRING BOLDNESS

Matthew 14:27-30 (NLT)

27 But Jesus spoke to them at once. "Don't be afraid," he said. "Take courage. I am here!"

28 Then Peter called to him, "Lord, if it's really you, tell me to come to you, walking on the water."

29 "Yes, come," Jesus said. So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus.

30 But when he saw the strong wind and the waves, he was terrified and began to sink. "Save me, Lord!" he shouted.

FINALLY - PUT ON BOLDNESS

Isaiah 52:1 (NLT)

Wake up, wake up, O Zion! Clothe yourself with strength. Put on your beautiful clothes, O holy city of Jerusalem, for unclean and godless people will enter your gates no longer.

THE KINGDOM IS NOW

Acts 1:4-5 “And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; for John truly baptised with water, but you shall be baptised with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

THE FATHER’S PROMISE

FRESH FIRE

Matthew 3:11-12 “I indeed baptise you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptise you with the Holy Spirit AND FIRE. His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.””

FRESH AGENDA

(Vs 6-7) “Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.”

FRESH MISSION

(Vs 8) “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Q. Got any chaff that needs burning?

Q. Ready to embrace a different agenda?

Q. Willing to mobilise? (From your side of the street to the nations?)

DON’T BYPASS THE PROCESS

WE LIVE BY ‘GLIMPSES’

THE KINGDOM IS FOR THICK HEADS AND SLOW HEARTS TOO

HOSPITALITY OPENS DOORS

THE TABLE IS THE KEY

Q. Settle the issue - are you a candidate? 

Q. Are you prepared to open the door?

Q. Are you hungry to catch a glimpse? 

Q. Are you prepared to meet him in community?

Pastor Slater explores how to find true breakthroughs in our problems rather than just quick fixes and band-aids.