Title: Members of Every Generation Are Valued
Text:
Acts 2:17 (NLT)
17 'In the last days,' God says, 'I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
Observation:
The central truth in this passage should be the focus of our life, and the energy that empowers our worship and our work in doing the will God.
Notice this significant declaration of the Lord, "I will pour out my Spirit upon all people".
The unfinished work of God is the building on earth of the kingdom of God; on earth as it is in heaven. That is the work of the church, and that work is the office work of the Holy Spirit who lives in the hearts of God's people; the church.
The work of the church is the work of the young and the old; it combines the wisdom of the old with the energy and enthusiasm of the young. Let us come together, and complete this unfinished work, and usher in the return of the King of kings, and Lord of lords; His name is Jesus.
2 Peter 3:8-9 (HCSB)
8 Dear friends, don't let this one thing escape you: With the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.
9 The Lord does not delay His promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.
What is the next step in knowing and doing the will of God?
Colossians 2:6 (HCSB)
6 Therefore, as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in Him,
1 Thessalonians 4:1 (NLT)
1 Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You live this way already, and we encourage you to do so even more.
Prayer:
Father, help us to learn how to live in these last days; the days between your ascension and the day of your second coming. Father, help us rely upon Your wisdom and strength.
Father, help us to never forget that You have given us everything we need to do Your will. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
Psalm 23:1 (HCSB)
1 The LORD is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack.
Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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