THAT FIRST SUNDAY
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost.
Acts 2:4
I had just been touched by revival for the first time that week and now it was time for Sunday morning church. I had no idea of what awaited me that Sunday, there was no way for me to prepare myself for the season we had just entered into. What I thought was a good service (maybe a little embarrassing) that we attended in Rockwall, Texas was more than just an ordinary service. Something had gotten on me and was about to break out at our church in New Orleans. As soon as I stepped behind the pulpit I knew that that Sunday was anything but normal. The same strange presence I had experienced in Texas was now in our church, there was no denying, no escaping, God was in the house. For some it was the greatest day of their lives, for others, not so much. The more I shared that morning, the stronger the presence became. By the time the service was over, our church was littered with bodies of people who had been overcome by the Glory of God. This is nothing new, it has been going on since the days of the upper room. Here is something Spurgeon said about the coming of the Holy Spirit.
“Rich were the blessings of this day if all of us were filled with the Holy Ghost. The consequences of this sacred filling of the soul it would be impossible to overestimate. Life, comfort, light, purity, power, peace; and many other precious blessings are inseparable from the Spirit’s benign presence. As sacred oil, he anoints the head of the believer, sets him apart to the priesthood of saints, and gives him grace to execute his office aright. As the only truly purifying water he cleanses us from the power of sin and sanctifies us unto holiness, working in us to will and to do of the Lord’s good pleasure. As the light, he manifested to us at first our lost estate, and now he reveals the Lord Jesus to us and in us, and guides us in the way of righteousness. Enlightened by his pure celestial ray, we are no more darkness but light in the Lord. As fire, he both purges us from dross, and sets our consecrated nature on a blaze. He is the sacrificial flame by which we are enabled to offer our whole souls as a living sacrifice unto God.”
Have you tasted the power of the world to come? If you have, then you know exactly what I am talking about. That first Sunday God was breaking in on us. This was not about just having a “good service” with a “good touch of God” on it. This was about life change. For those that tasted the goodness of God on that day there was no turning back. Impossible! Our lives would be forever defined by what had happened that morning. What exactly had happened? The Comforter had come. The Holy Spirit had come to dwell among us. We finally had seen what church was all about.
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I was as lost as a golf ball in high weeds in 94. Prior to this I only experienced God one on one.Yet my day was April 3, 2005, the first time I entered a church and God’s presence was as tangible as the smell of flowers, a summers breeze or the refreshing feel of a swim during the heat of summer and the people inside were worshipping Him. What else could I do but rush in and worship the God I met only three months prior. WOW!!! I would never be the same, I experienced corporate worship!!!
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‘I was as lost as a golf ball in high weeds in 94. Yet my day was April 3, 2005, the first time I entered a church and God’s presence was as tangible as the smell of flowers, a summers breeze or the refreshing feel of a swim during the heat of summer and the people inside were worshipping Him. Prior to this I only experienced God one on one.’
:):):):):):):):):):):):):) Hallelujah, whew, wow, Amazing Grace, awesome blog. Thank You, Lord for Your Spirit. As for me , ha, I will never be the same, never ever going back to this world. I am found, I’m in my Daddy’s hands not boasting in myself, but boasting in Him., He is very unique, and everything , every word that He made to Glorify Him it is. He is very unique, very believable, very touchable, O how I love His presence. Ha, the touch all over my body inside and out, nothing like it. How all I like to do is Worship Him all day long and more, pray, acknowledge Him, walk with Him. His hand in mine and mine in His very tightly and look up all around in the world with my eyes when I open my door to my house to go outside and just say I love You Dad, Thank You Jesus for dieing on the cross for me, I am in the Kings arms now. Just in wait with joy, happiness, with awe, waiting on Him. Ypunever know what to expect it is amazing you never really know when He really is going to touch you and turn the POWER up. Holy Spirit my helper, my everything.. O how I live to worship Him and Him only. What a taste He really is, no denying it. Like you said impossible. He makes me dance in the yard just have to keep moving, ha ., His strength is amazing. As for me no more Church playing for me. I will be in my Father’s house. Just something about my Father’s house that is very different and not counterfeit. I love His drugs and getting drunk with Him. He is my supplier, ha. Best drug that I have ever tasted or taken and guess what? It doesn’t cost anything its free. Best deal I have ever found. I call that a bargain. Can’t beat it. And it is really, really REAL. And its nog bad for your body, ha, He made it..
Amazing Grace how sweet the sound. His table is awesome, nothing like it. Glory, Honor and Praise to the King of Kings. He is worth all of my life. He died for me and I died for Him. What a Master Piece He really is. Have an awesome day Pastor Frank, in our LORD, love you, we are the light of the world…:)
Wave after wave,
Oh Yes, The Infilling Of God, His Flame Of Fire, The Burning Bush!!! We May Only Get-A-Glimpse, But A Glimpse Is All We Need!!! Thank You Lord For Your Waves Of Glory, Amen.