(Credit for this idea has to go to my dear husband and co-producer of The Waiting World unreached people group video series.). When reading Acts 1:8, be sure you don’t read it as two separate sentences! “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Notice there’s a semi-colon in between the move of the Holy Spirit and the part about witnessing to the ends of the earth. According to Merriam Webster’s definition of a semicolon, “…like a colon, it signals that what follows it is closely related to what comes before it.” In other words, when Jesus said the words of Acts 1:8, He didn’t speak in two separate sentences. And, He never meant for us to receive the Holy Spirit’s power and then wait around for His return! NO! He meant that the power of the Holy Spirit would enable us to be good witnesses to those in our home community, those in our nation, as well as those in other nations of the world. Think about THAT and then pray about how you can reach more people, even those overseas, with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Pray, send/give, go!
Archives
- September 2024
- August 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022