Acts 2:1-4, 16-21
"I believe in the Holy Spirit"
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability… This is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
‘In the last days it will be, God declares,
that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh,
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.
Even upon my slaves, both men and women,
in those days I will pour out my Spirit;
and they shall prophesy.
And I will show portents in the heaven above
and signs on the earth below,
blood, and fire, and smoky mist.
The sun shall be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood,
before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day.
Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
Acts 2:1-4, 16-21
This passage describes the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the early church.
Read through the passage again and imagine yourself in the room with them. What is that like? What stirs in you?
Read through the quotation from Joel 2:28-32. Pray these words over your life and over the life of the church.
PRAYER FOR THIS WEEK
O Holy Spirit, as you hovered over the waters in the beginning, hover over us now by your abiding presence. Comfort us with your company, fill us with your fruits, grow us in your gifts, and unite us in your love. This we ask, O blessed Spirit, with whom the Father and the Son we worship and glorify, one God, world without end. Amen.