 Welcome back everyone, we are in Acts chapter 2, we read till verse 30, we saw how the work of the spirit received two responses, one a positive response where people were inquisitive about what God was doing through the Galileans. The other one was a negative response where the believers were accused of being drunk and they were labelled as being full of new wine. Now let's move ahead, I said that we will read the next portion here and try to understand what is going on. So could somebody please help me to read from verse 14 to 21. So thank you Rosalind, from verse 14 to 21. But Peter standing up with the eleven raised his voice and said to them, men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and heed my words, for these are not drunk as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day, but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel, and it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of my spirit an all flesh, your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams, and on my men servants and on my maid servants, I will pour out my spirit in those days and they shall prophesy, I will show wonders in heaven above and signs in the earth beneath, blood and fire and vapor of smoke, the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord, and it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Amen. Amen. Thank you Rosalind. Let's look at this passage that Rosalind has read for us from verse 14 to 21, where Peter stands up with the 11, all the existing apostles or disciples and Matthias has also joined the team. So Peter, assuming his natural personality, because he seems to be a leader who is jumping it to resolve problems, to provide an explanation, to steer people in a certain direction. So naturally nobody's asking him to do these things, but God has given him that grace and maybe even personality wise he has that capability. So he's stepping up and when he notices that people are calling them full of new wine, or in other words, drunk, he tries to explain to the people, what is he saying? He says he raised his voice and said to them. So you will notice that this is a sermon because he starts to explain the phenomenon and then he will go on to talk about the fulfillment of what God has promised to the Jews. So he says, Men of Judea, in all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you. He in my words. So here he makes a statement saying, these are not drunk the way you suppose. And he also reminds them that it is the third hour of the day. So third hour of the day would be 9am. So we could assume that people get drunk later in the evening, through the night. But how can you expect somebody to be so drunk at 9am? So he's just kind of helping them think logically over here. He says no, they are not drunk, it's just 9am in the morning. So what is going on? And he refers to the prophet Joel who the Jews know about. He begins to say, hey, don't you remember? So in Joel chapter 2 is the prophecy of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. So he kind of repeats, he repeats that same prophecy here. And he says, and it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh. So this is what Joel had prophesied. And he's repeating that prophecy. He says, in the last days, which are the last days? The last days, as far as the Bible is concerned are the days after the ascension of the Lord Jesus, up until the return of Christ or meaning the second coming of Christ. So these are the last days. So it's not so much that 2000s, these are the last days. When the Bible talks about the last days, it's from the time that Jesus has ascended up into heaven and he's going to return. So these are the last days. So in these last days, what can we expect? What will God do? I will pour out my spirit on all flesh. Now in the Old Testament, things were slightly different. We see that the power of the Holy Spirit was made manifest in the lives of priests or prophets or kings. So the anointing would come upon each of these categories and they would be the ones who would hear from God and speak to the people or walk in miracles, signs, wonders, so on and so forth. But there is a shift coming in the last days. What is that shift? He reminds them, don't you know that the Prophet Joel said, I will pour out my spirit on who? One or two people? All flesh, all flesh. So divided tons of fire sat on each of them. Why? Because of this promise. I will pour out my spirit on all flesh. And God is not exempting anyone. God is not discriminating on the basis of age or on the basis of gender because the Prophet Joel said, your sons, your daughters shall prophesy. Your young men shall see visions. Your old men shall dream dreams. So what is he trying to say? He's saying that the Holy Spirit will be poured out on everyone without making, you know, a distinction on the basis of who they, you know, what their age is or what their gender is. And another thing is, when the spirit is poured out, there will be a manifestation, right, of the work of the spirit or you could also look at some of the things that are being spoken of here as, you know, the way the Holy Spirit communicates. So the Holy Spirit is going to work in everyone's life and he lists out a couple of things which come under the category of the prophetic. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men shall see visions. Your old men shall dream dreams. So the prophetic will manifest upon the people. Okay, let's move on. He says, men servants, maid servants, I will pour out my spirit in those days. So meaning, from the time Jesus was lifted up, He ascended, till now the promise remains. So people will receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit. What will accompany? Verse 19, I will show wonders and they shall prophesy. I will show wonders in heaven above, signs in the earth beneath blood and fire and vapor of smoke. So this is the powerful work of God in the form of miracles, signs, wonders, manifestation of the gifts of the Spirit. All this will accompany the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. And then again, he talks about the culmination of the last days. So meaning, the last of the last days, when the Lord Jesus will return and some statements that say, the sun shall return to darkness, the moon into blood before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord. And it shall come to pass and whoever calls of the name of the Lord shall be saved. So we are also told that these are the days when people can receive salvation by accepting the work that the Lord Jesus has done on the cross. So some people, some men of God, women of God, they torment us the period of grace or the time of salvation where the Holy Spirit is being poured out and people are being brought into the kingdom of God, they are being saved, they are receiving salvation. So all these things are promised in God's word for us. Now, we will continue because I want us to elaborate on particular words or anything they come to that scripture. So he has explained about the manifestation of the gifts of the Spirit through those who are baptized in the Holy Spirit. Now let's read on, let's read on from verse 22 to 28. Could somebody help me read this please? You can do, just do a quick read. Men of Israel, hear these words, Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did to him in your midst, as you yourselves also know. Him being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified and put to death, whom God raised up having lost the pains of death because it was not possible that he should be held by it. For David says concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken, therefore my heart rejoiced and my tongue was glad, moreover my flesh also will rest in hope. For you will not leave my soul in hades, nor will you allow your woolly one to see corruption. You have made known to me the ways of life, you will make me full of joy in your closeness. Thank you, Rose. So Peter is continuing with his explanation. He is well versed with the promises of the old covenant and the scriptures. So he's quoting quite a bit of the scriptures for the Jews because who's his audience? He's been very contextual. He's speaking to the Jews, he's speaking to the devout men who have come to worship God and so he spoke about Prophet Joel and now he is going to speak about David but he's making a beautiful connection of David and Jesus. Now this is the same Peter who denied Jesus three times. We would all recall that he was definitely not the kind of disciple that Jesus would have wanted him to be in the most trying times when he actually needed to stand up for Christ. That was the time when he chose to escape the sea because he was so coveted. But right now what's happening? Peter has demonstrated great courage. Now we may point to Acts chapter 1 and say Peter seems quite courageous. Even in Acts chapter 1 that's true. So there are a couple of things that have brought a great change in this man called Peter. One is the resurrection of Christ. So after he witnessed the resurrection of Christ what happens? He's changed, he's become bold. Now what is the second thing that has taken place in his life? Just now moments before he was baptized of the Holy Spirit. He's so bold because notice it's only 50 days since Jesus was tried in the same region. Everyone knows. If it was the time that we live in it would still be in the news. It would still be in social media about partners pilot and Jesus and Judas and those 12 guys. So his name was probably well known among the people around that, hey, this man, he is one of them. Now that Jesus resurrected there would have been rumors about what these disciples have done to the body of Jesus. So so many things were going on in Jerusalem and Judea at this time for Peter to stand up and boldly talk about Jesus was something really marvelous and he's directly talking to the Jews all the regions. He says men of Israel, these words Jesus of Nazareth. What does he say about Jesus of Nazareth? A man attested by God to you by miracles wonders at science which God did through him in your midst as you yourselves also know. And if you know that was not enough he goes ahead you know he narrates the whole thing about how Jesus came and he died he was crucified and but the way he speaks is he was taken by lawless hands. So it's a little bit of accusation you know which he is pointing out and he is making this point that the people were the ones who did it even though Jesus of Nazareth attested by God. God affirmed him, God backed him up but the people lawless hands have crucified. So he's not afraid to speak the truth and he's standing up in front of everyone and speaking like this but he says you know what but God raised him up. Why? He goes back to a promise in you know the Psalms where it is spoken of David that God will not let his soul rest in Hades. Hades is the place that contained hell. Now when Peter is saying that God promised David that he would not, his soul would not remain in hell. He will slowly make the connection and remind the people that look though this promise was given to David where is our father David he's in the grave. So he go out to say that he'll say look he's still in the grave. So just think with me who is this person that God was speaking about that he will not let that person remain in Hades or he will not let that person remain in death. In other words that's what it means not so much hell. So when we think about this we realize it is the Lord Jesus because he was the one who was resurrected. So what does Peter say? Peter is pointing towards Jesus. Peter is pointing towards the fact that he was the Messiah and Peter is pointing towards the fact that he is the resurrected Messiah. Who the scriptures are talking about. So that's that's the point that he's speaking. Let's go ahead we will read. We will read from verse 29 and go till verse 37. One more person could you please go ahead and read for us? Should I? Yes go ahead please. Men and brethren let me speak really to you of the Patriarch David that he is both dead and buried and his tomb is with us to this day. Therefore being a prophet and knowing that God has swore with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body according to the flesh he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne. He foreseeing this spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ that his soul was not left in hades not in his flesh see corruption. This Jesus God has raised up of which we are all witnesses therefore being exalted to the right hand of God and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit. He poured out this which you now see and hear for David did not ascend into the heavens but he says himself the Lord said to my Lord sit at my right hand till I make your enemies your footstool. Therefore let all the let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ. Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles men and brethren what shall we do? I'll continue. No we can stop here. Thank you. Okay so let's go back to what Rosalind read here. I was telling us that Peter is quoting from the Psalms. He is referring to David and notice he uses the term patriarch. Patriarch is the men who were father figures to the you know the Jewish people in Judaism. They are like the main personalities that people revered and they followed like Abraham, Jacob, so David. Now he says the patriarch David. He reminds the people that David is dead but what did David write? He said he wrote and said in the Psalms that you will not leave my soul in Hades nor will you allow your holy one to see corruption but if David wrote this about himself he should be alive today because his body should not have been you know it must not become dust but he says David is both dead and buried and as a proof or evidence we all know that his tomb is with us to this day. So obviously when David talked about being alive he did not talk about himself. He was talking about somebody else so he's making that connection back to Jesus. He already said Jesus of Nazareth attested by signs and miracles you know by God whom you crucified okay and he continues about Jesus he says it was Jesus that David said well he's the Christ who will sit on the throne that's the promise God made to David and said you'll always have somebody sitting on the throne who is this somebody it's Jesus so he's telling the Jews scriptures are quite clear and I want to tell you that this is who Jesus is. So he's preaching okay so he's preaching to the people preaching about who preaching about Jesus as the Messiah very bold of Peter to do this and this happened moments after he was baptized in the Holy Spirit and he's also talking about the resurrection of Jesus Christ and I told us it's very dangerous for Peter to do this at this time but he is speaking the truth very boldly he was 31 he foreseen this folk concerning the resurrection of Christ now he's no longer saying Jesus he's even saying Christ meaning it's a given that you know Jesus is the Messiah Christ is the Messiah that his soul was not left in Hades nor did his flesh see corruption 32 this Jesus God has raised up of which we are all witnesses so remember Acts 1 8 what does it say you know I will pour out my spirit and you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you shall be my witnesses so what is Peter doing now after being baptized in the Holy Spirit he is a witness for Jesus he has witnessed the life of Jesus and now he's standing as a witness but all that Jesus went through even his resurrection he's saying look we are witnesses Christ is God has raised him from the dead and he also adds being exalted to the right hand of God you know now he's up in heaven he's at the right hand of the Father so they know where Christ is as you know as the disciples and he says and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit he poured out this which you now see at here so he is reminding the people what you just saw happened is the outpouring of the Holy Spirit by this Jesus who is with the Father now remember even John the Baptist had mentioned it he said I baptize you in water but he who's coming up to me shall baptize you in spirit sorry in Holy Spirit and in fire who is this person who is going to baptize Holy Spirit and fire the Lord Jesus so that is the promise of the Holy Spirit which was mentioned with regard to what Jesus is going to do and now Peter is saying that's exactly what has happened he's gone and in the book of John we know that Jesus shared about the Holy Spirit and said that when I go he will come right the governor he will come and he will lead you into all truth he will do all these wonderful works so Jesus ascended up into heaven but now he has fulfilled the promise of sending the Holy Spirit and even baptizing people in the Holy Spirit now how does it help to be baptized in the Holy Spirit there are many things that we can talk about but when we go back to what John the Baptist said that you know he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire remember when the Holy Spirit came upon the believers in Acts 2 there were divided tongues of fire so what does this fire signify signify the presence of God but also one of the parts of fire is too clean fire will burn up the lighter things and you know the more precious things will remain in fire so that way fire is used to purify metals fire is used to you know burn up the chaff in the same way that one is baptized in the Holy Spirit we know Acts 1 8 we will be empowered to be witnesses for Christ but what is the other function of the fire of the baptism of the Holy Spirit it will clean up the life of the believer the fire of the Holy Spirit cleanses us sanctifies us okay so that is what was going on right now when the outpouring of the Holy Spirit happened upon these 120 people also see this lovely sentence of Peter he says he poured out this which you now see at here okay let's think about that so what is Peter doing giving an explanation to what has just happened so God has poured out his spirit because Jesus is the one who has done this he's gone to the Father he sent his spirit you now see and hear so the Jews have witnessed that you know the mighty sound and people speaking in tongues and Peter is also quoted Joel but notice in the prophecy of Joel what did what did Joel say he said I'll pour out my spirit on all flesh the sons and daughters shall prophesy your young men shall see visions your old men shall dream dreams so there are at least three things that Joel mentioned prophecy dreams visions don't think with me Peter is saying in verse 33 which you now see and hear did they hear prophecy did the people hear prophecy I'm just asking you any idea was wasn't it here yeah Rosalind not sure not sure okay whether any dreams any visions that Luke wrote about isn't it in acts to we only heard tongues they spoke in tongues and that's what the people observed there's no prophecy there's no dreams there's no visions but what is Peter saying Peter is saying verse 33 which you now see and hear but that's not what they saw they didn't see prophecy they didn't see your dreams and visions the witnesses or the truth then how is it that Peter is connecting tongues to prophecy dreams and visions it's the Holy Spirit who gave in the understanding that though Joel is talking about a different manifestation first time even Peter in his whole life it is the first time he is experiencing speaking in tongues but he's connecting it to the promise of the Father the outpouring of the Holy Spirit the baptism in the Holy Spirit the gifts of the Spirit how by the revelation at the Spirit of God gave him so we have to understand when the Holy Spirit manifests himself it could be with any set of gifts but it is the same Holy Spirit so the outpouring Peter correctly interpreted though that it the first day there was nothing to do about prophecy it was to do with a new kind of manifestation for all of them which is tongues but Peter recognized and he said which you now see and hear okay he connected it this is it this is what Joel was talking about though there is no prophecy no dreams no visions there are tongues but this is that right so it's beautiful how God gave him the capacity to interpret what was going on and he was able to rightly point it out and tell the people unmistakably this is the fulfillment of that promise which we have all been waiting for for many years Joel drop aside it's going to happen and it's happening right now okay so let's read on from verse 34 now verse 34 to oh yeah I think Rosen already read so again there is this explanation about David and the fact that it was not David who ascended but it was actually Jesus who ascended now once the message about the Messiah was preached to all these Jews who are waiting for an explanation what is going on right so Peter gives this explanation and in verse 37 scriptures tell us now when they heard this they were cut to the heart to cut to the heart is an expression to state that they were impacted they were touched they were moved you know they uh needed to now respond if the message went to them in such a powerful way so this also shows us that whenever we we preach right the Holy Spirit will work in the hearts of the people and when we are preaching aligned to the word of God and we are preaching aligned to the leading of the Spirit of God what happens it really ministers to people's hearts and in this case those who are listening they were cut to the heart or they were convicted in other words they were convicted and think about this they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles men and brethren what shall we do so when they were convicted they realized that yes Jesus is the Messiah this is the fulfillment of Joel's prophecy and uh we missed the boat you know in a sense Jesus is already he is ascended now what do we do what are we supposed to do to receive of the promise of the Father and to uh acknowledge who the Lord Jesus is so it's a beautiful situation for an evangelist because you know uh for an evangelist they want to see a response from the people or even you know for each of us as believers when we're sharing about Christ uh we sometimes we watch oh is that person going to cry or is that person going to what reaction can I get from this person it's a message really touching their hearts now if they cry or their expression changes they look you know uh then somewhere we are happy okay whatever we have spoken is making a difference to this person but think about this even if we have preached to uh someone or the people and it seemingly is not making any difference neither in that uh moment or in the days or weeks to come there is no difference in the people that's quite uh tough isn't it but when you preach the word of God empowered by the spirit of God what was the impact and Peter it was a tough day for him because he didn't know in God's calendar God is going to pour out the Holy Spirit maybe Peter had his own dynamic right like we all have a dynamic we write out okay today this is what I'm going to do but what did the scripture say suddenly there was the sound of the rushing mighty wind and the Holy Spirit was poured out people are asking the question what is going on Peter stands up he's not even written down his sermon imagine he was not ready for this he doesn't have a ready-made sermon he doesn't have chat GPT right I'm just simply joking here but uh he he doesn't know what to do how do I get a sermon now people have gathered from all over the region and I have to preach together but led by the spirit right based on the scriptures he quite beautifully being a Galilean people are listening to him quite eloquently clearly he's able to explain Jesus is the Messiah what you're seeing now is the outpouring of the Holy Spirit or the baptism in the Holy Spirit and uh he preached in such a way that it convicted the listeners and they asked they asked the question you know what whatever a successful sermon because he doesn't have to go asking them okay what is your decision what is your decision I just preached a message they are responding to Jesus and they are saying what shall we do just tell us you tell us what we have to do and we'll do it so it was an amazing day the the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit was born up what happens 38 Peter talks to them he tells them that Peter said to them repent and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit so he shows them the path the path of salvation to uh acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ repent of your sins um you know come into your life to the Lord then you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit whatever we have received you will also receive then verse 39 for the promise is to you and your children and to all who are afar off as many as the Lord our God will call so that day 3000 years ago Peter talked about you and me okay today we are sitting and we are studying the book of Acts went on that day his first sermon he mentioned you he mentioned me where here in verse 39 he says the promise is to you meaning the Jews to your children so you may say the descendants of of the Jews but he included others and to all who are afar off meaning you and me and our generations you know people from every nation tribe and tongue as many as the Lord our God will call so there is a promise right there about the Holy Spirit for every believer what did Peter say is this outpouring of the Holy Spirit only for 120 people is it only for those who listen to this sermon on that day no the outpouring of the Holy Spirit of baptism in the Holy Spirit is for all who are afar off meaning today whoever is a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ there is a promise that we can hold on to and the promise says that you know the Holy Spirit will be poured out upon each of us individually divided terms of fire sat on each believer and Peter also said that as many as the Lord our God will call meaning those who are who are being saved right across the nations we are all uh invited to receive of the baptism in the Holy Spirit so God does not discriminate as far as like salvation is concerned we don't got so lucky world that he gave his only begotten that who serve should believe in him should not perish but have everlasting life and even as far as the Holy Spirit baptism in the Holy Spirit is concerned all is not discriminating he's saying whomever the Lord our God shall call this promise remains those who are afar off this promise remains so it's an encouragement for all of us today for us even when we pray for anyone maybe people may come to us and say uh please pray i want to receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit i believe in Jesus i've got to get saved confidently we get free okay acts 239 yes this promise is for you you believe in Jesus the baptism in the Holy Spirit is for every believer we can boldly pray for them okay so this is how on the very first day when the Holy Spirit was poured out because sermon was successful okay now let's see what else happened could somebody help me read from verse 40 to 47 verse 40 to 47 and with many other words he testified and exhorted them saying be safe from this previous generation then those who gladly receive these words were baptized and that day about 3000 souls were added today and they continued to step firstly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship in the breaking of bread and in prayers then fair came upon every soul and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles now all who believe here together and had all things in common and sold their possessions and goods and divided them among all as anyone had need so continuing daily with one accord in the temple and breaking bread from house to house they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart pressing God and heaven favor with all the people and the Lord added to the church tell you those who we are peace sake amen thank you for reading that so we see how the church was gone who is the church the church it's all the believers in the Lord Jesus so 120 people on that day they were gathered but even beyond that after the baptism in the Holy Spirit on the first day how many people were saved how many people were added to the church anyone how many souls were added 3000 3000 teacher 3000 so wow what if this happened today you know we go for an evangelistic crusade 3000 people are saved and you know they are baptized it's amazing how the church grew in one day 3000 people have joined the church so there was no particular you know fellowship like this in Jerusalem but the birth of the church a lot of historians the Bible scholars they they call this passage acts to as the birth of the church because on one day these people came together and sort of the activities of the church have started here what's happening in verse 4 verse 40 itself you know Peter after he preached about the Lord Jesus in salvation he's preaching about sanctification he's saying be saved from this perverse generation so yes receive be born again but also live a holy life before God you'll never write his life before God live by the power of the Spirit what else is he saying he's saying verse 42 they are being taught how to live how to live now people are born again that's the beginning of the journey that's not the end of the journey that's the beginning of the journey so in verse 42 they have been trained as disciples the way Jesus trained them they now have to train the others because in Matthew 28 what did Jesus say go into all the world make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father the Son and the you know Holy Spirit and teaching them isn't it he said teaching them all that I have taught you and you know know and behold I am with you even to the end of the age so one of the things that Jesus told us to do is not just to win souls but to make disciples of all nations see how the early church is functioning 3000 people are added now they're all born again yeah to disciple them how to disciple them okay verse 42 stead continues stead firstly in the apostles doctrine so that means regularly teaching them what is apostles doctrine apostles doctrine is you know they believed in the scriptures like the Torah which the the Jews believed in because that is something that Jesus also would read and you know would meditate on so they believed in those early five books but in addition to that they had the teachings of Jesus about the kingdom of God remember even after he's resurrected he took time to teach them about the kingdom of God so it's a combination of these things the early scriptures as well as the teachings of Jesus is what is known as the apostles doctrine so they were passing on what was passed on to them and that is how we make disciples so whatever we know whatever has built us in our spiritual walk we are supposed to faithfully pass it on to the people who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ so that's what it means so one thing to do when you know we are raising up a church or we're discipling people is you pass on helping people to learn the doctrine and fellowship notice how fellowship is another aspect so till now we don't you know really see a manner in which the growth of believers is being guided by the disciples but after the outpouring in the Holy Spirit teaching them the word fellowshiping that's why you know coming together as a church family for Sunday service or having other opportunities like your life groups connecting with people growing together it's very scriptural you cannot say that we don't want it at all because it's so much a part of how the early church grew in the Lord so fellowship what else we also see the breaking of bread which means the practice of communion right from that time because they were testifying to what Jesus has done what is the breaking of bread you know the broken body of Jesus the shed blood of Jesus and the power in it so these are things that they put their faith in so they practiced the Holy Communion and another aspect there is bread okay so we'll just wrap up like now there's so much to talk from you know each verse it's really hard to go fast in the book of Acts but we will do our best to catch up speed to complete things on time so let's just pray for now and we will wrap up again I want to request one of us to pray please and then we will close this call hello sling would you be able to pray let's pray wonderful heaven we choose this Lord God but thank you Father God for the wonderful session that we had oh Lord indeed Father God Lord thank you for the gift of Holy Spirit that you have given to us oh Lord Father God we pray Father God even as we are studying and meditating on the acts of apostles Father God that which you did in that time oh Lord Father we pray Almighty God that you use us also Father God for this generation oh Lord Father God let the works of the Holy Spirit be manifested through our lives oh Lord and Father God the words that the Holy Spirit will speak through us Father God may impact those that hear us oh Lord for whatever ministry that you have given us oh Lord help us to be faithful in that oh Lord and use us for your glory Lord we thank you and we bless Pastor Nancy also Father God anoint her mightily Father God and use her mightily for your kingdom's expansion Lord we thank you and we bless you in Jesus name be praised amen thank you thank you everyone but bless you we'll continue next week uh till then please take time to read the book of Acts God bless bye for now