Fire of Pentecost

 

Dear beloved: pics: Children at Living Water Children Home; Ngozi, Burundi Crusade

Acts 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. v2 And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent, rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.  v3 And there appeared to them tongues of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them. v4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.  

Beloved, the day of Pentecost was one of the most remarkable days ever on the earth, the day when the Holy Spirit, the promise of the Father, was poured out on the disciples who were gathered together in Jerusalem. We commemorate and celebrate that day this Sunday, June 8, as the day the New Testament Church was lit on fire.  The fire was prophesied by John the Baptist in Matthew 3:11, when he said, "the One Coming after me will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire". The fire was the same as the burning bush fire that Moses saw in the Midian desert; the fire that led the nation of Israel through the wilderness at night. It was the same fire that came upon Mt. Sanai as the Lord descended upon it,  like the smoke of a furnace, and caused the whole mountain to quake violently.  Without fire there is no ignition, no propulsion.  Also the fires purifies and burns out the dross, leaving only the pure metal, or the pure heart to serve the Lord. When those who were gathered in that room in Jerusalem received the Holy Spirit and fire, they were then ready to go with power into all the nations of the earth.  We invite you to partner with Gather the Outcasts Ministry in Africa as we take the good news of the Gospel to the lost and suffering world. If you can't go, you can send, the reward is the same.  We have some specific needs: Our bimonthly Children's Funday requires $100 per session to reach the children of Makunda Village; also, I am trusting the Lord for $2,000 travel money to return to Kenya to continue the work.  May God bless you as you pray!

In Christ, Jim         Gather the Outcasts, Box 92, Norton, Ks. 67654             501c3                  Paypal@ www.paypal.me/gathertheoutcasts   or   www.gathertheoutcasts.com    Email: pureprairie@hotmail.com                www.facebook.com/jimrowh    www.jimrowh.blogspot.com