Pentecost Project is Coming!

At the February Regional Board Meeting, Ben Bohren suggested a special emphasis for Pentecost this year. We should have a "Pentecost Project" targeted on May 23^rd.

When we think about Pentecost we remember the incredible tongues experience and the addition of 3000 souls. But if we take a step back and consider what the Holy Spirit was doing that day, we will see that He was empowering the disciples for the work of their ministry. Since they needed to be able to communicate with all those people from around the Mediterranean, he gave them the ability to speak in foreign languages. This not only gave the audience the information they so desperately needed for their salvation, but it also gave them powerful evidence of the power and working of the Holy Sprit.

Today we still have empowerment issues with the ministries He would have us do. Over the years I’ve heard so many say, "Oh, Pastor, I don’t have a ministry. I didn’t go to college." The truth is, the Spirit already knows what you can and cannot do on your own. He also knows what you can do if you will accept His empowerment.

There was a woman in Hanford who was extremely restricted because of her rheumatoid arthritis. But she found a ministry in calling the shut-ins in the church every morning with a check-up call. One morning, when she couldn’t get in touch with one of the women on her list, she sent help who found the lady had fallen and broken her leg.

There was a young woman back East who found an overgrown area near the church that he cleaned up and converted into a small meditation area, complete with some well-made benches and a walkway. Obviously, this took quite a bit of effort and some financial commitment, but it was her way of bringing God’s love to the community.

What things could you do to offer ministry in the name of the Lord? Clearly they don’t have to be momentous things to be truly significant.