REVIVAL TALK

Romans 8:37 – “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” We experience overcoming power through the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 8 is called the chapter of the Holy Spirit.   There are numerous references to the Holy Spirit in Romans 8.   Verse 11 reads, “But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.” The Apostle Paul continues in verse 14, “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.”   We learn in verses 26-27 that the Holy Spirit helps us pray, “Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints accord

Acts 1:8 – “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” The first Pentecost took place fifty days after the first Passover.  After the children of Israel experienced deliverance from Egypt, they journeyed to Mount Sinai where God visited them with great power.  The God we serve is powerful.  His not powerless.  Religion often seeks to silence Him, but He still speaks. Religion seeks to make Him powerless, but He still saves the lost, heals the sick, and fills those who hunger for His presence.  He is not just powerful, but He is all-powerful.  Genesis 18:14 says, “Is anything too hard for the Lord?”             We cannot lean on our own human strength. We cannot depend on our own talents and abilities. Jesus gives these instructions in John 6:63, “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The