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Under The Influence
The Holy Spirit came onto each one of themAs flickering tongues of fire sitting on their headsMen heard in their own personal languageThe wonderful works that God had doneSome of the people were amazed, others mockedGalileans! uneducated people! these men are drunkThey are under the influence!
Under His influenceSpeaking under the power of the Holy GhostInspired to preach - proclaiming the power of His graceGod using your mouth to convince the gainsayersUttering secrets hid from the foundation of the worldTalking with a wisdom beyond our own reasoningSpeaking the Word of God with conviction and boldness
Under His InfluenceExposing the thoughts and the intentions of the heartUncovering the words spoken in closets and in the earRebuking the madness of a wayward prophetDiscerning the secrets uttered in darknessRevealing the truth of deceitful lying lipsReproving the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment
Under His influencePerforming His will on earth as it is in HeavenTouching the lives of those who are sick and dieingKindling a fire of faith in a seemingly hopeless situationEncouraging the heart weary from stress and battlingWorking miracles then standing back awestruckGod working in you to will and to do of His good pleasure
Under His InfluenceExhorting others with timely words of prophecyProclaiming from the housetop the secrets of eternal lifeExplaining with simplicity mind bending doctrineInfecting those with the joy of His divine purposeWalking in His steps, unhindered by physical limitationsSetting hearts aflame with the passion of His presence
Under His influence
2 September 2006
References:And yet it is not I but Christ - the Anointing - the Holy Spirit - God living in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.Act 2:13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.Act 2:15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.Act 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.2Ti 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.2Pe 2:16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.Isa 50:4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.1Co 12:8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:Joh 7:15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?Luk 24:32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?Tit 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.Mat 13:35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.Dan 2:30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.Isa 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;Luk 12:3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.I have been thinking about the sermonising. I think that is the problem...it is just that-sermonising - the lack of fire. There are many ways to speak but instead of life being a spontaneous series of events we tend to think inspiration comes once a week through one man. Preaching to me is a man speaking with passion about a subject. I could probably preach about gas fitting (my job) to you - not that you would find it very interesting - but a person speaking with passion and under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, who can stop him! The very enthusiasm that thrills his soul in turn makes our hearts burn. The thing is - no one is that passionate all of the time and as Acts says "...they spoke the word as the spirit gave them utterance" meaning there is a proper time and place determined by the Holy Spirit.I do believe there is a one word sermon and sometimes just one word is enough to set a heart on fire. But that fire comes through us telling of how God has blessed us and telling it with conviction and boldness. We tell our experience not another’s; as Jesus said "Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee". Mark 5:19That is why I enjoy meeting in a home without rigid formality. The tongues of fire come together to become a big blaze -every one encouraging and being encouraged.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14© Stephen Share 2006
Under His influenceSpeaking under the power of the Holy GhostInspired to preach - proclaiming the power of His graceGod using your mouth to convince the gainsayersUttering secrets hid from the foundation of the worldTalking with a wisdom beyond our own reasoningSpeaking the Word of God with conviction and boldness
Under His InfluenceExposing the thoughts and the intentions of the heartUncovering the words spoken in closets and in the earRebuking the madness of a wayward prophetDiscerning the secrets uttered in darknessRevealing the truth of deceitful lying lipsReproving the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment
Under His influencePerforming His will on earth as it is in HeavenTouching the lives of those who are sick and dieingKindling a fire of faith in a seemingly hopeless situationEncouraging the heart weary from stress and battlingWorking miracles then standing back awestruckGod working in you to will and to do of His good pleasure
Under His InfluenceExhorting others with timely words of prophecyProclaiming from the housetop the secrets of eternal lifeExplaining with simplicity mind bending doctrineInfecting those with the joy of His divine purposeWalking in His steps, unhindered by physical limitationsSetting hearts aflame with the passion of His presence
Under His influence
2 September 2006
References:And yet it is not I but Christ - the Anointing - the Holy Spirit - God living in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.Act 2:13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.Act 2:15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.Act 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.2Ti 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.2Pe 2:16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.Isa 50:4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.1Co 12:8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:Joh 7:15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?Luk 24:32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?Tit 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.Mat 13:35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.Dan 2:30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.Isa 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;Luk 12:3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.I have been thinking about the sermonising. I think that is the problem...it is just that-sermonising - the lack of fire. There are many ways to speak but instead of life being a spontaneous series of events we tend to think inspiration comes once a week through one man. Preaching to me is a man speaking with passion about a subject. I could probably preach about gas fitting (my job) to you - not that you would find it very interesting - but a person speaking with passion and under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, who can stop him! The very enthusiasm that thrills his soul in turn makes our hearts burn. The thing is - no one is that passionate all of the time and as Acts says "...they spoke the word as the spirit gave them utterance" meaning there is a proper time and place determined by the Holy Spirit.I do believe there is a one word sermon and sometimes just one word is enough to set a heart on fire. But that fire comes through us telling of how God has blessed us and telling it with conviction and boldness. We tell our experience not another’s; as Jesus said "Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee". Mark 5:19That is why I enjoy meeting in a home without rigid formality. The tongues of fire come together to become a big blaze -every one encouraging and being encouraged.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14© Stephen Share 2006