By Pastor Joe Green

Acts 2: 1And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

This is the season that we are told by the Word of God to observe the feast of Pentecost (Leviticus 23:16). It first began with Moses and the children of Israel. God showed his might and His power by rescuing His people from the bondage of the enemy by God’s mighty hand of power. And then 50 days after the miracle of the Passover God brought His people to His Holy Mountain and he made a covenant with them. God’s Word says that as long as they remained in right relationship with Him and kept His covenant then there was no limit to what He would do for them. He would fight their enemies and defeat them. He would provide all their needs and He would give them peace and prosperity.
2,000 years later God did it again! When His people were gathered together out of obedience to His Word, observing this “appointed time”, God again showed up. 50 days after Jesus delivered us from the bondage of the ruler of this world, Satan; God once again opened up the heavens and confirmed His promises to His people. This is a better promise made with more power and authority. As it was prophesied so clearly by the prophet Jeremiah, “Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people”(Jeremiah 31:31-33).
As we celebrate the ministry of the Holy Spirit we are to focus on three things:
1) Learn to celebrate God’s provision. Don’t take any blessing for granted! Marvel the God loves you so much that He brings forth bread from the earth! Be filled with praise! Praise Him with your testimony. Praise Him with singing. Develop a lifestyle of thanksgiving. Praise Him in thank offerings. Celebrate God’s goodness in lavish giving. Praise open heaven for fresh blessings to rain down!
2) Celebrate God’s revelation. Thank God that He has revealed himself to us and that He wants us to know His mind and heart. Fill your mind with His Word! Receive his revelation afresh. Allow your thoughts of God to reprogram your thinking processes! Memorize His promises. Observe how he worked in the lives of men and women who trusted Him. Hunger and thirst for spiritual bread. Let faith arise!
3) Prepare for a fresh release of His spirit. Stay in step with Him, positioned to receive when the heavens open. Obey His directives. Walk by faith. Know that God is opening the heavens! When the day of Pentecost comes, RECEIVE His promise by faith! Spend time with Him. Gather with friends and family who are seeking Him. Enjoy His presence! Rejoice in His goodness! Thank Him for His Holy Spirit! Declare that His power and authority are being released in the earth!
I encourage all believers to believe that God is going to do something MIRACULOUS in your life in this season. He is going to do it as a confirmation that He has all power and authority and that you are a special treasure to Him!
Exodus 19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
Psalm 84:11 for the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.