The Empowerment Aspect of the Fire • Sunday Service

The Empowerment Aspect of the Fire • Sunday Service Website: www.PastorTodd.org To Give: www.ToddCoconato.com/give The New Testament is replete with references to the empowering work of the Holy Spirit, symbolized by fire. This fire brings not just warmth but a dynamic power for service, witness, and transformation. Let us explore this empowering fire through the lens of Scripture. 1. The Promise of Power - Acts 1:8 "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." 2. Empowered to Speak - Acts 2:3-4 "They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them." 3. Courage to Witness - Acts 4:31 "After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly." 4. Spiritual Gifts for Service - 1 Corinthians 12:4-7 "There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good." 5. Strength in Weakness - 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 "But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."