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“You will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off – for all whom the Lord our God will call.” Acts 2: 38,39

The 120 waited with expectation and obedience, knowing they had been promised the Holy Spirit by Jesus and God the Father.

The Holy Spirit came with tongues of fire representing the ignition of the fire and power of the gospel. A fire which spread rapidly from Jerusalem and is still spreading to all the ends of the earth.  

It was essential the 120 waited for the Holy Spirit to empower and enable them to fulfil the commission of Jesus, to go into all the world and make disciples of all nations. Yet it was futile to attempt this without the power of the Holy Spirit who brings the Word alive, breathes life into the spiritually dead, heals diseases and casts out evil.

We too have been commissioned by Jesus and we too must also wait for the Holy Spirit with expectation and prayer.

Confronted with a valley of dry bones, God asks Ezekiel “Can these bones live?”. With the Spirit of God, the impossible becomes possible. Death becomes life, so that people will know “I am the Lord.”

We wait for the fire of the Holy Spirit for the sake of those who need to catch alight with the life-giving truth of the gospel.