What if we actually practiced spiritual disciplines they did in the bible? Would our lives change? What if we took an ancient practice of spending ten days seeking God in our own “Upper Room? What might happen?
You can’t PLAN Pentecost. (Mark Batterson, In a Pit with A Lion on a Snowy Day, P. 83) However, from the time of Jesus’ ascension, 120 followers of Jesus spent 10 days praying and fasting and seeking God deeply. And Pentecost happened. Miracles happened in Jerusalem and the ancient world was turned upside down.
Why don't you join me beginning today with the Pentecost Experience?:
Spend 10 days from May 17 (Ascension Day)-May 27 (Pentecost) fasting, praying, reading scripture, and journaling into God's presence
- Praying. Spend 10 minutes a day in your special place of prayer and meditation.
- Reading Scripture. 10 minutes a day digging deeper into God's Word.
- Journaling. Find a journal and journal only 10 minutes a day. If time send a journal/blog entry to me at revsailor1@gmail.com and I'll post it on the blog at http://pentecostexperience.blogspot.com/ I will be posting my own thoughts daily on my blog at www.readyaboutnow.org. Lastly, post your thoughts to your the Pentecost Experience Facebook account at facebook.com/pentecostexperience or tweet your thoughts and use the hashtag #pentecostexperience.
- Fasting. Every day either skip a meal, a favorite food, sweets,technology, etc
End the "Pentecost Experience" on May 27 with an optional time to debrief your experience on Facebook at Facebook.com/PentecostExperience all day long.
Are you IN? Let me know and I will send you a Pentecost Experience packet to your email address. Email me at revsailor1@gmail.com or call or text me at 651.276.1992. You can also use Twittter at http://twitter.com/revsailor1 or facebook at Facebook.com/revsailor1 orFacebook.com/PentecostExperience
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To properly observe Pentecost, it helps to understand its full meaning. Pentecost is the same day Israel kept called "Feast of Weeks" or "Feast of First Fruits", and it helps us understand that the Church is only the first fruits, the small early harvest, not the greater harvest of souls to come, as I point out in my article.
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