27 October 2019 - Charge Yourself Up in the Holy Spirit - Pastor Mark Ng Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Sermon NotesPraise and Worship Songs performed: 1. Way Maker - Sinach 2. You Have Laid Aside Your Majesty - Noel Richards 3. Majesty (Here I Am) - Martin Smith 4. Here - New Creation Worship Acts 2:1-4 - The Holy Spirit—the Father’s promise—was sent on the birthday of the church, on the Day of Petecost. Our Heavenly Father wants to be connected with us and be in communication with us. On that day, the Holy Spirit rushed down to embrace the disciples in the upper room. “Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.” (Acts 2:1-4 WEB) Colossians 1:20-23 - We are able to be in God’s presence and the Holy Spirit in us because we are cleansed by the blood of Jesus. God sees us as holy and blameless as Jesus is. Utterance is not about everyday speech but is of a dignified and elevated discourse. God gives us utterance when we pray in tongues. “and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross. You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil deeds, yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him, if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.” (Colossians 1:20-23 WEB) Romans 8:26 - God wants to help us in our weaknesses, sicknesses, diseases and inability to pray. When we pray in tongues we are allowing God to build ourselves up. If Paul didn’t know how to pray, then we need this gift too. “In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.” (Romans 8:26 WEB) The path of the righteous shines brighter and brighter. Next year is going to be even better than this year. We are set apart from this world. It is God who first loved us. We are born to be loved by Him. Everyday we are tempted to fear, so God wants to help us. 1 Corinthians 3:16 - You are the Holy Spirit’s address. You are a mobile temple of God. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Christ (Jesus). “Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16 WEB) Last week, in Rock Kidz “Treasured” (5-6 years old) children’s ministry, the children were baptized in the Holy Spirit and prayed in tongues for the first time. They will be receiving a series of teachings about praying in tongues over the next few weeks. ![]()
Pastor Mark Ng shared that praying in tongues is a prayer gift that has so many benefits. If the apostle Paul admitted that he didn't know how to pray and that he prayed in tongues frequently, then we need this gift as well. It charges us up like a battery, and profits us in all things. What a powerful and glorious gift!
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