Experiencing God

There is a phrase in Acts 3:19 that is very interesting and encouraging. "times of refreshing may come from the Lord." This was stated to a crowd who had witnessed the healing of a crippled beggar. The apostle Peter was speaking and he was drawing their attention to Jesus Christ, He was the healer and had power to bring life physically and spiritually. Now let's look at the whole verse "Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord." In order for times of refreshing to come one must repent which is basically saying I confess my way is not working, I have sinned against God and now I am going to turn to God to do life His way. When a person is willing to do this it is within this context that times of refreshing will come from the Lord. Now we must look at this verse at face value which means: I can experience a refreshing in my life from the Lord over and over and over. This was never meant to be a one time experience but a continual refreshing of the Lord in your life. This Sunday (May 22) we are having Evangelist Mike Livengood and we are believing that there will be times of refreshing coming from the Lord. I encourage you to set aside this day and experience God in a fresh and powerful way. Let's us be willing to look at areas in our lives that has become dull and stale and then be willing to turn from how you have been doing life and be willing to turn to God and do life His way. Times of refreshing are coming from the Lord.

May God grant to you a fresh experience in the Lord.

Pastor John