It seems that wherever Paul went there was either a conversion or a riot. In Acts 17:6 for example, the people of Thessalonica told their city’ leaders, “Paul and Silas have turned the rest of the world upside down, and now they are here disturbing our city.”
That’s what we need in our culture today—a holy disturbance!
G. Campbell Morgan said, “Organized Christianity which fails to make a disturbance is dead,” and A.W. Tozer said that “if the Holy Spirit were taken away from the New Testament church, 90% of what they did would come to a halt. But if the Holy Spirit were taken away from today’s church, only 10% of what it does would cease.”
Vance Havner wrote, “We are not going to move this world by criticism of it, nor conformity to it, but by the combustion within of lives ignited by the Spirit of God.”
So, if the world is turning you upside down, it’s time to make a change.
And it starts one person at a time. It starts with you and with me.
The early church was just a handful of men and women who, by the power of the Holy Spirit, did not leave their world the same way they found it—ordinary people who were enabled and empowered by God to do extraordinary things. It was the beginning of a movement that continues to this very day.
How about you? Are you allowing the Holy Spirit to enable you and empower you? Ask God for a fresh refill of the Holy Spirit today.
That’s what we need in our culture today—a holy disturbance!
G. Campbell Morgan said, “Organized Christianity which fails to make a disturbance is dead,” and A.W. Tozer said that “if the Holy Spirit were taken away from the New Testament church, 90% of what they did would come to a halt. But if the Holy Spirit were taken away from today’s church, only 10% of what it does would cease.”
Vance Havner wrote, “We are not going to move this world by criticism of it, nor conformity to it, but by the combustion within of lives ignited by the Spirit of God.”
So, if the world is turning you upside down, it’s time to make a change.
And it starts one person at a time. It starts with you and with me.
The early church was just a handful of men and women who, by the power of the Holy Spirit, did not leave their world the same way they found it—ordinary people who were enabled and empowered by God to do extraordinary things. It was the beginning of a movement that continues to this very day.
How about you? Are you allowing the Holy Spirit to enable you and empower you? Ask God for a fresh refill of the Holy Spirit today.
