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Acts 2:17-18 · WEB
17`It will be in the last days, says God, I will pour forth of my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.
18Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy.
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Dear God of Pentecost Fire, On that blazing morning in Jerusalem, when the Spirit fell like a thunderclap on a hundred and twenty believers huddled in an upper room, You did not sort them by gender before pouring out Your...
Dear God of Love and Justice, On the day of Pentecost, You poured out Your Spirit not on the credentialed or the powerful, but on everyone in that crowded upper room — fishermen and tax collectors, young mothers and elderly...
Gracious God, who breathed Your own image into every soul, Tonight I come before You carrying the weight and the wonder of what it means to bear Your likeness. Acts 2:17-18 tells us You pour out Your Spirit on *all*...
Dear God of every tongue and nation, On the morning of Pentecost, You did something no one expected — You poured out Your Spirit not in one sacred language but in the stammering, beautiful dialects of Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and...
Dear God of Love and Justice, On the day of Pentecost, You did something the world never expected — You poured out Your Spirit not on the powerful or the polished, but on everyone. Fishermen. Servants. Teenage daughters. Elderly grandmothers....
Dear God of Pentecost Fire, On that first explosive morning of the Church, when the Spirit fell like wind and flame, You did not sort the room by gender before pouring out Your power. Peter stood up and quoted the...
Gracious God, You who poured out Your Spirit on all flesh — sons and daughters, young and old, servants and free — I come to You this morning knowing that Pentecost was the day You shattered every boundary we thought...
Lord God, You who breathed life into dust and called it very good, meet me in this morning's stillness. When Peter stood before that bewildered crowd at Pentecost, he reached back to the prophet Joel and declared that Your Spirit...
Dear God of Love and Justice, Martin Luther once wrote that a Christian lives not in himself but in Christ and in his neighbor — in Christ through faith, in his neighbor through love. Today I bring before You the...
Imagine a bustling neighborhood in the heart of the city, where the air is thick with the scent of home-cooked meals and the sounds of laughter and music spill from every corner. In this vibrant community, there lives a woman...
In our current era, as we grapple with the complexities of dismantling tyrannical leadership, we are reminded of our biblical forebears who faced similar challenges. Picture the early Christians in Acts, gathered in an upper room, hearts pounding with a...
In our contemporary landscape, the call to dismantle tyrannical leadership echoes with urgency, much like the cries of the prophets in ancient Israel. Picture the moment in Acts 2:17-18 when Peter boldly declares, “In the last days, God says, I...
In a world increasingly dominated by technology, we often find ourselves yearning for genuine human connection. Picture a young woman named Sarah, a university student engrossed in her studies, surrounded by the glow of screens—her phone buzzing with notifications, her...
In the heart of California, a small church took a bold step that would ripple through its community like a stone thrown into a tranquil pond. This wasn’t just any church; it was a vibrant congregation that believed in the...
We read Acts 2:17-18 through the lens of God's sovereign grace unfolding in redemptive history. This passage, quoting Joel, speaks to the inauguration of the New Covenant and the democratization of the Spirit's work among God's people. We see this as a fulfillment of God's covenant promises, where t
We read Acts 2:17-18 as a powerful proclamation of the Gospel, highlighting the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon all flesh as the fulfillment of God's promises. This passage is a vivid demonstration of the theology of the cross, where God works through unexpected means—sons and daughters, young an
In Acts 2:17-18, we read this passage as a profound affirmation of the universal outpouring of the Holy Spirit, fulfilling the prophecy of Joel. This outpouring is not restricted by age, gender, or social status, demonstrating the catholicity of God's grace. We understand this as a manifestation of
We read Acts 2:17-18 as a declaration that God's Spirit is poured out on all flesh, empowering those whom society has marginalized. This passage affirms the priesthood of all believers, emphasizing that God speaks through sons, daughters, young and old, irrespective of social status. In our traditio
In our fractured world, the call for a deeper, more imaginative political engagement resonates now more than ever. Just as the early church faced their trials with a radical commitment to community and justice, we stand at a similar crossroads....
In the bustling heart of our city, there’s a small café that has become a refuge for many—a place where hearts are laid bare over cups of steaming coffee. One chilly afternoon, I met a young woman named Sarah, whose...
We read Acts 2:17-18 as the fulfillment of Joel's prophecy, signifying the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon all believers, marking the inauguration of the last days. This passage is understood within our tradition as demonstrating the universality of the Spirit's work across all kinds of people —
In our modern world, the call to Nonviolent Resistance echoes loudly, inviting us to engage in the deep currents of justice and compassion. Reflecting on Acts 2:17-18, where the prophet declares, "In the last days, I will pour out my...