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PENTECOST 2024!
This Sunday is Pentecost 2024, a day of immense significance and opportunity. We have the church, we have the Holy Spirit, and the Lord has given me the message that is burning within my heart. All we need now is to fill the auditorium with unsaved people, pray fervently, and come expecting the same miraculous outpouring that happened on the day of Pentecost in the Bible.
The Urgent Call to Action: Will you work as if it all depended on you? Will you pray as if it all depended on Him? Imagine the power of this moment: if each of us worked with the same passion and commitment, if each one of us took this assignment seriously, the results would be nothing short of a spiritual awakening. Think about Sunday—what will happen if everyone brings their all? What will happen if we join together in fervent prayer, expecting God to move just as He did 2,000 years ago?
We are not just preparing for another church service; we are preparing for a divine appointment with God. The auditorium can be filled, lives can be changed, and souls can be saved—but it takes action. Will you be the one who answers this urgent call?
Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
THE URGENT CALL TO ACTION
Matthew 28:19-20, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.”
The Great Commission is not a suggestion; it is a command from our risen Lord.
This is the heartbeat of the church, and it should be the driving force of every believer’s life.
Just as the first disciples went forth with courage and determination after receiving the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, so too are we called to move with the same urgency and passion to fulfill Christ’s mission.
What will you do with this call?
Will you rise up and take hold of the Great Commission, going with urgency and passion to fulfill Christ’s mission in your own life?
Our lives should be lived with the Great Commission as our central purpose.
Imagine the transformation in our church, in our families, and in our communities if every single one of us responded to this call with the same intensity as the first disciples did.
The harvest is ready, and now is the time to act.
Pentecost was a turning point for the early church, and it can be a turning point for Belmont today.
The same Spirit that empowered the apostles is with us now.
But the question remains—will we act?
Will we pray, will we invite, will we trust God for a miracle?
Let’s step forward boldly, knowing that God has equipped us for this mission.
PRAYER
Lord, give me a heart that is passionate about fulfilling the Great Commission. Break my heart for what breaks Yours. Let me not be content with sitting on the sidelines while others labor in the field. Help me to go forth with urgency and fervor, spreading Your message of salvation to the ends of the earth. Empower me with Your Spirit, so that I may speak boldly and act courageously, knowing that You are with me always. Amen.In Jesus Name, Amen.
Envision a vast, golden field, ripe for harvest, but there are so few laborers in the field.
The crops are ready to be brought in, but the harvesters are absent.
This image is a reflection of the spiritual harvest all around us—the souls that are ready to hear the message of salvation, waiting for someone to reach them before it’s too late.
The urgency to gather the harvest mirrors the call we have today—to reach souls for Christ before the moment passes.
The time is short.
2 Corinthians 6:2 says, “Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”
This Sunday could be the turning point for many lives, but it requires action.
Will you answer the call?
Will you be the laborer in the field, bringing the harvest to the Lord?
Pentecost Sunday is not just a service; it is an opportunity for the miraculous.
Will you work with all your heart and pray with all your soul to see the auditorium filled, and more importantly, to see lives transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit?
The call is urgent, and the time is now.
FRIDAY’S PRAYER REQUESTS
Amy Garner’s Mom
Daniel Cooper’s Mother
Darlene Wiggins
David Burnette
Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’mother
Donnie Butler’s Dad
Doris Loyd
Dr. and Mrs. Davis
Ed Mays
Ellen Boyd
Eric Magnusson’s Mother
Eric Ward
Faith Burnette
Freddie May’s Mom
Friend of Linda Hodge
Gail Sparks
George & Linda Alexander
George Calhoon
James Burnette
James Burnette
Joanie/Jeanie Mom
Jodi Bateman
John McClain’s Mother
June Cronan’s Sister
June Cronan’s Sister
Kailey Bateman
Kathryn Raines
Kim McClain’s Mother
Krista Hilscher
Larry Barker
Lee Cronan
Lillanna Magnusson’s Mom
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Lonzo Christin
Lori Blount’s Mother
Mary William’s Granddaughter
Marynell Ford
Maureen Brown
Michael Stanley
Nora Allison
Pastor Driskell
Rose Fuller – Pruitt-Monroe Nursing Home, Forsyth GA
Sandra Graham
Sandra Graham
Sarah Parker
Scott Lanier
Steve Michaels
Tom Graham (Sandra’s Husband)
Tom Witcher