When God Draws Near
“When God Draws Near”
Acts 2:1-4, 15-17, 28
Pastor Daniel Bracken
June 8, 2022
I. Introduction.
A. A personal testimony.
B. A look at the text.
II. Man’s response to God’s presence.
A. Everyone reacts __________.
B. Fire and Wind: __________ of __________.
1. Shaking.
2. Falling.
3. Stuck to the floor.
C. __________ in the Spirit.
1. Joy and laughter.
2. Conviction and crying.
D. Spoke in __________ __________.
III. What prevents this from happening in church?
A. Our mindset.
1. Influence of Greek culture.
2. Eastern Mysticism: __________ and __________.
3. We must have the __________ mindset.
B. The problem of being a __________ generation.
1. Raised on television.
2. Religion is __________.
3. We have become __________.
C. __________ and the issue of __________.
1. God is not the author of confusion.
2. The __________ of the prophet is subject to the __________.
3. The leader’s job is to __________ the service.
4. The goal of the service is the __________ of the church and for God’s __________ to be seen.
5. Must move with the __________ (of revival).
IV. Why we want to be in a church where we have freedom.
A. We don’t want to __________ the Holy Spirit.
1. I Thessalonians 5:19.
2. Ephesians 4:30.
B. We want to see people __________.
C. We don’t want to become __________ and simply __________.
D. We want to be a place where God can be __________.