Empowered For The Mission

What if the reason you’re exhausted in your Christian life is simple: you’re trying to run on power you don’t have? In Acts 2:1–21, Pentecost shows us the church was never meant to operate on human effort, personality, or grit—we were meant to be connected to the Holy Spirit.

In this message, we walk through three keys to living empowered for Christ’s mission:

1. Live Spirit-Filled — stop “rowing” and learn to “set your sails” to the Spirit’s power.
2. Love Across Barriers — the Spirit creates a gospel community where outsiders become family and everyone can hear “the mighty works of God.”
3. Lead with the Word — the Spirit creates the moment, but Scripture explains the meaning and makes the gospel clear.

And we close with a reminder from Acts 2:21: you can’t push your way into new life—you call on the name of the Lord and be saved.