{"id":2920,"date":"2023-06-22T19:08:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T19:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/?page_id=2920"},"modified":"2023-06-29T18:49:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T18:49:33","slug":"25-june-2023-power-from-on-high","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/?page_id=2920","title":{"rendered":"25 June 2023: &#8220;Power from on high&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:36% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230625.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2921 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230625.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230625-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230625-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230625-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230625-48x32.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-090a7876-6b6f-475f-bd24-2fdf9d5343ad\"><strong>Bethel Baptist Church<br>Worship Service @ Home<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-090a7876-6b6f-475f-bd24-2fdf9d5343ad\"><strong>25 June 2023<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/?page_id=2916\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"15\" height=\"10\" class=\"wp-image-1006\" style=\"width: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/leftarrow.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/leftarrow.png 120w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/leftarrow-24x16.png 24w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/leftarrow-36x24.png 36w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/leftarrow-48x32.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 15px) 100vw, 15px\" \/> <strong>Previous Service<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/?page_id=2930\"><strong>Next Service<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"15\" height=\"10\" class=\"wp-image-1007\" style=\"width: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rightarrow.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rightarrow.png 120w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rightarrow-24x16.png 24w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rightarrow-36x24.png 36w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rightarrow-48x32.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 15px) 100vw, 15px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Welcome<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#f8e9c8\"><em>\u201cWe stopped at the petrol station and filled the tank with petrol. This was necessary to supply the power for the car to run. Likewise we need to be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit so that we, the Church, the body of Christ, can accomplish all that He has for us to do, and that all this will be to the glory and praise of His name in Jesus Christ, Amen.\u201d<br><\/em><br>Stella<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Worship<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Power - Elevation Worship (Lyrics)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NMv3OvpLvV4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201c<\/strong><strong>I am going to send you what my Father has promised;&nbsp;but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.<\/strong><strong>\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<cite>Luke 24:49<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vital importance of the Great Commission is well established and can also be seen in that these were Jesus\u2019 last words to His disciples before He ascended to heaven,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then Jesus came to them and said,&nbsp;\u201cAll authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,&nbsp;baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching&nbsp;them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you&nbsp;always, to the very end of the age.<\/p>\n<cite>Matthew 28:18-20<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But&nbsp; there was something even more important than this, for Jesus told them to wait before they started. Wait until they had been clothed with power from on high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week in my study time I had a break from studying Romans and was led to read a couple of other books, one of which was entitled, \u201cSpeak to these bones.\u201d Without going into too much detail I was reading chapter 6, entitled, \u201cBe filled with the Spirit\u201d and these words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#f8e9c8\"><em>\u201cAll the good ideas, new forms of worship, new songs or hymns, house groups, Christian Stewardship, lay ministry &#8211; none of it was any use without the power of the Holy Spirit. To try and run a church without the power from on high, was like trying to run a car without petrol.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly afterwards Stella phoned me up to tell me she really believed the Lord had given her these words to put into the next \u2018Service at Home\u2019 (see above). It was God confirming that we all need to \u2018fill up our petrol tanks\u2019, we all need to be filled with the Holy Spirit, we all need power from on high!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How do we fill our petrol tanks up? We drive to the supply station and fill up. Likewise Jesus told us to go to our Father in heaven and ask Him,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him.<\/p>\n<cite>Luke 11:13<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those disciples would have spent the next few years asking their Father in Heaven for the Holy Spirit. This prayer was gloriously answered on the Day of Pentecost \u2013 and then the Great Commission began. \u201cPower from on high\u201d had turned these timid, fearful, disciples who were praying behind locked doors for fear of the Jews, into bold, powerful, eloquent preachers of the Good-News of Jesus, and of whom it was eventually said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They have turned the world upside down with their teaching.<\/p>\n<cite>Acts 17:6<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So let us persist in asking for that same \u201cPower from on High\u201d for \u2018NOW\u2019, in Jesus Name, Amen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quote<\/strong><strong> of the week<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#f8e9c8\"><em>\u201cSince the days of Pentecost, has the whole church ever put aside every other work and waited upon Him for ten days, that the Spirit&#8217;s power might be manifested? We give too much attention to method and machinery and resources, and too little to the source of power.\u201d<br><\/em><br>Hudson Taylor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Verse<\/strong><strong> of the week<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not by [your] might nor by [your] power, but <strong>by my Spirit<\/strong>,\u201d says the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;Almighty.<\/p>\n<cite>Zech. 4:6<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Let\u2019s Pray<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heavenly Father, if there is one thing we lack at this time, it is Your power to see Your Church flourish: by seeing people repent and putting their faith in Your Son Jesus Christ; and being baptised; and joining Your Church; and being healed. So we ask again, Lord, send Your power from on High, pour out Your Holy Spirit upon Your Church, for Your glory, in and through Jesus Christ, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome \u201cWe stopped at the petrol station and filled the tank with petrol. This was necessary to supply the power for the car to run. 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