Pentecostal Blessings

Excerpted from +Chuck's Church Militant Prayer Letter

Dear Friends in Christ,

For many in the U.S. the word "Pentecostal" implies a branch ofChristianity descended from John Wesley fervent anglicanism butdisplayed today without Wesley's faithfulness to the historic church,the liturgy and the sacraments.

All Christians though are the inheritors of "Pentecostal" Blessings...

Pentecost is a reversal of the Tower of Babel. The curse of languages and the divisions of men so they cannot conspire against heaven are in principle reversed by the outpouring of the spirit and in fact reversed through the spread of Christ's kingdom.

As agents of Christ's kingdom we are agents of the Spirit to assault the kingdom of Satan.

Pentecost - as Bishop Michael reminded me - likewise refers to thegiving of the Law upon Sinai. There, God delivered his law upon stone tablets. But with the coming of the Spirit, God's law is written upon our hearts by the Spirit.

Pentecost is also the remebrance of the first fruits of the harvest.

Those 3000 who were gathered into Christ's Church on Pentecost were a restoration ... 3000 were slain on the day Moses gave the Law. Judgment broke out and death was the result of Israel's rebellion.

On Pentecost 3000 were restored to the New Israel, Christ's Body on that day when the Law was written on men's hearts.

These 3000 are the first fruits of the greater harvest of the kingdom as the church moves through the world in obedience to Christ's command.

Go forth, friends in Christ, in the blessing of Pentecost...

Knowing that your labors reverse the curse of sin,

Confident that God will write His law upon the hearts of those you reach out to in the power of Christ,

Expectant because the Lord who gathered in the first fruits is now reaping the whole harvest!

Amen and Amen.

Lord guide us, protect us, empower us.

Pour out upon us your Pentecostal blessings that Jesus Christ might be glorified, His kingdom spread through all the earth, and the nations blessed in Him!

+Chuck Huckaby

Those who feel lead to pray for +Chuck's ministry in Rural Tennessee are encouraged to join his Church Militant Prayer Letter an egroup that receives prayer requests and intercedes for this ministry.